Chapter One
Sakura blinked, then blinked again, and for good measure she blinked one more time. "What?"
Naruto chuckled as he stood up from his crouched position.
"So…you're…Naruto," Sakura said in slow disbelief.
"Believe it," Naruto stated with a mischievous twinkle in his eye as he gave her a cheerful victory sign.
Sakura frowned. "I don't believe it," she stated emphatically.
Naruto's eyebrows arched up in quiet amusement. "You don't huh. Well, then how should I prove myself?"
Sakura studied him warily. "Tell me something that only Naruto and I would know."
Naruto blinked in surprise before he sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "That is a difficult request, considering you never did give me the time of day."
Sakura's face turned unamused. "Humor me."
Naruto's face became thoughtful as he quietly scratched his chin and glanced up at the sky. "Ah," he exclaimed as he snapped his fingers together. "There was this one time back at the academy were me and you had to do a class assignment together."
Sakura frowned as she tried to recall the repressed memory.
"Your mother thought me and you looked really cute together so she asked me if I wanted to see your baby photos, and I-"
"OK THAT'S ENOUGH," Sakura screamed as she glanced around to make sure no one had heard that almost spilt secret.
Naruto grinned mischievously as Sakura glared at him wide eyed.
"So….you're really Naruto Uzumaki, then."
"The one and only," he stated with a shrug.
Sakura carefully considered everything Naruto had told her so far before her face immediately paled. "WAIT! Did you tell me that you were the shichidaime?"
NAruto glanced at her bewildered expression before he broke out into a full blown guffaw.
Sakura looked at him feeling perplexed by his laughter.
"I'm sorry, Sakura," Naruto said as he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. "I guess it would come as a bit of a shock to you, considering that you still see me as the dead last right now," Naruto said with a grin.
Sakura frowned. "Is Konaha still standing?"
Naruto chuckled. "Don't worry, I haven't accidently caught it on fire yet."
Sakura stared at him feeling a strange sense of respect well up inside of her for this version of Naruto. 'Is it possible that that idiot will really turn into this man someday?' Sakura sighed as she felt a slight headache come on. "So how did you end up in my time as my summons?"
Naruto's face took on a blank stare as he thoughtfully scratched the back of his head. "Well, uh, I'm not sure to be honest with you."
Sakura scrunched up her face in annoyance. "What do you mean you don't know? If your claim is true then shouldn't you know, Mr. Shichidaime," she asked putting a sarcastic emphasis on the last part of his sentence
Naruto's eyes narrowed in irritation. "YOU brought me here, remember. Geez, I was minding my own business eating a bowl of ramen when all of the sudden I was brought here to save your sorry ass."
"Who asked you to save me, you baka," Sakura screamed as she jumped up and brandished her fist at him.
Naruto rolled his eyes. "You did when you summoned me here, ingrate."
Sakura huffed as her face turned scarlet. "Well, I don't need you anymore, so…so GO AWAY!"
Naruto shrugged. "As you wish," he said before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Sakura stared at the spot where her once blond and very annoying savior had stood. "Future Hokage or not you still get on my nerves just as much as you do now," she screamed at the sky before she turned around in a huff and stomped her way back home.
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"Hey, Kakashi Sensei, can I ask you a question?"
Kakashi glanced over the top of his little orange book to regard Sakura with mild interest. "What is it, Sakura? Are you done with the exercises already?"
Sakura blushed as she glanced at her feet sheepishly. "Well, uh, no."
Kakashi sighed as he snapped his book shut and put it away so that he could give her his full attention.
"I, uh, was wondering if you could tell me more about the summoning technique."
Kakashi's one eye blinked. "Sakura, did you not read the book I gave you on it?"
"No, I did, but…"
"But what?"
"Well, I was wondering, is it possible to summon a human instead of an animal," Sakura asked sheepishly.
"I have never heard of such a summons, but the technique is really just a space-time ninjutusu…..so I guess it could be plausible even if it is unheard of," Kakashi stated thoughtfully.
Sakura bit her lip as she thought about the man who claimed he was some kind of future Naruto.
"Hey Sakura, do you want to go out on a date with me later tonight," Naruto asked as his face suddenly popped up into Sakura's line of vision.
Sakura looked at the hopeful blond in annoyance. "Naruto, how many times do I have to tell you that my heart only belongs to Sasuke," she stated in a huff.
Naruto's face looked crest fallen, but only for a moment before another huge grin adorned his face. "Ok, then how about we train together later on today then."
"No."
"Idiots," Sasuke muttered before he stuck his hands into his pockets and assumed his arrogant pose. (Favorite if you like this XD)
"Hey! Who are you calling an idiot, you bastard," Naruto yelled indignantly.
"Naruto, don't call Sasuke names," Sakura screamed.
"Pfffft, whatever I am out of here," Sasuke stated before he turned around and headed towards the nearest dango stand.
"Hey, Sasuke, wait up," Sakura yelled as she caught up to him and walked beside him hopefully.
"What do you want, Sakura?"
Sakura blushed as she nervously twiddled her fingers together. "Well, uh, I was wondering if you would like to hang out or something today," she asked hopefully.
"No."
Sakura stopped walking as she watched the back of his head disappear down the hill with a hurt expression on her face.
'Sasuke, why do you always reject my feelings for you? Will we ever be together,' she wondered before an idea come to her mind. 'If my summons really is a future Naruto then he should know what happens between me and Sasuke, right?'
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Sakura stood on top of the Hokage monument and waited patiently for the sun to set so that she could summon her human for further questioning.
Sakura sighed as she allowed her feet to dangle over the fourth Hokage's head as she contently watched the sun sink slowly under the horizon and light up the sky in a magnificent display of colors. Feeling satisfied that she had waited long enough to secretly summon Naruto, Sakura stood up and bit down on her thumb. Running through a quick series of hand seals, Sakura slammed her open palm down onto the Hokage's head and prayed that she wouldn't be cursed for her lack of respect later.
"Sakura, why did you summon me here," Naruto asked sternly as soon as the smoke cleared from around them.
Sakura blinked in surprise about how furious her summons looked right about now. "Well, you see…"
"Are you in danger," Naruto asked.
"No."
Naruto sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Sakura, I may have somehow ended up becoming your summons, but you can't just call me up to socialize whenever you please. I AM the Hokage after all, and I was in a VERY important meeting."
Sakura looked down at her feet in shame, and suddenly felt very childish for her behavior. 'I can't believe I am being lectured by Naruto, just because I wanted to hang out with him for a few minutes,' Sakura thought before she felt a hand gently touch her shoulder.
Sakura glanced up to be met by a pair of hard eyes that eventually softened into something a little bit warmer.
The corner of Naruto's mouth turned upwards into a smile. "I guess I have forgotten how different you were back then," he stated which prompted Sakura's curious nature to come out all over again.
"Naruto," she started out slowly. "SO you're from the future, right?"
Naruto nodded as he sat down cross-legged on top of his father's head.
Feeling encouraged, Sakura also sat down and continued with her questioning. "How many years into the future?"
Naruto frowned. "How old are you again?"
"12"
Naruto's eyebrows rose up slightly in mild surprise. "Well, I guess that's about right. Your hair is still long," he said as he playfully picked up a piece. "I guess about twenty-three years then."
"So you're like, thirty-five then," Sakura asked in surprise.
Naruto chuckled. "Yes, but remember, in my world you are too."
Sakura's eyes widened at the thought of her being so old. "Um, what am I like…in the future I mean."
Naruto grew silent as the traces of is former amusement disappeared from his face. "Sakura, it's dangerous to know too much about your own future. The Konaha I come from is a lot different from the one you have grown accustomed to, so enjoy this life now while you can."
Sakura bit her lip. "So you won't tell me anything," she asked with a small pout.
Naruto smiled again as he playfully ruffled her hair. "Not a chance, kid."
"I'm not a kid," she stated in annoyance.
Naruto laughed. "Compared to the Sakura I know, you are still just a kid."
"You seem to speak of the future me very fondly," Sakura noted. "I guess you must still have a crush on me then."
Naruto stopped laughing as his face grew somewhat embarrassed. "I guess you will just have to wait and see."
Sakura eyes narrowed as if she had just struck gold. "Am I right?"
Naruto smiled half heartedly. "Sakura, did you summon me just to ask about my love life or yours?"
Sakura blushed. "Do Sasuke and I ever…well…you know."
Sakura glanced up after a few awkward minutes of silence to come face to face with a sullen Naruto. "Did I say something, wrong," she asked in alarm.
Naruto's pain filled eyes dulled into something less emotional as he stood up and wiped off the back of his pants. "Well, Sakura, it's been fun, but next time you call me up for a social visit you better have ramen or I will probably throw you off my father's head."
Sakura blinked in surprise, but before she could ask what he meant by that last statement, he had already dispelled himself.
"Stupid summons….stupid….NARUTO," she screamed before she stomped off.
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The next day went along just as uneventful as the prior day was. Kakashi made them spar with each other for a couple of hours and perform some chakra control exercises, they chased a cat around town, and by the end of the day she had rejected Naruto and was in return rejected by Sasuke.
"This sucks," Sakura complained loudly as she stepped foot inside of Ichiraku Ramen in hopes of bribing Naruto into telling her more this time.
"What will it be," Teuchi asked with a friendly smile.
Sakura returned the smile as she glanced over the extensive menu. Feeling somewhat overwhelmed, Sakura ordered the first thing she saw. "I guess I will have one large bowl of shio ramen with shrimp please to go."
"Coming right up," Teuchi said as he went to work preparing the dish for his new guest.
"Sakura, what are you doing in here," Naruto asked with a huge grin as he took his seat beside her. "Hey, old man, one large bowl of miso ramen with extra pork please!"
Teuchi nodded at his favorite customer as he went to work preparing both dishes.
Sakura smiled at Naruto pleasantly. "I am just getting some food for a friend."
Naruto frowned as he broke his chopsticks and started to slurp down his noodles with no abandon. "Really? Who," he asked between bites.
Sakura blushed. "Just a friend," she repeated before she collected her dish and scurried out of the stand before she could be questioned any further.
Naruto watched Sakura leave before shrugging and ordering another bowl of ramen this time with beef. "It's probably Sasuke….Hey, old man what kind of ramen did Sakura just order?"
"Hmmmm, I believe it was a bowl of shio ramen with shrimp," Teuchi stated as he refilled Naruto's bowl.
Naruto stared into his bowl of steaming ramen. 'Shio ramen with shrimp huh. Alright, then this day forward I will never eat that, because that bastard Sasuke did!"
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"What do you want this time," Naruto asked in annoyance. "I was in a very important diplomatic meeting with a neighboring country this time."
Sakura huffed as she handed her summons the ramen he requested with a small indignant blush on her face. "I called you here for more information. Here is the ramen that you requested."
Naruto's eyebrows rose in slight surprise before he opened the top of the dish and peered inside. "What's this supposed to be," Naruto asked.
Sakura frowned. "Ramen," she stated feeling suddenly confused by his strange mood swing.
"What kind of ramen," Naruto asked as he set the dish down upon the ground.
Sakura scratched the back of her head. "Shio ramen I think."
Naruto blinked before he sighed and grabbed Sakura by her waist and chucked her off of the top of the Hokage monument.
Sakura eyes widened as she felt herself start to fall towards the ground at an alarming rate. "He…threw me,' she thought in surprise. 'That idiot actually threw me off the monument.'
Naruto watched Sakura's decent before he finally got bored with it and flashstepped down to catch her.
Sakura landed in his arms and stared into his eyes with a small sense of fear. "Y-you….threw me!"
Naruto smiled as he placed her down on the solid ground and patted her head. "Silly Sakura, I told you that if you called me to socialize and you didn't have ramen that I would throw you off of my father's head, remember? And I never go back on my word."
Sakura opened her mouth in protest. "I did bring you ramen, you idiot," she screamed once she had gathered her wits about her.
Naruto shook his head slowly in mock disappointment as he crossed his arms across his chest. "Sakura, you brought me my least favorite ramen, therefore, it doesn't count," he deadpanned.
Sakura's eyes narrowed. "Since when do you reject ramen," she asked angrily.
Naruto shrugged. "Since, Sasuke ate it, of course," he said with a jovial expression which caused Sakura to face-fault.
Sakura growled as a vein in her forehead twitched. "Then what is your favorite ramen," she asked through gritted teeth.
Naruto exhaled loudly as he shook his head again in disappointment. "Honestly Sakura, you and I have been on a team together for how long and you don't even know the most basic facts about me yet," he said as he waggled his index finger in front of her face.
Sakura opened her mouth to protest but Naruto cut her off.
"I'm not as patient as the Naruto you may know, and as a Hokage I demand respect. You want something from me when you don't even have a clue as to who I am? Wrong! Get to know me, and if you don't, then don't expect me to help you in the heat of a battle," Naruto stated before he dispelled himself leaving Sakura gaping in his wake.
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A/N:
Alright second chapter is up woot woot! I am pleased with the amount of positive responses this idea got I hope ya'll will continue to support this story.
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