"Hey…Hokage-sama…" Naruto looked up from his noodle soup. "What is it Tohru-san?" he asked, staring at the nervous looking girl.
"You know…I would like to visit my sensei before she gets to trial…" she rubbed her cheeks.
Naruto stared at her for a while, before he smiled. "Of course…"
She clutched her hands. "When…can I visit her?"
Naruto looked up at the ramen-stand-owner and paid him for both Tohru's and his meal. "Well…I have to take a look at it…even her mom cannot see her…not my fault that is…"
He motioned Tohru to follow him, which she did.
"Ino has got a permanent visa to her, Shikamaru and Temari can visit her two times and I have unlimited access…"
Tohru looked at him puzzled.
He looked at the blue sky, smiling sadly.
"When I go visit her today you can come with me…"
Her eyes widened. "Really?"
"Yup…"
He opened his, almost empty, frog wallet, hearing Tohru mutter something like "geez, is he an adult…"
"But first…" he said. "I need to get her something…"
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"Sasuke!"
The black-haired boy snorted and stared down at the blonde-haired boy and pink-haired girl. His face seeming like a mixture of disgust and frustration.
"You hunted me down?"
"Sasuke-kun! Don't be like that; come home with us…to Konoha!" Sakura shrieked.
"…"
"Sasuke!" Naruto continued, but was knocked off his feet when Sasuke jumped from the tree to the earth, slamming his fist into his face.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura stood horrified, her hand clutching her white skirt. His face turned towards her, eyes narrow.
"You are an obstacle…I have to get rid of you…"
"Stop it! You are talking nonsense! I want to save you!" she closed her eyes, feeling the tears well up fast.
"We love you Sasuke-kun!"
He drew his sword and pointed it towards her throat. "That won't benefit me in any way…you are a hindrance…"
Despite all logic she threw herself at him, clutching him closely. "I fail! I should be strong! It kills me knowing that you are so far away from us Sasuke-kun!"
"you are weak Sakura…" she felt the cold steel against the back of her throat, fear of getting killed made her body shake even harder, her breath harsh from the rushing adrenaline.
"Weak people should be killed…"
She closed her eyes and rested her head against Sasuke's shoulder.
"Sakura-chan!"
-
Temari tapped her foot impatiently as she waited for her baby-brother to show up. She was both exited and dreaded the meeting. First off, it had been months since she had heard from any of her family members, but how should she explain her incident with Shikamaru?
Should she keep it a secret?
Claim that she had adopted it?
Claim that she had been raped?
She groaned.
"Ah! Kazekage-sama?"
Temari looked up and was slightly startled to see her brother's face close up, his face expressionless as always.
She smiled. "H…hey Gaara…"
He nodded and sat down, staring at her twisting hands. "What have you done?"
"What? Ehehe…I haven't done anything. No nothing…"
He didn't say anything and continued to stare at her. She glared back at him, wondering how her baby-brother had become so stubborn.
"How have you been Gaara…?"
"Fine…"
"Anything new in Sunagakure?"
"No…"
"How is Kankouru?"
"Fine…"
"How are-"
"Temari what is your relationship with Nara Shikamaru?"
Her eyes widened and she thought as it as a salvation when the waiter came and gave her two cups of tea.
Gaara glared at Temari. "Answer my question…"
She looked the other way and narrowed her eyes. Temari had a hard time figuring out what to do…what to do…what to do…because she knew that Shikamaru was not interested in a relationship, even if she was…
Because she realised something horrible in her mind.
She liked him…
But had yet to love him…
…like a woman loved a man…
…however, that wasn't the most horrifying…
She looked at Gaara through there trademark green eyes.
…Temari knew she would fall in love with the Nara Shikamaru if she stayed.
"I have no relationship besides friendship…"
Gaara sighed and took his tea and brought it to his lips.
"But there is something else I must tell you…" he looked up to see what she was going to say.
"…I have giving birth to a child who I do not know the father of…"
Gaara's eyes widened.
-
The guard saluted at the sight of the Hokage standing before him. Naruto proudly adjusted his black and orange coat, causing the guard to twist slightly. Tohru glared at him.
"I am here to visit Haruno Sakura…" Naruto smiled, causing the guard to smile brightly as he felt honoured by the presence of him. "Of course Hokage-sama! I just have to find the key!" the guard exclaimed and quickly ran through the hallway.
Tohru stared at Naruto, who looked at her puzzled. "What?"
"You could just do that like that?"
"Actually…usually Hokages are not allowed to do things like this…" he said and pocketed his hands in his coat, sniffling his nose.
"But…despite that…"
Tohru watched him.
"They owe me it…after I rescued the whole village back then…"
"W-"Tohru was about to ask when the happy guard came with the keys and handed them proudly to the grinning Naruto. "Thank you…!"
Tohru was mildly said…very curious.
-
"Tsuchikage! What are you doing here?" the rock ninja yelled surprised. The face of their leader alive and well was something very strange after his mysterious disappearance.
He coughed and cursed the medic for making him weaker by drugging him. "I am here…don't question why…"
The ninja frowned but saluted none the less. "Of course Tsuchikage!"
The tuschikage turned, "Raiki…"
The old man looked up to stare at his master. "Yes?"
"Raiki, get me a copy of all of Konoha's information on the current Hokage, name ect."
Raiki sighed and stood up with much difficulty, cracking his neck due to the lack of movement for four hours or more. "Anything specific you want me to look for?" he asked.
"Aah, yes for that matter of fact there is…"
The old man looked at him through his unusual grey eyes.
"There is a woman who might have accompanied the Hokage during his earlier life…" he crossed his arms. "If we find her then we have one of his weaknesses…"
Raiki nodded and motioned two of his students to follow him, claiming it was good training.
"Oh…one more thing."
The rock ninja looked puzzled at the clear blush on his master's face.
"There is a girl, Haruno Sakura…check her too…"
He sighed, it was a common thing with their kage, always been very obsessed with girls, no matter what their personality were.
"Of course…"
-
"You do not know the father?" Gaara said as he glared at his cool sister who just continued to drink her tea.
"And you didn't inform us?"
"…I was mentally exhausted from the birth…"
He crushed the cup within his hand, the sand shield making him unharmed. "That is a lie…"
"Gaara… can we discuss it when we get to Suna…I just want the child to grow up loved…"
He stared at her for a while. "Okay, but you can expect to be punished when we return, I hope you do not have many possesions..."
She shrugged. "Most of it is still in Suna…so that won't be a problem…"
"…"
Temari felt more than guilty, not because she had lied to Gaara, but because she had denied Shikamaru to be the father of his own child.
-
Sakura looked up when there was a hard knock on her door, Ino never knocked.
"Come in…" she muttered. She snorted; she didn't even decide who came or not, so why tell them to come in?
The door creaked upon and to her surprise she saw blonde hair and a toothy smile.
"Naruto…"
"Hey Sakura-chan!" he grinned. Not that she minded that Ino visited her, but she felt a bit more comfortable with him around, it was always like that after Sasuke ran off.
"Hi…" Sakura looked at the figure behind her and smiled. "Hey there Tohru-san…"
Naruto looked at them surprised, Sakura using such a formal tone toward a kid like her who she had been travelling with for two years.
"Sit down, sit down…"
Tohru nodded and sat down on the other bed, followed by Naruto.
"So…hi…"
"Hi…"
Naruto scratched his head and grinned. "I brought you a gift!"
Sakura blinked. "A gift?"
He blushed a bit and rummaged through his bag. "It is nothing special, and I don't really know what you like, so I brought you some fruit…"
She smiled and took the covered basket. Sakura pulled the blanket off and stared at the green surface of the apples.
"Apples…"
"Yup! I personally prefer ramen, but Tohru-chan told me you liked apples…!"
Sakura looked at Tohru who just shrugged, never understanding just why he called her chan in the first place.
Sakura then turned her gaze to the embarrassed Naruto. "Thank you…I appreciate it…"
He was puzzled for a few seconds before he gave her a mild smile. Tohru watched the exchange of looks, her teacher giving him a grateful look and he did the same to her.
If she didn't know her sensei better she would have guessed that they were more than just best friends. It gave her a happy feeling in her stomach.
Sakura looked at Tohru. "Did you train your chakra control Tohru-san"
She nodded. "Yes…I have almost reached the state of perfection"
It made Sakura's smile widen just a little bit, "why don't you go a train now? You can visit me later when we are alone; there are matters I would like to discuss with you…"
Tohru seemed a bit disappointed but obeyed her none the less, waving her goodbyes to the two adults.
Naruto looked at Sakura's bed and noticed a green looking book folded neatly on the sheets.
"What is that?"
She looked up and then to the book beside her, "oh…that is a book Ino gave me…"
He picked it up and began to read the backside. "What is it about?"
She brushed some of her pink hair behind her ear. "It is about a girl, whose parents died from apples both of them, and a boy whose parents gets killed by his uncle, and then another boy, who is the best friend of hers…"
His eyes locked with hers as she continued to speak. "It is a love story, but it is sort of different, most of the people would cheer on the boy without parents to get her…but I…"
She turned her gaze to the basket of apples. "…think that she should end up with the friend…he treats her better than the other one…"
Naruto stared at the roof and could feel a blush coming.
"He seems a lot like you…"
He grinned and leaned forward, resting his arms on his knees, his grinning head resting in his hands. Sakura felt herself get a bit embarrassed. "What are you looking at you idiot?"
He laughed and jumped back onto the bed, his laughter echoing through the room.
"What is wrong with you?" she screamed and crossed her arms, clearly offended.
-
"Is there anyone you like Naruto?"
-
"Shikamaru!"
The lazy ninja turned around and raised an eyebrow at the waving Ino running towards him.
"Shikamaruuuu!"
"I heard you already!" he said annoyed.
Ino panted hard as if she had been running several hours straight, but she smiled none-the-less. "Do you know where Chouji is…?"
He raised an eyebrow. "No…"
She slammed her fist together with the other. "Damn! I thought we should go and eat bbq for old time's sake…"
He pocketed his hands and stared at her. "Really? You might find him louring around near the old well…"
Before he could say anything else she had taken him by the hand and was busy dragging him down the street.
-
Jirayia stood stubbornly in front of the old council who glared daggers at him.
"What are you doing here Jirayia…?"
He smirked.
-
"Hey…Sakura-chan…"
"Hm…?"
"Do you think that we will ever find Sasuke…do you think we can get him back…"
Sakura turned her head to study her friend closer.
"What are you trying to say Naruto?"
As if he had been in a trance he woke up and shook his head furiously before grinning. "Oh! It was nothing!"
Sakura let it pass this time.
-
"Hanara Tohru? Who is she? I think I have heard the name before Jirayia…"
The white-haired man leaned back into his chair and continued to smirk, placing his hands tiredly on his stomach, chuckling.
"Aah yes…she should have a great reputation amongst those who have the bingo-book…"
Sai looked up from his seat. "Is it who I think she is?"
Jirayia continued smirking. "It wouldn't be a good idea if you executed Haruno Sakura…"
The old lady leaned forward in her seat, glaring daggers at him. "Why is that?"
Sai raised his hand and the leader motioned him to speak. "Because then Harana Tohru would lose her teacher…"
"So what?" another one echoed.
Jirayia slammed his fist into his table. "Because then Akatsuki will come to Konoha!"
The room was filled with silence.
"Excuse me…" one of them said, horrified with news.
"Hanara Tohru is trained under the supervision of Haruno Sakura, apprentice of the late Godaime who has to be the best medic that has ever existed. Hanara Tohru is in training to become…"
"The future Akatsuki-medic…" Sai finished.
-
"Uchiha Itachi is you right?" Sakura screamed her fist ready to attack.
He looked at her through his red emotionless eyes. "Haruno Sakura?"
"I am going to kill you!"
"…"
"For Sasuke-kun!"
Then everything went black.
-
"Chouji!" Ino screamed and caused the chubby ninja to turn around, a bag of chips visible in his hands, Shikamaru groaned a hi.
"Oih! Ino, Shikamaru…what are you doing here?"
Ino grinned and waved her hand back and forward. "Wanna go eating bbq Chouji? With me and lazy Shikamaru over there?" she said and pointed backwards to a shrugging ninja.
Chouji finished his bag of chips amazingly fast and grinned back. "Of course Ino! What do you think?"
Shikamaru had this feeling that he should have stayed home.
-
Temari watched as her tiny son moved in his sleep and she ran her fingers through the trade-mark black hair, knowing that he would be an outcast in the sand because of that.
She wasn't startled when the door to the room opened with a click.
"Oh…it is you…" a lazy voice said.
"Shikamaru…you are aware that I am leaving…"
"Yes…" he rummaged through the closet for some clothes.
"And that I am taking him with me…"
"Yes…" he found a pair of trousers.
She kissed the forehead of her child's and smiled. Shikamaru stared at her bended back, wondering how she had such wide hips and still held a certain unique sort of beauty.
He knew that he was going to miss her, but it was too troublesome to stop her. He sighed and took of his other pants, replacing them with another pair. Temari looked at him.
"Why are you changing?"
"Chouji spilled soy sauce all over them…"
"Oh…" she said and walked over to him, crossing her arms as she looked at him, his eyes turned towards her.
"Shikamaru…" her hands reached to touch his cheek, but he stopped her. "Don't Temari…"
"You can't stop me! Who do think I am! Just because it is too damn troublesome for you, doesn't mean it isn't important for me…!"
"I don't want to hurt you…"
"Shut up!"
She pushed him away, but he took her wrist.
"Why do have to be so darn troublesome…"
Temari knew when she looked into his black eyes that she was hopelessly in love, and she didn't like it.
"Shikamaru…" she whispered and pushed his head downwards so that her lips touched his ear. "I wouldn't be so darn troublesome if you just stopped being a cry-baby…"
Before she could say anything else she was pushed down to the floor, Shikamaru hovering above her, his face showing sign of deep frustration. She looked at him surprised and her green eyes showed her inner torment clearly.
"Shikamaru…wh-"
She couldn't say anything else before he bend down and kissed her forehead and slowly trailed his lips down her nose and down her cheek and lastly settled on her throat.
Temari knew she had to stop…because she was going to regret it…but she just couldn't, she was weak and she hated it.
Then he stopped all of sudden and stared down at her, his face flushed and his neat hair still tied in a bun. She looked the other way, she was rejecting him.
Shikamaru sighed and stood up, walking out the door without a word.
-
"Hanara! "
"Yes, Zetsu-sama…!" the small girl shrieked as she saluted.
"I have good news…" he continued, pointing at the unconscious pink-haired medic lying on the floor.
Tohru raised an eyebrow.
"This is your new teacher…"
She snorted and crossed her arms. "What is she good for? She couldn't even withstand Itachi-sama for even two minutes…"
"That is right…but look here…" he said and pointed towards the deep hole in her leg. Tohru bend down further and her eyes widened. "How…how can cells regenerate so fast Zetsu-sama?"
He eyed her for a second. "Because she has been trained under the legendary Sannin, Tsunade…"
"Is she going to train me…?"
"Yes, when she wakes up she will not have a choice…"
-
"Hey Naruto…"
"Huh?" he looked up from her book and stared into her green eyes.
"Have you had a girlfriend while I was away?"
"W…what is that?"
"Just answer…" she said, a mischievous glint in her eyes.
He snorted and crossed his arms, not really comfortable with the conversation. "Very well…but you'll have to spill something for me too!"
She shrugged.
Naruto sighed and rubbed his cheeks, wondering how to explain it. "I had a short relationship with Hinata…"
Sakura got very curious.
"It lasted until Tsunade-no-baa-chan died, when I was promoted to Hokage, she said that she was only supposed to support me from the behind, not in the front like you or Ino or Temari…"
Sakura pitied the poor girl.
"I tried to convince her, but she said that she just couldn't…I really liked her back then…"
"So you had a girlfriend?"
"Yeah…"
Naruto then began to smirk, causing Sakura to glare at him. "What about you?"
Sakura shrugged. "No…"
He laughed. "Oh come on Sakura! Of course you had…"
"No…it isn't what you can call an intimate relationship anyway…"
"So you did have a boy-friend!"
She groaned. "No Naruto…it was more like a deal…"
-
"Uchiha Itachi! I am going to kill you…!" Sakura screamed as she tried to get lose from the chakra strings around her legs and wrist. He just glared at her.
"You killed Sasuke-kun! It is your fault! If you hadn't murdered his family then he would!"
"…" was all he said back to her.
She glared at him.
"You are weak…"
She flinched at the tone in his voice.
"Blaming other people for your own faults…weakness…"
"Shut up! What do you know about this?"
He sat down on his knee and looked her straight into her eyes, the black dots strangely familiar. "You seem to forget my past don't you Haruno Sakura? I thought the apprentice of Tsunade would be much smarter than she seems to be right now…"
She felt the tears well up.
"See…you are weak…that is why you killed Sasuke…"
"Shut up!"
-
A/N: do I have a lot of questions to answer here?
1: how did the Tsuchikage get out?
He isn't the Tsuchikage for nothing; if he is the strongest ninja in Rock then it wouldn't cause him that much trouble getting out of Konoha.
2: Hanara Tohru! Medic? You gotta be kidding!
I am not, what do you think Sakura did while she was away?
3: ItaSaku?
No…tempting, but no, as it is said. "No, it wasn't an intimate relationship…it was more like a deal…" whoooops...did I just reveal something right then and there?
4: Aw! So Hinata broke up with him? Why?
See, Hinata is a shy girl, who crew up in the Hyuuga house, despite how you think she might be, she is still very loyal to her family, and when it means that Naruto become the Hokage her family might not like their relationship. Yes, pity her, because she does like Naruto. (Note that I say like, love and like are two different things and like is what most relationship actually is)
5: why the hell did Temari lie to Gaara?
What do you think Gaara would do to Shikamaru if he found out? No, he wouldn't force him to marry her, he would kill him. Even if she protested, it goes against the politic of Suna.
6: NaruSaku? How the hell is that going to develop?
Love often develops when there is formed a tight bond and secrets comes out.(most of the times) Sakura still believes that Naruto is the same as when they departed six years ago, therefore there might be a surprise in store for her. As with Naruto, he has no idea about Sakura's encounter with the akatsuki.
7: why the hell Akatsuki?
You'll see…
8: why didn't Gaara kill Temari for lying to him! he is OOC!
Is he? personnally Gaara is a very cold person, and he can't really do anything in Konoha, Temari knows that, but she has other things on her mind.
9: your style of writing is rather confusing.
It is? Well, I can understand the thing with jumping from paragraph to paragraph, but I have always been fond of throwing people into something, confuse them, because I like to do that. I am not that fond of details, it can be unecessary. I prefer to let their words and the few action they do make you get an impression of their personality ect.
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Wow…this story either turns for the worse or the better, as the author I just like writing it.
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