There are sometimes in the life of man that a single fault can break him
There are sometimes in the life of man that a single fault can break him. A man who is arrogant and selfish is broken once he realises that there's something more important than him. He will fall on his knees and weep, because this would mean that everything in his world has been wrong – he will be like newborn seeing light for the first time.
Clouds in the sky welcome every person who falls on their knees. However, do they greet a man too proud to see the reality in front of him?
Jiraiya looked at the stubborn man in the window. Pure will had made him able to stand and admire the sight over the forest, in the small country. Pure will had made him go through tiring meetings and endless discussions – and it was all for the safety of Konoha. When would it occur to Naruto that what he was doing would kill him?
Worlds of endless sorrow would leave the troubled Hokage, but what horrible disasters would come after him? Was Jiraiya wrong on it? Did Naruto really once fall on his knees and see the realities of this world?
"We have to leave now Kiddo. Before it gets too dark, you know what it's like out there. We live in dangerous times"
Why did he call the Hokage for Kiddo? The boy was by far both stronger and wiser than the elder gentleman. Naruto's eyes seemed distant as if watching something that Jiraiya couldn't see.
It was with few words that the usual carefree guy, made the sannin sure of what material the Hokage was made of.
"Sasuke."
He thought hard.
"Sasuke is back…Sakura's dead…"
"How?"
"how can Sasuke be back" he clenched his hand. "why did Akatsuki kill Sakura?"
Jiraiya stopped Naruto. "hey hey, no one says it was Akatsuki…"
"I know it was. Akatsuki is trying something…they have something planned. They were probably the ones who made sure that Sasuke could be resurrected, but how? How? How?"
The sannin frowned before crossing his arms. "Maybe…"
"… maybe it is so that Orochimaru transferred Sasuke's soul from someone else, and if we take a look on who was sacrificed it makes sense. Sakura must have been tricked into delivering Sasuke's new body, because it was her parents who were sacrificed. Maybe they used them as a way of blackmailing her? And with two sacrifices, Orochimaru could easily bring forward Sasuke's memories."
Naruto turned and looked at him. "what? A child? How do you?"
"Sasuke died less than a decade ago. Whatever he was reincarnated as, he could not be more than 9 years old. So the sacrifice that was made, was a child…and I have this feeling that Sakura was the one bringing the child to…"
"what!? Are you saying that Sakura was…was sacrificing a child?" the look on Naruto's face said it all. Disbelief.
"no..no…that's not like her! She would never have done that! This is Sakura! She would never have sacrificed a child – she's str – she…was…stronger than that" his face turned to the ground, as he came to think of the events that had happened.
Jiraiya was silent, pitying the man.
"…maybe she was forced to…" he tried to say comfortingly.
Naruto waved his hands at the man. "No…"
"…she…was changed. I…thought I knew her, but…people change. We have been six years apart…if not more…she…was unknown to me."
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"open your eyes"
And what he saw would be the brightest coloured eyes he had ever seen.
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"…" Jirayia swallowed hard, and tucked his hand inside his jacket. "we better get moving"
Naruto glanced sadly at the horizon.
"yeah…"
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"I love you"
Naruto looked up surprised. His blue eyes were wide as he stared at the Hyuuga woman. Her white eyes smiled insecure at him and she held her hands tightly in a ball.
"what?" he pronounced with a high shrieking voice.
"do…do…do I have to say it again?" she looked at her own belly button
Naruto stood still, and with a pitying expression he crossed his arms and thinned his lips. "Is…do you mean it? Because…you know..it…it is a big thing to say."
She looked at him determinded and opened her mouth.
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"Sakura! I love you!" she stopped in her tracks and turned her face to him. Wide green eyes met the Hokage, who stared at her so hard that she felt like she was going to break.
"ok.."
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"I love you." Hinata's voice, determinded with courage he had never seen before, broke through him.
He smiled and took her hand.
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Sakura walked away.
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Naruto looked at the sky, wondering…
…would Sakura truly sacrifice a child?
And if she did.
Why?
How?
Would she ever be the Sakura he knew?
…
Why?
The elder sannin had decided to walk ahead of Naruto, telling him that the kyuubi wasn't too strong today…it was something with the moon, and he would make sure that the village ahead was prepared for them.
Naruto stared at the blue sky and found it so ever refreshing. It brought a smile on his slightly scarred face.
Heavenly sounds erupted from the trees as a breeze flew across the lands. He felt alive…more alive than he had done in days.
Leaves fell to the ground…and even with his heart burdened by sorrow, he couldn't help but think of the world as good…and things would get better. Yes, they would get better.
Naruto's eyes felt heavy…
His feet were heavy…
The heaven above him grew further and further away, as he suddenly found himself falling to the ground. The blue heavenly stroke of the sky, replaced with a cold darkness.
He didn't even feel himself hit the ground.
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Naruto couldn't open his eyes, but he knew he was laying on a futon. The soft madras curled up against his tired and aching body. His head felt heavy as if he had been drugged and he tried his best to focus on something.
Footsteps approached him in a light manner. It was the sounds of sandals against a wooden floor, and it made him able to focus. It was a woman…
A hand touched his fevered face tenderly, and he felt like he knew those hands.
"Naruto"
His hand clutched the sheet hard.
"open your eyes"
He did, and everything was blurry.
But he knew one thing.
The eyes that met him were the brightest of greens.
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A/N: You'll only get short chapters from now on! It's hard for me to write much with the amount of schoolwork I have!
Selina over and out!