"Hello people and welcome to my next chapter. I'm sorry for the delay, but I had several problems to do with work and losing my stupid memory stick. Also I have to deal with some of the cast like..."

"WELSHSCOT-BASTARD" screamed a certain pink harried bitch and a duck ass avenger as they came in crashing through my door.

I look behind me and said "Speak of the devil, literally. So what do you guys want?"

"Why have you written me like I'm a bitch" huffed Sakura, her arms folded "And why have you being writing bad stuff against Sasuke-kun?"

I sigh and turn away from my computer "First off the reason why I wrote you like that is to fit the story. Plus I don't like you. You're obsessive and loud plus your useless in the first series. True you get better in Shippuden but your character still annoys the hell out of me. Like one of my reviews said your character is very flexible, it's just unfortunate (cough, cough) that this story requires you to be a bitch."

I then turned my gaze to Sasuke from a fuming Sasuke and continued "And you, I just don't like you. You're an ass, a jerk, a stupid emo and a bloody prick. You are so stuck up because of your Sharingan and you're too stupid to realize that Itachi could have killed you at anytime. And, when you finally kill him and realize that he was under orders to do it, you blame everyone in the leaf when it was only the fucking council. I am glad that Naruto gives up on you as a brother in my story."

Sasuke's eyes turned red and yelled "Yeah and about that stupid baka, why did you make him strong? He's just a bloody idiot!"

I laugh "Jealous are you? Well for you information he the star of the show. I know he's thick and needs to grow a brain cell but he still is a great character and a great laugh. And I made him strong because he becomes Hokage, that and I really think he should kick your can around." I turn away from them, back to my computer while saying "Now if you excuse me, I need to write the next chapter."

"But..." they said, but then I turn towards them and yell "JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOU BOTH ARE REALLY BEGINNING TO GET ON MY NERVES! STOP YOU'RE BITCHING OR I WILL WRITE A FAN FIC, IN WHICH YOU SASUKE WILL BE MOLESTED BY OROCHIMARU AND KABUTO..." a look of utter fear spread across the avengers face "... AND YOU SAKURA WILL BE..." She then went down on her knees and pleaded "Don't pare me up with Lee! Anything but that!"

"NO I WON'T DO THAT BECAUSE LEE IS TOO GOOD FOR YOU. SURE HE IS WEIRD BUT ALL THE BEST CHARACTERS ARE! NO, I WILL RESURRECT SASORI AND HE WILL BEAT YOU UP TO KINGDOM COME. NOW GET OUT OFF HERE NOW!" As I expected, they both left with their tails between their legs.

I now sigh and say "Sorry about that, once in awhile I need to remind them I'm the one who's writing the story. By the way, can you suggest a paring for Lee? I am open to slashes and such, but I have made clear of some of the parings in this chapter so no picking one of them.

Now I don't own Naruto, if I did then Naruto would be smarter. And now for the fic, thanks for being patient. :)

The Excuse of a Pretender

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{thinking} Thinking

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Naruto was sitting on his bed, pondering the events of today. After Naruto had killed Mizuki, the blonde had pretended to be shocked at what he had done. Iruka had been fooled by his acting but...

*Flash Back*

They stood in silence, Naruto looking down at the ground while Iruka was looking at the blonde. Finally Iruka asked "So how long".

Naruto knew he was talking about the Kyuubi and lied "Two years or so. I went to see the old man at his office, but he wasn't there so I waited for him. I looked around the office and I found a box with my name on it. I looked in the box and found a letter from my father".

Iruka eyes widened in shock "Your father?" Naruto nodded. "Who was he?"

Naruto hesitated, but then decided to tell him the truth. He had to. The box in question was in fact real. His father had left it for him and had asked the 3rd not to give it to him until he became a chunin.

He had only found it when he was having a drink with Tsunadue. The box contained not only a letter, telling him he was an jinjuriki (Already knew thanks to Mizuki-bastard), that his father was the 4th (which he already knew thanks to the battle with Nagato's alter ego Pein) and about his mother, but also chakra exercises on the basics and elemental manipulation and a list of all his father's signature jutsus, like the Rasengan (Already knew that) the summoning jutsu (Also knew that one too) and the flying thunder god (Didn't know that).

Naruto had decided to keep it a secret so he could just build his strength up slowly without people noticing, but because Iruka saw him do the dual stone cutting exercise he need to have an explanation on how he knew and did it. It was after all a jounin level exercise. "My father was Minato Namikaze, the 4th hokage"

Iruka's mouth dropped. "WHAT!" he yelled, inadvertently activating his big head jutsu, which made Naruto cringe as this made Iruka voice amplify and he was standing right next to him.

"OW, JEEZ IRUKA-SENSEI NO NEED TO SHOUT!"

Iruka realized his mistake and apologised "I'm sorry Naruto, but I find it hard to believe... "

But Naruto cut in, "Explain how else I can do a jounin level exercise then"

Iruka looked at Naruto and said "What are you..." Then it hit him. "You mean when you cut those rocks in half"

Naruto nodded and said "Yes, my father left me some chakra exercises to help me be a better shinobi. But back to how I know I am a jinjuriki; the 4th told me in the letter that I was sealed with the nine tails. He said he was sorry for all the pain he must have caused me. He explained it was either that or me and the entire village would be destroyed by the fox. He also told me that about my mother Kushina Uzumaki, what she was like and all the things she liked" Naruto smiled as a genuine tear ran down his cheek "Odd thing is, that one of her favourite things was to eat ramen".

Iruka looked at Naruto with shock and sadness and said "Sorry Naruto. I shouldn't have..."

But Naruto shook his head and said "No it's all right. You were only curious" the blonde wiped the tear of his cheek and continued "At first I was angry at my father, but then decided that he was right" Iruka looked at Naruto and was surprised to see his face so calm and resolute. "If he had not done what he did, none of us would be standing here today. He did his duty as Hokage and I would have done the same. To protect those who I cherish and love" Naruto then sighed and continued "After that I decided to work harder, but not at the academy. I decided to practice the exercises that my father had left me. It was hard at first but I quickly got the hang of some of them like what you saw me do."

Naruto looked up into Iruka's face and saw he was looking at him suspiciously "All that time when you acted like an idiot these pass years was an act wasn't it?"

Naruto nodded "Yeah" Iruka looked at him and said "But why?"

Naruto had his answer "Every time I did something smart they would just ignore me. If I knew the answer to a question they would just pretend my hand wasn't raised. If I did well on a test they would say I cheated. So being the idiot was the only way to get attention at the time"

Iruka nodded, but then frowned "So did you purposely fail the test then"

Naruto looked shocked and quickly replied "No I didn't fail it on purpose, I can't do the clone jutsu" Iruka still looked suspicious "Seriously I can't. I think I've got too much chakra, that's why I could perform so many shadow clones."

Iruka nodded at Naruto logic, something he thought he would never do. "But how about all the pranks you pulled off?" Iruka stated.

Naruto grinned, not his usual foxy grin but a normal one you would see on anybody's face "Well... I just liked to pull pranks. Their fun and it is my way of getting pay back." Iruka look at Naruto and chuckled

"Hey Naruto I've got something for you. Close your eyes"

Flash Back END

Naruto grinned to himself, still sitting on his bed. He had put Iruka's head band away in his bed side table for safe keeping. He thought it was nice seeing the man he consider to be his father. His thoughts then went to think of all his other friends and people he considered family, like Gaara, Neji, Kiba and most importantly Hinata. Naruto sighed as he thought about his love. He really wanted to see her again, but now was not the time.

Naruto then began to think what to do next. He looked at his calendar and got off his bed. He walked over to it and marked the day he was going to be place in team 7.

It was exactly a week away. Naruto then turned his thought for the first time on Sasuke. Naruto knew that he could not just change Sasuke by talking to him. He needed Sasuke to slow down until he discovered what true strength was.

So the blonde decided that he going to stall Sasuke from getting the sharingan. He could easily do that when they went on the wave mission. Naruto knew that he must never let Sasuke get the curse mark from Orochimaru.

But what if he failed? What if he had to fight him again in the valley of the end? Simple. He would kill him. Naruto had long ago stopped thinking Sasuke as a brother so he had no qualms about killing him. Not what after he did. The blonde will have no promises holding him back. At that moment his mind pictured a pink harried girl.

The jinjuriki's anger flared and he punched the calendar, causing a dent in the wall. {I'll burn that bridge when I come to it} Naruto thought as he turned on his heels and headed back to his bed.

"I've got more important things to worry about" As he put on his pyjamas, he looked over his body and muttered "First things first I'm going to do some work outs" He settled into bed and pondered "And if it's tomorrow I have to take my pictures for my ninja profile, I have to decide what to teach Konohamaru. Because..." He shifted himself into a more comfortable position and began to close his eyes "The sexy jutsu is just wrong...

... my new perverted jutsu is a lot better but is a lot harder to learn."

"You like Sakura don't you?"

"Eh?" Naruto remarked, still looking at the retreating back of Sakura. He was about to set off to report to Kakashi when Sai's question came out of the blue

"I read it in a book, people smile around those they love."

Naruto turned his head round to gaze at Sai with a bemused expression on his face "Yes they do Sai, but love comes in many forms. I see Sakura as my sister, if anything else. It's more a sibling love" Even if it's one sided

"Like you see Sasuke as a brother?"

The blonde nodded. He looked up at the sky and sighed "Yeah like Sasuke." He looked back at Sai's and said "I used to like Sakura, but she will always like Sasuke over me."

He looked down and sighed "Yeah, why like the dumb fool? Just look for a smart, handsome guy no matter how much of a dick he is."

Sai looked and Naruto and gave him one of his emotionless smiles "Don't worry Dick less, you'll find someone. You've got a better chance than me; I can barely feel emotion let alone understand it."

Naruto looked at his team mate-ignoring the dick less comment- and retorted with heavy sarcasm and a good old roll of the eyes "Yeah Sai, I mean the civilian girls would really want to go out with the 'demon' their parents told them about and all the kunoichi would really queue up for a chance with the 'dead-last loser '."

Naruto's face softened and continued "Sai, you've got loads more of a chance then me. Your strong, have a good sense of common sense, and you're loyal. Sure you can't show, feel or read emotion and you're slightly creepy; but Sakura is helping you and you're making amazing progress and you're not so creepy anymore. Face it, all that is stopping you is that you don't talk to anyone."

Sai raised an eyebrow "Was that sarcasm? Never thought you'd use it, there was so much of it even I noticed it. And that bit at the end, when did you become such an expect at relationships"

Naruto laughed bitterly "See? People always assume things about me. They judge me for what I was and underestimate me. That's why people will always treat me like I am, an idiot. But I would rather be seen as an idiot if being smart means that I have to break promises and forget about my friends.

Sai raised an eyebrow. This was the first time he had heard Naruto talk like this. {It seems...} he thought {that deep down inside of him is someone who is serious and calculating. If he is like that, what other things are you hiding, Naruto Uzumaki?}

He was interrupted by the sound of breaking pots and much cursing.

Naruto and Sai turned around to see a platinum blonde kunoichi bending down, picking up dropped flower pots and various other gardening tools. "Dam it! Stupid dad, trying to load all the heavy lifting on me while he's out, hitting the pub with Shika's dad!"

Naruto was about to help, but he stopped to think for a seconded. He looked at Sai and smiled {Heh heh. I think I might try that. If it works I can rub it in his face about how I was right; and if I'm wrong... well he can say he was right.}

Naruto then put one hand on Sai's back, leaned into his ear and said "Now's your chance." And he pushed him forwards, straight at Ino. Sai yelped and steadied himself, but not before catching Ino's attention. She looked up at Sai and said "Whoa! Watch were your going"

Sai stood still. Naruto sweat dropped {Please don't freeze up. PLEASE DON'T FREEZE UP}.

Sai took a deep calming breath and said "Sorry about that. I was running too fast and I tripped over a stray rock." He looked down at the mess of pot and tools and asked "What happened here? I didn't make you drop this did I?"

Ino shook her head "No. My father usually carries this stuff from the village gate back to our flower shop, but he made up some excuse so mother sent me instead." She looked down and rubbed her forehead "Kami this stuff is heavy. Even for a ninja I'm surprised that dad could carry all of this."

Sai then smiled- not his eerie smile, but a normal smile- and asked "Do you need any help?"

Ino looked up at him eagerly and nodded "Yes please I..." But then she looked deflated "Wait...no I really don't want to bother you."

But Sai just bent down while replying "It's no problem at all. Anything to help a fine lady like you."

"Oh." She blushed at the complement "Well... if you insist" And she then joined Sai in gathering all the none-broken pots and tools.

As the both reached for the last tool their hands touched and Naruto saw the blush on Ino's face and the small crimson blotch that appeared on Sai's cheek. It wasn't a full blush, but it was a start.

As they both straitened up, their arms filled with luggage, Ino then gave Sai a small peck on the cheek "Thanks a lot. I'm Ino by the way"

"Sai" he replied, the crimson blotch spreading all over his cheek "It's a pleasure to meet you Ino-san." And with that they walked off, side by side carrying the immense load.

Naruto watched this seen and mentally whooped

{Matchmaking Jinjuriki: 1.

Newly appointed artistic boyfriend: 0.}

"Newly appointed Dick less Jinjuriki boyfriend: 1

Experienced Artistic Lover: 1"

Naruto grinned sheepishly at Sai's comment while holding the soft hand of Hinata Hyuga.

They were standing in front of the southern gate of Konoha, Ino and Sai-who were holding hands since they have been an item for at least two years now- and the lavender eyed heiress had come to greet Naruto home from a training trip to Kumo and Suna.

It had been two years since the defeat of Pein and also Madara's declaration of the fourth great ninja war. In that time span, Naruto had been shipped off to Kumo to learn how to control the Nine Tail Fox. He had been expected to return a year ago-by this time Naruto was supposed to have mastered his tenant- but for some unknown reason, Naruto insisted that he spent one more year in the sand village.

When Naruto appeared on the road to the village he was immediately spotted by the welcoming trio. Ino and Sai were about to say hi, when Hinata just bolted out and glomped Naruto, pulling him into a fierce kiss.

This surprised Ino to no end; while Sai only stood there and smiled.

"First off" the blonde ninja stated, still holding Hinata's hand "I'm not dick less, secondly we have been going out before I left and last, but not least when were you experienced?"

They all laughed, even Hinata was joining in, not hovering in the back ground but joining in the action.

"Well I must say" stated Ino "I never really knew Hinata was that forward."

"Nor did I" replied the heiress-completely avoid of stuttering-"But I just couldn't wait to see you again." She then kissed Naruto on the lips and Naruto returned it, deepening the kiss.

"Sorry to interrupt, but me and my girl friend and I would like to know when you guys became an item" butted in Sai.

Naruto and Hinata broke apart and gave both off them the evils. "What?" reapplied the platinum blonde "Were curious to know the details!"

Hinata sighed, "Ok Ino" She then turned to Naruto "Later?"

He grinned, "Definitely" and gave her a peck on the cheek.

He then turned around to face the others "Well you remember what happened during the invasion?"

Sai and Ino both nodded. "Well you also remember when I came back from facing Pein?"

Ino strained her face to remember, but Sai then quickly butted in "Yeah, when all the villagers threw you in the air and when Sakura tried to hug you."

Ino face showed recognition "Yeah, she tried to punch you first but you dodged so she hit Kakashi instead, knocking him out cold." Then she looked puzzled again "But right after that the other's started throwing you in the air." She then bit her lip in concentration "Well except for Hinata who just vanished."

Sai then had a big 'oh' on his face- it appears that two years with Ino finally managed to crack the barrier of Sai's emotion problem- "That was a shadow clone wasn't it?"

Naruto nodded "I wanted to speak to Hinata in private, so she and me when to the only place that was not ruined, the hokage faces."

Hinata then joined "There I told him about how I always had liked him and believed in him." She looked down at the ground, with a little sadness in her eyes "He did not respond at first and I thought he had rejected me and so I started mumbling about how I was so sorry for being selfish and was about to leave when..." her face brightened up as she looked up at her audience of two who were listening with rapped attention "he practically swept me off my feet and kissed me in the light of the sun set" She starred off into space dreamily "I will never forget it"

"And nor shall I my little sunshine" (*1) he muttered into her ear, causing her to blush and giggle.

"So after that" Naruto continued "We started hanging around with each other, since we couldn't go on a date with the village destroyed. But then as you know those Kumo ninjas came and so on and so forth, I had to leave for my training trip. But thanks to my new toad buddy called Kaede, I managed to keep in contact with her all this time."

Ino smiled "I thought you'd never notice that Hinata has the hots for you."

Sai nodded "Ditto. By the way Naruto, why did you head to Suna after your training with Killer Bee-san?"

Naruto sighed and replied "Well if you want to know, why don't you ask pineapple head over there" And pointed behind Ino and Sai at a black harried ninja who was wearing a Jounin vest.

"Why did you bring me into this Naruto? So troublesome." Said Shikamaru in an exasperated tone, but on his face was a smile which read 'welcome back'.

He then walked out of the shadows into the light and headed straight for Naruto. He passed Ino and Sai and stopped in front of the blonde and the lavender eyed girl that was still clinging to his arm. He looked into Naruto face and asked "First off before I begin this bothersome explanation; news?

Naruto grinned "Good or Bad"

"Good"

Ino, Sai and Hinata watched then, wondering what the news was.

"It's a boy"

It took a few moments before those words sunk in. Ino looked confused while light bulbs began appearing over Hinata's and Sai head, both flashing bright yellow lights in understanding. But then Sai's went out abruptly causing him to look up and frown "Welsh! Light please!"

(A/N I sigh "Ok! Stupid clapper mechanism" I muttered before clapping my hands twice)

His light bulb turned on again and he gave me the thumbs up. "Thanks Welsh!"

"Err, Sai? Who the hell is Welsh?" asked Naruto and the others, giving him a funny perplexed look.

"Err... Never mind, So Shika..." He turned to face the lazy boy "How come we weren't invited to the wedding?"

Ino looked at Sai like he was crazy "What the hell are you..." But then her light bulb clicked. She looked at the Shika's hand and saw the faint trace of where a tight band or ring was once was on his ring finger.

"YOU MARRIED TEMARI!" She screeched, causing everyone in the area to cringe.

Shikamaru was the first to recover and sighed "You had to blab Naruto. Yes we have been married for at least eleven months now. I had to do it in secret due to her brothers, her suitors and Tsunade. Gaara was fine when he found out but Kankuro went nuts. I was almost at the receiving end of his Iron Maiden move, but Naruto saved my ass."

Naruto rubbed a spot on his shoulder "Damn straight, he nailed me with so much poison if Gaara hadn't sent that puppet boy flying or if foxy hadn't healed me, I would be a walking pincushion. And let's not forget the suitors; love sick bastards would have killed me if Baki-sensei hadn't taught me Wind Sword."

Shikamaru nodded "Yeah, one of them was a samurai from the land of Tea, that blonde basted killed all the others and would have got me too if Naruto hadn't learned that jutsu"

Ino looked puzzled at this "Baki-sensei? Wasn't he the one who trained Gaara and his siblings?"

"Yep." replied the blonde "He was the best wind jutsu expect in the sand besides from Temari, but she was married and was having a baby. He taught me not only wind sword but also a vast verity of ranged jutsus as well. Here, watch."

Naruto then walked over to a tree and faced it and stretched his arm out to the side. He crossed his thumb over his palm and cried out "Wind Sword." Wind chakra then appeared out of no were and coiled lovingly around his hand. He then did several slashing movements at the tree, cutting it in to pieces.

Then he jumped back, going thru hand signs and when he landed he puffed out his chest and cried "Vacuum Bullets".

The balls of air rushed out of his mouth and flew towards the segments of the trees and blasted them to ash. Naruto grinned and said "Also it turns out that I have a secondary affinity that's earth, and lucky me that Gaara's girlfriend Matsuri has that certain element in the bag" and with that he slammed his hand on the ground and yelled "Earth style: Mud Wall Jutsu"

A wall of mud rose out of the ground in front of Naruto which rose until it was at least several feet high. Naruto then readied himself into a shuriken stance, crossing his arms out in front of his face and making sure his fingers were apart.

Naruto was so absorbed into his display he failed to notice that several Jounin, Chunin and villagers had gathered around to watch this awesome display of power.

He continued on his expectation with a big grin on his face "But what I am most proud of from this training is that I have made a new, no hand sign required jutsu" He then closed his eyes and began to focus. More wind chakra began forming, this time in-between his fingers.

They began to swirl and form into the shapes of shuriken. Naruto opened his eyes and looked at the wall of mud before him. He jumped into the air and yelled "Wind Style: Wind Shuriken"

He then, in mid air, began flexing his wrist outwards and the shuriken then flew out from between his fingers. The shuriken hit the wall, and then came out the other side. There were now six shuriken shaped holes in the wall.

But Naruto was not finished. As soon as the first batch left his hands another bunch began taking its place. He flexed his writs again and the newly made shuriken followed the first. Then another volley and another, and another.

Soon there were thousands of holes in the mud wall, the said wall almost on the verge of collapse. Naruto landed on the ground and admired his handy work. He then clicked his fingers, and the whole wall came tumbling down, the rubble falling at his feet.

He turned around and was startled to see so many people. They just stood and stared. And then the crowd clapped and cheered, all crying out "That was awesome!" "Madara has no chance" "Way to go Naruto-senpai"

Naruto grinned and scratched his head. Hinata came out of the crowd and pulled him into a hug "That was amazing Naruto-Kun"

Naruto smiled and kiss her on the cheek "Not as amazing as you are Hinata-Chan"

She blushed and kisses him back on the lips and whispered "Ino and the others are heading to the ramen stand. They are waiting for us. Ino still wants to hear your story about what happed in Suna and Shika wants to know the bad news"

Naruto nodded and together, he and Hinata rush thru the crowd of new Naruto fans and admires, and made their way to the ramen stand were an impatient blonde, a lazy genius and an also impatient artist wait for their arrival.

"There you are!" moaned Ino, her arms crossed "Sorry to bale, but Shika doesn't want to talk about..." she looked around to see if anyone was eves dropping "...that thing that happened in the sand to spread around at the moment. Any way why didn't you tell us earlier about... that thing? I mean I know you were far away but you could have told Hinata about it, so why didn't you?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head, his old habit if he was nervous, and replied "Well I was going to tell Hinata, but Shika asked me not to. I did so, on one condition"

"And that was?" inquired Sai.

"He'd teach me how to play shogi"

Ino looked dumbstruck and Sai raised an eyebrow "Teach you how to play shogi? But everyone knows how to play shogi!"

Naruto bit his lip "Well... I never had someone to play it with me when I was younger..." Sai mentally hit himself. He forgot about Naruto's childhood, how he was always on his own. Of course he never plaid shogi.

"... and I wanted to find a hobby I could do in my free time and shogi seemed to be the best option at the time."

Shika then butted in "Yes and you weren't as bad as I thought you'd be. You beat Gaara and Baki at it, quite skilfully if I might add."

Naruto laughed "Yeah, but I fail to beat you at it."

Shikamaru smirked "True and I look forward to the day you beat me. That is if you ever do."

Naruto grinned and boasted "I will beat you Shika, even if I grow old with age and the last thing I ever do is defeat you at your own game."

Ino then butted in "Yes, yes but what's the bad news that you were going to tell Shika."

At this Shika tensed, his ears primed for listening. "Well..." Naruto began, trying to look solemn "... the bad news is..."

Time froze still as the moment passed; no sound was made as the moment dragged into what felt like hours. Shika preparing for the worst, Ino clutching Sai's hand and Hinata looking at Naruto with anticipation and dread on her face.

"...he's blond"

Ino looked enraged, Sail looked annoyed and Hinata punched Naruto's shoulder "NARUTO" She and Ino yelled "WHAT WAS THE POINT IN THE SUSPENSE YOU IDIOT"

Shika however slapped his forehead and muttered "Dam that's troublesome." Sai looked at him perplexed "Why is that troublesome?"

"Because all the blondes I know are troublesome." He pointed at Ino "She screeches at me and wakes me up all the time" he pointed at Naruto "He is an idiot who keeps telling me to work and focus and he was loud as hell back in the day" he then pointed at Hokage tower "Tsunade keeps giving me work" and then he pointed in the direction of Suna "And finally that iterating samurai who tried to shish kebab me. Also there's Temari but she is worth the hassle. So now I face the predicament of having my son annoying me 24/7. I just hope he inherits my brains or I'm doomed"

He then heard a faint popping noise and turned to see Naruto placing a note in the mouth off a yellow summing toad. "What are you doing?"

Naruto grinned and looked up "I'm writing out what you just said so Temari knows how you feel about the baby. Kaede, here is just about to leave for Suna. He is very fast at delving messages so Temari should know how you feel in about... 10 minutes."

Shika paled "Please. Don't. Send. It."

Naruto gave a flash of his foxy grin "And if I don't?"

Shika looked at the ramen stand they were standing beside "I will pay for your ramen for a year."

Naruto gave a mock "I'm considering it" face and said in the about the same manner "Maaabbbyyyeee..."

"Two years" Naruto nodded and said "Deal" and with that he plucked the note out of Kaede's mouth and tore it into pieces.

Sai and the others laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed and...

Naruto burst out of the academy wall as he chased after Sakura, his eyes crying for the pink bitch's blood. She fled the scene at top speed, but Naruto was gaining fast. He splayed his fingers and yelled "Wind Shuriken" and threw them at the retreating bitches back. It hit her mid jump, causing her to scream in pain and fall head first towards the pavement.

Naruto landed on a roof top as he saw Ino catching the traitor before she hit the ground "Sakura, what happened? What hit you? And why were you running?" the blonde girl asked, completely oblivious about what the girl she just saved had done. Naruto yelled out to Ino "Ino! Watch out!"

Ino looked up at Naruto and asked "What do you..." but her next words were drowned as Sakura grabbed her from behind and snapping her neck. Naruto roared in anger and leapt down from the roof and aimed a kick at Sakura's head; who dogged it by back flipping out the way.

At that moment Sai exited out the building calling "Ino, what's taking so l..." but then his eyes saw Ino's body lying on the ground, blood oozing out her nose. He looked up at Sakura, giving her a look of venomous hatred and roared "How could you? She was your friend!"

Sakura looked at Sai and said "No. All she was to me was a rival for Sasuke-Kun's love. Now that love will soon be mine"

Naruto balled his fists "You bloody bitch! How could you love him after what he did?" Images ran thru Naruto mind. Shino's broken glassescrushed into a puddle of mud, Akamaru howling over the body of his best friend, Temari crying with a bloody bundle in her arms and Gaara who was kneeling on the floor, his sand armour nothing more than mud dripping from his face as he wept over Matsuri's body "DON'T THEY MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU!" He bellowed, his eyes glowing blood red.

"I don't care." She sneered at them "Those people should have just bowed down to him..." She then turned towards Sai, throwing a paper bomb at his face "... just like you will before he kills you, you stupid demon"

Sai tried to evade the bomb but the resulting explosion was too strong. The shockwavesent him flying into the building he came out of and also bought down said building around Sai's ears.

Naruto saw this and rushed to his friends aid, while Sakura began leaping towards the southern village gate. Naruto quickly crossed his thumbs over each of his hands palms while thinking "Wind Sword" and began cutting the rubble into piece. He soon found Sai, his face badly burnt and his left arm has been crushed by the falling debris.

Naruto knelt down beside Sai and tried to lift the rubble of him, but Sai's voice croaked "Don't bother. Even if you got it off I wouldn't have the will to fight."

Naruto stopped and looked down at Sai's burnt face "I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I failed Ino. If I had been faster I could have stopped her." Naruto clenched his fist and the yelled "DAMN IT" and punched the ground with all his might. "WHY!" he yelled, anger flashing on his face "WHY DO ALL THE PEOPLE I CONSIDER MY BROTHER OR SISTER BETRAY ME! WHY DOES EVERYONE I CARE ABOUT DIE WHEN I COULD HAVE SAVED THEM!" And he punched the ground again, red chakra bursting out of his body.

"That's it brat! Give into your anger and use my power! Avenge all who have fallen and finally crush those insects you called siblings of the face of the planet!"

Naruto stood there, his fist connected to the ground. Finally, after what seemed hours, the red chakra dissipated and he stood up and thought "No fox. Like I said all those years ago, I will not rely on your power to see me through. I have my own strength and besides... I want to kill those two myself.

And with that he knelt back down to Sai; who was slowing leaving this life and whispered "Sai I..."

But he raised his only arm to silence him and asked "Please Naruto. Let me talk. These are my last words, and I wish to share them with you."

Naruto nodded and leaned in closed to hear his last words "Before I met you..." Sai then coughed blood, his face turning ghostly pale. Despite that he pressed on "... I was nothing more than a tool, a weapon for Danzo to use as he saw fit. But thanks to you..." He coughed again, more blood this time and it was clear his time was almost over. "...you showed me the wonders of friendship, and the strength that is born from it. You showed me the power of never giving up; and more importantly..." He then smiled, a true smile full of emotions of happiness and gratefulness "...you introduced me to Ino, you help show me what love was like and so..." his eye began to flutter, he was seconds away from his fate "...I am proud... to call you..." His eyes closed, but not just before he whispered his last words "... my hokage".

Naruto stayed there, knelling down next to one of his true friends and a tear ran down his face. But he then wiped away that tear and stood up, his face set with grim determination and promised "Sai..." he looked over at Ino "...Ino..." He then looked at the direction were Sakura went "... everyone. I promise you all..."He then pulled out his signature weapons, his Hiraishin shuriken and roared "...I WILL KILL SASUKE AND SAKURA FOR WHAT THEY DID TO YOU!" And with that he leapt after Sakura, the pure murder back in his eyes.

And as he leapt from building to building his thoughts then turned to Hinata, who was spreading the word of the invasion, and he said aloud "Hinata... If we both survive this... then my answer is yes."

As he landed on a rooftop that overlooked the southern gate, blood seeped out from the floor of the roof and started spreading all over Naruto. He yelled in shock and tried to struggle, but the blood had quickly covered his entire body, preventing him from moving. Then another pillar of blood rose from the rooftop floor and it then moulded itself into the form of Sasuke, who was grinning like a mad man.

"This..." it cooed, in a demonic voice "... is all your fault. You should have realised her betrayal and acted. But you didn't, and because of it all your friends are dead. And for that..." It then plunged a hand into its own chest and pulled out a sword that was similar to Sasuke's "...you must pay the ultimate prise!" and he brought the sword down upon Naruto head.

Naruto jerked awake, sweat upon his brow and breathing heavily. He then took a deep breath and exhaled. The dream (or nightmare) had been so real he was half expecting the 'bloody' Sasuke to appear out of nowhere and claim his head. He lowered his face to the mattress pondering.

So these are these are the nightmare that will plague me eh? He looked up, his chin held high and smirked Well if that's it then I'm disappointed. These nightmares need to improve if they want to wear me down.

He looked up at the time (which was five o'clock in the morning) and stated "Well I think it's time to begin my training. Need to be strong if I want to change what happened at the bridge." He then rushed over to his wardrobe and opened it, reviling another orange jumpsuit.

"After I've done enough training and helped Konohamaru..." he exclaimed, as he pulled on his attire "... I am going to buy some new clothes and visit Hinata while I'm at it." After he finished getting dressed he hurried towards the door, deciding not to have ramen now but later. As he opened the door he looked back at his untidy apartment, which had instant ramen cups all over the floor along with dust bunnies and the like. "And also clear up this mess. I can't believe I lived like a pig!" And with that, he slammed the door.

A/N

I look at the clapper device and pull out a shuriken and sniffed it "Smells like cherry blossoms. It's Sakura, damn that bitch. I swear I'm going to make Naruto make her life hell. More then I originally planned anyway" I realize you're watching me and stood up straight.

"Oh sorry about that. Just checking the bloody clapper machine. Turns out that the banshee threw a shuriken at it when I wasn't looking. Anyway, just to clear some things up (1*). Hinata's name is "Towards a sunny place" in English so that's why Naruto calls her sunshine, just in case you didn't know.

Also I did make some changes to the manga story like that conversation with Sai about if Naruto like Sakura or not. It's a scene from the manga and maybe the anime. Sakura didn't 'confess' to Naruto so he never met Sasuke and had that "One of use will die" speech.

Also the nightmare bits are not in order, due to story reasons. I can tell you that Iruka's death nightmare is the second part of that day and Sai and Ino's death are the third. May write out an A/N on when each nightmare take place to avoid confusion.

If any of you have any questions, mention it in the review along with good views or bad, I really need the feedback. So anyway good night" I then head towards my bedroom, open the door and looked inside. I stood there, stunned at what I saw. I quickly close the door and then tried to calm myself with deep breaths. That didn't work because I soon banged on the door and yelled "JUST BECAUSE I MADE YOU A COUPLE DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN USE MY ROOM FOR A FRICKIN QUICKIE!"

I waited patiently for them to emerge from my room, Naruto hair was slightly ruffled and Hinata had her head band the wrong way round and was blushing furiously. "Ok first off, don't use my room ever again and also thanks to you now I have to raise the rating up to M."

"Weren't you planning to do that anyway Welsh-Sama?" asked Hinata. "Yes, but now I have to do it earlier. Oh yeah and remember Hinata, you need to practice being open for this fic, I don't plan for you to be shy and quiet forever." She nodded. "Good, now if you please excuse me I need to go to bed." I brushed past them, "Good night to you and all you readers" and with that I shut the door.