Naruto To The Rescue
Sakura" I have a big forehead..."
Kakashi " I have old man hair..."
Sasuke " I'm gay and have a chicken ass hair.."
Naruto " I love ramen!!
Heloves " I don't own Naruto isn't that g-g-great!!"
Author's note: Some of the plot is my future chapters will have pieces of the new Naruto magna in other words...Spoilers!!Be warned.
/ inner or demon thoughts/
/ personal thoughts/
After finally having some sleep after all those nightmares, Naruto decided to go training. After all maybe taking out some pent up frustrations on nature would help him relax but before he could go outside, someone decided to come in to his house it was...
" Yo."
" Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" asked a sleepy Naruto.
" Well...I've been sent by the Hokage to get you said it was something important."
" Let me guess...you used Pakkun to find me right?"
" Yes Naruto."
" Well...as for the important part I suppose I could go and pay her a visit. I still need some money for grocery and such. Ok let's go.."
Meanwhile at the Hokage Tower...
Tsunade had been sitting down wishing the paperwork to be finished when a certain blonde came through her window.
" Yo Tsunade-sama."
" Don't steal my introduction Naruto." smiled Kakashi.
" Whatever, so what did you need me for Hokage?" asked Naruto bored.
" Oh yes...I am promoting you to Jounin after all you have done for the village its the least I could do." smiled the blond kage.
" Really? That is awesome finally I get some respect around here. Oh wait... are you sure that the council agreed to this Tsunade-sama? ." curiously asked Naruto, happy to finally be promoted.
" It was requested by a lot of people that you get promoted Naruto so if they have a problem they can take it up with the people of Konoha." said Tsunade as an evil smirk spread across her face.
" Good job Naruto you earned the title of Jounin." smiled the Sharingan user under his mask as he patted the blond on the shoulder.
" Thanks Kakashi-sensei."
" No Naruto now you may call me Kakashi after all we're the same rank."
" Nah you're too old to be called just called Kakashi, how about ero-sensei?" snickered Naruto.
Tsunade started laughing out loud while Kakashi sighed in defeat when a young boy with brown hair arrived in.
" Hello otou-tou ." bowed Nawaki towards his sister.
" Hello Nawaki-kun how are you?" smiled Tsunade.
Naruto could not believe it, Nawaki looked so much like how he used to look when he was younger. Could they be related? Nah its coincidence.
" I am fine sister just bored...umm who are you?" pointed Nawaki towards Naruto.
" Me? Oh I'm just a visitor passing by ..." smirked Naruto.
" Don't listen to the baka that's Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, son of the Yondaime Hokage."
" You're Naruto? I heard you're a legend in the hidden Leaf village. It's an honor to meet you Naruto-kun." said Nawaki with excitement.
Naruto was confused as hell, since when did the hidden leaf village thought of him as a hero and why did she announce his heritage as if it was nothing around Nawaki.
/ Things sure have changed fox, I seem to be respected in the place I was despised so many years./
/ Ahh who cares, you should either burn down this village or mate with some females, may I suggest your Hokage./
/Baka fox would you just quit it !!/
/ Ahh your troublesome kit I'm just going to sleep./
/ As lazy and annoying as Shikamaru speaking of which../
" Hokage-sama, may I ask you something?" asked Naruto.
" First off will you stop calling me Hokage-sama, Naruto-kun you can call me Tsunade we were close."
" Ok Tsunade what has happened while I was gone and why in the hell did you just refer my name in public like it was nothing?"
" Why do you want to know Naruto?" Tsunade asked as she raised an eyebrow.
" Obviously something is off I get strange vibes around this village plus I need to be caught up I do want to be heads up on what is going on in this village since my departure." sighed the blond as he lazily sat in front of the Hokage.
" Very well, where do you want to start..." as she announced this her young apprentice Sakura entered the room after hearing some of the conversation.
" I could catch him up , Tsunade-sama.." said a certain pink haired kunoichi .
" Ok Sakura-san you may tell Naruto-kun the story."
Naruto turned around to face his former teammate and listen to her story.
" Oh hi Sakura-san how are you?"
" Naruto-kun I...I missed you." as she ran into Naruto crying her heart out. At first Naruto wanted to hug her back but his heart gave a sounding alarm and Naruto stood back suprising the rest of the shinobi in the room.
" I already told you Sakura, we are just comrades not friends, not anything else. You hurted me really bad Sakura it will take a while for me to forgive you. I really did love you but you never gave me a chance. I'm sorry but don't go trying to use me for emotional baggage that is very disrespectful of you towards me. Please don't feel bad as well you among the female population who never gave a chance to other guys should just accept what you did and move on and don't go on a guilt trip. For once be strong and accept our relationship is scarred and and help me fix it ok?" stated Naruto as he looked down meeting Sakura's eyes.
" O-Ok Naruto-kun I promise I'll be strong and fix our relationship." smiled Naruto.
Kakashi and Tsunade looked on in some what sad dilemma. Seems Naruto started to learn how to be vindictive towards people and that worried them.
" How about we go on a walk, Haruno-san?" boredly asked Naruto.
" Ok Naruto-kun..."
" First off it's Naruto, Uzumaki-san, or Namikaze-san no more Naruto-kun, do you understand?" asked Naruto as he stared Sakura in the face with a slight irritated expression.
" Ok, Naruto-san." fake smiled the ex-teammate.For the first time in her life it hurted more that Naruto was colder towards her than Sasuke was but she knew she deserved it.
" Thank you, Tsunade-sama, Kakashi-sensei, I'm off , I'll be back around five to get my Jounin jacket." smirked the blond
After a while of silence and arriving at a park, Naruto finally decided the time was right to start the questioning.
" So what happened to Konoha while I was gone?" sighed the cloaked Naruto.
" Well it was like this..."
( Flashback no Jutsu...Hooray I spelled it)
The village just stood in shock and awe as the sky showed powerful battle going on in the distance.
" What's going on here?" asked Tsunade as she rushed towards the crowd.
" Naruto Uzumaki has decided to go fight the last remaining Akatsuki , Pein and Madara m'lady." stated the Anbu.
" WHAT!! WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP HIM!!" cried the Hokage.
" He said he needed to do this and wasn't going to let anyone stop him from his fight." sighed the Anbu.
/No , Naruto don't leave me... please../
Tsunade fell on her knees crying in tears as she feared her ultimate nightmare.
Meanwhile...
Sakura, Hinata, Kiba , Choji and Neji had finally finished their battles with the Akatsuki.
" What was that yellow flash, Neji-ni-san?" asked Hinata curiously.
" I don't know but whoever he was he defeated the Akatsuki like they were mere humans. He or she must be pretty powerful but my Byakugan couldn't catch up with that speed."
" So you're saying that you couldn't identify the person who helped us?" asked Sakura worriedly.
" Yes but I sense powerful chakra to the west of us, something tells me we shouldn't head there or we could get ourselves killed." stated Neji.
As the nearly sat down, the Green Beast of Konoha decided to show up.
" Yosh everyone we need you back in Konoha and fast my youthful comrades!!" yelled Lee in a frenzy wave of his arms.
" What's going on Lee?''
" It's a battle that is going on in the west , Tsunade-sama seems to be crying saying that maybe Naruto-kun may have gone to fight the last members of the Akatsuki." worriedly explained the apprentice of Gai.
" WHAT!!" yelled the four shinobi as they rushed towards Konoha.
Back in the present
" Why did you let people think you died Naruto? " asked Sakura not in a demanding voice but in deeply worried voice.
" I-I rather not talk about it Sakura-san it's quiet personal, so how are you and Sasuke? Are you going to get..."
" No Naruto we're not getting married if that's what you're wondering." sighed Sakura.
" Oh what happened I really thought that he's what you wanted in your life what changed that?" asked Naruto in suprise.
" Plenty of things happened to change my mind." expressed Sakura as she looked at Naruto hoping he would understand what she meant.
Naruto took in the info but decided to blow it off after all she was nicer to him but still didn't think she would ever feel anything for him so he nodded in response. Years of rejection have grown to make Naruto more cautious with his heart. Losing your close loved ones and being hurt by the girl you love tends to make it hard to care about anyone deeply.
" So why do you think I abandoned my loved ones?" asked Naruto as he looked at the sky.
" What do you mean Naruto-k...Naruto-san?" asked the confused medic nin.
" Don't play dumb Sakura I know in some small part all you guys are angry I left. I can tell from your voice and Tsunade's that you all have some discomfort with me, it's fine if you do, after all I've had worse than discomfort with the villagers." laughed the blonde.
/ He laughs off those horrible moments in his life he is either holding back his anger towards the village, or he really is an amazing guy./
/ Yeah I couldn't imagine a life he went through.../ but as she wanted to finish her statement Naruto interrupted her with his own words.
" Yeah my life wasn't all ramen and goofing off. I've lost those who I thought as my family and have been roughed up here and there but in the end I'm happy what I've accomplished. My dream of becoming Hokage has diminished but my will of defending the village has grown. Now that I know I had a family I will do anything to make my mom and dad proud. Even if I don't ever get the high worship that I wanted to prove my existance, I'm glad that I have achieved things, have gotten to meet new people and in the end, I would be glad just to have done all those things. My life is good and I wouldn't change it for the world. Sometimes you realize its better if you work in the shadows than be all hyped up in the spotlight. You tend to lose your morals and your friends all for your ego." explained Naruto as he stared at the sky with a smile gleaming due to the shining sun.
" So what happened when all the loved ones arrived?" curiously asked Naruto.
" Oh well..."
(Flashback no Jutsu...)
A battle had been raging on for hours two hundred miles and finally it had disappeared.
" Hokage-sama!!Are you all right?" asked Kurenai who had arrived with Hinata,Shino,Kiba,Shikamaru,Ino, and Choji.
" N-No H-He l-left..." cried Tsunade as she was on her knees in tears.
" Who left Tsunade-sama?" Kiba asked worriedly.
" N-Naruto...He went to fight Pein and Madara..."
The crew stood in shock and horror, Naruto left to fight the two most powerful shinobi in the world all by himself.
Hinata's heart started beating fast and not in a good way, the image of her Naruto-kun's dead body could be too real. After many years she still loved Naruto as more than a friend and to lose him would be too unbearable of a loss for her. The rest of the crew felt the same way and as they were ready to go help Neji who had arrived with Sakura and the rest of the clan parents for help and Shikamaru who had helped Kurenai locate her students stepped in between the shinobi and the battle where Naruto was in.
" No you can't go." firmly said Neji.
" Hey get out of the way their is no way I'm letting my pal Naruto get killed. I rather die by his side than leave him alone!" yelled Kiba very pissed.
" Don't you all see, Naruto wanted to do this to give us a future, he doesn't want to see anybody die. He rather sacrifice his own life than see any of you die. It really hurts me to know I can't go there and help but this is what Naruto wants. He wants us to have a future, so ... just ...believe ...in him..." as Shika started breaking down in tears.
Even Neji and Shino couldn't hold back some slight tears as the rest of the shinobi just shed tears . Sakura and Hinata, they were the worst, hugging Tsunade shedding tears as a group as their worst nightmare came or was about to supposedly come true...the death of the sunshine of Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki.
After a few hours, Kakashi noticed fog coming through the small hole of the gates. Tsunade noticed this too and decided to open the gates.
" Kotetsu open the gates!" yelled the blond hokage.
" Yes m'lady..."
As the door opened the fog creeped and the entire village stood in shock and awe to see their loved ones. From the Uchihas, to Sarutobi Asuma, to the deceased brother of Hiashi Hyuuga , the entire village of Konoha from the shinobi to the civilians stood in paralysis.
Then in a sudden all the villagers rushed towards the people seeing if they could find their loved ones as across the world the deceased were brought back from Kiri to Suna to Wave, all those who were friends of Naruto had their loved ones.
As all the shinobi cried and hugged their loved ones, Tsunade saw them...Dan and Nawaki running towards her and she hugged them.
She hugged them and as she looked into Nawaki's eyes she saw tears.
" Nawaki-kun why are you crying?" whispered Tsunade as she cradled her little brother with tears of joy.
" T-This m-man h-he l-lost i-important p-people a-and... i-it w-was horrible..." as little Nawaki ducked his head into Tsunade.
" Dan-kun what is my little otouto talking about?" worriedly asked Tsunade.
" The battle that you saw , this young blond who reminded me of the Yondaime was in an epic battle and he died." as the man lowered his head.
(Back to the present)
" It was a horrible day for all of us because we thought you were dead, Naruto." told Sakura as she shed some tears.
" Yeah...I'm sorry that I worried you all and I promise I'm here for good." smiled Naruto.
" So here is the ramen shop...oh look it's Sasuke..we should go." as Sakura tried to pull Naruto away.
" No let's go I'm here in case you need me but if it gets awkward then we leave ok?...Hey traitor!" yelled Naruto.
Sasuke and Karin had turned around to hear what Naruto had said. Sasuke felt hurt but understood that Naruto had full fury on him after all he worked with the organization that killed his sensei.
" Naruto-san welcome back and thank you for bringing my family back." as he bowed to Naruto.
Sakura could only watch Karin but not with hate or jealousy but happiness for them. She still hurted a little but not as much after she had just figured out that her feelings may not have been for Sasuke at all.
" Hello old man, Ayame-chan good to be back." smiled Naruto towards them.
" Umm do I know you young sir? I don't think we've met." squinted the old man.
" Old man I'm hurt ...don't you remember your favorite customer, Naruto Uzumaki?" laughed the long haired blond.
Ayame and her father were in shock, was this tall blond actually the orange wearing boy they knew?
" I don't believe you... if you're really Naruto, what's your favorite ramen dish?" eyed Ayame suspiciously at Naruto.
" That's easy Ayame-chan its Miso." Naruto smiled with a foxy grin.
" Naruto-kun!" as she hugged the boy who was a great customer to her father's ramen shop and a great person to have known was back.
" Welcome back, we missed you young man." smiled the old man.
" Thanks it's good to be back I suppose. Can I get the usual?"
" Sure."
After awhile of sitting Sasuke decided to open up to his ex-teammates.
" Sakura, Naruto it's good to see you both..."
" Shut it, Uchiha-san I want nothing to do with you." expressed Naruto as he drank his sake and ate his ramen.
" Naruto don't be mean. Sasuke-san it is good to see you too." smiled Sakura.
" What the fuck is your problem Naruto? I just want to ..."
" Don't let me reveal to people what you have done I can never forgive you for working with those bastards." growled the blond.
" Working for who, Naruto?" asked Sakura curiously.
" It's nothing Sakura, he's drunk don't listen to him." sweatdropped Sasuke.
" Oh...but he's only had one drink."
/Quit asking, those two aren't going to tell you nothing. They're hiding something but I feel it isn't worth going through all that trouble to find out, they'll tell you in due time./
/ I hope you're right, I hate being kept in the dark./
" So who's the jerk Sasuke-kun?" asked Karin slightly irritated.
" Your mother bitch." smirked Naruto.
" What did you call my Karin?" asked a peeved Sasuke.
" Let me repeat it for you dumbass...your mother bitch."
As Sasuke tried to take a swing at Naruto disappeared in a flash to be behind Sasuke with a kunai pointed as his neck.
" Don't ever try to be my friend, asshole. You use your chidori to try to take my head off. Secondly you never helped or cared for my friendship. Lastly you basically got with Sakura just because of her looks. I trusted you as a friend and every chance you got you stabbed me in the back. Fuck you, I will never forgive you because you're the first person I've ever hated and trust me I'm not a person who hates a whole lot of people. You're on a short list so congratulations on pissing me off." as he threw Sasuke into the floor.
" Sorry for the trouble, Ayame-chan, old man, here's a little something for your trouble..." said Naruto as he placed a few thousand ryou for the ramen owners.
/ In my eyes you're a traitor who went to work with the Akatsuki because you couldn't handle Itachi...in the end you were the fucked up one not your brother.../
As Naruto vanished the place was still quiet than ever until Sakura turned around to Sasuke.
" I loved you for so long but no more. I can forgive you for what you did to me because your my comrade. Naruto is someone that has been hurt by a lot of people including myself. I know what it feels like Sasuke-san and it hurts badly to know he can't forgive you but from what he told me was if you do value him then try mightily to become better and maybe then he can care about you again. In my heart , I've grown to dare I say it...love him and right now I wish I could take back many years of what I did to him but I can't. So I am going to do my best to give him a better way of life anyway I can. Can you do it to Sasuke?" sighed Sakura as she stared deeply into Sasuke wondering what he would answer when he suprised her.
" Yes, I owe him for bringing my loved ones back. It's a small price to pay and I would gladly pay it." as Sasuke gave a genuine smile for the first time in his life.
Later in the evening...
The mood had been a busy one due to the fact that Hinata was to be at a Fireworks festival as a main speaker. She had grown to be a very beautiful woman who would speak her mind, commanding voice, and features that would make any woman jealous at least that's what Ino had told her. In the end the one thing in her life that stayed constant is her love for Naruto. After the supposed passing of Naruto, she strived to become head clan and was more motivated to do it not only for herself but as a dedication to the man she loved. As she sat on her boardwalk looking at the moon , her good friend Kiba sat next to her.
" Hey Hinata-san how is everything?" smiled Kiba. After three years , Akamaru had died suffering from a disease that weaken it's strength. Kiba took it to heart for a while but came back stronger than ever.
" I am good Kiba-kun, the meeting with the Hyuuga council went well and the curse markers will not be allowed in this clan." smiled Hinata.
" Excellent but I was wondering how is your progression on getting Naruto's affection?" asked Kiba as he smirked in his mental game.
Hinata could only stutter and squeak in nervousness, Naruto was about the only person in the world who could make her feel so young and nervous but she knew why she loved the man.
" I-I d-don't k-know w-what y-you a-are t-talking a-about." sweatdropped the young Hyuuga.
" Sure...anyways are you sure that you can forgive me? I shouldn't have cheated on you , Hinata and I'm not sure I should even be forgiven." sadly expressed the dog boy.
" Kiba-kun it's forgiven, I could never hold a grudge and besides you seemed to love Ranzemi. We weren't meant to be and besides, even when I was with you, I couldn't stop loving Naruto and you found Ranzemi therefore neither of us should be angry. I was a little sad in the beginning and I cried but I realized if you did care about her like you sound then I am happy for you." smiled the pale princess.
" Hinata you are truly an angel, hopefully the baka realizes it before it's too late. Well I gotta go, catch you laters." as he stood up and ran ninja speed away.
As Hinata sat someone had arrived behind her and patted her only to scare her only to realize it was Naruto.
" N-Naruto-kun! Y-You're i-in m-my h-house." yelled the Hyuuga in total astonishment.
" Yeah sorry about scaring you it's because I asked for you and nobody knew where you were." stated Naruto as he scratched his head in embarrassment.
" Y-You a-asked f-for m-me?" asked an astonished Hinata.
" Yeppers, and well here we are...So how have you been Hinata? You seem to have become more beautiful than before if that's even possible." smiled Naruto.
Hinata has always taken praises with humility and bow of thanks but for Naruto it was a simple..." Yeep" before she passed out.
Hiashi had arrived to see the scene and could only chuckle to himself how his beautiful daughter had the crush on the man who gave everything to the village. Clan or no clan in Hiashi's eyes, Naruto was a worthy man of his daughter's hand and would talk to him eventually about it.
As Naruto picked her up, he turned around to see the Hyuugas going ooo's and aaa's at the scene and he just chuckled as he handed her over to Neji.
" Won't you be staying with us?" asked Hinata's mother.
" No thank you I have business to attend..." and he disappeared in a yellow flash.
/Just like your father huh Naruto-san, it is good to have the Namikaze legacy back./ thought Hiashi.
/ I must say I am impressed Naruto-san maybe I shall have a friendly battle with you some time soon./ smiled Neji at the thought of a challenge.
With Naruto ...
As he sped through the village, he decided to to go back to the KIA rock memorial to pay a visit to his godfather's place of rest.
" Jiraiya-sensei, I miss you..." and as he patted the stone he looked through the names of those who were killed ... to find one Akimichi Chouji.
" No...Chouji-san is dead...he, he was a good man..." and as Naruto started to express his sadness, the red chakra started leaking...
" Whoever did this...they're going to pay with their lives!" yelled Naruto as he speed away to find the culprit responsible for Chouji's death..
To Be Continued...
Oh oh ...someone's in damn trouble...better pray they don't meet Naruto...
Next Time ...Who's responsible for Chouji's death and why?