The Legend Of Naruto: The Wind Waker Chapter 2: Naruto... Meet Sakura.
After Naruto left his grandfather's house, he climbed up on the ladder to Konohamaru's lookout to find Konohamaru waiting for his older brother.
"Hey, Konohamaru." said Naruto as he went to go and greet Konohamaru.
"Hey, Naruto." said Konohamaru as he noticed the orange jumpsuit that their grandfather, Sarutobi have given to Naruto as a birthday present.
"Wow! Nice clothes, Naruto! But Naruto... aren't you a little too hot in those clothes?" asked Konohamaru as he looked at Naruto.
"That's exactly what I said to Grandpa!" cried Naruto.
"Well, what did he say?" asked Konohamaru.
"He said, "Oh, don't be silly, Naruto! As I said before: these are the same clothes that the hero wore long ago when he was your age." "But I kept wondering, "Even if it was hot in this kind of weather, the Hero Of Time would still wear this?" "You're probably laughing at me now, Knohamaru." said Naruto as he turned away from Konohamaru.
"Oh come on! I think they look cool on you, Naruto! Besides, you and I develop a really close "brotherly bond" with each each other. You do know that, right?" asked Konohamaru.
"I know, Konohamaru. I know." said Naruto as he smiled at Konohamaru.
"Anyways, since Grandpa gave you your present, it's time for me to give you mine! But Naruto, can you please hold out your hand and close your eyes?" asked Konohamaru.
"Okay. Sure. I'll do it... I guess." said Naruto as he closed his eyes.
"Okay, Naruto! You can open your eyes now!" cried Naruto as he saw Konohamaru's telescope... and Konohamaru was giving it to his brother as a birthday present... awww, isn't that so sweet?
"Wow! Sweet! Konohamaru, y-you're giving this to me?" asked a shocked Naruto.
"Well, I'm only giving it to you for one day, so why not try it out, Naruto? Go on." said Konohamaru said Naruto as he took out Konahamaru's telescope.
He then zoomed in on Itachi Uchiha, one of the Akatsuki Postmen from Dragon Roost Island.
"Oh. Look, Konohamaru. It's Itachi Uchiha, our postman." said Naruto as he then noticed that Itachi was acting pretty odd.
"Okay, now he's acting really weird." said Naruto.
Just then, a frightened Konohamaru cried:
"Oh my goddesses! Naruto, look up at the sky!"
"What? What... is... it... Konohamaru...?" asked Naruto as he realized what was happening. There was a giant bird called the Helmaroc King that was carrying a girl as a boy was riding on it.
Just then, Naruto saw a pirate ship as the pirates were trying to throw bombs at the bird only to make the girl that was unconscious the whole time fall into the Outset Forest.
Konohamaru then turned his attention to Naruto and said:
"Oh my gosh, Naruto, this is terrible! That girl! She fell in the forest! I think she's dead! She needs some help! We've got to get her some hel-" cried a panicky Konohamaru as he was starting to panic about that girl that fell into the forest.
"Konohamaru! Calm down! I'm going to try and get some help! And after that... I'm going to find that girl." said a determined Naruto.
"No, Naruto! What are you, nuts? You could get killed! After all, th-there may be m-monsters in the
f-forest." said Konohamaru with a stutter.
"Konohamaru... that girl... you seem to really care about her... do you like her? Or do you know her?" asked Naruto as he looked at Konohamaru.
"No. I know I haven't met her before.. but I'm so worried, Naruto. No... I'm scared and worried. I mean, what if you don't come back, and then next thing you know, you're dead? Then you're going to die just like Mom and Dad did!" cried Konohamaru as he began to cry.
"Konohamaru..." said Naruto as he put his right hand on Konohamaru's left shoulder and said with a grin:
"Don't worry. I'll be all right. But if I don't come back, then you can call for help if I don't show up, okay?"
"Yeah." said Konohamaru as he nodded his head.
"All right! I'll be right back!" cried Naruto as he left Konohamaru's Lookout.
"Naruto... be careful." said Konohamaru as he prayed to the goddesses of Hyrule to make sure that Naruto would be safe.
Meanwhile, with Naruto...
Naruto was on his way to Iruka's house.
The words that Naruto's grandfather told him about Iruka echoed in his head:
"If I remember correctly, Iruka knows all about swordplay."
"Iruka-sensei... he'll know what to do." said Naruto as he went inside Iruka's house.
When Naruto got inside Iruka's house, Iruka stood there, very confused and concerned about what was going on.
"Naruto, what's the matter? What's with that look on your face?" asked Iruka as he saw a worried Naruto standing in front of him as Naruto told Iruka about what happened to the girl that the Helmaroc King carried in his talons.
"Hmm... I see. Well, Naruto, if you want to go and save that girl, then you're going to have to learn how to master the arts of swordplay first." said Iruka.
"But, Iruka-sensei, if I do pass this swordplay exercise and if I do get the sword, then can I still do all my jutsus?" asked Naruto.
"Well, you can. But only if you lose your sword by mistake. Then you do your jutsus, like Shadow Clone Jutsu for example." said Iruka.
"All right. But..." said Naruto.
"But what?" asked Iruka.
"But if I'm in contact with an enemy, then can I do my Shadow Clone Jutsu?" asked Iruka.
"Well, if you've got multiple enemies, or like more than one enemy, then yes, you can perform the Shadow Clone Jutsu. But you already know the Shadow Clone Jutsu Technique, Naruto, but for now... I need you... to stay focused and concentrated on these fine sword exercises that I am about to show you. Naruto... are you ready?" asked Iruka.
"Yes." said Naruto as he nodded his head.
"All right. Today, your first lesson will be the horizontal slice! But don't worry about my safety, Naruto... come at me, Naruto Uzumaki!" cried Iruka as Naruto performed the horizontal slice.
"Well done, Naruto! You did a fine job! Okay. Next, is the vertical slice! Come at me, Naruto!" cried Iruka as Naruto performed the vertical slice.
"Good job, Naruto! Next is the thrust! Just come an me and show me what you've got, Naruto, until I say "very good", okay?" asked Iruka as Naruto nodded his head and performed the thrust attack.
"Excellent work, Naruto! Well done! Okay. Next, is the spin attack! But be warned, Naruto: This other sword technique is called a parry attack, so this may be a little harder. But show me what you've got, Naruto!" cried Iruka as Naruto performed the the spin and parry attacks.
"Very good! And at last but not least... the jump attack! Come on, Naruto! Show me what you've got!" cried Iruka as Naruto performed the jump attack.
After Naruto and Iruka were done with their swordplay, Iruka said:
"That was fine display, Naruto. Well done. But still... I sense a feeling of anxiety of that sword that you carry... well, regardless... there is an eagerness that goes far beyond to be desired when fighting on the fields of battle... although I'm still a little bit unsure of when, where, what, how, and why this incident happened... there's a part of me that has faith in you. But, I hope that you now know how to use that sword which I doubt you'll be unable to figure out how to use it. But anyways, that sword in your left hand... take it... Naruto... it's yours now." said Iruka with a smile.
"Really? Wow! Oh my gosh, Iruka-sensei! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" cried Naruto as he gave Iruka a big hug.
As Naruto was about to leave Iruka's house, Iruka said:
"Naruto."
"Yes, Iruka-sensei?" asked Naruto as he looked at Iruka as he was about to head out the door.
"Good luck... and be careful." said Iruka as he smiled at Naruto.
"I will." said Naruto as he smiled at Iruka and got to the forest where the girl was.
Just then, he saw the girl in the forest, unconscious and hanging on a tree branch. After Naruto defeated the enemies in the forest, the girl woke up, shocked, and noticed that she was stuck on a tree branch as she fell off of it!
Naruto then quickly ran to her.
"Are you okay, Miss?" asked Naruto with concern.
"I'm... fine..." said the girl as she looked at Naruto, then at his jumpsuit.
"Whoa! What's with the jumpsuit?" asked the girl.
"It's my birthday today, so my grandfather made me wear it." replied Naruto.
"Wait a minute... why should I be telling her this? Hmph. She probably doesn't even care." said Naruto to herself as he stared at the girl. She had green eyes with pink short hair, a big wide forehead, and a Konoha ninja headband, just like Naruto's!
"Um, why are you staring at me?" asked the girl as she looked Naruto.
"Oh. It's nothing." said Naruto as he snapped out of his trance.
Just then, a man called the girl and said:
"Ms. Sakura! Ms. Sakura!"
He then ran to her and said:
"Oh! Oh thank goodness you're all right! When I saw you get dropped off by the bird on this summit, I thought you were-"
"Wait, Kakashi, did you just say, "summit"? So that stupid bird had the heart to drop me off on a mountain? Well! That bird did a good job, trying to get me killed so I could die, wasn't that nice of it! Good grief! Just great! Well, don't just stand there, Kakashi! Let's go! It's time to get our revenge on that bird who tried to kill me!" cried the girl who was now called Sakura as she was talking to Kakashi, one of her pirates.
"Revenge?" asked a baffled Naruto to himself.
Kakashi then looked at Naruto and asked:
"But wait! Ms. Sakura, what about this boy?"
"Don't worry about him, Kakashi! Let's just go! Come on! Speed it up! Walk faster!" replied Sakura as Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura left Outset Forest.