There You'll Be
Naruto paced back in forth, dirt was collected on his shoes and the bottom of his white jacket. Kakashi couldn't help but stare at his former student. The young boy had grown so much. It seemed as though it had happened over night. The once chubby faced boy had turned into a man. Kakashi's lone eye moved back and forth still following the blond's every move. Kakashi was quite shocked how much the boy looked like his father. He'd even taken to dressing like him.
"Keep pacing like that and you'll dig a hole in the ground." Kakashi commented from his spot at the base of the tree that he sat propped against. His arm was wrapped in a sling. His normal defying gravity hair was flatted slightly from all the sleeping he'd down the past two weeks. In his hand sat his favorite orange book.
"I'm not trying to." Naruto's once high pitched voice was replaced by that of a man. Kakashi chuckled lightly.
"Everything is fine. It's just a simple surgery. Ino even told you that Sakura would be fine." Kakashi said, with a sigh. Naruto sighed loudly before deciding that his pacing in front of the surgery tent would not help anyone. He walked slowly to where Kakashi was sitting and plopped down next to the silver haired man. Naruto smiled and looked up at the bright sun. A chilled wind blew through the clearing reminding him that winter was quickly approaching.
The final battle had moved in such a blur that he almost tried to forget about it. He was still extremely angry at Sakura for jumping in front of him like that. It would have cost her life if Tsunade hadn't decided to quickly form a medical team to go to the front lines. He also knew that is she hadn't have stepped in he wouldn't be here.
Sakura was in the last surgery she would need to be in good medical condition. Ino had told him that this surgery was no where near life threatening. Naruto sighed in relief again knowing that everything would be better. He closed his eyes for a moment enjoying the warm sun on his face. He was happy to be home. This was his home. It had taken awhile but he was more than positive that there would not be anymore wars for a good long time.
He cracked an eye when a shadow fell over his face. The first thing he noticed was the cigarette dangling out of the ninja mouth. "Hey Naruto." The dark eyes of Shikamaru stared down at him. He looked tired. Tired but happy. His hands slid into his pocket after lighting the cigarette.
"Hey Shikamaru." Naruto smiled. Shikamaru removed one hand from his pocket for Naruto to take a hold of. Naruto reached up slowly and grasped the nin's hand. He was pulled up to his feet and quickly enveloped into a hug. Naruto quickly returned the hug. "It's good to be home." Naruto grinned.
"Yeah. Yeah it is." Shikamaru nodded. "Want to come help us?" he looked at Naruto.
"With what?" Naruto asked quickly but Shikamaru was already walking away. He gave the blonde a wave to hurry. Smoke followed behind Shikamaru. Naruto looked down at Kakashi silently asking him to come get him if the surgery took less time than what was first told.
"Don't worry. I will." Kakashi laughed, before turning a page in his book. Naruto nodded and than quickly made his way to follow Shikamaru.
"Damnit Shikamaru! Wait up!" Naruto called to the man, who a good 400 feet in front of him. Naruto groaned and quickly followed Shikamaru through the trees and shrubbery he had disappeared through. Once he pushed through to the other side he was welcomed by hundreds of smiling faces. Ninja and civilian alike. Naruto stared wide eyed at them not sure what to do. He than looked past them his eyes landed on the Hokage tower that was now completely rebuilt. A large grin spread across his face. "You did this?" he turned to look at Shikamaru who smiled back at him.
"Not me. Them. They wanted to award the new Hokage." Shikamaru laughed lightly at the shocked face of Naruto. Shikamaru quickly light another cig.
"New Hokage?" he asked confused. He jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked over at Tsunade who stood next to him. A knowing smile on her face.
"The people of Konoha. I give you, your new Hokage!" Tsunade smiled down at the blonde boy. His face grew into a huge grin.
"To our new Hokage! Naruto Uzumaki!" The crowed of people before him cheered. Tears stung his eyes. He turned and looked back at Tsuande.
"Really?" he asked, using the back of his sleeve to wipe his tears away. "I'll be the best Hokage ever! Believe it!" He yelled. Cheers continued as Naruto was brought into the large group and received hugs and handshakes from the group of people. His grin could not be stopped.
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The pink haired woman groaned as the sedatives she was under started to weer off. Her eyes lids fluttered for a moment until green eyes became aware of the world around her. The last thing she could remember was laying on the ground in the middle of the forest with Naruto and Ino around her. Her eyes focused, she stared up at the top of the white tent she laid in. The sun light slightly shown through the tarp allowing her to know that it was nearing the evening. She glanced around the room seeing other patients. She wanted to move but decided against it feeling extremely weak. "You're awake."
She moved her head to the side quickly. Her mind wheeled for a moment. She closed her eyes tightly. "Shouldn't have done that." her voice came out in a crook. After the pain subsided she opened her eyes once more. Her green eyes first saw the glass of water in front of her. She reached out at took it she drank it slowly savoring the coolness. After drinking the whole contents of the cup she looked up at who had given it to her. She smiled when she took in the site of her best friend. "Ino."
"Glad you're awake now." Ino smiled.
"How?" Sakura asked completely confused as to how any of this was real.
"When I ran out of charkra and you passed out. Tsunade-sama arrived with a whole team of medics." Ino smiled. Sakura smiled.
"So Naruto?" she asked, needing to know for sure that the blonde male was still here.
"He's-" Ino stopped talking as loud cheers filled their ears.
"To our new Hokage! Naruto Uzumaki!"
Tears filled in Sakura's eyes. His dream had finally come true. He was Hokage. She couldn't help but feel light and happy. Every once of pain she had felt before was gone. Tears spilled from her eyes as the happiness overwhelmed her.
"He's great." Ino finished. Sakura sobbed lightly. She clutched her fist to her heart.
"I'm so happy." Sakura smiled through her tears. Ino laughed slightly.
"You can stop crying now." Ino joked.
"I just cant." Sakura laughed. Ino rolled her eyes.
A/N
So when I first started this it was supposed to be a sad ending... well... I can't write sad endings damn it! So to the person who told me I needed to write a dark fic. I tried... and I failed lol. Only one more chapter left :) Thank you to those of you who have read and reviewed.
Answers to reviews :D
To BlueEyedBabyy: Yes there was a skip. I didn't really feel the need to write the fight scene. I originally going to but decided against it because I wanted to finish this fic since I have like seven other In Progress stories. Sorry if I confused you :/