Chapter 15 is now out, i believe this is my biggest chapter to date with over 3100 words "before the my author notes :P" well here comes my favorite part, responding to my loyal reviewers :)
chickenman00712 - I thank you again for the review, and can only hope that you are once again drawn into the story as much as you have been for the past chapters :D
naturokurosaki - Thanks for the review, and yeah, there will be some twists to the story, although they are not planned for a few chapters :P
naru-ca-titan - you need not wait no more :P Chapter 15 has arrived , yay ;) and i am very happy that you are enjoying it :D
crsstlk - Wow, that's the first thing that comes to mind after reading that review, i am honored to have such a dedicated fan, i can only hope that this next chapter is also worth you staying up late to read :P but seriously, i really hope you like this new chapter as much as the others :)
Ymere - thanks for the review, for the angsty part, no worries on that :P
RSfan - Thanks for the review, i may give away a very small bit of the story by saying this, but it won't spoil anything, i don't plan on disbanding team Naruto after he becomes Hokage :), Team Naruto is too awesome ;)
EDIT - I forgot to respond to a review
Ymere - I had responded to your review but somehow it got lost when i released the public version, for this i am sorry, i did not forget you, i just don't know what happened to my responce :/ anyway don't worry about the story getting angsty :P I thank you for the review, and once again apologies for somehow forgetting to put it in my final draft of the story
Well that's all for the reviews, so keep them coming :D
This chapter was revised on May 19th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged
Saving old bonds
Chapter 15 (Revised)
Naruto was sleeping soundly with Sakura snuggled up against him; she was slowly beginning to wake up "He is so HOT! Even with those whiskers" Inner said with a grin as Sakura stared at Naruto as he slept, she was happy because she had the day off, meaning she could spend it with Naruto, she was even thinking about going with him to meet his team if he didn't mind
Naruto began to wake up himself as he turned his head to look at his beautiful Sakura "Good morning" he told her with a smile "You look beautiful this morning" he then said with a grin, Sakura shoved a pillow in his face playfully
"Oh shut up, my hair is a mess!" she said with a giggle
"Well we could take another shower; I could wash them for you" he said with a growing grin
"You just want to get me naked again don't you!" She said with a grin
"Uh Sakura, I don't really have to get you naked, your already are naked" he said with a wink, Sakura had decided to start to play fight with him and ended up on top of him, he decided to wrap his arms around her and pulled her down onto him, he then rolled her over until he was on top and pinned down her arms "Naughty girl" he said with a grin
"Aww Naruto you're being mean" she said with a sad face, Naruto felt bad and let go of her arms, suddenly she grinned "HA!" She pushed him off, he was going to fall out of the bed but he grabbed her arm and pulled her down with him as the blanket fell on top of them, they were both laughing "Naruto, I don't think that I have ever been this happy in my entire life" she said with a smile
"Me either Sakura Chan, you are the only one that I could ever love" He said as he hugged her
"Aww Naruto, I don't think I could love any other man then you" she said as she hugged him back "So, do you still want to wash my hair?" she said with a grin
"Of course" He said with as his own grin return before they got up from the ground and both headed towards the bathroom
Meanwhile Yuki was eating her breakfast as her mom stepped into the kitchen "You're up early dear" she asked her daughter as she began to make some coffee for herself
"Today I get together with my team for the first time" She said in a happy tone
"Oh really? You were made part of a team? That's great, so who is in your team?"
"Hyuga Hanabi, Konohamaru Kun and myself, oh and our team leader is Uzumaki Naruto Sensei" she said happily
"Naruto? So, he has finally taken a team, well I am very happy that you are a part of his team, that way I know you will be safe" she said to her daughter
"Yeah, Sensei is really strong, I studied his file, mom, did you know he saved the village like over three times? And the first time he was younger than me!"
"Ah yes, I remember the sand and sound invasion, it was a sad day, you were only starting the academy back then"
"Well I got to go mom, Konohamaru wants us to meet up with Hanabi before we head out to meet Naruto Sensei" she said as she put the dishes in the sink
"Alright dear, be careful"
"Yeah, yeah mom, you worry too much" she said as she walked outside, Konohamaru was already waiting for her
"Hey Yuki Chan, ready to go?" he asked her with a smile
"Yeah, I can't wait to see Naruto Sensei again, do you think he will train us today?" she asked all excited
"I don't know, only one way to find out" He said while they began to walk toward the Hyuga compound
Naruto and Sakura were done their showers and had begun eating breakfast, Sakura had made them pancakes and toasts "This is great Sakura Chan, you are really spoiling me" He said as he ate up
"Your worth being spoiled" She said with a grin as she ate as well "Naruto, I have the day off from the hospital today, I know you're going to meet up with your team, would you mind if I tagged along? I would love to see them" She asked
"Sure, maybe you can help me train them a bit" He said smiling at her
"Really? That would be fun, but are you sure; you are their sensei after all"
"Bah, they will love you, I am sure of it, who wouldn't" he said with a grin as he finished up his plate and drank up his glass of milk, he then got up and put the dishes in the sink and Sakura did the same "I will help you clean these up, then we can head out" Sakura washed the dishes while Naruto dried them, they only had a few to do so they were done quickly. Once finished they both headed out the door as Sakura held onto Naruto's hand
Yamato had just dodged a flying book as Shizune shouted at him "WHY DID YOU NOT WAKE ME SOONER! LOOK AT THE TIME!" she said in anger
"But you were tired…I couldn't bring myself to wake you, and what are a few hours, the news will be the same whether it's at 6 AM or 10 AM" he said while dodging an unidentified flying object
"That's no excuse! I told you to wake me up early!" she said while starting to calm down, she had also realize that some of the hospital staff had begun staring at them, they had slept there overnight since they were too tired to head back home "What are you all looking at, you all have your jobs to do don't you?!" the staff quickly begun to scatter, Shizune was the Chief medical doctor in charge of the hospital after all "Alright Yamato, let's go break the news to those poor kids" she said referring to Naruto and Sakura
They were both walking in the streets of Konoha, the village was buzzing with activity, Shizune felt sorry because she knew their lives were about to change, soon the merchants would be replaced with security patrols and security checkpoints, and instead of importing furniture and other commodities, there chief import will become weapons, there would be many mothers that would lose their loved ones as casualties of war, she didn't want to think about it, but it was hard to deny the reality of war, and these people had no idea it was coming
They finally arrived at Sakura's house, Shizune took a deep breath and knocked on the door, they waited and waited, no answer, she knocked again, once more nothing, she began to bang on the door shouting Naruto and Sakura's name, but no answer ever came "Maybe I should go check out back, you know, perhaps they are…"
Without warning she punched him in the face "Pervert, you just want to try and see if you can get a quick peek at them"
"WHAT?! No damn it, why do you always assume that!" He said with an upset tone
"It's obvious there not here, Yamato this is YOUR fault, had you woken me up this morning like I asked, then we would have caught them before they could have left" while crossing her arms "Now we have to look for them AGAIN, and this time the streets are full of people, it's going to be harder"
"then perhaps we should recruit some help" Yamato said plainly "Konoha is full of expert tracker"
"that's the first intelligent thing you have thought of in a while" she said with a faint smile "But your still an idiot for letting me sleep in, come, we are going to pay the Inuzuka's a visit"
Meanwhile newly formed Team Naruto was waiting for their leader to arrive
"Where is he" Konohamaru wondered, even though he wasn't late yet
"Give him time, he told us to meet him at around lunch time, we are early" Yuki responded
"How did I get recruited for this team again?" Hanabi asked
"I told you yesterday, Iruka Sensei saw that you were not given a team yet, and we needed a medical Nin" Konohamaru explained to her again
"I guess I was just hoping to get onto Neji's team, he could probably teach me more than Naruto could, since were both Hyuga's and all"
"It's Naruto Sensei! He may have an excuse for not giving our sensei the proper respect he deserves, but you don't!"
"What's her problem?" Hanabi asked Konohamaru
"Don't mind her, she just has a crush on Naruto Nii-San" Konohamaru said teasingly
"I DO NOT!" Yuki screamed out while she jumped on Konohamaru to beat him up, Hanabi just stayed clear of the fighting, sat down and sighed to herself "Why me..." is all that she could think of
Naruto and Sakura had arrived and were a bit puzzled, Naruto went to Hanabi "Uh what's going on here?" he asked her while watching his team members fight one another
Hanabi got up to show respect and bowed "Naruto Sensei, well uh, they are sparing?" she quickly made up a lie, it's not like she could tell him the truth, somehow she thought that telling him that Yuki had a crush on him and that Konohamaru was teasing her for it, wasn't the best idea
"Alright you 2, fall in!" Naruto shouted as both of them stop, realizing that Naruto had arrived, Yuki was blushing wildly, feeling embarrassed "Naruto Sensei, we are so sorry, isn't that right Konohamaru?" she said while giving him an angry glare
The boy had multiple bruises, it's not like he didn't know how to fight, but he just couldn't, or well didn't want to fight Yuki "I am so sorry Naruto Nii-San, it won't happen again, I swear" Konohamaru responded
"What? There is nothing wrong with a little sparing, it's good to practice" Naruto said with a smile
Both Konohamaru and Yuki looked at Hanabi "You guys owe me one" she whispered to them so Naruto couldn't hear her
Yuki had finally noticed Sakura standing behind Naruto "Who is that?!" she asked whispering to Konohamaru
"That, is Sakura" he simply responded
"What? That is Sakura?!" she thought to herself "But… But… She is beautiful, how can I compete with THAT!" she wondered to herself
"Alright everyone, Konohamaru already knows who this is, but I will introduce you to her, This is Haruno Sakura, she is the Executive chief medical doctor of our hospital, meaning she is the second in charge there, we have been on the same team since we were genin and know each other very well, it includes our strength and weaknesses, I know in a battle that I can depend on her, and she can depend on me, that is what a team is all about, and that is what I want for us to become, so from time to time, she will be here to help us train"
"She is a high ranking medical ninja as well?! That must mean that she is also smart! Add to that how long that they have been together…But I can't give up, she is going down! Because true love conquers all! If she is a medical ninja, it must mean that she is weak in battle" Yuki thought once more to herself
"But before we begin, let's start with getting to know each other, when it's your turn, I want you to state your name, likes and dislikes and your dream, now I know I already know you Konohamaru, but let's start with you"
"My name is Sarutobi Konohamaru, I like training and my Nii-San, what I don't like are the people who hurt others and kill for pleasure…" he said while thinking back to the tragedy of his family, his parents were killed, his grandfather, the third Hokage was killed and finally his uncle Asuma was also killed only a few years ago "my dream, well I guess it would be to one day restore my clan to its former glory" He said with a grin
"What happened to your dream of becoming Hokage?" Naruto asked out of curiosity
"Although in the past, I thought that's what I wanted, but I was just a kid, I didn't know what I truly wanted, but now I do, also, you're going to be the next Hokage anyway Nii-san" he said with a huge grin
"Wow, you have really grown up, I am proud of you Konohamaru" Naruto said with a smile for Konohamaru "Alright, let's move along then" he said while looking at Hanabi
"My name is Hyuga Hanabi, I like to train alongside my cousin Neji, I don't really have any dislikes, my dream I guess would be to live up to the Hyuga name and make my father proud"
"Very good, next" He said while looking at Yuki
"My name is Talho Yuki, I like to train so people don't think I am weak, I hate jerks who think girls are good for nothing as ninja's and finally, my dream is to find someone who can accept me for who I am!" she said while staring at Naruto and trying not to blush
"Good, well I guess it's my turn, my name is Uzumaki Naruto" he thought about introducing himself as Namikaze Naruto, but he though it wasn't the right place or time, plus he wanted to confirm he was a Namikaze with Tsunade first "my likes are ramen and my lovely Sakura, my dislikes are trash who abandon their team members because they think they are better than them, and finally my dream is to one day be able to prove to everyone that I am worthy of the title of Hokage" He said with a smile
"Alright then…" he tried to continue but was cut off
"What about her?" Yuki asked while pointing at Sakura
"She isn't part of the team so she isn't obligated to"
"No Naruto, I don't mind, it's only natural they want to know a bit about me" she said, Naruto nodded in agreement with her "Alright then, as you all know already, my name is Haruno Sakura, I like a certain blond hair, blue eyes, orange wearing ninja" she said with a smile while staring at Naruto who returned her smile "I dislike being away from that very ninja, and finally, I dream of one day living a happy life with said ninja"
Yuki was getting frustrated; she had to fight the urge to beat her up
"Alright, now that we all got to know each other a little bit, we can begin, since you are all Chunin, I will assume that you all know the basics, which means walking up tree's, walls as well as walking on water"
"Yes Sensei" they all responded
"Good, that means we don't have to waste time teaching you chakra control then, I want to see what your all capable of, so this is what we are going to do, I will join the team, we will work together, while Sakura attacks us, our focus will be to look out for each other, if you do not work as a team and look out for one another, then in battle, it may prove to be our downfall"
"But Naruto sensei, just her against us four? It sounds a bit unfair" Yuki said
"Indeed, but if we work as a team, we may get out of it without too many bruises" Naruto responded
"What is he talking about" Yuki whispers to Konohamaru "She is going to get creamed!"
"You don't know Sakura…I am just happy that she is a medical Ninja and that she can heal any of our injuries if she gets carried away…" He said with genuine fear for his wellbeing as he remembered the beatings he witnesses her give Naruto, and she had gotten her hands on him a few times as well
"Can she really be that powerful?!" Yuki thought to herself
"She is the fifth Hokage's protégé and apprentice after all" Hanabi added
Yuki couldn't believe it, it seems like this girl was perfect in each and every way, she was beautiful, she was smart, she was strong, but Yuki was going to prove herself, she was going to show Naruto that she was strong, and if she could defeat that perfect freak of nature, then perhaps he would notice her…
"Alright everyone…SCATTER!"
They all jumped in different directions as Naruto and Sakura had not moved yet "Well this should be fun, but shouldn't you have joined them?" Sakura asked him
"I wanted to see how they would scatter, did you notice anything?"
"They all ran in different directions?" she answered
"Yeah, right after I told them this was a team exercise"
"Well there still young and learning" She said with a smile "Now you should get out there, or do you want me to take you down now?" she said with a grin
"Just go easy on us Sakura Chan" he said returning her grin
"You know you can beat me, your stronger then I am"
"You're not as weak as you think you are, plus I will be using only one of my Justus, meaning no clones, no rasengan, I want them to lose, and learn to work together"
"So if it's not your shadow clones or rasengan, what one are you going to use?"
"You will find out when I use it" he said with a grin, he was about to jump away when she stopped him
"Kiss me good luck?" she said with a grin
"Well I guess it can't hurt" He said while he wrapped his arms around her and began kissing her passionately, but she quickly began focusing chakra into her fist and took a swing at him, but all she was able to hit was a log, which brook into pieces upon contact
"So its substitution Jutsu huh?" she said with a grin
Naruto was standing on a nearby tree branch "That was a dirty trick Sakura Chan" He said with a grin as she stared at him from bellow before he disappeared in a poof of smoke
She began making hand signs "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" suddenly there were now four Sakura's "You may not be using your jutsus but you didn't say anything about me not being able too "she said with a grin "You three, go after the kids, leave Naruto to ME" the real Sakura instructed her clones as they scattered
End Chapter 15
And that finishes yet an other chapter, i hope once more you all enjoyed it :), i had lots of fun torturing poor Yamato, as well as playing around with Yuki ;) Expect to see quite a few new chapters pop up during the weekend, i am REALLY feeling inspired right now, and your continued reviews is only fueling my desire to keep on going, so please keep them coming :) as a fellow author said in her story don't forget the 3 R's , Read, Rave, Review, lol i though it was brilliant :P