"Goodbye, Naruto", the pink haired girl waved,"train hard and come back really strong."
"I will Sakura-chan, believe it!", the blonde boy with a wide grin plastered on his face replied. Only few would know that the smile was only a mask, for his heart was breaking. He would have to stay away for atleast two years from his village, his friends, Ichiraku's and from her…
Naruto turned around and started walking away from the village gate following a tall white haired man. When he caught up to him, he addessed him in a sad voice,"Oi Jiraya-sensei…"
Alright something's wrong. He never calls me that.
"What's wrong, brat? You are awefully down considering your reputation.", Jiraya asked.
" Do we… I mean…. Do we really have to leave the the village for the training? Can't we just train in the village…?",Naruto sadly stared down the road while speaking.
"Oi brat, listen carefully. I am not going to teach you only new jutsus but also how to control that other chakra you have… you understand, right?" Receiving a nod he continued,"You could hurt the people around you while training and I think you don't want to hurt your precious ones, do you?" He receive a vigorous shaking head in response,"And don't worry brat you will be back home before you can say Sakura-chan…."
People passing by could see a furiously blushing blonde shouting at a tall man who was laughing his face off.
Two and a half years later…
It was morning and the village was slowly starting to wake up to the noise of birds chirping. Everywhere one could see green trees and smell the fresh morning air. The Shodaime named the village Konohagakure for a reason.
A certain pink haired kunoichi was waking up too. It was more of a habit now to wake up this early. The last two and a half years she spent training with the Hokage and the world's best medic-nin was probably the reason. However it was her day-off and surprisingly she was not happy about it.
She hated any free time now, ofcourse she had her family, friends and Ino(yes… Ino fell into an whole different category) but she doubted anyone could keep him company like him…
When will you come back Naruto…. Its already been more than two years. Sakura thought with a sigh.
LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S MISSING SOMEONE…! Inner Sakura squealed now dressed in a wedding kimono waiting for her 'love'…..
Shut up..! Its not like that and why are you back… Sakura thought trying to kick her inner self back to the depths of her mind.
YOU DO REALIZE THAT I AM ONLY PART OF YOUR TWISTED THOU… Inner Sakura was kicked back to her cage before she could finish.
Sakura got up with a sigh and headed for her bathroom to get ready for her boring day ahead (or atleast that's what she thought it would be…)
She got out of the shower and dressed up in her regular shinobi outfit(A/N: shippuden outfit). As she was dressing up she decided to visit the Hokage's office and see if she could get some work to do. She skipped breakfast and headed for the Hokage tower taking the rooftops.
Elsewhere….
Two people tree skipping in the forest headed towards Konoha. One of them had blonde hair as bright as the sun, wore a ridiculously orange jumpsuit with black borders and had a Konoha forehead protector. The great Toad Sannin Jiraya was trailing behind him and was almost out of brath by now.
"Oi Naruto, wait up, will you..?! There's no need to rush. Konoha's not going anywhere and I am not getting younger..!", Jiraya yelled with the little reserve air he had left in him.
"Hurry up Ero-sennin… it's been so long and I can't wait to meet everyone.", Naruto replied without turning back.
"Morelike can't wait to meet her…"
"Shut up and hurry or I am leaving you behind."
Jiraya would have noticed Naruto's blush if he wasn't trailing behind.
"So Ero-sennin…. What do you think? Jounin or ANBU.", Naruto asked feeling the need to change the subject.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT..! and don't get ahead of yourself. I am thinking eternal gennin would me more fitting."
"WHAT!?"
Jiraya only chuckled at the following tantrum and felt relieved that it somehow managed to slow down the pace.
"Can I come in shishou?"
The busty blonde Hokage did not even look up from her paperwork for she knew who it was.
"What are you doing here, Sakura? Isn't it your day off?"
"Shishou, I was wondering if you had any work for me..?"
"You know..", Tsunade started looking up from her paperwork,"it's called 'day off' for a reason. It means no work, no training and no missions..!"
Sakura flinched slightly at the rising voice. Visiting the Hokage seemed like a mistake now. Luckily the focus was shifted from her by the entry of the next visitor, and he came in through the window.
Crawled through the window would have in more appropriate to say. The said man was lying on the floor face down panting hard. Sakura noticed that the man had long spiked white hair, wore a sleeveless red coat and had a humongous scroll on his back.
Its Jiraya-sama What is h….
"What are you doing here alone, Jiraya? Where is Naruto?", Tsunade's questions beat Sakura's chain of thought.
"Calm down…", Jiraya said this more to himself than the people present before he continued,"Naruto's alright. He met a boy with a blue scarf on the way here andd decided to catch up. So, I just came up ahead… and can someone please get me a glass of water…!"
Naruto….. Naruto's back… Sakura didn't take the time to finish her thought before turning to leave. It was now her turn to use the window.
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A/N: alright guys this is my first attempt at a fan fic.
Hope you enjoy. All kind of reviews will be read so please review.
Will update within a week.