Well hello! Here's a new chapter of Naruko's secret-fanfiction, with some inspiration from the Your Name-manga, and Mahou no Chocolate-manga, which I don't own the rights to. See you in the next chapter.
Naruko stood with Inari Zabuza, and before Haku's graves, and placed on their crosses the garlands he had just made of daisies:
"Haku, Zabuza, I found my own way thanks to you. Thank you. If Haku, and Zabuza were alive, what would they think of me now? Wait a minute! Now I sound just like Kakashi-sensei. If I hadn't decided to become strong while protecting my friends, I might be a completely different ninja now".
Looking at Haku's, and Zabuza's graves was somehow nostalgic for Naruko, because while fighting Zabuza, and against Haku, built long ago by Tazuna, Naruko had found her own ninja-path, and Naruko had since done her best to protect her friends.
Naruko had made that decision after seeing, that how much Haku had wanted to protect Zabuza, when Kakashi was fighting Zabuza, and that how Zabuza had killed Gato, when Gato had spoken rudely about Haku with Zabuza pointing in that manner, that Zabuza had cared about Haku, and that how Zabuza hadn't thought of Haku as just a weapon.
Naruko didn't regret a single decision she made to protect her friends, because thanks to that Naruko had made a lot of friends, whose protection had motivated Naruko to become stronger both physically, as well as mentally.
"Zabuza should have told Haku, that Zabuza never thought of Haku as just a weapon, or as a tool, which Zabuza used to make money. Fortunately, Kakashi-sensei told Haku that in the last war," Naruko thought as she remembered hearing that from Kakashi after the last war. "Haku must have been happy to hear that from Kakashi-sensei, that how Zabuza had cared for Haku, because based on what Kakashi-sensei told, Haku had cried after Kakashi told Haku that Zabuza cared about Haku. Was Zabuza just too proud to tell Haku the matter himself, and was afraid of losing his reputation as a result?"
Naruko started walking with Inari towards the shrine Inari mentioned earlier.
Finally Naruko, and Inari arrived at that shrine, which was small, and in front of which was a red wooden gate, which had the Uzumaki-clan crest on it.
"Thank you Inari. Wait here," Naruko said starting to walk towards the shrine, whose front door Naruko pushed open to see a shrine on a stone table, indigo blue crystal, and the scroll.
Naruko touched the scroll, as a result of which the crystal began to glow, and turned into a spirit being in the form of a boy, who bowed to Naruko after seeing Naruko:
"It's an honor to meet you, Uzumaki Ashina's descendant. I'm Tsubasa. I have been waiting for you for a long time. Once you've found us, 7-Mei are all members, so we lend our strength to you always, when you want".
Tsubasa turned back into a crystal, which transferred to the crystal in Naruko's necklace, which began to glow indigo blue.
Naruko took the scroll, closed the front door of the sanctuary, and walked in front of Inari:
"Thank you. I'm going to go to an island next".
Inari nodded.
Naruko walked with Inari to Inari's home to write a letter to Tsunade.
"Unbelievable, that Tsunade-sama didn't tell us Naruko's location," Sakura said as she and Sasuke packed up as they prepared to look for Naruko.
"Naruko had to have another reason for leaving here," Sasuke said.
When Sasuke, and Sakura were leaving the village, then water fell on Sakura.
"What?!" Sakura shouted, and looked up to see a man standing on a window cleaning stand in front of the wall, who held an empty bucket in his hands, and smiled cheekily.
"Oh, sorry. My hand must have slipped," The man said.
"Forget that, and keep walking" Sasuke said hearing, how the villagers talked about Sasuke, and from Sakura.
"That was just right for Sakura".
"Haruno finally got his due".
"Those two are said to be off to find Naruko. I heard them talking about it to Kakashi earlier this morning".
"How dare they?"
"Sasuke used to make fun of Naruko a lot".
"Both Sakura, and Sasuke are disgusting".
Naruko packed her things into her backpack, and put the scroll there, where she had just sealed the baby things she had just bought.
"Hikaru must have grown up since I last saw you. I hope, as Hikaru is on good terms with his mother," Naruko thought, as she watched the sunset from the guest room window of Tazuna's home.