Post by chibifiedkitsunes on Sept 30, 2005 8:44:16 GMT -5
Title: [glow=red,2,300]Konoha's Sunshine[/glow]
Authoress: Chibified Kitsunes
Summary: AU - What if Naruto died fighting Sasuke? How would everyone react? A one shot of my take on the reactions of those closest to Naruto. Spoilers for ch 235 of the manga. warnings: character death, crying, author angst
[one shot]
Rating: Teen for language (although it's censored)
Pairings: Slight NaruHina
Genre: Angst
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.
A/N: Spoilers to chapter 235 of the manga. A little AUish with my take on what would happen had Naruto died fighting Sasuke. Hints of NaruHina and lots of crying. Bring out your tissues people, because I can’t guarantee you won’t cry.
Kakashi slowly approached the gates leading into the village. There, Tsunade and a team of medic nins were waiting. Pakkun and the rest of the nin dogs had arrived earlier to inform her of the mission failure. Despite this, Tsunade was glad that everyone else was alright.
Even before Kakashi had step foot onto Konoha grounds, Tsunade was already running up to meet him. She could see that bright sunshine hair resting on his shoulder; it could only belong to one person, ‘Naruto… Thank Kami you’re safe.’ She thought.
But as she grew closer, a chill ran up her spine as she noticed the way Kakashi was walking, the look in his eye. It was almost as if he had given up, as if he was reluctant to reach her. "Oh no..." She whispered as she covered her mouth.
Kakashi looked down, despondent, unwilling to meet the Hokage's eyes. Silently, he reached behind him and gently lay Naruto down on the ground. "I'm sorry..." He whispered, the wind carrying the quiet apology away.
Tears welled up in her eyes as Tsunade collapsed onto her knees next to the body. "No, it can’t be." She shook her head angrily as she quickly unzipped his jacket, her gaze on the giant hole in his right shoulder. Impatient, she drew out a kunai from Naruto’s kunai holder and slit his black shirt. Gathering chakra into her hands, she proceeded to heal him.
“Hokage-sama, it’s too late.” Kakashi whispered his voice devoid of all emotion but regret and sadness.
Tsunade’s head snapped up sharply as she glared at Kakashi, “Urusai!!”
Kakashi looked down sadly, ‘Sumimasen Obito, Yondaime-sensei. I have failed in my teachings, I put one student above the other and taught the other a jutsu that he used against a comrade. Forgive me…’
‘Don’t die!! You can’t die!!!’
Her train of thought disappeared as the sun crept out from behind the clouds. Its ray caught onto the single piece of jewelry that lay around his neck and glinted, catching Tsunade’s eyes. It was almost as if the cursed object was mocking her. Hysterical, she released her healing jutsu as she grabbed Naruto’s shoulders.
“Naruto!! Wake up!! You cannot die! You promised that you wouldn’t die until you became Hokage!! What of your dream now??” She screamed as she shook the lifeless body. Kakashi looked on sadly; the only trace of sadness was the one single tear that fell from his uncovered eye.
Shizune ran forward and stilled Tsunade’s arms. “Tsunade-sama!!”
Tsunade looked up at her friend, tears welling up in her eyes, unwilling to fall. “Shizune, he’s dead…”
Shizune looked down, not trusting herself to answer. She blinked back tears as she took Tsunade gently by her shoulders and led her away. “Daijoubu Tsunade-sama, take it easy.”
“HOW CAN IT BE ALRIGHT? NARUTO IS DEAD!!!” Tsunade screamed, Shizune flinched and looked away. “Gomen nasai Tsunade-sama.” She whispered.
By now, villagers and shinobi alike had gathered at the gate to see what the commotion was about. Everyone had heard of the disappearance of the Uchiha genius but none of them knew the true story behind it. It was classified information that Uchiha Sasuke had abandoned his village.
“It’s the Kyuubi brat.”
“Where’s Uchiha Sasuke?”
“I don’t know but the demon is dead.”
“Honto? That’s wonderful!!”
News of Naruto’s death spread through the crowd like wild fire and soon a cheer reverberated throughout the village. Tsunade looked up sharply and stood up, Shizune stepping back suddenly afraid of what was to come.
“HOW DARE YOU!! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK OF NARUTO LIKE THAT!!”
The crowd flinched as they watched an angry Hokage approach them. Villagers cowered back but the shinobis stood up to her. “He is a demon! He deserves to die!!”
All attention from Tsunade was suddenly turned onto that one shinobi, “Say that again, I dare you.” She replied in a menacing tone. The shinobi straightened his back as he faced up to his leader, “He is a monster that should have never been…!”
He never finished as Tsunade’s arm whipped out and delivered an uppercut to his jaw. The shinobi fell back from the punch unconscious. The blond woman whirled around and glared at everyone with killing intent, “If anyone of you dares to say anything else about my little brother, I will personally cut off your tongue before killing you with my bare hands. Now get lost before I lose my temper!!”
Kakashi and Shizune looked on sadly at their fellow comrades, disgusted by their behavior as they dispersed. They joined Tsunade who was now kneeling beside Naruto, gently untying his hitae-ate. She leaned in and placed a light kiss on his forehead. “Naruto… I’m so sorry.” She whispered as she cupped a whiskered cheek lightly and ruffled his hair. Tsunade brushed away a tear as she folded his hitae-ate before placing it neatly on his chest.
Ino, Hinata and Sakura finally reached the gates panting, out of breath from running straight from the hospital. They had been watching over their teammates, Sakura desperately waiting for news of Sasuke and Naruto when it finally reached them, Kakashi was back.
Sakura pushed past the last few villagers leaving, Sasuke’s name on her lips. “Sasuke-k…”
The words that tumbled out now trailed off as she became tongue tied. Sakura stood stock still. Hinata and Ino finally managed to weave their way through the dispersing crowd only to fall silent as they saw what Sakura saw.
Hinata gasped as tears welled up in her white eyes, “No… Naruto-kun!!” She covered her mouth in disbelief, unable to believe that Tsunade was now placing a white sheet over Naruto’s face. Bit by bit, the whiskered face and sunny hair that stole her heart from the start was disappearing from view. “Iie, it can’t be true!” She cried out as she lunged forward.
She grabbed the sheet and ripped it from Tsunade’s grip. Startled, Tsunade stepped back quickly before kneeling down and patting Hinata over the head. “I’m sorry, I’ll let you have some time with him alone.”
Glistening droplets fell freely from Hinata’s eyes, landing on the face below hers. ‘Even in death you look so angelic Naruto-kun…’ She thought as she cupped his cheek lightly in the palm of her hand, her fingers brushing slightly against the peaceful smile on his face.
She reached down and picked up a lifeless hand, it was still warm. “Naruto-kun,” she whispered as held his hand in her two smaller ones, almost as if she could bring him back to life by doing so.
“Arigatou Naruto-kun… You… You were the sunshine in my life; you gave me the courage to stand up to Neji-niisan. You helped me to change for the better. Your nindo, it inspired me… Do you remember when I battled Neji-niisan?? Shino-kun told me, he told me that on my blood, you swore to take revenge on him. Naruto-kun, why did you have to go?”
Hinata sobbed openly as she brought the still warm hand up to her cheek and cupped it. Holding it there, she continued, “I never had the courage to tell you, but now that you’re gone, it’s no use saying it. Demo, I love you so much Naruto-kun…”
Tsunade, who had been nearby listening, looked down sadly, “Naruto… you have no idea how much you have changed the people around you…” She whispered sadly.
“From now on Naruto-kun, I promise that I will no longer cry, I will be strong and never take back my words. I will make you proud, this will be my new nindo.” At that, Hinata leaned down and kissed Naruto lightly on the lips, thus swearing her nindo on her first bittersweet kiss.
Ino stood next to Sakura, unable to hold her tears back. “Hinata…” She couldn’t believe that Naruto was dead. Her impression of him was always the dead last, a stupid prankster who did nothing but stir up trouble. But ever since the Chuunin exams, her perspective on him had turned 180 degrees. Not only had he shown a sliver of intelligence and beat Kiba, he had shown so much determination and courage when facing Neji. She had been stunned when the examiner proclaimed Naruto the winner of the match against the Hyuuga genius.
She had run into Hyuuga Neji before in the survival test, those eyes had scared the wits out of her and her teammate, the very person had reduced Hinata to a quivering, terrified girl with just a few chosen words, but Naruto. Naruto faced down those eyes and spiteful words to emerge the winner.
Then and there she realized that there was more to Naruto than just his smile.
“B*st*rd!”
Ino looked up sharply as the spat out words reached her ears. Shifting her gaze from Hinata and Naruto to her pink haired friend, she was stunned to see Sakura glaring angrily at the two in front of them.
Sakura clenched her teeth and fists in anger, ‘How dare he, how dare he do something like this!!’
She stormed up to Hinata who was just standing up to thank the Hokage and kicked Naruto in the side. Hinata, Shizune and Tsunade gasped, outraged and horrified that the girl would do something like that. Kakashi ran forward about to stop Sakura from doing anymore when suddenly, Sakura was grabbed from behind and spun around.
[SMACK]
“How dare you Sakura! How could you do something like that!!?” Ino screamed into her friend’s face and shook her by the shoulders.
Sakura flung her arms up, shaking off Ino’s arms and pointed down at Naruto, “How could HE! He broke his promise to me and didn’t bring Sasuke-kun back!! And now he's trying to get away with it by pretending to be DEAD!”
Before Sakura and Ino could say another word, the pink haired girl was already being spun around. Hinata stood in front of her, head bowed. Sakura sneered, “What do you want, angry that I hurt your Naruto-kun! He’s nothing but a useless dobe who’s all talk and no…!”
The last thing Sakura saw before flying back a few feet was Hinata’s angry glare. Sakura stood up shakily, clutching her stomach coughing.
“Sakura-san, all this time Naruto-kun only had eyes for you.” The dark haired girl whispered quietly, though there was a darker edge to it, Ino noticed as she shivered. “He died, trying to keep his promise to you, a promise that he would bring your beloved back.”
Sakura’s eyes widened slightly as she took in these words before narrowing them again, “Nobody asked him to promise.”
“But you went to look for him!!!” Hinata yelled out before running forward, fists clenched ready for a fight.
Sakura smirked and drew out her kunai, “You are nothing.”
As Hinata approached quickly, Sakura swung her arm, hoping to slash the younger girl with it. But Hinata ducked, only to land another punch on Sakura’s stomach. She stumbled back, only to have her legs swiped out from under her. Sakura fell onto her back, before she could react, Hinata was sitting atop her stomach, pinning her hands under her knees. What frightened her most was the kunai in the shy girl’s hand, pointing straight at her throat.
“Naruto-kun loved you; he loved you so much that he was willing to give up his life to ensure your happiness. And this is how you treat him?” Hinata said simply as she stared down at the terrified girl.
Sakura gasped as she realized what she had done, “Oh my god… I’m so sorry!!!”
Hinata looked down sadly before drawing away her kunai and sitting up. Sakura scrambled to her knees before crawling over to Naruto’s body, “Naruto… Naruto please wake up. Please!!” She whispered as she shook his arm, “You’re only joking aren’t you???”
Tears welled up in Ino’s eyes as she watched her friend. She stepped forward and knelt down, taking her rival by the shoulders and drew her into a hug, providing the only thing a friend in need needed, comfort.
Authoress: Chibified Kitsunes
Summary: AU - What if Naruto died fighting Sasuke? How would everyone react? A one shot of my take on the reactions of those closest to Naruto. Spoilers for ch 235 of the manga. warnings: character death, crying, author angst
[one shot]
Rating: Teen for language (although it's censored)
Pairings: Slight NaruHina
Genre: Angst
Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.
A/N: Spoilers to chapter 235 of the manga. A little AUish with my take on what would happen had Naruto died fighting Sasuke. Hints of NaruHina and lots of crying. Bring out your tissues people, because I can’t guarantee you won’t cry.
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Kakashi slowly approached the gates leading into the village. There, Tsunade and a team of medic nins were waiting. Pakkun and the rest of the nin dogs had arrived earlier to inform her of the mission failure. Despite this, Tsunade was glad that everyone else was alright.
Even before Kakashi had step foot onto Konoha grounds, Tsunade was already running up to meet him. She could see that bright sunshine hair resting on his shoulder; it could only belong to one person, ‘Naruto… Thank Kami you’re safe.’ She thought.
But as she grew closer, a chill ran up her spine as she noticed the way Kakashi was walking, the look in his eye. It was almost as if he had given up, as if he was reluctant to reach her. "Oh no..." She whispered as she covered her mouth.
Kakashi looked down, despondent, unwilling to meet the Hokage's eyes. Silently, he reached behind him and gently lay Naruto down on the ground. "I'm sorry..." He whispered, the wind carrying the quiet apology away.
Tears welled up in her eyes as Tsunade collapsed onto her knees next to the body. "No, it can’t be." She shook her head angrily as she quickly unzipped his jacket, her gaze on the giant hole in his right shoulder. Impatient, she drew out a kunai from Naruto’s kunai holder and slit his black shirt. Gathering chakra into her hands, she proceeded to heal him.
“Hokage-sama, it’s too late.” Kakashi whispered his voice devoid of all emotion but regret and sadness.
Tsunade’s head snapped up sharply as she glared at Kakashi, “Urusai!!”
Kakashi looked down sadly, ‘Sumimasen Obito, Yondaime-sensei. I have failed in my teachings, I put one student above the other and taught the other a jutsu that he used against a comrade. Forgive me…’
‘Don’t die!! You can’t die!!!’
Her train of thought disappeared as the sun crept out from behind the clouds. Its ray caught onto the single piece of jewelry that lay around his neck and glinted, catching Tsunade’s eyes. It was almost as if the cursed object was mocking her. Hysterical, she released her healing jutsu as she grabbed Naruto’s shoulders.
“Naruto!! Wake up!! You cannot die! You promised that you wouldn’t die until you became Hokage!! What of your dream now??” She screamed as she shook the lifeless body. Kakashi looked on sadly; the only trace of sadness was the one single tear that fell from his uncovered eye.
Shizune ran forward and stilled Tsunade’s arms. “Tsunade-sama!!”
Tsunade looked up at her friend, tears welling up in her eyes, unwilling to fall. “Shizune, he’s dead…”
Shizune looked down, not trusting herself to answer. She blinked back tears as she took Tsunade gently by her shoulders and led her away. “Daijoubu Tsunade-sama, take it easy.”
“HOW CAN IT BE ALRIGHT? NARUTO IS DEAD!!!” Tsunade screamed, Shizune flinched and looked away. “Gomen nasai Tsunade-sama.” She whispered.
By now, villagers and shinobi alike had gathered at the gate to see what the commotion was about. Everyone had heard of the disappearance of the Uchiha genius but none of them knew the true story behind it. It was classified information that Uchiha Sasuke had abandoned his village.
“It’s the Kyuubi brat.”
“Where’s Uchiha Sasuke?”
“I don’t know but the demon is dead.”
“Honto? That’s wonderful!!”
News of Naruto’s death spread through the crowd like wild fire and soon a cheer reverberated throughout the village. Tsunade looked up sharply and stood up, Shizune stepping back suddenly afraid of what was to come.
“HOW DARE YOU!! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK OF NARUTO LIKE THAT!!”
The crowd flinched as they watched an angry Hokage approach them. Villagers cowered back but the shinobis stood up to her. “He is a demon! He deserves to die!!”
All attention from Tsunade was suddenly turned onto that one shinobi, “Say that again, I dare you.” She replied in a menacing tone. The shinobi straightened his back as he faced up to his leader, “He is a monster that should have never been…!”
He never finished as Tsunade’s arm whipped out and delivered an uppercut to his jaw. The shinobi fell back from the punch unconscious. The blond woman whirled around and glared at everyone with killing intent, “If anyone of you dares to say anything else about my little brother, I will personally cut off your tongue before killing you with my bare hands. Now get lost before I lose my temper!!”
Kakashi and Shizune looked on sadly at their fellow comrades, disgusted by their behavior as they dispersed. They joined Tsunade who was now kneeling beside Naruto, gently untying his hitae-ate. She leaned in and placed a light kiss on his forehead. “Naruto… I’m so sorry.” She whispered as she cupped a whiskered cheek lightly and ruffled his hair. Tsunade brushed away a tear as she folded his hitae-ate before placing it neatly on his chest.
Ino, Hinata and Sakura finally reached the gates panting, out of breath from running straight from the hospital. They had been watching over their teammates, Sakura desperately waiting for news of Sasuke and Naruto when it finally reached them, Kakashi was back.
Sakura pushed past the last few villagers leaving, Sasuke’s name on her lips. “Sasuke-k…”
The words that tumbled out now trailed off as she became tongue tied. Sakura stood stock still. Hinata and Ino finally managed to weave their way through the dispersing crowd only to fall silent as they saw what Sakura saw.
Hinata gasped as tears welled up in her white eyes, “No… Naruto-kun!!” She covered her mouth in disbelief, unable to believe that Tsunade was now placing a white sheet over Naruto’s face. Bit by bit, the whiskered face and sunny hair that stole her heart from the start was disappearing from view. “Iie, it can’t be true!” She cried out as she lunged forward.
She grabbed the sheet and ripped it from Tsunade’s grip. Startled, Tsunade stepped back quickly before kneeling down and patting Hinata over the head. “I’m sorry, I’ll let you have some time with him alone.”
Glistening droplets fell freely from Hinata’s eyes, landing on the face below hers. ‘Even in death you look so angelic Naruto-kun…’ She thought as she cupped his cheek lightly in the palm of her hand, her fingers brushing slightly against the peaceful smile on his face.
She reached down and picked up a lifeless hand, it was still warm. “Naruto-kun,” she whispered as held his hand in her two smaller ones, almost as if she could bring him back to life by doing so.
“Arigatou Naruto-kun… You… You were the sunshine in my life; you gave me the courage to stand up to Neji-niisan. You helped me to change for the better. Your nindo, it inspired me… Do you remember when I battled Neji-niisan?? Shino-kun told me, he told me that on my blood, you swore to take revenge on him. Naruto-kun, why did you have to go?”
Hinata sobbed openly as she brought the still warm hand up to her cheek and cupped it. Holding it there, she continued, “I never had the courage to tell you, but now that you’re gone, it’s no use saying it. Demo, I love you so much Naruto-kun…”
Tsunade, who had been nearby listening, looked down sadly, “Naruto… you have no idea how much you have changed the people around you…” She whispered sadly.
“From now on Naruto-kun, I promise that I will no longer cry, I will be strong and never take back my words. I will make you proud, this will be my new nindo.” At that, Hinata leaned down and kissed Naruto lightly on the lips, thus swearing her nindo on her first bittersweet kiss.
Ino stood next to Sakura, unable to hold her tears back. “Hinata…” She couldn’t believe that Naruto was dead. Her impression of him was always the dead last, a stupid prankster who did nothing but stir up trouble. But ever since the Chuunin exams, her perspective on him had turned 180 degrees. Not only had he shown a sliver of intelligence and beat Kiba, he had shown so much determination and courage when facing Neji. She had been stunned when the examiner proclaimed Naruto the winner of the match against the Hyuuga genius.
She had run into Hyuuga Neji before in the survival test, those eyes had scared the wits out of her and her teammate, the very person had reduced Hinata to a quivering, terrified girl with just a few chosen words, but Naruto. Naruto faced down those eyes and spiteful words to emerge the winner.
Then and there she realized that there was more to Naruto than just his smile.
“B*st*rd!”
Ino looked up sharply as the spat out words reached her ears. Shifting her gaze from Hinata and Naruto to her pink haired friend, she was stunned to see Sakura glaring angrily at the two in front of them.
Sakura clenched her teeth and fists in anger, ‘How dare he, how dare he do something like this!!’
She stormed up to Hinata who was just standing up to thank the Hokage and kicked Naruto in the side. Hinata, Shizune and Tsunade gasped, outraged and horrified that the girl would do something like that. Kakashi ran forward about to stop Sakura from doing anymore when suddenly, Sakura was grabbed from behind and spun around.
[SMACK]
“How dare you Sakura! How could you do something like that!!?” Ino screamed into her friend’s face and shook her by the shoulders.
Sakura flung her arms up, shaking off Ino’s arms and pointed down at Naruto, “How could HE! He broke his promise to me and didn’t bring Sasuke-kun back!! And now he's trying to get away with it by pretending to be DEAD!”
Before Sakura and Ino could say another word, the pink haired girl was already being spun around. Hinata stood in front of her, head bowed. Sakura sneered, “What do you want, angry that I hurt your Naruto-kun! He’s nothing but a useless dobe who’s all talk and no…!”
The last thing Sakura saw before flying back a few feet was Hinata’s angry glare. Sakura stood up shakily, clutching her stomach coughing.
“Sakura-san, all this time Naruto-kun only had eyes for you.” The dark haired girl whispered quietly, though there was a darker edge to it, Ino noticed as she shivered. “He died, trying to keep his promise to you, a promise that he would bring your beloved back.”
Sakura’s eyes widened slightly as she took in these words before narrowing them again, “Nobody asked him to promise.”
“But you went to look for him!!!” Hinata yelled out before running forward, fists clenched ready for a fight.
Sakura smirked and drew out her kunai, “You are nothing.”
As Hinata approached quickly, Sakura swung her arm, hoping to slash the younger girl with it. But Hinata ducked, only to land another punch on Sakura’s stomach. She stumbled back, only to have her legs swiped out from under her. Sakura fell onto her back, before she could react, Hinata was sitting atop her stomach, pinning her hands under her knees. What frightened her most was the kunai in the shy girl’s hand, pointing straight at her throat.
“Naruto-kun loved you; he loved you so much that he was willing to give up his life to ensure your happiness. And this is how you treat him?” Hinata said simply as she stared down at the terrified girl.
Sakura gasped as she realized what she had done, “Oh my god… I’m so sorry!!!”
Hinata looked down sadly before drawing away her kunai and sitting up. Sakura scrambled to her knees before crawling over to Naruto’s body, “Naruto… Naruto please wake up. Please!!” She whispered as she shook his arm, “You’re only joking aren’t you???”
Tears welled up in Ino’s eyes as she watched her friend. She stepped forward and knelt down, taking her rival by the shoulders and drew her into a hug, providing the only thing a friend in need needed, comfort.
-tbc-
