Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ Chapter 72 ( Chapter 72 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Travis Locke...*smiles and says nothing as she simply whistles a tune

AznPuffyHair... Yeah he is, ain't he and don't worry except for maybe one or two later, that should be it for OCs.

Kinky-kitsune... Or maybe just lucky?

Princess Lalaith... Sorry as Avatarofrage points out, if that was to happen, they would raise questions. A divorce in that kind of environment if Naruto had no other choice to marry Ayeka would be seen as war. I mean look at what it did for Henry VIII in his quest for a son. His first wife was still considered married to him by all of Europe. He was excommunicated and everything. All because she could not provide him a son....

Many nobles were beheaded during and in the aftermath of his reign.

Chapter 72

For everything good that happens in one life, it has to be balanced in another. Fate growls in irritation as he looks at his cousin Love who shrugs.

Not my fault....

He resists the urge to throw her into Oblivion's arms as he knows that the chaos entity had wanted the immortal creature for so long....but still he does nothing.

Irony was cruel bitch....

Love can bring them together and make a person stronger. But it can also tear them apart....

He feared this would happen. Both heroes had their chosen ones in their hearts. The god hero had the quiet one. The Lost hero had the Patient one....

This forgiving one would be a problem. Love was only here, if something sparked in the young girl enough girl to involve her in this fiasco. Same goes for Oblivion, only something of major consequence could drag them out of their cozy planes of existence, to here.

This was not his millennium...

Still, just because they were here doesn't mean it will happen....

Maybe it was time for re-connections to be established.....

Konoha Village

The Next day

Naruto found himself back at Ichiraku's alongside his brother and sister as well as Anko. Ayeka having asked the three of them politely, to allow her to make dinner once they return, before they left with Arashi. They all found themselves nodding their heads despite their reluctance. Sasami although peeved was honestly trying to not to like her.

When Ayeka had shown her some recipes, which actually sounded good in the 10 year olds's opinion, he had been impressed. It had gone far in Naruto's opinion of the young woman despite his reluctance. And that of Sasami's....

She had made an effort to ask Arashi what they had liked.

She knew now that Sasami wanted to own a restaurant and be a chef, so the young woman found herself hunting through her belongings and digging out recipes that had been in her mother's family for years.

For Sasuke, she had located some scrolls in the massive jutsu library, to help with those he had managed to snag from Sound when he and Sasami had escaped Kabuto's coup. Seals that had taken Arashi a long time to Master, it would give Sasuke even more time to get to know his new father as well as Naruto.

Both young men were slowly taking after Arashi in jutsu and seal knowledge, much to the blonde's delight.

As to Naruto, she did the only thing she could do. Which he appreciated....

She gave him time. She had heard from Sasami, that there was another girl in leaf that he was in love with. She had told him that herself. And as much as it hurt her to force him away from someone, whom he cares for that much, she to must do her duty.

Despite that this is not what she wants either.

True she likes him and is interested in him....

But like Naruto felt, it all came down to love... Love is something she wants and craves desperately. That is why she does what she does around him. She likes him as friend right now...

In time, she could grow to love him and he her....

Friends could grow to love one another he knows that much. Especially after seeing many of his classmates slowly drift towards one another or even other ninjas and they were all friends right?

Contrary to what they believe of themselves, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion that Shikamaru and Temari from Suna were together. Starting off as enemies, and then growing into friendly argumentative friends, that had gotten to know each quite well despite their odd personalities.

He was a lazy ninja, and she was a temperamental one....

Then again he has met Shikamaru's mother thanks to the recent changes and now he can see why his friend went for Temari.

Shino was drifting toward a young woman their age, who ran a local pet store. Having no aversion, to bugs or animals of any kind, she and Shino were clicking together very nicely....

It turns out ironically that she also had a sister, who although quiet, was madly in love with Kiba. Like Hinata was for him, this girl was for Kiba...so forth and so forth.

They even found Sasuke and Ino starting to drift together as well. Sakura upon his return did still love him very much. But she had realized over the course of healing him, that it was the love of a brother and sister. He was to stubborn and quiet compared to her own....

It might have worked out long ago, but not now. They had both changed to much.

Bit Ino was apparently perfect for him. The blonde girl was vibrant, alive, bubbly, and temperamental. And she was just as stubborn as Sasuke.... Many of their friends observing this had commented it was the complete opposite of Naruto and Hinata. Ino was like a female version of Naruto.

She refused to let Sasuke sulk. She refused to let him drive her off as he had done in the past. Essentially, Ino wasn't going to let him get away with anything.

Their fights now were becoming almost as legendary as the ones he had with Sasuke were getting. But unlike the public, he and Sasami as well as their friends saw something after the two fought that made them giggle.

Smiles of anticipation and happiness...

As to Sakura, Lee was making an impression on her finally. His need to please her, despite his boisterous way of doing so was wearing her down. From time to time, you could see them talking, her quiet words and his...

She was the one who got him out of the jumpsuit for the first time!

Pushing his bowl forward for another helping he looks to his brother and sister to find them chatting with Anko. The woman herself had calmed down, with aide from Iruka. The Chuunin was the right kind of quiet calmness to soothe her troubled spirit. Knowing full well that she was once Orichamaru's apprentice, he did not care.

It made Naruto love his childhood sensei even more....

Noticing his thoughtful gaze, not to mention his quiet longing towards a dark haired girl inside a store across the street, Sasuke notices and places a hand on his shoulder. He knew Hinata was there having been told by Neji.

Although he was not to thrilled with this, he knew that it would be hard for both his brother and Hinata to completely not see one another. Feeling Naruto stiffen and give a sigh of depression, he knows that Hinata has caught him looking at her with sadness in her eyes as she exits the store....

Anko taking that as her cue, promptly throws a shuriken at Naruto to distract the youth, in a fit of anger,

“Hey I thought we were eating!”

“We are!” Anko replied cheekily. “Just can't have you getting to complacent Naruto-kun!” Paying for her own food that has long since been eaten, Anko waits as the others finish their own. “All right you three lets get going on the mission....”

“What is it this time?”

The snake ninja looks grim faced as she groans. One that although Sasami has never really done it yet, but Sasuke and Naruto have and with familiar agonizing pain.

“They wouldn't do that to us again....”

“They did.” Anko groans... “They said it was for Sasami's benefit....”

The two teenagers whimpering in defeat, the little girl is puzzled. “What are we going to do Anko-sensei?”

“We have a bloody blasted cat to catch!”