Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Best Friends - Naruto and Sakura ❯ No Ramen ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5 - No Ramen

 

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED

 

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This information is strictly only to be seen by the following people:

Legendary Sannin - Gondaime - Tsunade-sama

Legendary Sannin - Jiraiya-sama

And all other future hokages

 

All others who illegally read the following and are caught will be severely punished.

 

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Tsunade's [Gondaime] Medical Opinion and Analysis

 

Patient: Uzumaki Naruto

Patient status: Currently now resting and is in fair condition

Doctor/Caretaker: Haruno Sakura

 

Diagnosis: Uncertain

Diagnosis possibilities (if unknown diagnosis): shock, malnutrition, exacerbation from training, potential failure of the entire cardiovascular system, severe nightmares that traumatize his mental and physical aspects of his body…

 

Related Family Illnesses:Family unidentified

 

Treatment recommended:diet consisting of healthy foods, sleep, support from friends, daily check-up of vital signs, blood-work, and chakra treatment for his heart.

 

Comments:Uzumaki Naruto is a very special boy. Despite his idiocy in his young age, he really is growing to be quite the hard-worker and thinker. His training with Jiraiya-sama has proven him to be very strong and fast. His determination to become hokage has not faded away over time. He is probably more determined now than ever before. His love for his friends, especially Sakura, has not changed.

 

However, despite all his vigor, Naruto's mind is vulnerable to psychotic breakdowns and his body has a hard time defending against them. In addition, his diet is not nearly enough to sustain him as a ninja, let alone hokage. He sets his goals very high and therefore puts an overdue amount of anxiety on himself. He is also hassled with Sakura's wish for Sasuke to return to Konoha, and he feels it is his responsibility to rescue Sasuke and at the same time protect his best friend Sakura. All this pressure could lead to many panic attacks, the inability to retain knowledge, the inability to make decisions wisely, rapid involuntary movements, slower thought processes, and ( in extreme cases) shock. Even though most ninja are trained to deal with a death of a friend, I suspect that Naruto will not be able to take such a pain in his heart, giving that he only has a few close friends. Yet, Naruto's weaknesses can be treated and eventually cured. If he eats right, trains his self to tolerate all his emotional stress, and finds some time to meditate everyday; then he will be more confident in himself and will find inner peace despite all his emotional crises. However, he needs one more thing in order to be complete. I've been around Naruto long enough to know that he needs someone to support him, care for him, and even love him. Right now, I believe that Sakura is good candidate to fit that position. However, if she chooses to still pursue Sasuke, who is greedy for power and vengeance, and rejects Naruto as her love, who cares greatly for her, then the possibilities of Naruto having a serious mental breakdown increase dramatically and his odds for becoming hokage drop like a stone. This is also another reason why I let Sakura be a caretaker for Naruto, so they can have a better chance of showing their feelings for each other and Naruto can proceed on with his life. It would be harder on Naruto if Sakura died without telling Naruto that she loves him than it would be if she died and said she loved him before that. Actually, either way would be hard on Naruto, but if he knows that Sakura loved him and gave up his life for him, I feel he would take his sadness and use it for good.

 

Are these good and accurate predictions on Naruto's future reactions? Well, surprisingly, I have experience with hokages and their love problems. Around twenty years ago, I talked a lot to Yondaime over his love issues, and tried to offer him advice on how to handle his bottled up feelings. Despite that he would never mention her name; I got a pretty good idea on what the whole situation was about. He told me he couldn't handle being rejected by her, and that he would go crazy if she did. Luckily, I noticed that Yondaime was starting to feel better about his self, and I asked him what happened in his love life. He just said to me, “thanks.” And so I got the impression that Yondaime's sweetheart told him that she loved him. I don't know the reason why Yondaime never told anyone her name, but I suspect there was some family connection between his love and the village congress; and that connection, who was probably in an very influential position, would possibly prevent him from ever becoming hokage by encouraging others to never elect Yondaime. And now, I bring up a very important point that could be dead wrong or right on target. I believe that Yondaime's sweetheart was pregnant. It may be a possibility that she died from giving birth to her son/daughter or she died from the Kyuubi's attack. Or it is also a possibility that she could be still alive and around. Conversely, if Yondaime felt awful about sealing the Kyuubi in one of the kids that wasn't directly blood related, then would he feel better if he sealed the Kyuubi inside his own lineage? Given the options that Yondaime had, I feel that this was his only choice. I strongly feel that Yondaime would try to pass his responsibility to his own son/daughter instead of passing it to some helpless orphan. This makes me conclude, along with all their similarities to support my view, that Yondaime's son, not daughter, is indeed Uzumaki Naruto.

 

Candidly,

Gondaime Tsunade

 

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“What? ! You…u… will become my… caretaker?” Naruto blurted out not thinking on what he was saying.

 

`Did I hear her correctly? Did she just say she'll become caretaker? That means… she'll be living with me!' Naruto leapt for joy inside. Naruto tried to wipe the irreversible smile off his face and tried to act like he was not enthused. Naruto learned while training to control his feelings so that Sakura would not be so disgusted with him.

 

“Is something wrong with that Naruto? I mean I can't really back out now.”

 

“No, it's fine. I understand how Tsunade must be worried about me. It's interesting that she sent you though.” Naruto replied.

 

“Actually…” Sakura tried to hide her red face by pretending she was picking up something from the floor. “I was the one who…” Sakura realized what she was going to say and stopped herself from saying anything else. “Oh… never mind… forget it.”

 

“Okay, so when are you moving in here?” Naruto curiously asked and was ignorant on what Sakura was going to say because he was too excited over the fact that she was staying with him.

 

“Actually, I'll be staying at your place tonight.” Sakura shyly replied wondering what Naruto's reaction would be.

 

`Whoa… Sakura… staying at my place… this could get interesting real fast… No! I shouldn't think like that… damn hormones! Nothing is going to happen between us, and I don't want to force anything upon Sakura. Plus, Sakura won't allow it… but then again she doesn't seem sad about the fact that she is staying over here for the night.' Naruto thought to himself.

 

“Are you sure you're comfortable staying over here? After all, my apartment is pretty small! And where are you going to sleep? I guess I can sleep on the floor and you can sleep on the bed.” Naruto tried to pry the answers out of her.

 

“Oh. Don't worry about it. I'll get used to it… After all, it is a job. And about the bed, I have a fold up mattress that I'll bring over. You'll have to help me unpack soon. And uh… Tsunade said that I have medical authority over you. So you have to follow my guidelines regarding your health, which includes your diet, sleep, and even your training. Sorry about that, but it's for the best. Here is a list of guidelines that I have set up.” Sakura then handed Naruto a list of guidelines, or rules so to say, that Naruto had to follow.

 

`I knew it! There had to be a catch with Sakura staying over! Hopefully the list isn't that dreadful.' Naruto wondered what was on the list and grabbed it gently.

 

His eyes immediately caught the word `ramen' in the list. He was afraid to see what words were around it.

 

“Hey… what is this? No ramen for a whole week? Are you trying to kill me? I think this is going overboard a bit! Ramen is not that unhealthy for you! This is torture! I have to eat my ramen!! I'm going to…”

 

“Shut it Naruto!!!” Sakura then stomped on his right foot so hard that his bones were about to break.

 

“Aaahh… iieee… owww!!” `Man, she really is a good caretaker!' Naruto thought.

 

Sakura was about ready to call him an idiot for acting the way he did, but she used another word. “You pig! You can't live on ramen alone! I can't believe you have the energy you do when all you eat is ramen… When is the last time you ever had your veggies or some fruit?” Naruto looked frightened and surprised. Sakura then calmed down and asked Naruto. “Is your foot okay? I'm sorry; I guess I'm not that good of a caretaker.”

 

“It's alright. I guess I deserved that.”

 

“Now you know not to get on my bad side!” Sakura humorously said with a smirk with arms wrapped around each other near her chest. Sakura still wondered if Naruto's foot was alright and said, “Sit down on the couch and I'll have a look at you.”

 

Completely forgetting about the whole ramen ordeal, Naruto gladly obeyed and limped over to the couch. Sakura then sat down right beside him and propped his feet up on her lap. She then took off the footwear on his wounded foot and said, “I hope your feet don't stink like your breath does!”

 

“My feet don't smell that bad.” Naruto replied nervously and wondered if his feet really did smell bad.

 

Sakura then noticed all the blisters and calluses on his foot. On the apex side of his foot was a big red and blue mark. “Gosh, Naruto… that must really hurt. I'm surprised you didn't cry!”

 

“Cry? Why would I cry? You underestimate me Sakura-chan.” Naruto proudly said.

 

“Stop acting like a dobe. But I admit you're pretty tough.” Sakura then brought her face closer to his crippled foot and blew air gently on it.

 

Naruto suddenly started to slouch as if Sakura had calmed down all his nerves at once. “That was just to calm you down so you are ready for the next part,” Sakura informed Naruto. “Next part?” Naruto worriedly asked. Sakura then accumulated green chakra in her left hand and started to rub over the swollen area.

 

Naruto started to tense up and started to make groaning noises because of the pain. Sakura giggled, “It won't take long. Just relax for now.”

 

“Okay.” Naruto muttered under his breath. A few moments later the redness went away from his foot, and all that was left was the foot imprint. She then started to lightly massage Naruto's foot with her warm hands to relieve any cramps in his foot.

 

After she was done, Naruto examined his foot and noticed that his foot looked perfect and it felt good too. “WOW! Your really amazing, Sakura-chan! Thanks for healing it,” Naruto said amazed.

 

“Oh, it was nothing. Just don't irritate me a lot or I won't even bother healing anymore of your bruised parts of your body,” Sakura said jokingly. Naruto smiled and said, “Sure thing, Sakura-chan.”

 

Sakura glanced over at the clock, “Naruto, look at the time! It's almost dark and I need to gather up my stuff from my apartment and my parent's house. I guess we'll just have time to carry my mattress and my toiletries.” Sakura sighed and pulled Naruto out of the apartment.

 

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After explaining what the situation was to her roommate, Asuka, and also to her parents, Sakura and Naruto started to carry as much as they can. It was almost completely dark and they had trouble seeing where they were going. They managed to make their way by looking at the building outlines in the starry sky. They were almost back to Naruto's apartment when suddenly three attractive girls holding candles walked up to Naruto…

 

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Try to guess who the three girls are… I bet no one will know! The beginning part of this chapter helped explain what Tsunade thinks of Naruto, and what she thinks of Naruto and Sakura being together. I hope you all understood the relationship between Naruto and Yondaime. If not, well I try to revise the letter later on so that you can better understand it. It should be pretty clear already though. I will stick some external conflicts throughout the story to spice it up… the main conflict doesn't arrive now, but will in later chapters. I've been studying different types of conflict outlines and I picked one already. It's called “Baker's Dozen for Structuring Conflict” and is made for romance stories. Also, I have been reading up on what makes a good sex scene. HEHE… so I will try my best to build up to that moment. Well, write reviews! Till next chapter!