Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Fall ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Title: The Fall
Genre: Romance, Angst, Comedy
Chapter/s: 1/??
Pairing/s: Naruto/Sasuke, Sasuke/Naruto, Naruto/Neji
Summary: Love is a game and Naruto has given up on playing, but that doesn’t mean Sasuke and Neji have. {SasuNaru, NaruSasu, NaruNeji}
Disclaimer: Naruto is a manga created by Masashi Kishimoto and is in no way affiliated with this fiction. The plot however, is a product of my own intellect, please do not duplicate or repost anywhere else without my expressed permission. Thank you.
Prologue
‘Just a little... longer.’
Naruto could no longer see clearly, his breathing was laboured and steps slow. He refused to let anyone carry the Uchiha back to Konoha, the team was badly injured, and they had lost so many people, so so many people.
After years of searching and years of heartache, he had done it. He kept his promise to Sakura.
“Naruto, we’re home.” Sakura breathed in his ear; he could faintly smell the salty tears running down her cheeks over the stench of death and blood that hung thick in the air.
“Good.”
He carried the Uchiha to the hospital, put him into the hospital bed and watched the fifth hokage bark orders at nurses before promptly slipping into a state of unconsciousness at the foot of his hospital bed.
It took just over a month for Sasuke to completely heal, the citizens of Konoha quickly adapted to having the last Uchiha around once more and he was welcomed back happily. Tsunade had him under house arrest under the careful eyes of an ANBU team that consisted of at least one of the old Rookie Nine and Sakura. With Orochimaru dead and Kabuto on the run, Sasuke gave up on his plans of escape and struck a deal with Tsunade for him to return to Konoha with the fully sanctioned mission of hunting down Kabuto once he won back the trust he lost.
Naruto threw himself into his missions; he was assigned to genin team to undergo the Chuunin test that took place the Water country. The team that accompanied Naruto to the test came back with tales of Naruto’s success and rumours of his strength spread like wild fire throughout the village. In recognition of Naruto’s obvious strength, Tsunade requested he become a Hunter for Konoha and he spent his nights hunting missing ninja’s and rogue hunters.
Slowly, life at Konoha was returning to normal – like it was before Sasuke’s betrayal and the great fight that saw the passing of the beloved third hokage three years ago.