Love That Transcends Time | By : Kerowyn Category: Naruto AU/AR > General Views: 1009 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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An angsty, dark-haired ninja grumbled as he munched slowly on strawberry rice cakes. Two years today and he still hasn’t come back, he thought as he took a swig from his canteen. He lovingly fingered the silver bracelet on his left wrist. Kami do I ever miss him… He stared out over the village from a high building as a soothing breeze kicked up some dust along the street below him. I wonder how he’s doing, where he is,
he finished his snack as he dropped down to the street with the grace
that came with his dedicated training. He folded his hands behind his
head as he continued his patrol around the streets of his beloved
Konoha, humming a song softly.
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Naruto masked his chakra easily as the raven-haired teen… no, man, went about patrolling. He was sorely tempted to pounce down on his rival but kept himself in check. Kuso! I’m finally home and I have to hide from the person I want to see most, he thought with a twinge of irritation.
Jiraiya,
noting the stiffening stature of his student sighed as he put away his
notebook and telescope. “Naruto, Sasuke can wait. We have to report to
Tsunade-hime,” he grabbed the collar of the blonde’s vest and gave it a
good yank. “You can stalk your boy toy afterward. Remember: the quicker
we get this meeting over with, the quicker you can do whatever you
want.”
The fox-man
sulked, pouting as he reverted back to his 12-year-old self. “Hai, hai.
Fine,” he mumbled as he followed the sannin toward the familiar sight
of Hokage Tower.
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Tsunade pressed her red-nailed fingertips to her temples in an attempt to ease her headache. I’ll never get through all of this paperwork in time for the festival,
she groaned and leaned into the embrace of her comfortable office chair
as she closed her eyes against the intense sunshine streaming in from
the open window. What I wouldn’t give for a neck rub… she
thought wistfully as she bent back down over her paperwork. Just as she
got back into her rhythm a knock at the door shattered the wonderful
silence.
“Nani?” Shizune poked her head in.
“Ano, Tsunade-sama, there’s a young man here to see you,” the dark-haired assistant replied.
“Tell him to go away and make an appointment! I’m busy!” irritation flooded the Godaime’s veins.
“Trust me, you want to see this one,” came the simple statement.
Now Tsunade was intrigued. “Fine, send him in.”
“Right away, ma’am.”
An instant later a streak of yellow flew across the room and glomped her. “Tsunade-baachan!” the fox-man crowed happily.
“N-naruto?!”
she couldn’t register his grip on her until he tightened it. “Naruto!”
she returned his enthusiastic hugging. “Kami-sama, when did you get
back?! Let me get a look at you,” she gently pushed him away as she
chuckled. He bounced back on his heels as she looked him over. His hair is slightly longer and is a little darker with flecks of red… from Kyuubi no doubt. He’s lithe, and the strength—I can feel it radiating off of him!
She grinned at his leap in progress. “Sugoi, Naruto! You’ve toughened
up!” she chuckled at the lameness of her words as she shook her head.
“You’re a friggin beanpole, brat. When did you sprout?”
Naruto sputtered. “Beanpole?! Brat?! What the hell old hag?!”
She smirked. “Oh shush and give me another hug! You know I love you,” she opened her arms.
“Gladly,” he embraced the woman who had become a motherly figure to him. “I’ve missed everyone and everything,” Especially Sasuke. He buried his face into her shoulder, completely grateful for the connection they had.
“Well then go visit people, kono baka,” she loved to rattle him.
“Tsunade-baachaaan!” he whined as he pouted, tugging on her sleeve.
“Get
out! OUT!” she made to kick him but he vanished the split second before
her foot touched him; he reappeared behind her and glomped again.
“Hai, hai…
I’ll get outta your hair,” his grin was infectious, as always. He
released her and opened the door. “Ero-sannin is the same as always.
I’ll send him in,” he waved as he skipped out, nudging the hermit on
the way. “Your turn.”
Jiraiya
grunted and went into the office, muttering about how his time spent in
Tsunade’s office should be spent “information gathering.”
Naruto shoved his hands into his pockets, the pendants around his neck glinting in the afternoon sunshine. Now to accost someone and badger them for gossip! He grinned. I know just the person too…
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Yamanaka Ino yawned as she cleaned off a countertop of her flower shop. I think I’m picking up on Shikamaru’s habit of wanting to be lazy all the time, she thought as she dusted off her hands and stepped outside.
“Shimatta!
The wind sucks!” she growled while trying to lift one of the shelves
that held potted plants. “Where’s… Shika… when you need him!” The
blonde gave one last heave. “Grr… ugh!” she fell back on her bum,
cursing colorfully. A shadow fell over her.
“Daijoubu ka, Ino?” the silhouetted figure offered a hand out to her.
She
blushed and took the proffered hand. “Hai, arigato gozaimasu,” he
pulled her up as she dusted herself off. “Ano… who are you?” she could
finally get a good look at him.
“Ino, it’s me, Naruto!” he laughed at her pole-axed look.
“Oh my god! When did you get back?!” she slapped his muscular arm. “You left Sasuke-kun in a right state you jackass!”
He blinked. “N-nani? What do you mean?”
“He
threw himself into his work, he barely sleeps, barely talks to anyone,
barely eats, and he thinks of nothing but you!” Ino’s teal eyes flared
angrily. “Go visit him!”
“But Ino, I wanted to ask what I’ve—“
“You can ask Sasuke himself. He may be quiet and act like he doesn’t care what goes on around him but he definitely knows,” she shoved him away from the shop. “Go. You have no idea how happy it’ll make him.”
“Sheesh, fine! I’ll go see the bastard!” he threw up his hands and stalked away. “Ja Ino!” Kami-fuckin-sama! Everyone’s bent on pushing me to go see him! He paused in mid-step. Did my leaving really affect him that much?
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Ino put her hands on her hips. “Men…” she rolled her eyes.
“What was that about men, Ino?” her lazy-ass ANBU boyfriend asked as he reset the shelving that fell over.
“Well,
Naruto’s back in town and I filled him in on how much that would affect
Sasuke-kun and he couldn’t believe it,” she paused for breath as she
kissed the ninja’s cheek. “So I shoved him and told him to go find the
guy and talk to him.”
Shikamaru groaned and rolled his eyes. “Sometimes I wonder about you.”
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His stomach rebelled with his body from lack of food. Ack! What timing! He had paused outside of Ichiraku Ramen. He lifted a curtain and entered.
“Konnichiwa Ji-san!”
“Well, if it isn’t my most loyal patron! Welcome!” the owner grinned. “So, what’ll it be?”
“Ano-sa…” he tapped a long, graceful finger against his chin. “House Special, please.”
“Coming up, Naruto-kun.”
The blonde claimed a seat at the end of the counter. What should I tell him? He asked himself as delicious smells wafted his way. Should I just tell him I love him, or that I just want to be friends? He took a pair of chopsticks from the container on the counter. “Itadakimasu!” He dug into the steaming bowl with gusto. Life was so easy ‘til I hit the wall named Uchiha Sasuke… he thought wryly as he ordered a second bowl, gently nibbling on his chopsticks. Then there’s my Hokage training to think about, he groaned inwardly as he dug into another bowl of House Ramen. Tsunade-baachan would maim me if I didn’t stick to it. He dropped money on the counter. “Arigato gozaimasu, ji-san. Ja ne!”
“Take care, Naruto-kun!” the owner replied.
He
detoured through the park, knowing what exactly would help him think
with a full belly. He approached the three logs, where he and his
teammates had passed Kakashi’s survival training. He could still see
himself tied to the middle log. Can’t believe it’s been 8 years since then…
a ghost of a chuckle passed his lips as he placed a hand atop that very
log. He sighed and climbed onto it and sat down, dangling his legs over
the sides. I wonder what Sasuke’s doing right now… No need to mask chakra here ladies and gents.
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Sasuke
blew a stray midnight bang out of his eyes. Even after all of these
years he still had that patch of hair in the back that defied gravity. Finally my shift’s over! He cheered internally. Now time to beat those logs into submission,
he thought as he handed a report over to the bookkeeper. He quickly
left Hokage Tower and leaping from roof to roof he covered the space to
the training grounds in no time.
As he
neared the clearing he froze in mid-step once he reached the ground. He
felt tingles of chakra being used, but only subtly. Talk about ironclad control! I think this even rivals Sakura! He moved stealthily to crouch behind a bushy knoll, peering through the spaces in the leaves. I’ve never seen those katas before… he continued to observe the person for a few minutes. I wouldn’t wanna fig— he saw the familiar swirl of chakra in the man’s right hand. Th… That’s the Rasengan! What the fuck… The man slammed his hand through the middle log, exploding it into thousands of splinters and woodchips.
“You
can come out now, ya know,” the man was amused. The stranger turned
slightly with a lopsided grin, flashing the elongated canines and
whiskered cheeks. He already knew who was behind the bush. His rival
emerged as the recognition dawned on the pale face.
“Naruto?
DOBE!!” he launched himself at the blonde in a tackle. At the last
second Naruto vanished and a split second later was behind the dark
jounin.
“Nice to see…” he pounced and pinned his friend face down, knees holding down knees, pelvis pressed against a damn fine ass, and hands holding down a pair of flexing wrists. “… you too, teme,” he chuckled.
Sasuke wriggled. “Damn, how’d you get so fast!” he shivered as the chuckle washed over him.
“Lots and lots of chakra control training,” he replied as he tweaked Sasuke’s ear playfully.
The
raven shinobi propped his head up on his hand, having gotten them free
from the grip of the fox-man. “Are you done yet?” he rolled his eyes.
“You’ll have to force me off! Mwahahahahahaaaa!” Naruto cackled.
Sasuke
sighed and pushed off the ground as he rolled to his back. “You’ve
spent too much time in the company of that hermit! It’s addled your
brains!” he teased.
The blonde
wound his arms around the jounin’s chest and his legs around the
other’s similar body part. “Could say the same thing about you and
Kakashi-sensei! Who knows if you read those blasted Icha Icha books!” he blushed slightly at the sensation curling in his lower abdomen.
Sasuke
sputtered. “You know damn well I never touched those books! I would
nev—“ he paused as he felt heat against the back of his neck. “Naruto?
Daijoubu?” he tried to roll off the pleasantly warm body under him but
was held firmly in place.
“Hai, just
fine,” Naruto replied softly. “I just missed everyone and everything,”
he sat up as he released his friend,” especially you, teme.”
He turned to the blonde. “Especially… me?” a blush crept over Sasuke’s face.
Naruto
found a blade of grass extremely interesting as he felt the intensity
of the gaze from his friend. “Mmhmm…” his face flushed hotly, picking
out the whisker marks. “A lot, actually.”
He has no idea how much I missed him.
The Uchiha’s dark eyes softened as he pulled Naruto into a tight
embrace. “I know the feeling quite well,” he whispered, petting the
blonde’s hair, reveling in the feel of the soft, frizzy spikes. Arms
wrapped around his torso.
“I’m so sorry, Sasuke…” the blonde buried his face into the pale neck of his friend.
“For what, going after your dream? Don’t be daft.”
“No, not that.”
“Then what?” Sasuke held him away at arm’s length.
“For leaving you…” crystalline blue eyes stared at him, brimming with tears of regret.
“Iie,
don’t you regret anything!” he shook the blonde gently. “I may have not
wanted you to leave but I was happy that you were striving for your
dream,” a finger came up to brush away a rogue tear from the fox-man’s
cheek.
“Really?” the blonde sniffled.
“Hai,” Sasuke drew the man close once again. “That’s all I ever wanted,” he said as he rested his chin atop the sunshine hair.
“You know, tomorrow I’m being initiated as…”
“…
the Rokudaime, I know. Tsunade told all the ranks a while ago,” Sasuke
pulled the unresisting blonde to his feet and slipped an arm around his
shoulders. “You’ll still be a dobe to me,” his lips twitched into a
smirk.
“Temeeee!” Naruto put the Uchiha into a headlock.
“Ack! Leggo!” fingers dug into Naruto’s skin as Sasuke struggled.
“Nevaaaaar!” he cackled as he gave him a noogie, messing with the perfect black hair.
“Aaahhh! Not my hair!”
“Yes, the hair! Fear the noogie!”
“Let
me go you ox!” Sasuke managed to hook his fingers into Naruto’s belt
loops and gave the pants a good yank, successfully pulling them down to
reveal boxers with little Gamakichis on them.
“Fuck!” the blonde youth squeaked and dove for cover in the nearest bush. “How dare you!”
A smirk was all he received in reply.
“You
know, one day I’m gonna wipe that smirk off your face and make you eat
it, after I’ve lathered it in wasabi and tabasco sauce of course,” he
emerged with his pants thankfully back in place.
Sasuke
grimaced and shrugged off the threat. “You talk big, but you haven’t
got the balls to back it up,” he loved riling the fox.
The fox just blinked. “Dude, that was low, even for you!”
“Can’t be low when it’s the truth,” Sasuke replied as he started down a path.
Naruto pouted as he jogged to catch up. “Meanie…”
The
raven jounin sighed, scratching his head. “For once, I believe, we’re
going to have a childish Hokage,” he linked arms with the blonde.
“And just think of all the stuff I could do!”
“Should I be afraid?”
“Well,
maybe, since when I begin my reign, first thing I do is make you second
in command!” Naruto fox-grinned at the man attached to his arm.
“Second in command?! Are you serious? That’d mean I’d be promoted—“
“To an ANBU, yes.”
For once — twice? — Sasuke felt an immense joy at the news. Yatta! A grin slowly split his face in two while they strolled along.
Guess that made his day. He chuckled at the Uchiha’s giddiness. “Oi, Sasuke.”
“Na?”
“You should wear a smile more often,” the azure-eyed ninja chuckled.
He had never seen the Uchiha heir become so flushed.
“Meh,” Sasuke had no comeback.
“HA! Now you don’t even have a comeback! I owned you!” Naruto promptly went into a victory dance.
“Cmon nutjob, lets head back. You wear me out just by having me watch you bounce around.”
“But this is my last night to be…” he pondered, “to be… uh… crap, I can’t think of the friggin word!”
“Unprofessional?” his dark companion supplied.
“That’s
the word!” Naruto exclaimed as they came up to Hokage Tower. He paused
at the door with his hand on the knob. “Sasuke…” A pale hand squeezed
his shoulder in unwavering support. A ghost of a smile etched itself on
his face.
“Don’t
worry so much. I’m sure everyone will get used to the idea of you being
Hokage. I know I had a bit of trouble wrapping my mind around that,”
Sasuke quipped as he walked down a dimly lit hallway with the energetic
blonde. More like nervous energy. “Naruto, you have to settle down! Worrying about what may happen may cause it to occur.”
“What
if the jounins walk out? Kami-sama, what if the ANBU do the same?! I’ll
be the only Hokage to have the shortest reign! Five minutes!” the
blue-eyed man was slowly becoming hysterical. “The Nobles already hate
my guts!”
Sasuke hung
his head, pinching the bridge of his nose as he felt a headache
beginning. The constant nervous yammering was starting to fray his
already-thin nerves. He’d had about enough. He growled as he grabbed
the blonde’s chin and forced the blue eyes to lock with his own of deep
onyx. “Uzumaki Naruto, you know damn well that won’t happen because
this is how it has always been done!” he searched the fearful
blue eyes. “You have many people who are, and will, back you throughout
this event,” he whipped out a sincere smile full of disarming charm as
he traced the faint whisker marks across the future Hokage’s cheeks.
“You have absolutely nothing to worry about… Rokudaime Hokage-sama,”
raven eyes released azure as he bowed his head in due respect. His eyes
ventured upward as Naruto leaned in slowly.
“Sasuke…” a bright flash of light ensued…
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Flash to the Present 21st Century
Nineteen-year-old Uzumaki Naruto gasped, a sheen of quickly cooling sweat coated his tanned, flawless skin. What the hell kinda dream what that?! He gazed out his window at the full moon, a soft breeze ruffling the curtains. He slowly propped himself up on an elbow. Two in the fuckin morning. He growled as he flopped back into his sheets, an arm strewn across his stomach. Who was that ‘Sasuke’ person, and why was he calling me Rokudaime? Maybe I’ve been reading those history texts too much… he sighed and turned over, very intent on going back to sleep.
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