To Go Back

Chapter 8

Naruto felt all the strength in him flood out as he collapsed to the ground. Kakashi sat up quickly and lifted him up. "Naruto?"

He's back! He is alive and has his memories!

Naruto sobbed in relief. Kakashi then doubled over the fist in his gut. "Never leave me like that!" Naruto said angrily, before hugging Kakashi tightly, crying silently.

Kakashi wrapped his arms around his student. "I couldn't let you die. Now would you mind explaining why we are in the past?"

Naruto stopped crying and blushed. "I-I was upset after you d-died and used a forbidden Uzumaki Fuin-Ninjutsu to send my self back so I could change it."

Kakashi frowned under the mask. I didn't realize how much confessing would affect him. But hearing just how bad things were maybe it was a good thing I did.

"Did you mean what you said, y'know, before you d-died?"

Kakashi looked over to see that the blond had a blank face. He studied Narutos features, taking in every detail. He looked into those beautiful blue eyes, darkened by grief but lightened by happiness. He saw the hope, hope of what though? Hope that I say yes, or no? He saw the suppressed fear of rejection? He decided to test the waters.

"What I said? What do you mean?" He said confusion shining in his visible eye.

Naruto blushed to the roots of his hair. "That you, you, y'know.....love me?" The last part was whispered.

Kakashi felt his features soften. Naruto seemed to doubt it, doubt that he could be loved that way.

"Yes Naru. I meant it with every fiber of my being." He said softly.

He felt unending joy in seeing nearly all the darkness leave the blonds eyes, filled with happiness and hope. There was lingering doubt hidden around the edges though and he hated it.

"I mean it. I love you Namikaze Naruto." He said firmly and gently, so gently.

Any doubt left in Naruto seemed to vanish as he threw himself at Kakashi again.

"I-I I Love you too Hatake Kakashi."

They stood in each other's arms for a bit longer, relishing in the comfort it brought them.

Eventually though they parted, opting to lay on the bed and go to sleep, after all, they wouldn't want to keep the other two members of their team waiting, would they?

The next morning two genin stumbled out onto the field looking tired and mildly irritated. Their irritation stemmed from the fact that neither their sensei nor third teammate were anywhere in sight.

A few hours later (Read: two) Naruto and Kakashi appeared in a flash. Of yellow.

"What is that Jutsu ?" Sasuke asked.

"Your late!" Sakura shouted (Again read: screeched)

"Maa, one at a time now. That was a teleportation Jutsu. And I could have sworn I said to meet up at ten." Kakashi answered.

Both genin had tics above their brows.

Naruto was laughing his ass off in the seal.

As the two genin calmed down Sakura asked,

"Ne, Kakashi-sensei? Are we gonna learn that Jutsu?"

Kakashi adopted a confused look. "What Jutsu?"

"You know, that teleportation one." She said.

"I'm afraid you will not be learning that Jutsu Sakura. Or rather cannot learn the Jutsu." Naruto replied.