A Flash to The Future - Naruto FanFic

Chapter 7 - Ino Pt. 2

*This chapter was edited 8-26-2019*

Ino laughed at her husband's nickname for their friends. "I will." Ino said in between giggles.

Sai gave her a smile before returning to eating his meal. He loved to hear her laughter and see her smile. He felt his heartbeat skip as he saw the joy and happiness in her eyes.

As Ino ate, she grabbed the folder Sai was looking at when she got here. "What's this?" she asked curiously as she opened the folder.

"It's a drawing I was showing my class today" Sai answered.

Ino gasped as she opened the folder and saw the drawing. "Wow....." was all she said when she looked at the picture. (A/N: Look at the picture above.)

"This picture is beautiful, Sai" Ino said as she admired the drawing. "Is this Naruto?"

"Hai" Sai answered.

"It's very good." Ino said as she closed the folder and placed it back where it was. "One of your best drawings yet." she complimented as she continued to eat.

"I actually didn't draw it, Ino-chan." Sai replied.

"Inojin?" Ino asked.

"Nope." Sai responded as he continued to eat.

Now Ino was greatly confused. "Then who drew it?" Ino asked confusedly.

"Actually, Naruto-kun drew it himself." Sai said with a small smile.

"Naruto-kun?" Ino said dumbfoundedly.

"Hai" Sai replied.

"You know Naruto?" Ino asked dumbly.

"Of course, I've known Naruto for many years." Sai answered.

"How?" Ino asked, now curious of how he knew the blonde.

"Well, Naruto was the one who snuck into the underground ANBU quarters and would bring me extra food when I was in the ROOT program. He even saved my brother when Danzo pinned us against each other." Sai said kind of sadly.

"You have a brother?!" Ino said, surprised at the news.

"I had one." Sai corrected. "He died five years ago from an unknown illness. I was hoping he would be back to see Inojin, but he didn't live that long unfortunately."

"I'm sorry to hear that Sai." Ino said sadly. "I wished you would have told me."

Surprisingly, Sai smiled at it. "It's okay, Ino-chan. I'm just glad he was given a chance to live in freedom like he always wanted." he said happily. "Anyway, after Naruto faked my brother's death and helped him escape, I worked as a double agent for him a while, before Danzo's demise."

"Wow...." was all Ino said.

"He gave me that drawing before he went on his 3 year training trip with Master Jiraiya." Sai explained. "I was looking through my things last night and found it. I thought maybe I'd show it to my class today as way of inspiration. I felt that his picture captured the element of self-reflection, a vital piece in artistry."

Ino sat in silence as she listened to her husband. She was trying to soak in all the information husband gave about the current Uzukage. 'I guess I didn't know him as well as I thought I did.....' she thought to herself as she heard the school bell ring again, signaling that it was the end of lunch. Ino gathered their trash and threw it in the trashcan before grabbing the basket.

"I guess I will be seeing later tonight, Sai-kun." she said upon her departure.

"Alright, beautiful." Sai with one his trademark smiles.

Ino blushed prettily as she said her goodbyes to her husband and left the classroom as students begin the enter the room and fill the empty desks. As she walked out of the building, she continued to think about what her husband had told her. Things didn't make sense. For as long as she knew Naruto, before he was a genin, he had been incapable of doing such things. Maybe she should talk to Sakura about it to get some insight. She was his teammate after all.

When the scene ended, everyone blinked at the screen, trying to see if they had heard correctly. Naruto started to lightly sweat. On the inside, he was cursing his future friend for revealing such information. It was really blowing his cover. 

In his head, Kurama was laughing at the blonde's distress. After getting over his fit of laughter, Kurama actually felt a little sorry for his kit. He also knew the dangers of blowing his cover from both the village and those who would be after him. He could only hope that nothing else would be revealed.

The room was silent as everyone turned to look at Naruto. The range of expressions on the face was of surprise to suspicion to confusion to complete shock. Naruto began to push his fingers together and put his head down avoiding everyone's stare.

"You can draw?" Sakura said dumbly. Naruto nodded his head slightly.

"What is ROOT?" Kiba asked both the Hokage and the blonde.

"Something that will not be discussed." The Third said firmly as he looked at his pseudo-grandson suspiciously.

The Hokage and former ANBU jounin looked at the blond genin, wondering how would he know about ROOT ANBU and Danzo. Most importantly, how did he manage to break into the organization and how did he have someone working for him on the inside. One thing that everyone could agree on was that something was up and Naruto was hiding something.

"Naruto-" Kakashi started, but was interrupted by said genin.

"Can someone else please go, jiji....?" Naruto said avoiding eye contact with anyone.

Deciding it was best to hold the discussion for later, the Hokage nodded. "Who would like to go next?" Hokage asked, ending any type of questioning anyone had for the blond.

After a couple moments of silence, the meek Hyuga girl stepped forward surprising some of the occupants in the room.