WE ARE ALIVE NOW

CHAPTER ONE

We present to you, a not so new story. But a pre existing fanfiction on FANFICTION. We hope you enjoy it. -NEXT BROTHERS

Disclaimer: We do not in any form claim ownership to the source materials. The Naruto manga and all it's various anime adaptations, are properties of Masashi Kishimoto.

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At the early hours of the night, Naruto sat before a bowl of steaming ramen, with his chopsticks in hand; stirring the noodles while Sakura and sai were seated next to him at Ichiraku.

The pale skinned shinobi didn't seem to notice any issue from the silence, since it's only been half an hour since they'd arrived at Ichiraku to catch up as team 7, since each of them have been busy with their shinobi duties.

Sakura however, found Naruto's reticence as strange, as she knew her trusted friend and hero of the Ninja world to be someone who hardly thinks so deeply about anything, especially when in front of Ramen.

' maybe am the one overthinking it, this is his fifth bowl after all, but still... '

Sakura allowed her mind to trail of for some moments, before she realizes she couldn't find any reason for Naruto to be this quiet, so she decided to speak up,

" Umm Naruto, what's up. Is something bothering you? " Sakura questioned her emerald eyes on his hair which the poor guy had allowed to grow out into a medium spiky locks, going against her advice to keep it low like he did a year ago.

' is he changing because he's turned twenty? ' Sakura pondered.

Despite having spoken to him, Naruto didn't seem to have heard her, this caused Sakura to raise a pink eyebrow,

" Naruto... " Sakura said raising her voice slightly with a frown, feeling annoyed by her friend's muteness.

Naruto sensed the danger in her voice, and his mind woke up from the realm of thoughts which had paralyzed him and kept him from having proper communication with his friend's.

Naruto immediately grinned and lifted his head, which had been hung staring at a bowl of ramen his mind was far away from, he turned his three whiskered face towards Sakura.

" Sorry Sakura, did you want to tell me something? " Naruto said with a cheery voice, " I wanted to tell you that Hokage sama asked me to tell you, that he needs you in his office tomorrow! " replied Sakura with a raised and slightly frustrated voice.

" Oh, yeah yeah yeah, " said Naruto nodding his head, Sakura sighs " you're still so dense, I don't know how Hinata keeps up with you " she said shaking her head and looking away.

Naruto kept his cheeky grin, turned his cerulean gaze to his ramen, and began gobbling it down, Sakura and sai glanced at him before looking away, with the same thought in mind,

' He'll never change '.

In two minutes Naruto had gobbled down his ramen, he reached down and pat his solar plexus, whilst heaving a sigh of satisfaction. Naruto drew the stool back, and got up.

" You're leaving? I thought you would at least have four more bowls, " said Ayame, the daughter of Teuchi: Ichiraku ramen place owner.

Sakura and sai gaze went back up to look at their friend, whom had one hand on his nape, and the other on his solar plexus with his cheeky smile ever present.

" I don't think I can take anymore tonight, maybe some other time " Naruto said, " sorry guys, I'm gonna retire early " Naruto said before turning away and walking out of Ichiraku and into the cold street with snow cascading from above.