A Bump in the Road to Ninja

part 1

It was night time in Konoha, Naruto was sitting on the swing set with Sakura as she complained about her parents, Naruto was slowly starting to get angry with her, he wasn't in the mood for this. He already had an argument with Iruka at Ichiraku earlier, they just didn't understand how hard it was to see everyone happry with their parents, laughing together, praising them, getting them recommendations, they are even there to welcome them home and say 'we love you'. Naruto didn't have any of that, he knew why, he understood why, but sometimes, no all the time, he wished it wasn't like that, that his parents were alive, that they could be there for him, so that they could be a family, and here Sakura was complaining about how much she hated them, it was so annoying and stupid 'She has no idea how luck she is' Naruto thought as he grip the swing tighter.

"I wish i had different parents" Sakura was still talking as she swung back and fort, not even aware of Naruto's feelings and growing anger "ones I could respect like everyone else has, I'd be better of without them".

"Ok I think your going a bit to far now" Naruto said not wanting to hear this anymore.

"What!?" Sakura exclaimed as she got down from the swing and glared at him "Oh so your gonna take their side huh?"

Naruto got up, unable to believe this, she really wasn't even considering his part in all this "No I just think that-"

"Uh why did it have to be you that's here with me right now" Sakura said as she look to the side with a longing look "If Sasuke were here he'd definitely understand how I feel".

Naruto couldn't believe what he just heard, she actually would prefer Sasuke to be here than him, a traitor to her best friend, Naruto couldn't hold it in any longer "Why would he?" he asked his anger clear as it brought back Sakura's attention "Because you both have parents? Because you both have family trouble? Well news flash Sakura he wouldn't understand!"

Sakura went wide eyed at his words and tone, but then glared at him "What the hell has gotten into you!?"

"I'm sick and tired of hearing you complain about your parents to me" Naruto shouted "when you have obviously forgotten that i don't have any" it hit Sakura like her Sensei's punches, but Naruto didn't stop it there "you keep going on and on about how you wish you had different parents, how you wish they were gone. I would love to be in you place or any of our friends places, to have parents who embarrassed me, nag me, annoy me, at least at the end of the day I had parents to come back to and hear 'I love you son' from, but their gone and i can't have that. You just can't see how luck you are, and to top it off your wishing Sasuke was here? You don't even know what his parents were like, or is it that you think that if he was here he could comfort you with his love and affection he'd give you, like he did when he was here? Well news flash again Sakura HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU!" Naruto could see the tears forming in Sakura's eyes, he knew his word were hurting her, but he couldn't stop, he just wanted her to know how he feels and release all his anger "He didn't love you, he didn't love any of us, I may want to believe that we share a bond with him, but damn do you know how much it hurts to be told that you wish someone who abandon you and his home was here instead of me, how much it hurts hearing that from the girl I love? Maybe I should become a rouge too, maybe then you or someone else would actually care about me or even at least think about how I feel!"

Sakura's eyes widen even more, Naruto has never openly said he loved her, his words cut deep into her heart like a rusty kunai, but thinking back on what she said earlier, she deserved it. Naruto could see the hurt he put in Sakura's eye, he didn't mean to make her cry, he didn't mean to say all that it just came out when it wasn't suppose to. Naruto lowered his head and his voice was dying down "I...I went to far with that, but I meant the first part of what I said" Naruto then began to walk away "Stop complaining about your parents Sakura, cause one day you might wake up and their not there anymore, but for me that's better than them not being there at all".

Sakura wanted to reach out to him, to apologize, but she was to upset, as Naruto left the park and out of sight, Sakura fell to her knees and began to cry.