Chapter 6: Three Years

Summary: They always knew Naruto Uzumaki as the idiot or the dobe, what if a change in his life and a meeting with a certain ANBU helped change his life for the better? Yugao Uzuki has been suffering from the loss of her boyfriend, and cut people out of her life for the better, what if she met a young blonde who helped her heal her heart?

A/N: So this chapter will be a Time skip. It'll also have some other information for you guys too.

Disclaimer: if you haven't written a fanfic and complain about my writing go suck a dick! Remember if you're a hater you're probably a masturbator!

Naruto x Yugao

"Naruto Uzumaki," - Person Speaking.

'Yugao Uzuki,' - Person Thinking.

"Kitsune," - Bijuu/ Boss Summon Speaking.

'Neko,' - Bijuu/ Boss Summon Thinking

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" - Jutsu/ Techniques.

Comfortably Numb

Chapter 6: Three Years

"I'm going to see Naruto-kun, since he should be back today from his mission." She said with a smile on her face as she walked away. She needed to move forward and stop holding onto the past, hopefully these new found feelings for Naruto would help her in the future.

She arrived at the front gate and couldn't help but smile when she saw the blonde walking towards the gate. She noticed he looked differentiations like a burden was lifted off of his shoulder and looked more relaxed, she could wait anymore as she ran forward and hugged him.

"Welcome back Naruto-kun." Yugao said while hugging her blonde friend.

"Thanks Yugao-san."

A man was standing in a clearing by himself with what looked to be a loose and unguarded stance, he looked up and smiled as he felt three chakra signatures in the trees surrounding him.

His eyes quickly darted to where they were located as he slowly shifted his feet to get ready for the assault he was about to experience.

"They're getting better, but they need to hide their presence a bit better. Maybe I should break them out of that attitude that they have, what do you think?" Naruto thought to himself.

"It'll be fun watching you humiliate them, they're acting arrogant and that arrogance will get them killed. You're their captain so the choice is up to you brat." He replied with a smirk on his face.

"Humiliation it is then!" Naruto smirked as he spun around and caught a kunai that was thrown at him before flicking his wrist and sending it back to its owner.

Naruto smirked under his mask as he appeared behind his opponent in a yellow flash and slammed his fist the ANBU's mask as it cracked a bit under the punch.

"Rule one: Just because you think you're well hidden doesn't mean that you're opponent didn't sense you." He lectured ike he was scolding a child for doing something wrong.

"It's not like you can focus on all three of us Captain." Gorilla said with a cocky smirk, he went for a jab at Tigers face but was shocked when he caught his fist.

"Rule two: just because I'm focusing on one opponent doesn't mean that the other two aren't being attacked." Naruto growled out and swept his legs from underneath him and held him in an arm bar before putting pressure on it.

Tiger looked up and saw both Coyote and Rabbit rushing forward with their ninjanto in hand with chakra running through them. He couldn't help but feel some disappointment as he grabbed Gorilla's arm and threw him towards his teammates.

They didn't have time to react before Gorilla slammed into them, Tiger smirked under his naked and jumped up and slammed his left foot in Coyotes face and his right foot in Rabbits face.

He slammed both of his feet into Bears stomach and used him as a spring and landed on a tree branch as his team fell on the floor as they landed on each other.

"Coyote, Gorilla, Rabbit. I'm disappointed in all three of you, you're letting your arrogance get the better if you just because we completed a SS-rank mission." Naruto scolded them as he watched all three of them flinch under his tone.

"S-sorry senpai." Rabbit said while looking at the ground, she was disappointed in herself for acting arrogant, she had joined ANBU because she wanted to gain more experience before taking up a genin team.

"We apologize senpai." Both Coyote and Gorilla said, the three of them never wanted to disappoint their captain. They had been considered failures when they joined ANBU by barely passing the test, no one wanted them in their units until Tiger came along.

When Tiger became a captain he took the three of them under his wings and trained them and brought out their true potential, they knew who he was and they didn't care to them they considered him family.

"I feel like I failed the three of you because you're acting so arrogant, I apologize for not properly teaching the three of you to not be arrogant. As your captain this was my mistake." Naruto said while shaking his head.

"No captain this isn't your fault! It's ours, we let the last mission get to our heads and we didn't stop and think that it might've been just a flook that we survived." Rabbit shouted, she hated disappointing her captain.

"Don't blame yourself captain it's our fault not yours, what Rabbit said was true, we became overly cocky and didn't realize it. We could've gotten ourselves killed because of our arrogance this isn't your fault captain so please don't blame yourself!" Gorilla shouted out.

"Please captain we're sorry for acting the way we did, can you forgive us?" Coyote asked while all three of them lowered their heads in shame.

"You three were once like me and when I was a genin I was loud and brash, I always rushed into everything without thinking. You're not failures like everyone thought when you joined ANBU, you're all strong in your own way and have your own talents, talents that even I look to you for." Naruto said with a smile on his face while looking at his team.

"I want the three of you to take a few days off and watch the village, see how everything is. I want you three to see the families and how they interact and how the civilians and shinobi act around each other. Remember this, buildings and items can be fixed and restored but the loss of human life can't be brought back." Naruto said while removing his mask and giving them a warm smile.

"HAI CAPTAIN!" The three of them yelled out with smiles under their masks.

"He's grown but he still has that uncertainty in the back of his mind. Remember Naruto don't let the darkness swallow you." Kurama thought to himself before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.

The sounds of birds chirping could be heard throughout the forest as Naruto was laying down on the grass with his eyes closed, it was nice to just relax without the pressure of being a shinobi. He smiled warmly as he felt a warm gentle breeze pass his face, the smell of the forest was one of his favorites.

"You know maybe you should get up and soar with me again if you're going to be lazy." A female voice said with an annoyed undertone.

"I just finished training my team and I would like to relax, is that ok with you?" Naruto asked while looking at the person laying down next to him with a smile on his face.

She was beautiful in his opinion, her long purple hair that seemed to flow, her ruby red lipstick that she always gently applied and her dark eyes that bore into his blue ones.

"You're an ANBU Captain Naruto, just like me. Maybe you're just getting lazy, I can see that you're getting a small belly." She teased knowing that he didn't have one since he was at her apartment last night.

"You really love teasing me don't you." Naruto said with a smile on his face while looking up at the clouds.

He still had his uncertainty about his life, the lies that the old man told him, the fact that Jiraiya was his god father but never stepped up and took care of him.

Yugao looked over at her boyfriend, and smiled a little, they had been dating for about two months and she was happy with him. They decided to be friends at first then something changed and she wanted more of him.

"Naruto you know that I care about you and if you're ever feeling doubtful about anything, I'm here for you." She stated while scooting closer to him and laying her head on his chest.

"Thank you Yugao." Naruto said with a smile on his face, he gently planted a kiss on her forehead as he drifted off to sleep.

She looked at him with worry in her eyes and noticed that he was still fighting within himself, he needed to get out of ANBU. She knew that he was throwing himself into missions non stop hoping to find some kind of answer.

"Naruto-kun please don't let this darkness consume you anymore than it already has." She mentally pleased to herself. She had tried everything in her power to help him to be his rock but she knew that he was keeping her at a distance along with everyone else around him.

A few hours had passed since Naruto took his nap and woke up to the weight on his chest, he opened his eyes and saw pls patch of purple hair and smiled warmly.

Yugao, he didn't know why but she was patient with him and always wanted the best for him, he felt slightly guilty for keeping her at a distance but knew that all she wanted to do was help him become a better person.

"Maybe I should let her in? But what if she hates it and can't handle it?"

"You need to grow up Gaki, the vixen cares deeply about you and only wants you to get better. She knows that you're struggling and wants to help."

"I'll deal with these feelings later, I have to go see Shizune for my check up." Naruto thought to himself as he stood up and disappeared in a yellow flash.

Naruto looked up at the hospital and shuddered, he truly hated this place and really didn't want to be here. He shook away those thoughts and walked inside he immediately noticed a sight of pink hair walking with a clipboard in hand.

How long has it been since he saw any of them? How long has it been since they've all spoken to each other? Naruto shook those thoughts away as he walked up to the desk.

"Excuse me ma'am but I'm here for an appointment with Shizune, can you tell me where room 318 is?" Naruto asked him.

"Oh, uhm let me check, please bear with me, this is my first day so I'm still trying to figure out everything." The man said with a look of desperation.

"Don't worry about it, take your time." He replied with a smile on his face.

"T-thank you for being patient with me. You're the first person to not get pissed at me for this." The man said with a smile before finding the room.

"Ahh yes it's down the hall two doors to your left."

"Thank you."

Naruto made his way down the hall and found his room and walked in. He noticed it was empty and sat down on the chair, he was bored out of his mind and rubbed his chest.

He looked over at the window and took his shirt off, he looked down at his bandaged covered chest, he slowly removed it saw the giant X shaped scar on his chest and rubbed it. He couldn't help but clench his fist in anger, he was pissed that he let his guard down around Itachi and Kisame, but he was able to get back at Itachi.

Shizune walked into the room and saw Naruto cleaning his scar she couldn't help but smile at him, she knew that he changed during those three years. She was happy when he got his promotion to ANBU captain and she took him out to celebrate, she started blushing when she remembered the next morning how they had woken up in her room naked and covered in hickeys.

"Hello Naruto-kun how are you today?" Shizune asked him with a smile on her face as she walked in and sat down on the chair while looking at him.

"Oh hey Shizune-neechan, I've been doing good, just making sure that the scar doesn't get infected and it did bleed for a bit, so I decided to clean it." He said with a smile on his face before walking up to the bed and sat down as Shizune went through his check up.

"So how's life been for you? I heard through the grapevine that you and Genma are dating now, I hope he's treating you good." Naruto teased his sister figure.

"Yes Genma and I have been dating and he's treating me nicely, so you don't have to prank him Naruto-kun." She giggled.

"Good because if he ever hurts you, I'll

make sure he regrets it." Naruto said with a smile on his face making Shizune giggle at his protectiveness.

"Your scar seems to be healing up nicely, just make sure you take it easy, and don't forget to change the bandages every few hours. I know Yugao has been making sure that you're taking care of your scar." She said before handing Naruti his shirt.

"Oh Tsunade-Sam's wanted you to come to her office, in a few hours." She said while writing some stuff down on her clipboard.

"Alright I'll go see what she wants from me." He replied with a smile on his face.

"You called for me Baa-chan?" Naruto asked he looked at her and Shizune before his eyes fell onto a little boy around the age of three, he noticed that he had bright blue cerulean blue eyes and black hair.

The boy looked up at him as he held a stuffed fox in his arms.

"Naruto, I don't know how to tell you this but, Kyouki passed away recently from a heart disease. I don't know how to tell you this." She started.

Naruto looked at her with confusion in his eyes, wondering where she was going with this.

"Naruto this is your son Ceil Kazahana Uzumaki."

Sorry if it felt a bit rushed, but I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, I know it was everywhere but I wanted to add more but that will be for the next chapter.

Once again I'm sorry for the wait I hope you all enjoyed it.

Until next time Ja Ne!