New Beginnings NOW COMPLETE

A/N: Ok well now you guys are up to date. From now on I will update each new chapter as it is written same as the other sites. Hope you enjoy! Unfortunately for you that means you get an authors note each chapter instead of jut some. Bad luck guys! :D


There was a woman with milky white eyes waiting in the doorway when the ninjas arrived at the address they had gotten from the school records.

“Come in, I’ve been waiting for you,” she informed them walking back inside, “My son is safe and asleep in bed. I’m sure he knows about the attack by now, he’s always been rather sensitive to these things, unlike Tianna.”

All five following ninja just looked confused at the oddly conversational woman.
“Who’s Tianna?” Naruto asked finally.

“Dannarin’s older sister,” she said rather disdainfully, “I’m not surprised he hasn’t mentioned her, totally ungifted, she’s gone away to university to become a doctor,” the woman sneered, “She was always far too worried about the opinions of others.”

“So, uh did you need to speak to us?” Iruka asked politely.

The woman turned to the teacher her face taking on a sly look, “Perhaps Mr Umino-Hatake, I should be asking you the same question.”

Iruka looked startled, “That’s not my name.”

“Not yet, but I do not deal entirely in the present. Would you like to know who I see?” She turned to Kakashi, “Kakashi Hatake-Umino.” She looked to Iruka, “Iruka Umino-Hatake.” She looked at Sasuke and Naruto, “Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha Uzimaki.” She looked at Sakura, “And you Sakura Haruno, are not yet certain of your path. Until the path is made the destination remains unseen.”

“Well as interesting as this all is we came to check up on your son,” Kakashi said boredly.

She turned her blind eyes to Naruto, “His room is the first one on the left,” she pointed down the hallway, “I’m sure you can check on him on your own, please try not to wake him, he didn’t sleep well last night and I fear tonight shall be no better.”

“Um sure,” Naruto agreed biting his lip, this was not what he had been expecting. He made his way down the hallway and slowly opened the door and slowly walked into the room silently.
“Fuck off!” Dan hissed violently and Naruto froze, he had never heard the boy talk like that.
“Just stay the fuck away from me! I hate you!” as his eyes adjusted to the light Naruto realised the boy’s eyes were closed, he was dreaming and it didn’t sound pleasant.
“You tried to ruin my whole life you bastard!” as the blonde moved closer he could see tears running down the normally laid back boys cheeks, he leaned in to wipe them away when he heard the next comment, “I’m not gay you fucking monster!”
Naruto froze and quickly left the room to rejoin the others.
“He’s fine,” he reported tersely.

“I told you so,” the woman smirked, “He’s a perceptive lad, you would be wise to heed his warnings and premonitions. If you don’t believe then you can leave my home, I have no space for unbelievers.”

In silence they left the house and made their way back to their own home in the misty dark hours of the morning.

“I’ll go call Nico,” Sakura said, finally breaking the silence.

“Thank you,” Iruka smiled, “And then I think it is time for bed for all of us, we’ll need to be on our guard, I am sure whoever is behind it has realised by now that their creature has attacked without their orders.”

“Yeah,” Naruto said tiredly, “I just want to sleep.”

Sasuke watched him worriedly but said nothing.
“Well good night then,” Iruka smiled giving the small blonde and quick hug, “Turn your alarms off, I think you can have a little sleep in tomorrow.”

“Hm,” Naruto said in a non-committal way, walking up the stairs, Sasuke shrugged a good night and followed him. The raven closed the bedroom door behind them.

“What’s wrong dobe?” the Uchiha asked moving to pull him into a hug, the blonde stepped away and shook his head.

“Look Sasuke I’m just tired, can we do this some other time?” his eyes had a dead look to them, the kind of look he had seen when they were younger.

“Of course, you know I’m here for you right?” Sasuke asked, examining the blonde carefully.

“Yeah,” the blonde turned away and changed quickly climbing into the very edge of their homemade double bed. Sasuke followed somewhat slowly changing and turning off the light before he finally climbed in his own side.


“What do you think is wrong with Naruto?” Iruka asked the man wrapped bodily around him.

“Eh, I wouldn’t worry about it, I’m sure Sasuke will sort things out without us having to interfere,” the jounin said lazily kissing up the tanned neck.

“Night Kashi,” the younger teacher said nuzzling the silver hair as he drifted off into nightmares.


All Naruto’s dreams featured the boy he considered to be one of his best friends, his face hideously contorted with rage as he yelled various insults. Homo. Fag. Sicko. Monster.
That one hurt the most.
Suddenly he was back in Konoha with the rest of the rookie nine. And Dan standing there hurling insults, turning his back in disgust.
“Always knew there was something wrong with him,” the villagers muttered.
“Gay and a demon, how appropriate.”
“Monster.”
“Demon.”
“Evil.”
One by one their expressions turned to sneers and they left the little blonde standing alone in the street. He collapsed to his knees and bawled.


Sasuke woke to an odd noise, he leaped to his feet, worried that the creature had found them. When his mind cleared he realised the noise was a whimper coming from the boy on their joined beds. In a flash he was at the boy’s side trying to wake him gently.
“Naruto wake up. Naruto! Dobe! It’s alright wake up,” he stroked the tanned cheek and rubbed his back in calming circles.
Blue eyes opened warily, pain evident behind the tears threatening to fall.
“Thank goodness you’re awake are you alright?” Sasuke asked worriedly.

The blonde almost launched himself into the other arms sobbing.

“Naruto?” the raven asked in alarm, “What’s the matter? What happened?”
He wrapped his arms tightly around the smaller boy, once more rubbing his back in what he hoped was a comforting way.

“I can’t believe he… why would he….they wouldn’t just….” Naruto mumbled into Sasuke’s chest.

“What’s wrong love?” the Uchiha asked softly.

The blonde stiffened in his arms and looked up at him with red rimmed eyes, “Why would he do that Sasuke?”

“Why would who do what?” he asked gently.

“Dan, I-I thought he was my friend, I thought he was okay with it, with us, but….” The blonde trailed off sniffling.

“Naruto what happened? Did he say something to you?” Sasuke gently wiped away the boy’s tears staring intently, holding back his rage at the broken look.

“It was- he was just dreaming- but he, he said I’m not….I’m not gay you monster,” fresh tears began to fall down his cheeks, “You should have seen the hate in his face when he said it. I just… it made me remember the people back home. All those long years… I mean who else could he have been talking to?”
His breathing was ragged and Sasuke pulled him completely into his lap and rested his cheek on the blonde locks.

“Naruto he was just dreaming, I’m sure it wasn’t anything like that, you know he wouldn’t do that,” the raven soothed.

“That’s just it, I barely know the guy, I didn’t know he had a sister or that his mother was…eccentric. I don’t know anything about him, he might really feel that way.”

“Who was the first person to congratulate us?”

“Well him but-”

“Naruto there’s no point in worrying about buts, I won’t let anyone hurt you, I promise. That’s what being your boyfriend is all about, I want to be there for you. I’m sure you have nothing to worry about but you can be sure that you have at least one person who will never abandon you,” Sasuke kissed the top of the blonde head.

“Thank you,” Naruto replied drowsily.

“You’re welcome, now lie down it’s been a big day.”
The smaller boy shifted and snuggled down under the blankets with Sasuke joining him and quickly pulling him into his arms. Within a moment Naruto was sleeping peacefully with a slight smile on his lips. The raven kissed his cheek softly.

He was going to have to have a very serious conversation with “Dannarin” tomorrow.


Iruka stood in front of a furious Naruto.
“Naruto what’s wrong?” the young teacher asked kindly.

“You just don’t understand! You pretend you do but you don’t! Why can’t you be more like my friend’s mums? At least they care!” he screamed at him.

“Naruto I’m not your mother,” Iruka said confusedly.

The blonde looked broken, “What do you mean?”

“Naruto, silly, I’m not your mother, I’ve never been your mother,” he chuckled until he saw the boy’s face.

“Was I adopted?” Naruto asked crumbling, “But… I can’t….you can’t…why didn’t you tell me this earlier?”

“Naruto what are you talking about?” Iruka was beyond confused.

“Hey what’s going on in here?” Kakashi asked smiling as he walked into the kitchen.

“Is it true Dad? Was I adopted? Is that why no one likes me?”

Kakashi looked startled and Iruka swept the boy into his arms, “Oh Naruto that’s not true, I love you, lots of people love you. Kakashi loves you, Sakura loves you and Sasuke loves you most of all.”

The boy stiffened in his arms and wrenched away, “Why would you say that?!”
He ran crying from the room.

Kakashi gave him a dirty look, “Oh well done Iruka, now why did you have to go and say that?”

Iruka shot up in bed panting.
He looked around, it was all a dream but it felt so real. The emotions in Naruto’s eyes had scared him beyond anything he had ever experienced.

“’Ruka lay back down, it’s cold,” Kakashi grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back down.

“I- I have to go get a drink you go back to sleep Kashi,” Iruka wrapped the blankets tightly around the other man and stood up still shaking slightly and made his way down to the kitchen in the pale light of dawn. He froze when he saw someone standing in the middle of the kitchen looking out the window. He relaxed when he realised it was Sakura.

“Couldn’t sleep either?” he asked softly.

She started a little and turned to look at the chunin, “Nope, you either huh? Strange night for everyone I guess.”

“Did you want to talk about it?” he offered sitting at the table.

She sat down opposite him, “Something that woman said really got to me. The whole path thing you know? I mean I can see what’s going to happen with you guys. You all go home together and live happily ever after together but what about me? What happens to me? You’re lucky. You don’t have any secrets from Kakashi. And Sasuke and Naruto share everything, no issues. But I finally find someone who is interested in me as a person and I only have such a limited time with them. And I don’t even know if they like me for me seeing as they don’t really know me. He can’t really know me because there’s almost nothing about my past I can tell him. And as interesting as an enigma may be there comes a time when you just want to know something concrete. I can’t tell him anything! Do you know how frustrating that is?! I just want to scream sometimes, or tell him everything. Not only that but I can’t even rule him out as a suspect as much as I want to discount him completely. How can a relationship exist like that? Will I even be able to tell him before I leave? No bloody wonder she couldn’t see a path for me.”

“I wish I could help Sakura,” Iruka said sadly, “But I can’t let you tell him anything, not just because it’s a secret but because I don’t want to have to tell you if he gets hurt because of what he knows. I won’t let anybody put him in that kind of danger, for your sake, I don’t want you to have to carry that guilt, trust me it is far worse than what you carry now.”

“I know,” she whispered, eyes filling with tears, “But I still wish he could get to know me.”

“He is getting to know you, everything that is important to know,” Iruka told her gently, “He is getting to know how you smile, how you laugh, your sense of humour, your quick temper, your caring for your friends and team mates, your devotion to him. What more does he need to know? He doesn’t need to know why you do, just that you do, trust me, if the time comes when you can tell him everything he will know that the most important things about you are the things he already knows.”

Sakura’s lips curled into a small but honest smile, “Thank you Iruka, I never thought of it that way.”

“I’m glad I could help, now you really should sleep.”
The young teacher stood and the girl chased after him and gave him a quick hug before she walked silently up the stairs.

Iruka watched her fondly and then went back to his own room and the lightly dozing Kakashi. As soon as he laid down he felt the arms wrap around him.
This time his sleep was untroubled.