006- Video; Action for Blackthorn

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[Action]

[It is early in the evening when he finally begins to stir. A hand slowly reaches up to rub at tired eyes as they blink into focus, Naruto staring up at the ceiling above him. Immediately he frowns as memories of new and old jumble together. It had felt like a dream, though it couldn't have been. Why didn't he have chakra? Oh yeah- Johto.

Feeling the presence of someone else in the room distracts him as he turns his head to the side, immediately greeted with the sight of long, flowing red hair.]

....So when are we going to Violet? [You hit hard enough to knock him out Mom, he'll concede this time.]

[Video]

[A little time later the Pokegear shows Naruto sat on a bed as an excitable Carnivine is wrapped around his shoulders, happily chewing on his head once again. Some things never change!]

So--yeah. I guess that thing happened to me, y'know, when people fall asleep and have the dreams? But they're not real dreams? [Descriptive as always. On that subject though, there are some people he wants to talk to. He should probably send them some private messages.]

Oi Neji. Sasuke. I wanna talk to you guys.

[...Or just do it that way instead. He has a pretty serious look about him for once, so they should probably get in contact with him.]

[With a huff he moves around and attempts to unwrap the Carnivine from around him. Since he has it on, he may as well ask that question he had before the coma stuff happened.]

I'm still gonna go check out that dragon place up here, the one Tenten told me about. What's the best dragon type out there? I have Ryūka-chan already, she's a Charizard now and she's grown really strong.

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action; sorry for the passive comment MAKES YOU DO THE WORK

[punches]

[ While normally she wouldn't have left the room, one of the text messages she received a couple days ago still bothered her. What if Naruto didn't wake up in the next few days? It was common enough for people to wake up after a week, sure, but there were those who slept for months... What if this time, he was going to be one of them? That bothered the medic-nin side of her and so she can be found sitting outside with an eager Eevee prancing around her feet. Her PokeGear is propped up by her knees as she reads through various other network posts of old. Reading about the others who reported when their friends had fallen out cold and woke up gave her some faith, but so far not all the numbers added up.

She's so focused on this she doesn't even notice when her Pokemon stops playing or if she's approached whatsoever. ]

action; I LOVE IT THO

[believeit]

[After waking up and getting the chance to speak to his parents, Naruto went searching for Sakura. He wanted to talk to her before some of the others and unlike them, knew that she had stayed close by. There was no need to try using the Pokegear to find her.

It doesn't take him long to spot her. Approaching silently, he doesn't say a word until he crouches down to look over her shoulder.]

What'cha reading that boring stuff for?

[punches]

[ Annoyed, she answers right away: ] Just in case you fail to wake up in a day or...

[ Wait a second. Something isn't right. ]

Naruto?! [ There goes that poor PokeGear (which has seen better days) and possibly his jaw if he was standing too close to her as she bounces around to face him. ]

You woke up!

[believeit]

[Luckily he managed to move back just in time to miss being thwacked in the face my her movement. He lowers himself down to crouch properly on the floor so they're the same height, smiling sheepishly as he answers.]

Yeah-- just a little while ago. Mom said I was asleep for a week.

[punches]

You can't smile when you're saying things like that!

[ She was worried he would never wake up. The nerve! The only thing saving him from getting whacked is the last time he got hit, he passed out for a week.

That's it. ]

[believeit]

[Welp- she's already angry at him. Oh dear, he really doesn't want to be hit again, what if drops down again?!]

Sorry, sorry! [PLEASE DON'T PUNCH. Though after a few moments he settles down. There were things to talk about, after all.]

I remember stuff. That happened like-- to me, or us, but after I came here?

[punches]

[ Can't punch, must express emotion in another way. What was it Kushina did? Hug him???

Sure hope Naruto is Alright with that happening because her hands are going to grab at him tightly and not let go for a while. ]

Stupid... I know that, they say that happens to everyone who passes out like that! There's a chance you could have come from way in the future before me, but...

[ If that was true, wouldn't it show on his person somewhere? She pulls her head back just enough to survey his face for permanent damages, scars of any kind. ]

You're alright?

[believeit]

[He shuts his eyes when she moves because he is genuinely expecting to be thumped one, but they soon shoot wide open again when he feels contact.

She's.... hugging him?

Oh.

He's more or less frozen to the spot, just a little overwhelmed by it as well as the topic under discussion.]

I'm definitely ahead of you. [No way would Sakura have kept quiet about Sasuke returning.]

[punches]

Yeah... I worried you might be. [ Her shoulders pick up for the first time in weeks. No longer is she burdened by keeping secrets from him, but has the role reversed? ] I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, but you were so happy here.

[ Then his mother left and she couldn't even do it then. What a rotten teammate she's been. ]

You're mad at me, aren't you? I can't blame you... I'd be really mad at you if you kept a secret from me, so you better start catching me up. If I hear about it from someone else other than you, I'll beat you so hard you'll sleep for weeks even.

[ ... the effect of the hug is lost when she's threatening him like this, isn't it? ]

[believeit]

Why would I be mad? [Alright- he is a little upset that nobody caught him up, but he doesn't really hold it against her or Neji, not really.[

[He can catch her up, though. Unlike a lot of the others, he feels as though he can talk about it easier with her.]

You want the good news or the bad news first?

[punches]

Bad news. [ Instantly said.

Isn't he so glad she's a little pessimist when compared to him? ]

If this is about Neji, I already know. I, I should have done something more, but I was--[ Augh. ] Sorry, just tell me. I'm listening.

[believeit]

[He sorta hoped she's go for the good news first, because there is a lot of bad news. Welp.]

I know about Neji, yeah. You should've told me about that y'know. [Not that he could have done anything about it.]

It's not just that, though. We found out who the fake Madara guy is. [He straightens up a little more, to look at her properly. This is a serious conversation, after all.]

Do you know? [His name had been thrown around the battlefield numerous times, but he doesn't know who heard it.]

[punches]

[ Her fingers loosen their hold on him just a bit as he scolds her for that. ]

Sorry, but I was leaving it to Neji... Shouldn't he have the final say in who knows? [ Maybe she was meant to tell Naruto, but her reasoning was justified in her mind even if it was wrong. ] You were happy and then the stuff with--oh, that guy.

[ At least it has always been easy to tell what she's thinking. Sakura's weaknesses is how expressive she is and so when her eyes avert his own, it gives it away more than she would care to admit. ]

He's here with us. [ Even now she has trouble saying "Obito". ]

[believeit]

Yeah, I guess. I'm gonna go yell at him about it later. Or not, I mean, it's wrong to yell at someone for not telling you they're dead, yeah?

[She doesn't need to give a name for Naruto to know that she knows. Perhaps he should be mad about that instead, for not telling him. But instead he wonders how she even managed to deal with knowing it. He's still fairly aggravated over the whole thing.]

Yeah. Obito.

[Yet another sigh escapes him. he is sighing an awful lot tonight.]

I haven't told my Mom and Dad yet. [How can he even begin to?]

[punches]

[ There's no point to yelling at him about it. Besides, shouldn't he be angry at her? Maybe she hasn't revealed all of her training just yet. ]

I didn't get a chance to tell them either... That boy--[ His name is too hard to say right now, even after their heartfelt conversation earlier this month. ]--isn't the same person. What has happened to him in his future... is it really fair for us to hold him accountable?

Naruto, do you think they should know? [ Why is the smart one asking an idiot for the strategy again? ] It'll change everything we've done here so far.

[believeit]

I dunno. I dunno. It doesn't mean anything to him yet, and yeah he's annoying sometimes, but he's not like-- bad?

It's not just the war though. He was the guy that.. you know. That day when I was born..

[The sentence trails off as Naruto hangs his head, staring at the floor instead of her. He loves his parents, and wouldn't ever want to upset them. But should they know the truth behind he man that caused their deaths?]

[punches]

That guy...

[ At least she's back to squeezing him tightly. Don't go leaving her again anytime soon, okay? ]

If you want, I'll go with you when you tell them. [ As support and maybe as a shield from his mother's punches. Those kind of hurt. ] It might be better if there's two of us to confirm it and... I don't know, this situation is messed up. It really is.

[believeit]

Yeah, it is. I should tell them though, right?

[With the extra squeeze it only just occurs to him that she's actually still hugging him. He's a little hesitant as he finally moves his arms, bringing them up rest on her arms. Hey, he's gonna make the most of it while he can.]

But hey, it's not all bad. I got good news too, remember?

[punches]

I think so. [ Swallowing hard, she finds what strength she can in the warmth of his embrace. ] Obito and I spoke a few days ago... um, a little bit before you passed out actually.

He knows already. He knows and since that information is traveling, there's no telling who will find out. Now's the time to make our loyalties known even if it means some people get hurt in the end. No matter what you decide though, I'll be there beside you. [ She's only soft right now because she's just so glad he's back alright! ]

Oh, but the good news? Wait, there's good news? [ There can't be anything good happening, can there? ]

[believeit]

Mmn.

[Alright, he will tell them. Something like this probably won't be kept secret for long, anyway. Probably because of him, oops.]

Thanks, Sakura-chan. And yeah, there's good news.

[A few things could be counted as good news a this point. One more-so than all the others, though. One that matters to them more, as Team 7.

It's a little weird to be saying this as he's hugging her, though.]

....Sasuke came back.

[punches]

For us? [ There goes her hold on him out of instinct as her hands fall to the side, only held in place by his own. ] He returned...

It was for us, wasn't it? He didn't come to join with Obito, did he?!

[ Naruto said it was good news and returning to fight alongside Obito would have been bad so she naturally assumes that yes, Sasuke's returned to fight with them. ]

Right, Naruto? Is that right? [ The girl before him isn't the strong and independent one he's come to known the past few months, but instead the weaker one who's eyes were set on the back of their teammate. ] Naruto, come on. You have to tell me more than that!

[believeit]

[His hands soon drop down. He knew she would be happy about this peice of news. He's happy that she'll be happy. He is too, though.]

Yeah, with us. I dunno he just, showed up! With er- this is weird, but with the Edo-tensei's Hokages as well? My Dad was there.

[And finally, he begins to smile again.] But yeah! All three of us were fighting together, and we were really kicking ass!

[OH YEAH.] How come you never told me about your thing like Granny Tsunade? [He's tapping his own forehead.]

[punches]

Wha--really? [ Now she's gushing with cheerfulness all over again.

Though it mostly is attributed to Naruto smiling and being alive. Who cares about the war now that she knows Sasuke's returned to fight with them? ]

Wait, all of us were fighting together? Like a team?

[ Realizing that she's interrupting him she shakes a hand as though to ask him to dismiss all of that before brushing her bangs back. There's no mark there now, but knowing that he knows about it meant something major must have happened. Was the battle finally in their favor? ]

Eheheh, what's a girl without her secrets? I had to work hard to be able to keep up with you two, don't I?

[believeit]

Like a team!

[What war? Talk about mood whiplash, he's suddenly all happy again.]

And Sasuke summoned this giant snake? And I had Gamakichi,he's got huge! And then you summoned Katsuyu and she was huge too! Team Seven is awesome!

[punches]

Wow, I did that too?

[ She must have really gone all out, but if Naruto and Sasuke did that, well, she had to join in! ]

Does this mean the war is over, Naruto? We must have won, yeah? No more casualties, just ending what needs to be ended!