What you do you know Chapter 1, a naruto fanfic

Disclaimer I don't own Naruto or lyrics from linkin park

What do you know?

Chapter 1

Tsunade looked around the street seeing a flash of orange pass around the corner. She shook her head thinking to herself "can't be he's been gone for five years" she sighed remembering the incident that forced Naruto to leave.

Flash back

Tsunade and the group of villagers as well as the rookie nine all saw what happened at the gates. They watched Sakura's reaction as Naruto carried a damaged Sasuke on his back. She gasped in horror as she saw his arms and legs broken.

Naruto smiled tiredly "Sakura-chan I got him back for you." SMACK

The sound could be heard all around the village as Sakura grabbed Sasuke off Naruto's back yelling at him all the while" You demon how dare you do this to Sasuke just cause your jealous"

Others followed her example and began with a course of "Demon" "Monster" "Murderer"

Councilman Danzo stepped out of the crowd with a guard of ANBU. He was grinning as he held up a sheet of paper. "Naruto Uzumaki you are hereby banished from konoha for the attempted murder of Sasuke uchiha."

He directed the anbu to surround Naruto. Naruto just stared at them his expression slowly moving to indifferent. He wasn't surprised in the least that they would use this opportunity to banish him. He took his head band off and right before their eyes he slashed the leaf symbol.

Shikamaru stepped up in front of Naruto "you can't do that I was the team leader it was my responsibility not Naruto's so if he's banished then I should be too."

Danzo shook his head not caring "fine nara follow the demon into exile if seen in konoha you will be killed on sight."

Shikamaru just followed Naruto's example and slashed his head band giving his father a look of farewell. His father nodded in understanding silently telling him he would break the news to Choji and the others.

Tsunade had to be held back by jiriya as she watched the life leave Naruto's pure blue gaze. She was held tightly as the villagers were dispersed and Sasuke was taken to the hospital.

Naruto's eyes were now a winter ice blue as he watched the village. He turned to Tsunade and she cried inside to see defeat in his eyes. "Tsunada-obba-chan I'll miss you."

She nodded and watched him and Shikamaru leave back out the gates as she stood in jiriya's arms. Naruto had only turned back to wave bye before he left.

Flashback end

She recalled how as soon as the Shino, Choji, Neji and Kiba found out they left the village too. She laughed when she remembered the answer she had gotten from the others about why they didn't leave and shouldn't have been surprised when they said to protect the village Naruto had cared for.

She shook her head knowing that if she continued that train of thought she would be even more pissed off as usual. She walked back to her office and groaned at the pile of paper work that had magically appeared on her desk in the last hour. She sat down and pulled out her stowed bottle of sake checking to make sure Shizuna wasn't nearby.

Five years after banishment near IchIruka Ramen stand

Iruka was depressed having not seen his little brother Naruto in so long. He now came to the ramen stand at least once a day in memory of his knuckle head student. He sighed as teuchi, the ramen stand owner, gave him his bill for his chicken ramen.

He stood to leave and saw a flash of orange going around the corner. He knew it could only be Naruto by the color. He changed directions knowing instinctively that if he didn't catch Naruto now he wouldn't see him in a longer time.

Iruka followed him for five hours at a constant high rate before he realized that he was in wave country. He looked around the crowded village spotting Naruto's shock of blond hair among the crowd going into a building. Iruka maneuvered through the villagers and to the building reaching for the door. He was stopped by a man wearing a black shirt that said "Security".

The man was average height he looked like a light weight wrestler. His hair was spiky and went in every direction possible. It gave a windblown affect to it all. The man looked Iruka up and down as if examining him. He spoke with a deep baritone voice "Name"

Iruka was too polite to ignore the man and gave his name as manners demanded. "My name is Umino Iruka"

The man glanced at his previously hidden list and nodded opening the door for Iruka. He spoke up before Iruka walked through the door "You got a V.I.P spot up front it's reserved so just go to the front you'll see an area marked off for you"

Iruka was shocked but continued inside. The building was part way underground and larger than expected. It was dark but there were lights placed in strategic spots all around. The stage was at the front right in front of the roped off area with his name on it. Iruka looked around and saw that near the side was a concession stand and a shop selling merchandise.

He proceeded to his seat and saw that he could see the stage perfectly. He sat down looking for any sign of Naruto. He spotted several blondes but none were Naruto. He sighed and faced the stage as the lights went down.

A loud monotone voice spoke from everywhere and nowhere. "Welcome to the stage your favorite band SIN"

The crowd roared causing Iruka to start; he looked around at all the people on their feet shouting. He turned back to the stage just in time to see the instruments rise from beneath the stage. The first thing he saw was the set of drums at the back followed by a keyboard, acoustic guitar, a bass guitar and six microphones.

He looked up as he heard the screech of a hawk. He stared as the strange blue hawk landed near the keyboard. He spotted a white wolf go to the bass guitar as a green wolverine went to the drum set. His eyes bugged out as a black panther took up post near a microphone, behind it a grey cougar went to the acoustic guitar. The last to come on the stage was a red fox it went to the last microphone near the front of the stage.

The crowd around Iruka went wild as they saw the animals. Iruka was puzzled but watched as the animals began to morph. The process was slow and amazing it looked like no jutsu that Iruka had ever seen.

The wolverine turned into a slightly chubby boy with brown hair and green highlights, he even retained his ears and tail from his animal form. He wore a dark forest green fishnet shirt and a pair of green cuffs a green collar around his neck with the kanji for his animal. He had on black baggy parachute pants with pockets galore chains attached to the upper ones. He had a short green vest with the insignia "SIN" and combat boots the same color as the vest.

The white wolf morphed into a teen with shaggy white and grey hair his wolf ears lost in the mass of it all even his tail blended with his long hair somewhat. He wore the same outfit but in white and with the collar's kanji for wolf. He wore a longer version of the vest.

The hawk turned into a boy with long blue hair and an outfit to match with the kanji collar as hawk. He wore a mid back vest so it showed his toned stomach. He had his hair braided showing his elf like ears and keeping it out of the way so his wings were not disturbed and settled on his back like a mythic angels.

The panther was as majestic in human form as animal his tail swishing slightly to the side. He wore the colors and outfit in black with a black short jacket instead of the vest. His straight hair showing the cat ears to perfection.

The cougar was a little taller than the others his outfit in grey with a jacket that was reminiscent of a biker jacket from the west. He wore his outfit in a careless yet comfortable way his hair covering part of his face so it was in shadows. His tail swayed slowly back and forth with the vibrations from the crowd.

The last to change was the fox. He was darker than all the others a honey color. His cascade of red and gold hair falling in a wave around his form. He had a red trench coat covering him but you could still see his blood red fish net shirt and black parachute pants his collars kanji said fox.

The fox boy grabbed his mice and looked at the crowd smirking before he spoke." Hello everyone nice to see you. We want to thank you for your support and have decided that we will start with the song that you voted for."

The boy's voice was melodic and smooth as if it would slip away at any moment. The beat started from the drums and flowed outward as the guitars joined then the keyboard. You could see the panther and cougar tapping their feet getting ready.

The fox began to sing the panther joining him

Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true
Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)

The fox pointed his finger at the crowd including them in his song bringing emotion into it all

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

The song seemed to capture the crowd keeping them still

Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true
Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)

It was as if spoke to your emotions.

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

I'm gonna run away and never say goodbye
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)
I'm gonna run away and never wonder why
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)
I'm gonna run away and open my mind
(gonna run away/mind gonna run away gonna run away/mind mind gonna run away mind gonna run away/mind gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away/mind)

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

The fox and panther joined their voices in harmony with the panther ending the song

I wanna run away
and open up my mind
I wanna run away
and open up my mind
I wanna run away
and open up my mind
I wanna run away
and open up my mind

Iruka was gazing at them and joined the crowd as they cheered for more. The song had reminded him of Naruto in some way. He was happy when they began another song.

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I / sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I / try to catch them red - handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on / when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again

by myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself

[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself

I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I
Turn my back I'm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they'll
Take from me 'till everything is gone
If I let them go I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer

[by myself]
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
[myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself

I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

How do you think / I've lost so much
I'm so afraid / I'm out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don't you (know)
I can't tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can't seem to convince myself (why)
I'm stuck on the outside

I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking...

The fox smiled at the crowd " You know the rules only three songs per show so what'll it be?"

He tilted his head to the side listening to shouts of "In the End","A place for my head", and what appeared to be the most popular "Forgotten"

The fox nodded a grin appearing on his face "Alright fine forgotten it is"

Forgotten

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care

There's a place so dark you can't see the end
(Skies cock back) and shock that which can't defend
The rain then sends dripping / an acidic question
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes shut / looking though the rust and rot
And dust / a spot of light floods the floor
And pours over the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open and its dark again

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care

In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

Moving all around / screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
The wheels go round and the sunset creeps behind
Street lamps, chain-link and concrete
A little piece of paper with a picture drawn floats
On down the street till the wind is gone
The memory now is like the picture was then
When the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care

In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I'm telling you that
I see it right through you

In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

In the memory, you will find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

The band took a bow and Iruka got his first real view of them all together. He noticed that each one's hair matched the outfit they wore or vice versa as well as the long length of their hair. The people behind him roared for an encore but the band shook their heads and waved.

They all transformed into their animals and Iruka could swear that the fox was smiling at him on his way out. The next act up was a woman singing bubble gum pop. Iruka stayed for the rest of the acts liking the show all in all. At the end of the show a man similar to the one he met at the door.

"Scuse me Iruka-san the band SIN wants to meet you" Iruka was becoming more and more curious who gave him the ticket and spot for the show. He nodded and followed the man to the backstage area. The man led him to a room with the sign proclaiming whose room it was.

The man opened the door announcing him as he did so. "Kitsune-sama Iruka-san is here"

Iruka walked into the room and saw that they were all in human form lounging in various places. The fox boy was sitting on the couch with the cougar boy in his lap seemingly asleep. The wolverine was on the other side of the cougar as if protecting him. The hawk was perched on a chair to the left of the couch with the wolf and panther behind the couch leaning on it their faces near the foxes.

The fox waved his hand "Iruka-san come in and shut the door please"

Iruka closed the door and faced them again. "excuse me but can you tell me why I'm here I was searching for a young boy with blonde hair and a love of orange, have you seen him."

Iruka tilted his head in question a sad look on his face. The fox boy laughed and then stood and hugged Iruka. Iruka was startled as and automatically locked his arms around the young male hugging him. After a moment he heard a chuckle coming from his beside his ear.

He looked the young man eyes only to look into crystal eyes that could only belong to his little brother. He choked out "N-N-Naruto"

He gave the young teen a bear hug and then pushed him away a little to look at him for a second. He set Naruto away from him tears in his eyes.

Naruto looked at the tears in Iruka's eyes and said" Aw Iruka -sensei don't cry I'm fine"

Iruka shook his head and hit Naruto over the head causing the other boys to growl. "I'm mad you didn't even write me a letter and you've been gone for five years."

Naruto laughed rubbing his head. "Ouch Iruka-sensei it's not like I had much of a choice the letters I sent were all returned shredded."

Iruka frowned and then sat on the only empty chair in the room. He looked at the others and noticed something. "Shino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Neji, I thought you were all familiar."

The others nodded to him relaxing more and Shino (panther) put on a pair of shades hiding his eyes from view "Hello Iruka-sensei"

Iruka got similar responses from the others. He looked them over and saw some of the changes like each of them was taller and their hair colors had changed and been grown out. He was proud of his former students and starred at them with a smile on his face.

Kiba (wolf) laughed " yo sensei how'd ya figure it out"

Before Iruka could answer Shikamaru spoke (cougar) up "easy we only changed our hair and clothes so we still look the same."

Choji (wolverine) nodded pulling a bag of chips from a nearby table. "Shikamaru's right we didn't change much"

Neji (hawk) Looked at Iruka and asked " Iruka-sensei how has the hokage and the village been since we left?"

Iruka shook his head " well the rest of the rookies are ignoring Sasuke and Sakura surprisingly lee has turned his back on Sakura. The village has lost more than two major investors when they found out about your banishment. The sea, wave, sand, and waterfall villages have broken the alliances and started to leave leaf more vulnerable because they were are biggest traders."

"Tsunade has been slowly stripping the council of all its influence but other than that your families are fine and even flourishing without the council looking over their shoulders."

Naruto nodded looking at the others "hey guys how bout we give a concert for konoha?"

Shikamaru smiled "Naruto you are indeed a genius."

Neji and the others nodded. Naruto grinned "okay how about a month from now on the ninth of October?"

They all agreed and told Iruka to inform Tsunade of the concert and gave him a number to call about arranging it. Iruka smiled hugging Naruto again the shook hands with the others before heading back to konoha.

In the room

"Hey Naruto you sure this is a good idea." Kiba asked scratching behind akamaru's ears.

Naruto grinned revealing sharp canines " oh yeah I wanna show them the changes we made"

Choji spoke up stroking Shikamaru's hair as if petting a cat "so how do we explain the animal forms?"

Naruto laughed "we tell them the truth it's not like they'll believe us when we tell them we were blessed by animal gods now will they."

Kiba shook his head. Shino asked the question they all wanted to know "will you tell them about the absorption of the kyuubi?"

Naruto shook his head growling in rage as he answered "No they have no need to know that beside if we tell them that then we have to explain about each of you gaining part of his chakra from drinking my blood"

The others nodded and then began planning the performance of a life time.