The Last Hope-Revised

This is the revised version of my story the last hope as you can tell from the title… Contains spoilers up to chapter 367 including Yondaime's real name.

Summary: (Post Sasuke Retrieval) after failing to bring Sasuke back, Konoha blamed everything on Naruto. In blind anger, Naruto ran to the only place he could think of the Akatsuki! Gaara, after hearing the news joins his only friend. Neji, fallen into the hands of Orochimaru, learns the biggest secret of the Hyuuga clan.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and I am not making any money off of this. I also do not believe that I am violating any regulations.

"Speech"

'Thinking'

On to the story!

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Chapter1 Thoughts

Naruto POV

I've been running for the last three days, hoping that Konoha shinobi would not find me… For the hundredth time I asked my self why…. I gave Konoha the best I could… I defeated Gaara during the Suna attack… they gave the credit for that to Sasuke – teme. Even if that can be explained and blamed on my "dobe" façade, how can it be explained that after returning with a hole in my stomach from running after their precious hero, the last Uchiha, they only blamed me for his betrayal…. Some even suggested that I have forced him to go away so I'll have one less rival. How come that they can't see that if I wanted him gone, I could have ignored him when he left, instead of going after him and come back half dead.

And my so called sensei, Sasuke this, Sasuke that… to him Sasuke is the best, and everyone else is just invisible. I'm going to show him that I can and will surpass that that bastard Uchiha.

Sakura… Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, my silly childhood crush. I found myself not caring anymore. After all I did for her, including going after stupid Sasuke. She had the nerve to slap me after I come back with a hole in my stomach.

Stupid Konoha, stupid, stupid Konoha… the village I had sworn t protect. From now on, there will be no more, no more pretending to be the idiot, just so they can feel safe from Kyuubi. I will show them the true Naruto. I will show them the Yondaime's legacy. Yes, I know the truth about my stupid reckless, hero wannabe known as Namikaze Minato, who was ironically also my father…. I used to worship him, thinking he was a true hero. When I was six, that view changed. That was the first time I actually blacked out from an attack. I had met Kyuubi for the first time then. He told me everything. I still remember the shock I felt finding out that the hero that I so admired was in fact not only the father who abandoned me, but also the cause of all my misery. Kyuubi trained me since then, not wanting to die. With hellish training, I mastered our clan, the Namikaze clan's blood line limit, the tenshingan; once activated it allowed me unimaginable power. I also learned the Hiraishin, the technique that earned my baka father the name of the yellow flash of Konoha. Next to Kyuubi, no one knows that I have such a technique, a great element of surprise on my side. After all no ninja should show his true potential unless he must.

Now, all I have to do is to let Kyuubi work and hope that the Akatsuki finds me….

Sasuke POV

Stupid dobe, stupid, stupid dobe… hope he's ok. Why did that stupid loud mouth have to come after me? It's not like that I'm leaving forever…. Did he actually think I was going to join the hentai snake bastard? Unlike him I actually have an IQ! I'm only staying in that hell hole for two years and eight or nine month at max! If I still can not defeat Orochimaru then, I will have to run. I hope dobe didn't actually think that I would let that snake freak posses me.

I only left Konoha so I can get stronger; Orochimaru is desperate to have me, there's no other Uchiha left for him to choose. He'll have to keep me busy by giving me more techniques than I can finish, so I don't have anytime to re-think my decision. He'll also have to keep me happy in every way possible so I do not have any reason to even consider that Konoha is better than the Oto, by doing that he will be stepping right where I want him to. I will learn all I possibly can during the two years and nine month that I believe I am safe from possession, than I will kill him and go back to Konoha. Orochimaru's head and the status of "the Last Uchiha" should guarantee my acceptance back to the village.

Gaara POV

Naruto left Konoha…? That thought seems so implausible. The shinobi who fought me to the near death for a village who hates him left the very village he sworn to protect?

Where could that stupid loud boy have gone to…? I don't think right now any village would want to make an enemy of Konoha by hiding one of their missing nins. That leaves only one place… Akatsuki…. I must find him. He was the one who should me love. He made me realize that there are people out there who still care about me. … but how will I do that? I am no longer a genin, I am the Yondaime Kazekage. Suna needs me. Both Naruto and Suna are important to me; I do not wish to loose either.

Sigh…. But I suppose Naruto needs me more. He has no one else who will understand him. Suna has many capable shinobi, they will keep Suna safe.

Now I just have to convince Shukaku to look for Kyuubi for me... this'll take a while...

Neji POV

I can't believe it… I'm stuck in the snack nest… what is fate trying to tell me by doing this? Is it my destiny to be confined here for all eternity? No… I must find a way out!

So deep in thought, I did not realize that someone was approaching me until I heard a faint "kukukukuku…" lifting my head, I snarled, "Orochimaru…."

"Kukukukuku… now, now Neji, is that how you usually talk to your superiors?"

"You are no superior of mine!" I replied emotionlessly remembering rule 25. Emotion is a sign of weakness

"Now, really? Little Hyuuga, you are currently my prisoner; I think it's very obvious who is the superior here. By the way," Orochimaru said with a smirk on his face, "I know the biggest secret of your little clan … I'm the only one who knows it, and," he paused a little for the effect, "That little secret of the Hyuuga clan that actually involves you, Little Neji Hyuuga. Have I got your little attention yet?"

I looked up in surprise, expecting him to continue…

To be continued...

Okay… done… nothing big was changed… just Yondaime's name and a couple people's personality… especially Gaara's. The bigger changes will not appear until chapter 4 or 5. I will try to revise the written parts very quickly and try to get the new parts out as soon as possible. Tahnks for sticking with me!

Old readers of the unrevised version, please tell me if you like this one better. New reader… what do you think?

Well, gotta go… Shiho signing off!