'' here'' Naruto said as he handed Tsunade a paper, she looked up at the seventeen year old jounin with confusion. '' Naruto, what is this?'' she asked, '' I resign, I'm leaving Konoha, and I'm doing it the right way, I'm not gonna be a nukinin. '' his expression changed to anger, '' I brought them back their precious uchiha, the traitor of the village, and they try to execute me? well, fuck them, and fuck this village. You, the old man, and Iruka were the only ones who were ever good to me, even Hinata wouldn't stay with me, all because her father didn't approve. I'm done, I'm only human, I can't put up with it forever, I'm sorry obaa-chan, but this is the way it has to be... I'll keep in touch, but I'm never, never coming back. Before I go, however, I want to claim my heritage, I will go by Namikaze from now on.''

Tsunade signed the papers, and Naruto was gone within the hour.

'' Well, I hope you're all happy.'' she said as she stared at the council, they still had no idea what was going on. '' We've just lost one of our BEST jounin and another sannin, all because you old arrogant bastards, Uzumaki Naruto, no, Namikaze Naruto left the village after resigning as a shinobi, and Jiraya left with him.

flashback

Shortly after Naruto left to pack his things, Jiraya appeared in front of Tsunade. '' I'm leaving, i resign from the Konoha shinobi, I'm going with Naruto.''

Tsunade looked up at her old comrade, she couldn't blame him. ' If I wasn't the hokage...' she thought to herself. Hell, even if she is the hokage she could still leave, but she had reasons to stay here, deep rooted reasons, her little brother, and her fiance, both wanted to be hokages, and she would uphold their dream. '' I don't blame you Jiraya, just, at least write, even if it's just every once and a while.''

'' Don't worry hime, I'll write.'' with that jiraya was gone as well.

end flashback

'' Why did they leave?'' Hyuuga Hiashi spoke up. Tsunade looked like she was ready to kill someone, ''Why do you think moron? You wanted to execute Naruto because of the shape the teme traitor was in when he brought him back, all because sasuke is an 'uchiha' well, Namikaze a is more prestigious than uchiha, and you just drove the last one out!''

The entire room started to murmur until one council member finally spoke up. '' Well, we need to bring him back, we can't have some other village gaining the Namikaze bloodline, it's just too powerful, especially since naruto already knows the hirashin and rasengan. '' he spoke.

'' No, you will not, he told me he would never come back, he is no longer a shinobi of this village, and as such has free reign to come and go when he chooses, now, you ass holes can just think about what your ignorant bias has done, but remember, naruto will never come back to this village, and you only have yourselves to blame. '' She walked out of the room without even looking back.

'' You didn't have to do this ero-sannin'' naruto said as they walked deeper into the forest towards Kumogakure, the village hidden in the clouds. They had decided to go to Kumo since jiraya was on good terms with the Raikage, and knew he'd be more than willing to invite him and naruto into his village. '' You are my best pupil, I couldn't just let you wander away on your own gaki'' he chuckled as they walked, '' besides, I've never really liked konoha that much, I spent most of my life away from the village.'' naruto just nodded.

About a week later the two arrived in the village. '' halt, name your business'' a chuunin guard asked them. Jiraya explained that they wanted to see the Raikage and the guards let the two through. When they arrived at the raikage tower, they noticed how many people were running around and how hectic it all looked.

'' uh,excuse me'' naruto asked as he walked up to the front desk, '' i was wondering if the raikage was available.'' the secretary looked at him and smiled. '' yes dear, top floor, left door, you can't miss it, it's got a big lightning bold on it.'' naruto bowed and left with jiraya to meed the raikage.

the raikage was doing the bane of all kages, paper work, when he heard someone knock o his door. 'great, more paper work' he thought. '' come in'' he yelled unenthusiastically. Much to his delight, naruto and jiraya came in, with no paper work. '' oh, hello jiraya it's nice to see you. is this the student you were telling me about last time we met?'' he asked as he looked naruto over. He was wearing black jounin pants with black shoes, a deep blue shirt and a pair of broad swords strapped to his back. his blonde hair reached down to his shoulders and his bangs hid his forehead from view ( think of the 4th hokages hair).

'' Yep, this is namikaze naruto, one of my best pupils. '' he smiled brightly. Naruto bowed, '' it is very nice to meet you raikage-sama,but, ero-san-, er, jiraya-sensei and i are here on business'' he said smoothly. '' and what, might i ask, is that business?'' the raikage inquired.

'' jiraya-sensei and i would like to become citizens and shinobi of Kumogakure'' naruto answered.

' a sannin, and a namikaze, and not only a namikaze, but a jinchuuriki!, oh I'd be a fool to refuse!' he thought excitedly, '' of coarse, you will both be instated as elite jounin, i've heard of your skills, but, naturally, i will need to keep an eye on you for a while, kumo and konoha aren't exactly on the best of terms, i'm sure you understand. '' he smiled and turned to a closet in the room. '' here are your head bands and jounin vests, wear them proudly as kumo shinobi, i'll explain your situation to the village later tonight.''

naruto and jiraya bowed and left the office. they got many strange looks on their way out, but they waved them off. that night, the raikage held a town meeting to introduce jiraya and naruto to their new village, their new home. naruto smiled a real smile, a true smile, for the first time in his entire life, when the crowed cheered them on, welcoming them with open arms.

back in konoha

It had been two weeks since naruto and jiraya left the leaf, and all of team seven had been assembled for a mission, well, almost all of it.

'' that baka naruto, where is he?'' sakura grumbled when they arrived in the hokages office to receive their missions. '' the dobe probably overslept, he'll get here eventually.'' sasuke remarked, still sore about losing to him. ' he was lucky' he thought to himself.

Tsunade was about to explode. '' naruto will not be accompanying you, in fact, he will never accompany you agian.'' she hissed at the three people standing in front of her. sakura gave her an odd look. '' what do you mean shishou?"'

'' i mean naruto resigned as a konoha shinobi along with jiraya and the two of them left. '' she said furiously. '' after risking his life to bring a traitor back home,'' she paused as she glared at sasuke, '' the council wanted him killed for using excessive force, i, however, overturned that. he decided to leave because he felt as if no one appreciated him, and jiraya left because naruto was his best pupil and it would feel wrong to stay.''

sakura was angry. '' well, he did use excessive force! it took sasuke-kun two whole weeks to recover,even when i healed him everyday! naruto no baka could have killed him!'' she yelled.

'' and thats the exact reason he left. '' Tsunade replied before tossing a scroll to kakashi. '' You are to intercept a team of kumo shinobi who are escorting an old konoha nuki-medic nin'' she finished. '' now, get out of my face.'' she growled and the three of them left.

back in kumo

naruto and jiraya had become comfortable in their new home, and apparently the raikage had become comfortable with them as well. '' I've got an A rank mission that could easily become an s rank.'' he said seriously. '' we need you to escort tsuchita to the iwa, she is a nuki nin from konoha, she was a medic and has given us much of her knowledge, making our own medic nins more effective, unfortunately, konoha is still looking for her, so she needs a few escorts. namikaze naruto, i would like you to lead this imssion with kumiko ashiteru and inaru samizuke, two of our finest. '' kumiko was seventeen like naruto. she had purple hair and bright green eyes. she wore a black ninja skirt(like sakura's in shippuden) that came about mid thigh with black spandex shorts underneath. her kunai holster was strapped to her right thigh. she had black shinobi boots on that came up to just below her knee. She wore a deep blue tank top that reached down over the top of her skirt. her hair was pulled into a long ponytail. inaru had black hair with dark blue eyes. he wore black jounin pants with a black mesh shirt, with the blue kumo jounins jacket. naruto turned to his team and bowed. '' i am namikaze naruto, it is a pleasure to work along side talented kumo shinobi.'' he said and smiled. the two smiled back at him and they left to meed their client.

nearly and hour later, the four were on their way, naruto in the front, kumiko on the left and inaru on the right. tsuchita was in the center, as she was the one being protected.

'' so, ya think we'll meet up with any konoha shinobi?'' kumiko said excitedly, '' i've always wanted to see what they were made of, i always hear stories of their greatness, but i want to see it with my own eyes'' she said excitedly.

'' well,'' said naruto, '' what do you think of my abilities? '' he asked. she had seen him sparring with jiraya when they first arrived here.

'' you're amazing! i've never seen someone fight like you, and that hirashin no jutsu you used, that was even better, all i could see was a yellow flash, then you were fifty feet away from where you were! '' she ranted.

'' well then i guess that answers your question. you see, i came to kumo from konoha because i couldn't stand it there... the people are just so shallow and ignorant.'' he huffed angrily, '' i like it much better in kumo, and you two are way better than most konoha nins, i'm just a special case.'' he smiled.

'' you were a konoha shinobi?! was your sensei one too?'' inaru asked. naruto chuckled. '' yeah, he is one of the sannin of konoha, jiraya the toad sage'' inaru and kumiko were in awe.

The first three days of their trip were pretty much easy going, nothing much really happened. They were now about half a day from iwa. kumiko was disappointed that she didn't get to fight anyone, as was inaru. naruto however, was glad he didn't have to fight former comrades, no matter how badly they had treated him, unfortunately, their luck as soon to changed.

as they were running, naruto saw a shuriken fly at them through some bushes, 'kuso' he thought as he looked around for the enemy shinobi. he made four shadow clones and replaced him and his teammates, along with the midic nin with the kage bunshins transformed to look like the team. Another shuriken accompanied by a few kunai knives flew through the bushes, dispelling his kage bunshin.

'' finally some action'' kumiko said as she prepared for her orders. '' okay'' naruto whispered, '' here's the plan...''

'' hai taicho! '' the two whispered back. Naruto jumped out of the bushes followed by his team mates, they had the medic nin perform a henge and turn herself into a scroll so naruto could hide her in plain sight. They stood up and naruto started first. '' tsuchita-san is no longer a medical kunoichi of konoha, leave now or prepare to fight.'' he said, hoping they would leave, but knowing that they would not.

'' i apologize, but we cannot leave. Tsuchita-san is a nukinin and a traitor to konoha, she has revealed medical secrets known only to konoha and for that needs to return home and face the consequences. '' the leaf shinobi replied.

'' well, i'm surprised, as far as i knew konoha dropped all charges on traitors, or was that a special case because sasuke-teme is an uchiha? besides, they'll just try to execute you when you bring her back, because apparently you can't use 'excessive force' on traitors. '' naruto sneered.

''what?'' the three konoha nins thought simultaneously. 'wait...' one of the konoha nins stepped forward, and his two companions followed suit. The one that stepped out first had one black eye and one sharingan eye. his hair was silver, and stuck up on one side. he wore black pants and a black shirt with a green konoha jounin vest. his companions were a few years younger. one had bright, pink hair and a red and pink outfit. the other had black eyes and hair and was wearing the same outfit as the older jounin.

'' well, if it isn't kakashi, sasuke, and sakura'' naruto taunted, '' what a pleasure to see you.'' he sneered, sarcasm thick in his voice.

'' baka naruto!'' sakura shouted, '' how could you? first you leave and now you joined and enemy village and are escorting a criminal! you should be put to death for your treason!'' she screeched at him. he paid her no mind. '' so what? sasuke's leaving with the man who killed the third hokage is acceptable to you? you need to get your priorities straight. but, i'm not here to reminisce on the past, i have a mission to complete, and none of you are going to stop me.'' as he said this he sped througha series of hand seals and threw three 3 pronged kunais at his former comrades. as he came upon each of them, he touched the backs of their necks with glowing blue chakra. The three immediately fell to the ground, and tried to move, but found their bodies weren't reaction like they should.

''that should buy us enough time'' he said as he turned to his team and they left for the road once again. They had no other problems with team seven, since the jutsu naruto used lasted close to 4 hours, and they only needed 6 or 7 to arrive at their destination. They left a few days later, arriving back in kumo with no real problems.

konoha.

'' tsunade-sama, '' kakashi started, '' the mission failed. we, uh, met up with some, unexpected resistance.'' he said. tsunade looked at him, '' explain''

'' it was naruto no baka.'' sakura said angrily, '' he's a traitor! he joined kumo! he should be hunted down and killed for his transgressions. traitors don't deserve to live. '' she finished.

tsunade looked livid. '' he had a full pardon to leave this village, it was his choice to join another hidden village if he wanted to, it's not any form of treason, even if he had killed all three of you. and secondly, if you mean what you just said then i need to have another meeting with the council regarding the life of uchiha sasuke, who was a traitor to this village as well. '' sakura turned white. '' bu-but he was under the influence of the cursed seal! you can't blame him!'' she whined. tsunade shook her head.

kumo

'' mission success, raikage-sama.'' naruto reported in. '' we came across some konoha nin, but they were dealt with quickly. ''

'' good,'' he replied. '' naruto, have you considered becoming a sensei?'' the raikage asked. naruto's eyes opened wide, '' yes, i have. '' he replied.

'' good. '' the raikage said. '' take this.''

should i continue this story or not?