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Summary: Naruto is banished by the council after his failing to retrieve Sasuke and return him to the village. On leaving, things happen between him and the Kyuubi and he ends up meeting Taishio Yaone. A powerful Inuyoukai who is the daughter of Taishio Sesshoumaru, the ruler of the Western Lands of the Makai and the Shikon Miko, Kagome. Together they become the legendary Orange Flash and White Dog.
Warnings: This is a yaoi/slash fic. The eventual main pairing will be Shino/Naru with mentions of Shino/Kiba, Majeh/Naru, and Majeh/Naru/Samhuk
If you don't like slash, don't read, don't flame.
Author's notes: Here is the edited and revised first chapter of my fic. If you notice any grammatical errors that I may have missed pm and let me know. There will be some changes in this chapter. I've added a little bit to this chapter but it will be pretty familiar to everyone. I've also combined chapter I and II together to make it longer.
Chapter I
Naruto looked at the council of elders in shock. "Why?"
"You failed in your mission to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke which is unacceptable," one of the members replied viciously. "We have no need for a shinobi such as you."
"You should never have been made a genin in the first place," interjected another council member.
"Enough, as we have stated before, Uzumaki Naruto, you have been removed from the Konoha Shinobi register and hereby banished from the village. You have twenty-four hours to pack your possessions and leave," sneered another member.
Naruto's fists clenched. He knew this was complete bullshit! The other members of the Sasuke retrieval squad were not being banished. Only he was and he knew why, it was because he was the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and the civilian members of the council had been trying to get rid of him for years. In the background, he dimly heard Tsunade protesting his banishment but what she was saying did not register. In his mind, the only thing he could think of was that he would not be able to fulfill his promise to Sakura-chan or become the Hokage. His dreams had been destroyed. He felt Jiraiya and Tsunade move up beside him and gently guide him out of the council chambers. He let them as thoughts and feelings of failure, anger and grief rushed through his mind. He was unable to focus on anything of any substance.
He eventually felt himself being eased down onto a chair and a cup of something warm was placed into his hands. He distantly heard Iruka and Shizune demanding to know what was wrong with him as he absent mindedly sipped the cup of tea that he had been given. He heard Tsunade mumbling something to the two shinobi and the subsequent shrieks of outrage. He breathed in shakily, tears coming to his eyes. "Why? Why do they hate me so much? I am not the Kyuubi," he whispered.
"I know, brat, I know," Tsunade whispered sadly.
"And so do most of the shinobi in the village," Jiraiya stated quietly.
"Is there anything you can do, Tsunade-sama?" Iruka questioned.
"No, this is final. The only way Naruto can be a Konoha ninja is if they bring him back into the fold. As of now, that will be impossible." Tsunade muttered angrily before pausing for a moment and then said, "Or if the political climate changes. Right now there are two many civilians on the council and they are all under the thumb of Danzo. If I could get rid of them and replace them with shinobi deserving the position, Naruto would be reinstated in a heartbeat."
Naruto looked up and asked softly, "What do you mean, baa-chan?"
Tsunade sighed and said, "Brat, since you've become a ninja you have proven yourself over and over again as someone worthy of respect. To the shinobi of Konoha, you are one of us. This whole banishment is something Danzo cooked up and I don't know why. What I do know is that I will find out. I do know that it has something to do with gaining or keeping the power he had in Konoha right now."
Jiraiya sighed loudly and said, "Not only is Danzo trying some kind of power play he has made sure that Naruto would not be welcomed back as a powerful ninja."
"What do you mean, Jiraiya-sama?" Iruka questioned.
"I mean that the council has informed me that I would not be allowed to take him on as an apprentice because he is not a Konoha ninja. So I can not even train him to the point that the council would accept him back," Jiraiya replied grimly.
"So, the only thing I can do now is train myself or find someone who is able and willing to train me to be strong and skilled enough for the council to accept me back," Naruto whispered.
"Yes," Jiraiya stated.
"Ok than, I guess that's what I'll do!"
Naruto stood up, determination burning in his eyes and looked up at the Toad Sannin, "Ero-sennin is there any way at all that you can help me?"
Jiraiya thought about what Naruto had asked him for a minute before nodding his head slowly. "There is something I could do, it is not much but it will help you."
Naruto jumped up and hugged Jiraiya, "Thanks, Ero-sennin," he choked out.
He stepped back and looked at everyone in the hokage's office, memorizing their faces. He did not know when he would see them again. He walked toward Iruka, pulling off his hitai-ate as he walked slowly toward his former sensei and he looked down at it and clenched it tightly.
This was the hitai-ate that Iruka-sensei gave him, the one that once belonged to his Academy teacher. It meant the world to him but he knew he would not be allowed to take it with him when he left. He looked up at his former teacher and handed it to him. "Iruka-sensei, keep this safe until I come back for it, ok."
Iruka nodded stiffly and carefully took the hitai-ate from Naruto's hands. "I will take good care of it while you are gone, I promise!"
Naruto grinned his happiest grin and proclaimed, "I will be back and that is a promise!" His smile dimmed and he whispered, "After all I have to bring Sasuke back and become hokage!" He voice trailed off for a moment and then he continued, "I guess . . . I guess I should go pack my things. I only have twenty-four hours to vacate the premises after all."
Iruka grabbed Naruto desperately hugging his little brother. "Don't get yourself killed, Naruto."
"I won't Iruka-sensei. Do not let your kids drive you nuts sensei," Naruto said quietly and pulled himself out of his teachers embrace.
He turned and hugged Shizune. "Take care of baa-chan, Shizune. Do not let her drink and gamble too much."
"Of course, Naruto, that is my duty as her apprentice. My job as her assistant means I have to keep her from trying to get away from the paperwork."
Naruto went and hugged Jiraiya next. "Ero-sennin, I guess you will not stop spying on the women's bathhouses. But do try to curb your perverted tendencies while in Konoha. I am sure baa-chan would appreciate it." Naruto gave a watery chuckle and continued, "Or baa-chan's fists will appreciate it."
Everyone chuckled quietly at that and Naruto turned to Tsunade. "Baa-chan, I am counting on you to keep that hat warm for me for when I return."
"Of course, brat. I will make sure that it will be warm and toasty for you when you return."
She hugged him desperately and Naruto whimpered as his ribs creaked. "Baa-chan my ribs!"
"Sorry," Tsunade muttered sheepishly. "Try to stay out of trouble brat and do not worry. I will keep your precious people safe."
"Thanks, baa-chan!"
Naruto turned to the door and walked out, closing the door quietly behind him before running to his apartment to pack his belongings.
The people he left behind stared at the door quietly until Tsunade screamed angrily and slammed her fist onto her desk, breaking it in half. "Damn them! Damn them to the nine hells!"
Jiraiya just shook his head and jumped out onto the window ledge. He looked back and said, "Tsunade, there is a safe behind the Yondaime's portrait. The combination is 15-64-03; pull out the scroll that is contained within it. I'll pick it up later. I need to find Kakashi and tell him what has happened. I know he will help me get what I need for Naruto."
Jiraiya then leapt out the window, leaving the three of them alone in the room together. They looked at each other for a moment and then nodded silently understanding what they needed to do. They went their separate ways. They had stuff they had to collect for their favorite knuckle headed ninja.
***
Naruto swiftly arrived at his apartment. He grabbed a bunch of storage scrolls that Jiji had given him a while back but until now, he had never used them. He would pack everything but his survival gear into them. The gear would go into his backpack. He quickly began packing his things. He wanted to be packed before his time was up. He knew if he stayed even a minute over the specified time, the council would use that as an excuse to kill him. He finished sealing the last of his possessions and looked around his empty apartment. He had lived her since he was six. He remembered the day Jiji had brought him here after the orphanage had kicked him out. He sighed and put the last scroll into his backpack. He knew that soon it would be time to go. He would leave bright and early tomorrow morning. Now he some friends he had to say good-bye to.
***
Naruto opened the door to his apartment for the last time and stepped out. He walked down the stairs and put his key into the landlords' mailbox. He had said goodbye to everyone yesterday except for Shino, who was till away with his father and Kakashi, who he could not find.
Everyone's reaction had surprised him. He had not realized he was liked that much by his peers. The entire rookie eight plus Team Gai were furious with the council. Sakura had raged and cried. She had just lost her last teammate and it was so unfair. Kiba had growled angrily and stormed home to yell at his mother for allowing this outrage to happen. Hinata had blushed when he arrived and then fell silent with anger, unable to express her rage and sorrow except by glaring with tears in her eyes at the ground. Neji's reaction was hard to pin down. He was so quiet but Naruto saw the anger and unhappiness of the blatant mistreatment of Naruto.
Shikamaru had muttered that his was all so troublesome and stared angrily up at the clouds. Chouji used one of his family jutsus and stared smashing up Team Tens training ground with everyone cheering him on. Ino screamed angrily for half and hour. Naruto thought his ears would bleed at her shrillness. Lee had screamed angrily about the councils extreme unyouthfullness and began to repeatedly punching the training post in front of him until it splintered. Tenten said nothing but the hail of sharp, pointy weapons against the trees told Naruto what she would like to do to the civilian members of the council.
Since he had not been able to find Kakashi at all he was unable to say goodbye to his genin sensei. He walked through the village to gates. He nodded to the chunin guards who nodded back and wished him luck. Naruto's eyes widened slightly as he caught the leashed anger in the two chunin's eyes. He took a bracing breath, stepped through the gate and out of Konoha for what would be a long time. He swiftly began to move away from the village. He had decided he would go to Wave first and then decide where he would go from there.
A couple of miles later, he slowed to a walk as he sensed two chakra signatures ahead of him. A few minutes later, he saw that waiting for him on the path was Jiraiya and Kakashi. Kakashi stepped forward. He held out four scrolls, which were similar to the ones that Jiji had given him earlier. Kakashi cleared his throat, "These four scrolls contain every singe jutsu that I have ever copied." He smiled tightly behind his mask, anger radiating off him. "I spent all day yesterday and all night making copies of them out for you."
Jiraiya stepped forward and handed him another bunch of scrolls. "These scrolls are from Tsunade, Iruka and Shizune. They are filled with things they think that you might need. Extra shuriken, excreta, as well as a lot of money." Jiraiya grinned evilly and continued, "Tsunade raided the treasury for you, brat. She said if they were going to exile her little brother then she would take it out of the villages' pocket. If you manage it wisely it should last you awhile."
Naruto pulled off his pack and put the eight scrolls in with the others. Jiraiya cleared his throat, "This is from me . . .," he paused for a moment before continuing, "From me and the Yondaime." Jiraiya passed Naruto five more scrolls.
Naruto looked at the scrolls and one caught his eye. It had a familiar spiral on it that had appeared on his clothes when he was younger. It also bore the name of Namikaze. He looked up at Jiraiya, "The Yondaime?"
"The scroll contains the inheritance that he and his wife, Uzumaki Kushina, left you. You were not supposed to get it until you were older but I think he would understand why I am giving it to you now."
"Wife?" Kakashi choked out, a burning question in his visible eye.
Jiraiya looked at Kakashi and slowly nodded his head. "Why was I never told?"
"To keep him safe. If you had known you would have become more involved in his life. Which would have drawn attention to him by people we did not want knowing the truth," came the soft reply.
Naruto listened to his with wide eyes, "The Yondaime's my …"
"Yes. You go by your mother's last name in order to protect you from your father's enemies. Only Sarutobi and I knew of your parent's marriage and when they died we thought it would be best to keep it quiet. If your father's enemies had known about you it is most likely you would be dead by now. That is why Kakashi was never told. He would not have been able to stay away from you. This in turn would have drawn the attention of those who hated your father to you." Jiraiya closed his eyes and hen whispered, "It's why I stayed away from Konoha for so long. If I had been in the village I would have gone to visit my Godson."
"Godson!"
Jiraiya nodded, "You don't think our meeting at that hot spring was and accident, do you? Sarutobi and I arranged it with Kakashi and Ebisu for you have you there and we set up the events that eventually lead you to demand me to train you."
Naruto grinned at Jiraiya and turned to Kakashi just as the Copy-nin had moved to desperately hug his student. "I was angry at the council before this now I'm even more enraged," he hissed through clenched teeth. Naruto could hear the rage leashed in his sensei's voice and shuddered inwardly. He was glad it was not him that Kakashi was pissed at. "Naruto, you show those overblown, pompous, ignorant bastards on the council just what they so callously threw away and stay safe."
Naruto blinked back the tears that were threatening to fall ask Kakashi words brought back all that he had lost. "I will, Kakashi-sensei."
"Good."
Kakashi let Naruto go and stepped back. Naruto grinned shakily up at Kakashi and Jiraiya. "Well, I guess it is time for me to go," he whispered as he put the last of the scrolls into his bag.
"By the way, brat," Jiraiya said, "The rest of the scrolls I gave you contain various toad jutsus as well as some of my personal favorite jutsus. "I also left instructions on how to train with the various toads you can summon. I also included a basic sealing manual. Your father left you the more advanced stuff."
Naruto nodded and his eyes were once again caught by the spiral which he now realized was a family insignia. His finger brushed over it and determination filled crystal blue eyes. He vowed to make his parents proud. He would be the best!
He closed the pack, put it on his back, and turned to leave just when two figures appeared over the horizon. The figures quickly resolved themselves into the Aburame's. Shibi and Shino stopped before them. Shibi looked at them and then inquired, "What is going on, Kakashi?"
Kakashi smiled grimly and replied, "Uchiha Sasuke ran from the village to join Orochimaru. When Tsunade found out she sent out the only force she had at the time, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, Hyuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba and his partner Akamaru and Uzumaki Naruto. They were later joined by the Sand siblings and Rock Lee. They ended up going against six Jounins of Oto. Naruto fought Sasuke and lost the fight to him who then continued to proceed to join Orochimaru. The council in its infinite wisdom decided to banish Naruto over this. We were just saying our goodbyes to our favorite brat."
Shibi and Shino's eyes narrowed and their Kekai buzzed menacingly. "Those no good bastards. I take it the rest of team didn't get banished?"
"No," Jiraiya stated.
"Bastards! They used such a flimsy excuse. The other villages will wonder just what the hell is going on," whispered Shibi viciously.
"True enough," Jiraiya agreed.
Shibi looked at Naruto and inclined his head. "Good luck, Uzumaki Naruto," he stated formally.
"Thank-you."
Shino nods his head, his kekai still buzzing angrily. He stepped up beside Naruto and whispered his own good-bye and a heartfelt good luck.
Naruto waved goodbye to everyone and started loping down the road. Shino stood there and watched him go until he could no longer be seen. With one last indecipherable glance down the road he headed back to his village with his father, Jiraiya and Kakashi.
A few hours later Naruto hit a familiar clearing and he stopped and looked around. Memories flickered through his mind as he recalled his last journey to Wave and the journey home from a successfully completed mission. A sharp pang of loss flowed through him, followed swiftly by rage.
The anger and hate that he had repressed for years of mistreatment at the hands of certain groups within Konoha began to spread into his chakra and from there to the Shiki Fuujin. Soon his blue chakra began to turn red as the Kyuubi's malevolent chakra began to fill his chakra coils. Naruto lost in his own angry thoughts did not notice until he felt a strange weakness flowing through his body before falling to the ground unconscious.
Naruto woke up to darkness and the familiar shadows of the sewer that was his mind. The pulsing red light ahead of him caught his attention and he headed toward it. He arrived in the cavernous room he had been in once before. Naruto's eyes widened as he caught sight of the seal and bars that held the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi's red chakra seemed to be slowly dissolving the seal and bars. "What," he breathed.
The Kyuubi raised his gigantic head and hate filled glowing, red eyes glared down at him. "Well, little meat bag, my thanks to you. Your anger and rage has loosened the chains that bind me within you and soon I will be free!" The Kyuubi howled in glee and continued to gloat, "Once I am free, I will finish what I started twelve years ago. I will destroy that pathetic little village. I will soak in the blood of its human inhabitants and revel in their fear!"
Naruto's eyes narrowed and he screamed, "No, I will not let you hurt my village and my precious people!"
The Kyuubi snorted in amusement. "As if you can stop me. Why would you even fight for a village that has abandoned you? You are as stupid as you appear."
"Yes, there are those would gladly see me dead but there are those who are just have no opinion what so ever because they do not know me. Then there are those few precious people who mean the word to me. I won't let you hurt them," Naruto stated in a determined voice.
Naruto pulled his chakra toward his navel and the seal that was there. Blue chakra clashed with red, each fighting for domination. Kyuubi's red chakra almost overwhelming Naruto's blue but he pushed with all his might forcing Kyuubi's chakra back to its cage. Normally the power of the bijuu would overwhelm a human but Naruto stubborn nature would not allow him to yield.
***
A mile from the clearing where human and bijuu fought for supremacy a portal opened and a young woman stepped out. She was about five foot eight with long, white hair. Her hair was held away from her face with a red cloth, which was wrapped around her forehead and covered the tips of her ears. Dangling from the folds of the cloth was a silver cross hanging from a small silver chain. Nothing but her golden, slit eyes could be seen as the rest of her face was covered by a white mask. She was wearing a white, form-fitting sleeve less shirt and tight white pants, around her waist was a black belt with three silver buckles. Her footwear were a pair of pitch black, thick, leather boots that were closed by three silver buckles that ran up the front. The outfit was completed with a pair of white gloves that went up to her biceps and a long, red tattered cloak.
She looked around; getting a feel for the place she had arrived at. She stretched her youki out and felt it, a battle between a human's chakra and a youkai's youki. Her gold eyes narrowed and she ran toward the battle she sensed.
She arrived at the clearing and saw a young, blonde haired boy in a bright orange jumpsuit lying unconscious on the ground as well as the youki and chakra that emerged from his body. She paused in surprise as she absorbed the fact that he had two different power sources fighting within his body. She wondered if the young boy was a hanryou.
She moved to his side and gently touched his forehead and entered his mind. She wrinkled her nose in distaste as she realized she was in a sewer. "What the hell has this kid been through if his mindscape is a sewer?" She muttered to herself as she trudged through the knee high water toward the clashing chakra and youki ahead.
She stepped into a large room at one end she could see a seal, cage, and what they contained. The kid stood in the knee-deep water and glared up at the giant red kitsune behind the bars. "You think you can stop me, you worthless little brat?" The red kitsune growled furiously, "I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune and I will destroy you and your oh so precious village! Nothing you do will be enough to stop ME!"
The blonde kid growled back, "I don't care who or what you are. I will not fail my father or the village I swore to protect. I … will … not … let … you … go … FREE!" The kid screamed the last word and his chakra poured forth pushing the fox's youki forcefully back into the cage.
The young woman moved further into the room and let loose her own youki. The two combatants paused and turned slightly toward her. The kids' eyes went wide with surprise and the Kyuubi stumbled farther back into his cage in fear.
The woman smirked at the Kyuubi beneath her mask. "Well, if it is not the infamous Kyuubi no Kitsune. You are wanted in all four lands of the Makai for your extremely violent and destructive tendencies that caused the death of some pretty important personages in the Makai. You escaped from the Makai twenty five years ago and were believed to be most likely wrecking havoc in the Hidden Realm," She paused and turned to the kid and said, "Kid, I will help you re-imprison our friend here."
Relief flooded the blue eyes of the child in front of her. He nodded and shoved his blue chakra towards the Kyuubi and her green youki soon followed. Their combined might was able to fully push the Kyuubi's red youki back into the cage. The demoness stepped up to the seal and from her finger tips formed a secondary seal over the first which completely locked the Kyuubi and his youki behind the obsidian bars of his cage.
The Kyuubi howled in rage as he was once again unable to free himself from his prison. "I think it is time to return to the real world, kid," the demoness said and disappeared from the sewer.
Gold eyes watched as the blonde teen opened his eyes and groaned. He sat up and looked up at her. He grinned and put his hand behind his head, rubbing the back of it. "Hey, thanks for your help. The name is Uzumaki Naruto."
"You are welcome. My name is Taishio Yaone."