Losing Sight

Prologue

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto.

SUMMARY: What if after failing to retrieve Sasuke, Naruto was exiled from Konoha. Listen to Naruto's story as he travels through the Shinobi countries to gain allies and to ultimately save Konoha in the long run.

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"Sasuke! Come back to us!" the young blonde haired ninja pleaded from where he lay in the dirt, a hole in his chest from the Chidori that Sasuke gave him.

Sasuke slowly walked over to him and picked him up by the front of his shirt.

"Naruto. You will always be a weakling. You will never have the power that I have!" With that last sentence, Sasuke dropped Naruto, and leapt off towards Otogakure, leaving Naruto, and Konoha behind. Just at that moment, one certain Cyclops jounin decided to show up. Kakashi made his way to where Naruto was, and carefully put him over his shoulder.

As Kakashi and Naruto entered Konoha's gates, a distinct rumbling noise was heard as Tsunade made her way through the crowd. She quickly healed his major wound, and then left the minor ones for Kyuubi to handle. She quickly dismissed Kakashi to take Naruto to the infirmary, a look of worry on her face.

While the jounin and genin were in the hospital, Tsunade was having a heated discussion with the council. The council wanted Naruto to perish for 'driving' their precious Uchiha away.

"NO! I absolutely refuse to execute him!" Tsunade exclaimed, her fist destroying the desk that was now merely splintered wood.

Koharu narrowed her already squinted eyes in anger. "Tsunade-hime! The demon child must be punished for his transgression to one of the main clans of Konoha!"

"Transgression?" Tsunade asked incredulously, her anger rising again.

Homura then chose to speak up, "Either we execute him, or you will be replaced as the Hokage, and we will find someone that will terminate him."

Tsunade looked down. She wondered how her sensei had dealt with these moronic senior citizens when he was alive. "I do have a proposition for you though."

Homura and Koharu looked up in surprise. They hadn't expected her to break so easily.

She locked them in her penetrating golden gaze. "You will let him leave on his own terms, and become a wandering ninja."

"What do you mean?" Homura asked his patience thinning.

Tsunade looked at them both mockingly. "Naruto will be forced to leave in a week's time. Until then, I will give him enough supplies to start him off. He will then be cast out, and will be forced to fend for himself. Are we agreed?"

Koharu and Homura smirked in their elderly way, in other words, making themselves twice as uglier than they already were.

"We're agreed, Tsunade-hime."

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Naruto awoke in his bed. He looked at the Toad Clock that was beside his bed.

"Oh crap! I'm late! Oh...that's right...there is no Team seven anymore..."

Naruto got up and ate his ramen, and then took a shower. He soon heard a soft knocking on his apartment door. He opened it to find...Tsunade?

"Naruto-kun, I need to talk to you," she said. "May I come in?"

"Yeah, Tsunade-baachan." Naruto led the way into his small apartment, sitting down on the messy bed.

"I spoke with the council yesterday, Naruto. I'm afraid there is no other way to say this. They have wanted to execute you ever since you came back from the retrieval mission."

Naruto looked down, tears forming in his eyes. "I-I had hoped that if I brought Sasuke back, then the villagers would accept me."

Tsunade quietly pulled the boy into a comforting hug, forgetting for a moment that she was the Godaime Hokage, and not knowing the boy she was speaking to was going to become Konoha's latest nukenin.

"I protested...and...I eventually overcame them. I made a proposal saying that you could become a wandering ninja, like Jiraiya and I were before the Chuunin exams."

Naruto looked up, his tears deepening. "Baachan...what am I going to do?"

Tsunade made a handseal, and a bag appeared before her in a plume of smoke. She removed the garments from the bag. In her arms were several sets of clothing. Black battle armor, black ninja sandals, and a black cloak and hat that somewhat resembled the Akatsuki outfit. Besides that were many jutsu scrolls and scrolls on the human anatomy, politics, and many other subjects.

"These articles of clothing and scrolls will start you off on your journey. During my travels with Shizune, I met a group of nomads that lived in a village. That village is long since been abandoned. You can gain allies and followers that can populate that village. No matter what, I do not want to hear that you died." she smiled fondly.

"As a traveling ninja, and even a nukenin, you can access other villages. In those scrolls are many techniques and Taijutsu stances. I have also included the secret of my monstrous strength, many medical jutsu, and things on the human anatomy. I have also included my Shadow Seal: Release jutsu in here as well as many other elemental jutsus. The council has ordered you to relinquish your contract to the Toads as well. However, I will allow you to sign the contract for the slugs."

"Arigatio gozaimasu, Tsunade-baba!" Naruto exclaimed as he went to the bathroom to put on his new clothing.

When he came out, she added, "Also, I will give you a good amount of money for food and other necessities. You should start practicing that Insane Strength jutsu, as it is quite hard to learn. If you can finish it in a week, then I will give you another one of my heirlooms.

"Agreed, Tsunade-baba!"

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'How could one technique be so hard?' Naruto thought to himself as he finally made a huge crater on the ground below him with merely dropping his heel on the ground.

The technique had taken him four days to complete, and he was exhausted. Donning his extra armor, he dragged himself back to his apartment, where a blonde haired fifty year old woman was waiting for him.

She looked up, "I saw the crater from here. I underestimated you."

She made a handseal, and a five foot long katana appeared from the smoke. The blade was a deep golden color, and the wrappings around the hilt were black and red. The leaf insignia was engraved on the sides of the blade.

"Y-You're giving this to me?" Naruto asked in surprise as she handed hit to him slowly.

"This sword can cut anything. It can be chakra enforced and is unbreakable. This sword belonged to the Shodai Hokage. Use it well, and for good, not evil."

Naruto thanked her again for all her help. She hugged him, and then left. He went to sleep, pondering on what he would do with the things that Tsunade had given him.

When he awoke the next morning, he ate breakfast, and then headed to the training field to begin on his medical jutsu training. It appeared that medical training was in his blood. He quickly got the Shosen no Jutsu in one day, with the help of his Kage Bunshins. Naruto then moved on to the Shadow Seal. It was tricky to place the seal on his forehead, and he eventually needed Tsunade's help in the end. By the end of the week, he had the shadow seal placed on his forehead and the Slug Contract signed.

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As Naruto approached the gates to the lands beyond, Tsunade, Sakura, and Jiraiya stood before him.

Sakura approached him, and hugged him so much that he turned purple.

Tsunade then stood forward. "I just realized that I unknowingly took on another apprentice, Naruto-kun. You are that apprentice. We will meet again someday, and I expect you to be the greatest ninja in all the elemental countries!"

Tsunade stepped back, and Jiraiya stepped forward. "Remember, Naruto. You are a wonderful person. I believe in you...and...make sure to send me a message when you reach your first village!" he stepped back as well, and Naruto looked them over before saying goodbye.

Uzumaki Naruto donned his cloak and straw hat, and walked past the gates of Konoha into the forest of Hi no Kuni.

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Translations

Infuin: Kai!: Shadow Seal: Release!

Shosen no Jutsu: Mystical Palm Technique

A/N: Next chapter will be the two and a half year time skip, where you see how powerful Naruto really has become. If you have any suggestions, then please just send me a Private Message or something.

Ja ne! --Shodai Fuzeikage-sama