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The Banishment

Naruto and Sasuke had just finished their battle when Kakashi arrived at the valley of the end. Both of them where barely conscious. Kakashi proceeded to lift them both and return them to the village. Naruto was the least injured of the two, and Kakashi lifted him himself, while Sasuke was being lifted by Kakashi's bulldog summon. Upon arrival in the village the villagers saw the state their beloved Uchiha was in and immediately blamed the demon. While Tsunade went to the hospital to heal them, Konoha's council conveyed a meeting without her.

A messenger arrived at the hospital just as Naruto's wounds were mostly healed. "Naruto Uzumaki, you are hereby banished from the hidden leaf. Your ninja license is revoked. If you return to the land of fire you will be killed on sight. You need to leave the village within 24 hours and you need to be outside the land of fire in 48 hours." Upon arriving outside the hospital Naruto saw the elders and civilians smirking while some on the shinobi council held a look of disdain in their eyes. Konoha's council had charged him with attacking a fellow Konoha ninja, while conveniently forgetting that Sasuke had betrayed his village. "How dare you harm Sasuke, you demon." Sakura screeched. "Thanks to you we almost got killed." rationalized Shikamaru. "My mother was right you are just a demon." mentioned a feral looking boy while his dog Akamaru barked in agreement. "You lied to me, you were fated to become the Nine-tails. Your victory in the chunin exams was just your demonic magic." said Neiji. "Begone from our village you unyouthfull demon." someone yelled loudly.

During the evening Kakashi went to visit Naruto and told him about his heritage. To say Naruto was pissed would be an understatement. He went to the bank of Konoha to claim his inheritance. After the clerk checked his blood on the family blood seals the clerk gave Naruto his belongings. Tonight Naruto would vanish from the village that had banished him.

"Hello Naruto" a voice said. "Who are you?". "Brat have you already forgotten me?" "You are the Kyuubi." "Indeed brat. Now that you have been banished what are you gonna do?" "I don't know." "Perhaps we can go to the West." "I do not see why not." "You might wanna summon a toad tomorrow and break the contract."

The next day, Konoha

The next morning the village readied itself for a massive spectacle that was going to be his official banishment. However he was nowhere to be found. Most civilians were displeased that they could not give the demon an 'appropriate' goodbye. After Tsunade heard the members of the Konoha twelve proclaim Naruto as the demon she tried to make people understand him by explaining his burden. Unfortunately that backfired. Now even the most reasonable people wanted Naruto dead. The Ichirakus decided to go to Wave to open up shop there instead.

Few people were aware that Temari had noticed the sphere of Naruto's banishment and had overheard Tsunade explain what jinchuriki are and the reaction to the public. She would bring this message to Wind Country. To her brother. Since her father died, Suna did not have a leader. They were in the process of 'electing' a new one but half of the village was thankful that Naruto had talked the murderous Gaara out of randomly killing people. The unjust banishment of Naruto would thus not sit well with a decent portion of her village. She herself was also thankful, because she got her brother back. The ease with which their alliance was rebuild was also partially due to Naruto. So even some other people in the hidden Sand village would like to have this sorted out.

With Naruto

Naruto was currently heading West. He already reached the border of the Fire country by now. He prepared himself to move through Wind Country. But remembered what Kyuubi said yesterday. "Hey Kyuubi." "What kit?" "Why do you want me to cancel the summon contract. It is the same contract my dad signed." "Because the contract can be used to summon you as well. If your godfather, Jiraiya, convinces the toads to reverse summon you you will end up where they are. This means that Konoha can continuously track you. Not only that but they can make you violate your banishment and then legally do anything to you. If the toads would choose you over Jiraiya they would effectively make themselves unable to get another summoner because every single summoner would be on an opposing party. Additionally, toads really do not suit you." "Okay I will cancel the contract."

Naruto then performed the necessary handseals and yelled "* Summoning Jutsu *". After explaining the situation to Gamakichi, the toad said he would tell the elders to remove Naruto from the contract. Naruto then traveled into the desert. As Kyuubi suggested he now wore a white face mask. The mask had three functions. First the mask reduced the heat so traveling the desert would be a little more acceptable. It also functioned to both conceal his identity and blend in with other people, who wore similar outfits to decrease heat. He could only focus on what awaited him on the other side of the desert. He looked forward to being without the hate of the village but was also a little anxious about his unknown and uncertain future.