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Zabani-chan

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I wish I did, but I don't.

Prologue

"Naruto! Please! Come back!" Iruka yelled. The boy ignored him and soon disappeared into the trees. Mizuki continued to laugh.

"I told you!" he laughed. Iruka growled and pulled the giant shuriken out of his back sharply. He stood up and quickly turned, throwing the shuriken roughly. It sailed through the air, catching Mizuki off guard. It cut through half his body, instantly killing him. He fell toe the ground, blood going everywhere. Iruka stood there, panting from exhaustion. His back was killing him. He looked over his shoulder at the path Naruto had took.

He sighed deeply, and headed slowly back towards the village, trying to think of a way to tell the Hokage that both Naruto and the scroll were gone.

The students clamored around, trying to get a good seat. Yelling and shouting. All noise immediately stopped when the door was slammed open. Iruka stood there, head bowed, shoulders tense. He stalked into the room and went towards the desk, but froze at a random student's question.

"Hey, Iruka-sensei! Where's Naruto?!"

He didn't answer right away, but instead slammed the think folder on his desk. The students jumped.

"He's gone."

That simple sentence sent the class into an uproar. Sakura spoke up.

"What do you mean, 'he's gone'?!" she asked. Iruka looked at her with saddened eyes.

"Just what it mean, Sakura." He said softly.

'I'll get you, Konoha. I'm tired of being treated like dirt and kicked around! I swear it! I will get my revenge!'

He turned around and walked away, leaving the place he once called home, glaring in front of him.

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End

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This story takes place after Mizuki told Naruto about the fox, and I'm going to pretend that all the genin teams were already together by then. They were assigned really early this year, so all the teams have been together for about a few months now. But the timeline afterwards is different. The teams are the same, but Team 7 is just Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke. Naruto comes back, but way later. Sasuke never leaves, either, and him and Sakura have developed a mutual understanding and have grown extremely close. Naruto's sudden reappearance causes a slight tremor in the Konoha villagers, shinobi and commoners alike.

Preview:

The Konoha 12 all sat at a small outdoor restaurant, listening to the villagers talk. But something caught their attention. A cloaked figure walked by, and all talking ceased until they passed. The person seemed extremely skilled, but felt like he had no chakra.

"He's back!" "I thought he was dead!" "Is he any stronger? He was a screw up."

'It can't be…him…can it?!' they all thought. They all looked at the person again, and watched as he headed for the Hokage tower.