Hi there people of the fanfic world, I'm EpicGraves and I'm new to writing fanfics, but i do hope you enjoy i just hope it's not bad enough for you to throw your computers out a window or something. This stroy is NaruHina because it is the only couple that makes sense so don't worry about that.

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF NARUTO

Departure

The Hidden Leaf Village, one of the ninja worlds most powerful hidden villages, has proven its strength over the course of time. From its discovery by its first and second Hokage's, to the betrayal of Madara Uchiha. Many years later the Nine-Tailed fox attacked the village out of nowhere but was stopped by the great Forth Hokage in a fight of shear will, and the conclusion of the fight between these two unstoppable forces was the death of a hero and the creation of a 'Demon Brat'. Now most recently the betrayal of "the last Uchiha", Sasuke Uchiha to be exact, the most 'powerful' and 'loyal' genin of his time has followed in the footsteps of his ancestors in betraying the Hidden Leaf and joining Orochimaru who invaded Konoha and killed the Third Hokage. Not that they didn't try to stop him the 'Demon Brat' was sent after his best friend and 'brother' to bring him back to their home, but his attempts were in vain when the 'Brat' awoke in the hospital with nothing but a broken promise and a headband with a scratch right on the middle. It has been a few months since then and the 'Brat', Naruto Uzumaki, has not stopped looking for his 'brother'.

It was a normal day in the Hidden Leaf the sun gave life to all it hit, the wind kept the suns heat in check with a nice even breeze, and all was, for a lack of a better word, calm until...

"GRANDMA TSUNADE!" Naruto yelled running through the Fifth Hokage's door almost tearing the it off its hinges.

Now the Fifth Hokage was a somewhat patient woman, she had to be to become one of the Legendary Sannin, and she did love Naruto like the grandson she never had, but out of everyone in the world he had to be the one who could push her buttons the most.

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT YOU LITTLE BRAT!" she yelled with eyes on fire and a fist ready to punch the disrespect out of the boy even though she knew she couldn't, "AND DON'T JUST BARGE IN HERE LIKE THAT YOU ALMOST BROKE MY DOOR!"

"heh heh sorry granny..." Naruto, grinning nervously, apologized, which only somewhat helped, because her assistant Shizune had to hold her back from jumping on the boy, "I just wanted to say goodbye before I left," as he said that Jiraiya the toad sage came in with all his pervy glory.

When the information entered hit Tsunade's ears she immediately became serious, she didn't know how to feel about his training trip. She was happy he was leaving and she would finally get some quiet, but she was sad because her grandson was going to leave for three years to train for his own survival and somewhat mad that he'd be training with the biggest pervert in the whole ninja world.

"Good luck Naruto," Tsunade said with a sincere and caring voice, "be careful."

"Don't worry Tsunade I'll be there to protect him and teach him." Jiraiya said trying to reassure his former teammate.

"That's what I'm worried about Jiraiya." Tsunade replied with growing anger, making Jiraiya cry in a corner chanting something about 'no trust, no love, the life of a pervert.'

"Don't worry about me granny I will become stronger because I will protect everyone that is precious to me and don't forget I'm going to be Hokage one day," Naruto threw in with his signature grin and a thumbs up, "plus I still need to bring Sasuke back home."

Tsunade couldn't help but smile, his confidence could make the worst of situations seem like nothing, "Did you already say goodbye to your friends?" Shizune asked.

Naruto nodded and said, "Yeah I said bye to everyone except Hinata, but I guess she's too busy." He couldn't help but feel a little hurt because what if Hinata didn't like him? or worse was afraid of him, but he shook it off because he didn't want to leave the village depressed.

"Well, Naruto, you said your goodbyes," Jiraiya interrupted after he finished his chant, "we should get going."

"Alright pervy-sage," Naruto replied making Jiraiya get a little angry from his pervy sage comment, "bye grandma Tsunade, bye Shizune I'll see you in three years." With that they started walking to the main gate.

"That boy is going to make a name for himself one day." Shizune said staring at the now closed door with a warm smile.

"He's going to be a great ninja," Tsunade agreed looking at the with the same smile, and for a moment she could see the faces of her little brother, Dan, and even the Forth Hokage, "yeah a great ninja."

"So pervy-sage where are we going?" Naruto asked right as they were about to exit the gates.

"First off cut it with the pervy-sage, it's master Jiraiya or Jiraiya-sensei, and second, to answer your question, we are going to lighting country."

"WHY?" Naruto asked, shocked that they would go all the way to another nation.

"Because the Forth once told me there was a man in the last war that could control the Eight-Tailed beast." With that, the look on Naruto's face went from a shocked one to a serious one.

"A person able to control a tailed beast? Maybe he will help me get stronger." Naruto thought as he and Jiraiya walked out of the gates of Konoha, not knowing how much stronger he would really get and never noticing the purple-haired beauty staring at him.

"Good luck Naruto," she thought "I know you'll get stronger and I promise I will too so when you get back I can finally tell you that I love you." That said Hinata ran off to meet her team.

-End-

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-EpicGraves out.