Naruto, Fairy Tail's Maelstrom

Chapter 1: Leaving the Shinobi Nations

(A/N: I just updated this chapter finding a mistake in the time line, thats all. The new chapter will come soon though, I promise you that! This is an idea that I thought of, what if Naruto was banished from Konohagakure and travels to a new land where he finds himself a family and people who he can call NAKAMA. This is my first story that I have always wanted to do so don't thing I wont stop updating till I feel it is done.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto/Fairy Tail.

Hope you guys like it. Review and Enjoy!)

"Naruto" - Regular Speech

'Naruto' - Regular Thoughts/Sarcastic or Over-expressive Remark

"Naruto" - Flashbacks

"Naruto" - Dragon/Demon/Monster/Summoning Spirit's Speech/Name of a Justu/Names of Spells

'Naruto' - Dragon/Demon/Monster/Summoning Spirit's Thoughts

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- Naruto - - Stating a place or time

Summary: Sometimes I wondered why did they treat me like that when I was doing what they asked. Betrayed, I left, to another land and found people who I can call my Nakama, a family. Eight years later, it was then when people from my past decides its time for me to go home. That was the only problem. The thing is...I am home.

"Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?"

~Haruki Murakami

Naruto, Fairy Tail's Maelstrom

(Chapter Begin)

- Land of Fire, Konohagakure -

Today was a horrible day for one person, and his name was Uzumaki Naruto. The retrieval team that had been sent after Sasuke has been a success, but his reward for bringing their 'Precious Uchiha' back was something unexpected. His dreams were crushed as soon as the final decision had been made.

- Flashback -

- One Day after The Retrieval Squad Returned, Location: Outside the Council Doors -

Naruto was walking down the street as he was called in for an important meeting with the council involving the battle with Sasuke. As Naruto entered, he saw many glares from the council. He wasn't surprised. They hated him since he was born just because he was the Kyūbi's jinchūriki. Seriously! Just because he held the fox didn't mean he had to be treated like he was. But when you're raised seeing these glares, you can get used to it, though it still hurts from the inside, but he didn't show it. "You guys asked for me?" a bored Naruto yawned.

"Yes, we did and don't speak to us like THAT, boy." Utatane Hokaru spat at the young Genin.

The Hokage glared at her. Koharu had never liked the young blond. She wouldn't even call him by his real name, only by " The jinchūriki boy" and such like that. The elder ignored the Hokage. She didn't really care about what she thought, even if she was the granddaughter of the Shodaime Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Her eyes turned to the woman for oncontinuing with the subject.

"We have summoned you to discuss about an incident with your mission. The reports we received caused us to summon the leaders of Konohagakure to this meeting, though we are please that your mission had went well."

"Well, what's the problem? You've got Sasuke-teme back like you wanted."

Koharu was about to scold him for his him being rude but before she could, Homura spoke first and looked at the blond with a straight face. "The problem, Naruto, was that in the reports we gathered from your sensei and your teammates, it states that you called forth chakra from the Kyūbi and caused a lot of damages to The Valley of the End as well as almost killing the one who you were supposed to retrieve for your mission."

"I had no other choice!" he shouted. "Sasuke used the Curse given to him by Orochimaru to fight me, not to mention that healmost killed me! I wasn't even trying to kill him!" continued Naruto and huffed and looked at Koharu straight in the eyes."Like I said before I brought him back like you guys asked anyways, why are you complaining." The Chidori almost struck his heart damn it! He only hit Sasuke in the chest! Naruto's attack was much less fatal from the way he hit him than that of the one Sasuke struck him.

As he said this, a new member of the council shouted with anger at the blond boy, causing him to flinch in the process.

"Shut up DEMON!" Many of the members of the room glanced over to look at him as he continued to yell in anger at the boy, "You have caused many people of the village, including your teammates to be at risk multiple times with a high possibility of death because of you! Not to mention the whole village when you were being chased after two S Rank Missing-Nins who didn't just leave, they sent your master and Uchiha Sasuke to the hospital! Now you almost killed your target! THAT is why we are all here today! Have anything to reply to that!?" The council member known as Kudo Akio. During the battle against the Kyūbi, he lost one of his youngest brothers. The time still traumatized him to see his body in a bloody mess, so much you could hardly even recognize the child.

Naruto just stood that looking at him shocked. After a while after looking at him he flexed his fingers and tightly and bawled his fists. 'Could he be right? Am I really that much of a problem?'

Tsunade snapped. "That is enough out of you! Talk more and you might as well receive punishment from speaking without permission! Now SIT DOWN!" The new member of the grit his teeth and glared at her for a moment, then looked back at the young nin. He glared at the young jinchūriki one last time before sitting back down in his seat.

There was silence for a minute until the leader of the Root ANBU, Shimura Danzō, spoke up, "Uzumaki Naruto, we are here on trial to discuss your fate of whether or not you shall be banished from the village."

Naruto just held his breath and felt as if his heart had stopped as he stared at the council with a shocked expression with wide eyes, knowing he didn't see this coming. He looked at the Hokage who had an angry look as she glared at Danzō.

"Now wait just a minute!"

Yamanaka Inoichi, Head of the Yamanaka Clan stood from his seat and narrowed his eyes at the Shimura. He knew of what Naruto had to go through as a child. He saw him on the streets treated like he was the plague. Then as he grew up, he became a fine shinobi, loyal to the village and those he wanted to protect. But after hearing what was just said not even a minute ago, he knew this was wrong.

"Why do you want to banish him even after all he has done for the village? He brought back the Uchiha like he was ordered. Why do you wish to banish him for hurting the one he was supposed to bring back!? You heard him, he had no choice but to use the Kyūbi's Chakra! If he didn't, he would have been dead right now and the Uchiha wouldn't even be right now! He would most likely be with the traitor Orichimaru by now if he didn't use it! How can you do this to him after all he has done for the village!?" The Amikichi Clan, Nara Clan, Inuzuka Clan, Sarutobi Clan, and Aburame Clan nodded in agreement.

The Hokage and Naruto gave a grateful smile to the father of the blond's friends. He was glad they were standing up for him and he was glad to know that they cared for him and did not want this to happen to him, but from the way it seemed on the looks of the high council, they didn't care.

"As troublesome as it is, Naruto has done nothing but followed orders given to him on his mission. It was to bring back Uchiha Sasuke to the village. This is not the way he should be treated by following his mission." stated Nara Shikaku with the same lazy attitude as usual like his son.

Danzō was the first from the council to reply to the clan heads, "It is not just what he did to Uchiha Sasuke that caught our attention, the problem was that he using the Kyūbi's Chakra." The leaders of the clans raise a brow with curiousness. Say what now?

"What do you mean by that, Shimura?" Choji's father said as he glared at the man, not including the honorific he should in the end.

"From the past reports of Naruto, it said that he used the Kyūbi's Chakra on multiple occasions." Koharu said suddenly before continuing with her statement. "For example, the time when Uzumaki was on his mission in Nami no Kuni (Wave Country)." This gave many questioned looks from the members of the room. "When fighting Momochi Zazuba's helper, known as Haku, possessor of the Kekkei Genkai Hyōton, the reports read stated from Hatake stating he had called forth the Kyūbi's Chakra to defeat him out of anger. From what we gathered, he was unable to control his rage and anger and could have destroyed the bridge you were fighting on."

"I used it defend myself against Haku to defeat him!" yelled the blond Uzumaki. They knew that he had no idea that he had actually "I was able to beat him using the chakra but then I stopped. I didn't even know how to use the fox's chakra then, I just thought that when I saw Sasuke get hit from one of Haku's Senbon and looked like he died in front of me. Then I just got angry and beat him!"

"But you proved our point saying that through your anger, you were able to call forth the Kyūbi's Chakra, yes?" Danzō said with his usual emotionless look, thus proving Hokaru's point. Naruto had to admit, it seemed true since his anger seemed to trigger being able to use the chakra.

"That maybe true to one point." Tsuanade said suddenly trying to keep her calm as the first Lady Hokage continued, "But from I heard and read from during the Chūnin Exams, Naruto was able to control the power of the . Just because if he maybe angry, does not mean that he cannot control it the evilness within the chakra. It is stupid for thinking he is the cause of the evilness emanating from it."

"I agree with Lady Hokage. As you said, yes maybe he might be angry yet he was still able to control it. Even my father said that himself personally to me since was there during the Preliminaries as well." said the leader of Squad 10 as he stared at the council.

"Yes but your father isn't here right now, isn't he?" Danzō said with a smirk causing the son of the Sandaime to grit his teeth in anger. He clenched his ands in rage as the the clan leaders and the Hokage started at him in disbelief and rage. Even Naruto hated him even more just for saying that in front of his face. The Sandaime was like a grandfather to him, he even allowed him to call him "Jiji"! Just for this, like Asuma, he wanted to go up there and beat him while the Hokage grabbed the table and cracked the wood leaving finger prints in the table as the part chipped off. "That maybe true, but who knows how long he may have been able to control it. As we saw from the mission, Naruto was not able to control the Kyūbi's Chakra which brought the Uchiha to a near-death state. Even though he may have had no choice, he used a move that almost killed the Uchiha in one blow." continued Danzō ignoring the looks he was given.

Naruto looked at the large argument that was currently going on, deciding on his fate to whether stay in the village, or be banished and unable to return until further notice. When the Hokage heard something about calling a demon and that he should be alive, she slammed her fist on the table and seemed as if she was going to get up and beat the living daylights out of the member who called out on Naruto before. The Clan Heads brought up many good facts about how if he could be trained, he might be able to control the Kyūbi but at the same time, the council members against him also brought out the facts that if he couldn't, in the middle of his training, the power might be too much and might go on a rampage. The argument continued for a what it seemed like hours, until the old rival of the Sandaime disrupted the feud with a load voice.

"We seem to have many argument and have very good points in this matter." stated the one-eyed man as everyone looked at him expected him to say something else, "However." he said making blond woman raise a brow, "there can only be one answer. I say we must make this decision immediately. I say that this calls for a vote. Everyone of us shall vote "Yes" for young Uzumaki to be exiled or "Nay", one for that he should stay in the village."

Many people nodded in agreement but those who supported Naruto did not like the idea seeing that they knew this would not be a fair trial since Jiraiya of the Sennin was not there, clearly making it an unfair trial but had no voice in this matter due to the amount of people that agreed with the idea. It was then that Tsunade realized that this was all a setup.

Mitokado Homura coughed in his hand to get everyone's attention which everyone did as their gazes fell upon him before he spoke. "Very well, the voting shall start with deciding the fate of Uzumaki Naruto shall begin." The new member of the council was the first to vote. The answer he said was expected from his attitude before at the young jinchūriki.

"My vote is yes. This, demon, has caused enough problems for us." The new council member spat distastefully. Glares from all around the room were shot at the man. However, the next vote made Naruto happy from what she said in the end. It was the clan of the Inuzuka's that cause this, and man was he happy.

"My vote is no." Tsume said, "He is a very loyal shinobi and is also a good friend of my son. He may be the container of the demon but he is a kind hearted young boy who would risk his life for the village. Those who vote yes should be ashamed of yourselves." Naruto gave her a small yet grateful smile at the clan leader before the votes continued.

It was now a man named Tochigi Hakuba, the brother of Akio. "I vote yes, I would like to even kick him out myself as well if you allowed it." said the man with a smirk. Across the room, Tsunade was feeling the urge to even pound the man again before Shikaku spoke.

"This is just another troublesome meeting, My vote is no, and like the kids nowadays say, this is stupid." This earned some chuckles from his friends around the meeting at the statement. Koharu snarled at him while Danzō just frowned.

"My son has been friends with Naruto since they were children. If I said yes, I would be ashamed of myself and I would be ashamed to talk to my son ever again. My vote is no." Chouza spoke proudly.

"As I said before, this is wrong. All of this is because he is the container of the Kyūbi. Just because he is does not mean that he should be treated like he is the demon itself. My vote is no. This is my final answer." Inoichi said.

"You know, if my father were here he would be disappointed in all of you. Like the others, my vote is no." Asuma said.

"I, Izumi Hiryuu, vote yes, he has been here long enough and its time for him to leave."

"My vote is yes." Utatane Koharu spoke with her snobbish voice. "You all know my reasons so I need not to explain them."

"I vote yes, he is too dangerous for the village to keep any longer." said the Shimura Clan leader. The frown on his face dispersed from this declaration and turned to his usual calm face.

"I, Aburame Shibi, vote no. Though some of the things that are dangerous for the village from the boy, there are also other ways of solving this problem and banishment is something that he does need to solve it."

"Though I do not despise the boy, many of the things pointed out cannot be ignored for the safety of the village. My vote is yes."

Naruto eyes filled with hurt at not just the people against him, but that even Homura was against him. Homura treated him nicely unlike Koharu did. Hearing him said this made him have a look of betrayal. He stared at the council member who just turned his head away to prevent himself from meeting his eyes.

"You already know my answer and that is no. He has saved this village many times and does not deserve this. If my grandfather and uncle were here, he would be ashamed of what this village has become. You should be grateful that even after all he has been through he was STILL willing to help you after all you have done to him as a child, even now!" the Slug Princess declared.

Naruto was obliged towards her. She was one of the only people who believed in him and accepted him for who he was. Even though he would make fun of her from time to time by calling her "Baa-chan", he knew that cared deeply for him confirming his thought from the way she acted at that moment. He gave her a genuine smile which she kindly returned back as the votes continued but of course, it had to be the ANBU. This is one of the times he regretted for doing all of those pranking and getting chased by the ANBU.

"He caused many problems for the village as a child, he still does now which does not surprise me. He may have done some good things now and then but this still doesn't change the problem that he contains the demon. For the safety of the village, it would be best for his banishment. My vote is yes."

Naruto counted seven and seven. Seven votes for him to be banished and seven votes for him to stay. It was all up to the last person, Hyūga Hiashi, Clan Head of the Hyūga Clan and Hinata's father. After several minutes of many looks at him, his answer decided the fate of the blond shinobi.

After he looked at all the council members, his four words echoed in everyone's ears without making even one kind of emotion.

"My vote is yes."

Naruto stood there wide-eyed and felt as if his heart broke. The council went silent. Tsunade was on the verge of tears with her hands covering her mouth while the clan heads looked at the young blond boy. Akio and his brother had an evil grin on their face as the vote came to a conclusion while the head of the Shimura clan and Koharu smirked knowing that their troubles were now over.

The look on Danzō's face did not fade. The smirk stood where it was made as everything was going according to plan.

Tsume glared and snarled at Hiashi with partner supporting her by baring his fangs.

Shikaku sighed. Looking at the young boy, he frowned. The young Naruto stood in the same spot taking everything in with nothing but a shocked expression.

Chouza and Inoichi looked at Naruto and had their heads down. After what Naruto has done for all of them, this the way he is treated once again, nothing but the people seeing him as demon or despised him for even carrying such a creature.

Danzō then spoke up. "Very well. Now that the voting is over, Naruto will be stripped from his rank. He has two hours to gather his things and leave. He cannot contact any of the shinobi in the village or speak of our secrets. In the next two hours before he leaves, a member from my ANBU will meet him and a curse mark will be put on him to prevent our secrets from going out for safety precautions. You will meet by the gates in those two hours. You will also have a block put on your contract with the Toads to prevent contact with the village. To prevent running away, my ANBU will be stationed around the village making sure you do not escape. This meeting has now come to a close. Uzumaki Naruto, will be known as a banished ninja of Konohagakure."

Asuma frowned and looked out the window. 'It is sad to know that after all he has done for this village, this is the way they treat him.' He then looked back at the blond and now, new ex-shinobi. 'I just wish that the people of this village would think of him as their savior instead for carrying such a burden all of his life.'

After several minutes of silence with sad and happy looks, everyone in the room left except for the Hokage and Naruto. After a minute, Tsunade then got up and walked to the former ninja and hugged him to her chest. After a minute of this, Tsunade broke the silence with her teary eyes. "I'm sorry." she whispered. After another minute, Naruto cracked as he softly sobbed. His dream crushed from this one meeting. His crying did not stop, knowing that this was the last day he would see the village and knowing this would be the last time he would even be allowed inside the walls of his home which he protected with his life.

-End Flashback-

Naruto, Fairy Tail's Maelstrom

(Insert- Fairy Tail: Past Story)

Naruto sat on his couch with dry tearstains on his face with his blond hair covering his red, puffy eyes from crying. His injuries from a day ago are almost done healing thanks to the Kyūbi but still felt weak due to exhaustion. He arrived in his apartment after a couple minutes of walking from the meeting. Once he entered, he didn't bother turning the lights on, he just stood there wondering what to do now since he knew his dream was crushed. He saw his bag and hesitated to take it but eventually did. After he grabbed the bag, he took some clothes and stuffed it in. As soon had everything he needed before leaving. The plan was already set. He slowly grabbed some instant Ramen and put it in his bag for food while he was on his journey. After a minute, he washed the dry tears off his face and looked at his Frog Wallet.

Baa-chan had given him some money for him for a long time. She had also given him some scrolls with a lot of Jutsu he could practice and use. After grabbing his things, he walked to the door. He still had an hour and a half before meeting with the ANBU. Before he left, he took of the bandages surrounding his face. He then took of the bandages on his chest that soon revealed a scar close to his heart that his 'buddy', Sasuke, gave him from his Chidori. He put on his orange tracksuit and walked to his room. As he his bed the bed become visible, he moved the bed slowly and revealed a small hole that was dug to escape any riots when he was younger to escape from his pranks. He was about to go continue downward following the path of the whole when all of a sudden the scenery changed. The time he had opened his eyes, his surrounding were much different as he was in a flooded dark sewer with a large cage sealed up holding the one reason why he was being force to leave.

"So you're going through with it?" a dark and demonic voice erupted from inside the cage. His sad expression from the end of the meeting changed. Looking serious, he put on a straight face and folded his arms.

"I'm surprised that you would even call me out here just to talk to me. I can't help but feel special." Naruto said with sarcasm. The Kyūbi didn't growl or make any response. He knew that he was upset about this knowing that they blamed the young blond shinobi for being his container. He just kept a straight face and stared at Naruto with blood-red slited eyes. Before Naruto could talk with another sarcastic remark, the fox said one thing that Naruto would least expect him to say out of all the times he had met him.

"I'm sorry, Naruto."

Naruto just looked up at the powerful bijū with a flabbergasted look. The no longer Genin, looked at the fox as blue eyes met crimson. He didn't call him kit like he did before and instead, used his real name. His expression then changed from shock to a straight face, "Why do you have anything to be sorry about, you did nothing wrong. You were just staying here the whole time. You couldn't have done anything."

The demon just looked at the boy with his blood-red and slitted eyes, "Look gaki, I know that out of all of the people, you would want me to be the last person you saw. Just know I'll be here for you. And if you want me to go on a rampage on the village, I'd gladly do it with out hesitation." he even showed off his sharp fangs to top it off, proving that he would. Before Naruto could say anything else, he was shut out of his mindscape and was back in his room. At this he gave out a small chuckle knowing that was the Kyūbi he knew. Before eventually walking to it and going down. Before moving his bed to cover the hole, he took one last gland at his room with one thought going through his mind.

'I wonder what will happen now...'

With that, he covered the hole and the room where the young blond and now, ex-shinobi lived, was silent.

Naruto, Fairy Tail's Maelstrom

- 9 Hours Later, Location: Nami no Kuni (Wave Country) -

The now ex-nin was walking down the road that led to Nami no Kuni for a couple of hours by walking and by boat to get to his destination. Within a distance, he saw the large bridge that he was asked to help protect as during his stay here for his first C-Rank mission which then turned into a higher rank. After a moment of thinking, he remembered what it was called and could help but chuckle. After all, he did know that his young friend, Inari was the one who named it after the blond.

He walked to the bridge and found a much too familiar house nearby and walked up to it. He knocked on the door and not even a second later, the door opened revealing a young boy with spiky black hair and dark-coloured eyes. He wore a green jumpsuit with a yellow shirt and a simple pair of sandals. He also wore a blue and white striped hat under the brim of which he would usually with with a bucket-hat. The funniest thing was what he said as soon as the door opened.

"I already told you once! WE DON'T WANT ANY!" the child yelled and just stood there with an irritated face. Those little girls kept coming back and it got worse every, single, time. First it was the cookies, then they threatened him with forks, now...whatever they had now. He didn't look look at who was at the door since his eyes we closed which made Naruto sweat drop.

"Hey Inari, its been a while hasn't it?" The bucket-hat kid opened his eyes as he then realized he was looking at the hero of Nami no Kuni, Uzumaki Naruto. It took a minute before he started getting teary eyed and looked at his good friend before smiling.

"NARUTO-NII!" the young boy said with joy and pulled his close friend into a hug. Naruto couldn't help but return the hug with a smile on his face. He hasn't seen the little guy since his encounter with Zabuza and Gato. After a moment, a womanly voice came from inside the house.

"Inari, who is at the door?" A feminine voice came from the kitchen of the house as she approached the door. Once visible, she looked like a woman in her late 20's who had long black hair with a short-sleeved pink shirt with the end of the sleeves and the collar being red in colour. Once she saw who was at the door, she couldn't help but give a loving smile. This was the young boy who saved her life from Gato's thugs not even a few months ago.

"Hey! How are you guys, 'ttebayo!" Naruto said with a wide and toothy grin. The three of them stood there with happy faces as they began a conversation.

"It's been very peaceful ever since thanks to you Naruto. But what are you all the way out here far from your village?" she questioned the blond hero. You do have to admit, it is a bit strange for even Naruto to be roaming around alone without a team or even his team.

"I'm on a mission." He felt bad for lying to Inari and Tsunami but he didn't want to talk about his banishment. It still made him upset to think that after he helped them, they still treated him the same way as before. "I was going to go and continue my mission but I then realized that I was gonna pass by here. So I decided that I wanted to pay a visit and say hi to you guys. Sorry I didn't tell you guys ahead of time though."

The mother of his friend just waved it off, "It's fine." she said. A couple of seconds passed until she realized that the young blond was still outside the whole time and gasped with embarrassment, "Oh excuse my manners, come in!" She moved out of the way so he could enter their house. He entered the house before giving a nod of thanks.

After a moment, Inari who refused to give up his large, happy smile. "So what have you been doing for the past months Naruto-nii? I bet you went on a lot of adventures!" he asked with an excited voice, waiting for his question to be answered.

For the next hour, Naruto was talking about his adventures after his mission. He talked about the Chūnin Exams and how he was trained by the Legendary Sennin, Jiraiya for his master and the other missions that occurred after they last met. They couldn't help but laugh every time when his master tried to peak on women, Naruto always got him in trouble for it by yelling out loud for the woman to hear. He didn't tell them about what happened within the past few days though. He didn't want to get them upset after this.

Inari was still laughing at the experiences with his master or his nickname known as "Ero-Sennin".

He calmed down a bit and had a big smile on his face, "It's good to see you guys again but I can't help to ask where the old man is. It's not that I want to end this reunion so quickly but I was hoping I would be able to talk to him when I got here. It's important that I should see him as soon as I can." he said seriously.

The young women was the first to reply, "He went out by the bridge about right after you came here. He is most likely still there, drinking probably." Tsunami said with a small frown in the end. She didn't really like him drinking but knew she really couldn't do anything to stop it since he would just go behind her back and do it.

Naruto nodded and stood up as he looked at them with a thankful look. "Thanks for telling me and it's really nice to see you guys again, but I have to go now." he finished with a small and sad smile.

"We understand Naruto-kun. Just be careful out there alright?" the daughter of the bridge builder said as she continued to look at him with a smile. He grabbed his bag as he listened to the raven-haired woman and turned to her with a grin, giving her a thumbs up.

"Don't you worry about me, I'll be fine!"

They once again said their final goodbyes as he left their house with his foxy grin still on his face, waving to them as he became harder to see in the distance. He looked away as he started walking to the large bridge he saw before seeing his two good friends, ones he considered family.

~0~

- A Couple Minutes Later, Location: The Great Naruto Bridge -

He arrived at the bridge after a while of walking and saw a grey-haired in his late 50's. He looked like a bespectacled man with a large beard and dark eyes. He wore a sleeveless V-Neck shirt with an obi, pants and a pair of sandals like Inari. He also carried a towel around his neck and wore a pointed hat on his head. He was drinking much to the boy in surprise. He looked like he was thinking about something until the young ex-shinobi called him out of his thoughts.

"OI! TAZUNA-SAN! LONG TIME NO SEE, DATTEBAYO!"

At this, the man looked to where the sound was coming from. He knew that loud and brash voice from anywhere and saw the one who the bridge he made was named after. "Naruto? What are you doing here? I am not unhappy to see you but I'm just surprised to see you out here this far from the village."

"Just out here on a mission." Naruto lied again. He really started to hate this now. The gray-haired man just looked at him with a stern look and a frown, "You don't have to lie to me Naruto, what's wrong." he said with concern for the young hero.

This caught Naruto by surprise. He didn't expect him to figure him out so easily. Guess he wasn't good at making masks than he thought. At this Naruto had no choice but to tell him the truth, he couldn't hide it. He told him what happened starting from the battle with Sasuke to the time now. To make it simple, Tazuna was disgusted. After everything that he has done for them, saving the village, defeating Suna's jinchūriki, and bringing back Uchiha Sasuke after he ran away from the village and he was given banishment. He despised it, knowing that their land's hero was treated like this. He even told him about the Kyūbi which surprised the old man, but still didn't change his feelings towards the boy. Just because he had a demon inside of him doesn't mean he should be treated like one. In the end there was a couple of minutes of silence as they sat down on a nearby bench but was then broken by Naruto's words.

"I was wondering if I would be able buy a boat here." His gaze was still looking toward the washing ocean.

Tazuna just looked at him with a sad face but he reluctantly nodded and led him to the docks. They bought a small boat for one person and was a medium sized oak boat with a serpent head on the front and back of the boat. It had a large wooden plank that held the sail. It also had two wooden stands to turn the direction of the boat with rope on the sides of the boat as well. Naruto thanked and paid the merchant. The man then took his leave right after. As he did, the ex-shinobi looked at the old man.

"I don't want you anyone about this." Naruto said suddenly, "Don't even tell this to tell Inari, Tsunami or the villagers about my banishment. Inari and his mom would be upset at the villagers of Konohagakure and the villagers here would probably end the growing bond going on with them. I don't want that to happen because of me."

"Well who wouldn't? You are our hero after all." Naruto gave him one of his toothy grins in response. He liked the old man. Tazuna's then changed from his small smile and made a straight face as he raised his brow. "Anyways, where are you planning on going? Will you be heading to another village?"

The boy just shook his head and gave the man a smile.

(Insert- Naruto Shippuden: Opening 6)

"No, I am just going to and see where the waves take me. Maybe I'll find something out there." He looked far into the ocean before giving the good old man a smile. The jinchūriki then turned to the boat and pushed it into the water with the waves carrying the long boat. As he got on, he looked back to see the bridge builder looking at him with his sad smile still on his face. He waved goodbye and turned to face the ocean once more.

'I wonder what will be kept in store for me now that this happened. Maybe I might find something to do for the rest of my life, wherever I'm going.' he thought as he looked up to the sky and gave a smile with his blond hair blowing in the ocean wind.

'Looks like it will be another of one my adventures.'

He then let the sail loose and the boat rode across the waves as the Land of Fire disappeared from his view. And he was no longer a ninja of Konohagakure. He was Uzumaki Naruto.

(Chapter End)

(A/N: Well that's a wrap! Woo! The First chapter is done as well as the first chapter for my Fanfiction career. Don't think I am gonna stop updating! I won't stop till I feel like the story comes to a close. Man this is awesome! Yeah it is sad right now but it will get better, I promise you that. And I guess for those who question in your head who listened to the last song, "Why would he put such an energetic song when he is leaving? Why did he think that? Why?". This is because I want to put in a sense of adventure on his upcoming journey. After all, this is just the beginning. Hopefully everything will go as well as I hope it will and the story will turn out great!. The next chapter might come within a few days. I'll have school but on Friday, I'll be on vacation! Anyways, hope you enjoyed it! If you have some suggestions, you know what to do! REVIEW!

~ LGM)