Chapter 1: The Demon`s Wrath.
The tired Naruto Uzumaki trotted down Konoha`s dirt road. He was exhausted from his last mission. Ever since Orochimaru had attacked Konoha; Genin had to go on higher ranked missions. The Elder Council had even contemplated making academy students work in the field. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura had to go on a B-ranked mission. Their job was to retrieve important scrolls from a runaway ninja. This was a job that normally a Jonin would go on. Even the Hokage would not let a Chunin go on this mission. Sasuke and Naruto had captured the rogue ninja. Sakura sat around doing nothing and Kakashi was on a higher leveled mission. Naruto wandered around the street and soon sat on a bench. Just then, a few civilians eyed him with disdain. A big fat man [ 2 times the size of Choji} yelled around" What are you doing here Demon!" A giant mob of people quickly surrounded Naruto. About 6 people raced towards him. Naruto made a hand sign a yelled "Shadow clone Jutsu!" 20 Naruto`s showed up. They quickly pummeled the evil, cruel, nefarious people. More and more people started showing up; some carrying weapons. The 20 clones eventually disappeared. Naruto was exhausted; the mission had taken a toll on him. Naruto had very little chakra. He had barely enough to make 2 clones. A feeling of anger swept over him. People just couldn`t leave him alone. Why did it have to be Naruto that was isolated and treated like shit and shunned? Silent teardrops rolled down his cheeks. The people started to come closer. "Use my power" echoed a voice within him. Red chakra erupted through his body. Black marks were drawn on his face, red eyes like the Kyubbi, longer fingernails and barred fangs. Naruto moved fast. The civilians ran away in fear. Blinded by a fierce rage he beat his tormentors. Blood rushed down their bodies. Scars and bruises were all over their bodies. Soon there was not a single human left. The civilians either ran away in fear or were killed.
4 ANBU agents jumped down from the rooftops. They cornered Naruto quickly and surrounded him in a circular shape.
"Naruto Uzumaki, the civilian council and the Hokage wish to see you." said the ANBU with the raven mask.
"We are to escort you to the Hokage`s office" said another ANBU with a octopus`s mask.
Naruto and the ANBU agents walked to the Hokage`s office. Naruto was nervous, would he be in trouble? After all, he had only meant to defend himself. He was trembling in anguish and nervousness. He had been more nervous now than when the Demon Brothers attacked Team 7. More nervous than when he had to fight Neji. More nervous than when Shukaku had attacked him. Yet, he walked right into the Hokage`s office.
Tsunade, along with Jiraya { Or as you might call him Pervy sage} were sitting at the front of the room. To the left side sat the civilian council, all with angered looks in their eyes. Finally, to the right side sat all the clan heads most of whom were expressionless. Naruto heard the screams of civilians and their complaints.
"Kill that demon brat!" screamed one man.
"Let him burn!" screamed a rather fat man.
" Let me cut his damn head off!" screamed another man.
"Silence !" screamed Tsunade who had an expression of irrepressible rage.
"Let the judgment commence." said Tsunade.
The civilians started to talk. It turns out that Naruto had killed 6 people, wounded 3 people and mortally injured 7 people. The civilians blamed the demon`s power and claimed that Naruto must be killed to keep the village safe. At this, Naruto felt great anger. And just about the moment Naruto was going to cry out in his defense. Jiraya and Tsunade gave him a look that warned him to be quiet. After the civilians slanderous testimony had ended, Naruto was to speak in his defense. Naruto rose up to the podium and said" I have done nothing wrong. These civilians attacked me with weapons while I was unprotected. I acted in self- defense and it was their decision to hurt me, not the other way around. After Naruto had finished talking, he stepped down from the podium and stood back in his previous spot.
Gemna the ninja that had been a proctor to the Chunin exam stood up to the podium and said "All those who find Naruto Uzumaki guilty, raise your hand". All the civilians plus 2 of the elders raised their hand. Hiashi Hyuga, along with the Abrumare and Inuzuka clan heads raised their hands. Gemna then said "All those who find Naruto Uzumaki innocent, raise your hands." Tsunade, Jiraya, Danzo, and all the other clan heads along with Kakashi raised their hands. "It is decided then; Naruto Uzumaki is innocent and found innocent of all charges" said Gemna.
Before Naruto could rejoice; one of the elders screamed "Wait, according to the law Naruto should be reprimanded." Said the elder called Homura.
" Naruto kept attacking even when the villagers ran away."
"What! That`s not true. I stopped attacking, even when they ran." Naruto screamed out. This resulted in numerous glares from the people in the room.
"He is right." said a deep voice from across the room. It was Danzo. "I believe that it is in the rulebook that Naruto is truly guilty of his crime. Tsunade rose up in protest, but Jiraya pulled her down. "I first, found Naruto innocent because he was provoked; however he refused to back down" the elder spoke. After some whispering and chatting among the Konoha elders, Gemna rose to the podium and spoke" After, a revision of the law, Naruto Uzumaki is guilty of massacring the civilians. He is herby expelled from the ninja force and to be watched by the ANBU at all times." Many civilians cheered.
"That damn demon will never be a ninja again!" shouted a skinny woman.
The some of the clan heads smiled to each other. Tsunade looked as if she were to explode. Jiraya looked sad and Kakashi showed emotion through that 1 eye once in his life. Naruto was crying. Naruto felt so mad, so conflicted. Why did they have to do this to him? What had Naruto done to deserve such treatment? He felt anger at all of the clan heads and the elders.
"It`s time to fuck you up, you little bastards!" screamed Naruto.
All the clan heads, and elders and even Kakashi and Gemna stared at Naruto. A transformation spread through Naruto`s body. His fingernails grew, red eyes with slits appeared on his face, a red bubble surrounded him. Everyone in the room gasped; some in fear. Hiashi Hyuga leaped up from his seat and charged towards Naruto. Naruto punched Hiashi on the face and jumped out the window [ Which broke the window.]. Hiashi was bleeding and Naruto started running away from the leaf village.
"We must capture him!" cried Tsunade. Jiraya, Kakashi, Sasuke, Shikamaru and a bunch of other ninja were chasing after Naruto. The village was on full alert; this meant every ninja in the village had to make an effort to catch Naruto.
"What`s wrong with Naruto? "said the bewildered Ino.
" I`ll explain that later" said Hatake Kakashi.
Most of Naruto`s classmates were surprised. They had never seen Naruto like this. Most of the kids didn`t even understand what was going on. Even the emotionless Shino Aburame was surprised. The people chasing Naruto were closing in; Naruto made a 50 clones so they couldn`t find the real Naruto.
This was to give Naruto a little bit of time to prepare for his journey escaping the village. Naruto quickly went to his apartment and gathered some his belongings, he also took essentials like: food, water and clothing. He quickly snuck out of his apartment and went to the Konoha library. Naruto used the Transformation Jutsu and checked out some Jutsu scrolls.
This took about 5 minutes because of Naruto`s quick speed. While the village was still looking for him, Naruto had snuck out the village gate and left as fast as he could.
Using one of the scrolls he checked out, Naruto found the Geography of Konoha and Naruto intended to leave the land of fire`s borders in 3 days. Naruto had to be careful of confrontation so he used a simple genjutsu from one of his scrolls to hide his chakra signature. He threw away his ninja headband. In the academy, everyone had always underestimated Naruto`s intellect and saw him as a dumbass. Naruto was a lot smarter than people gave him credit. After all, he had been the one who freed Kakashi from Zabuza`s water prison. Naruto then entered and small town under his transformation jutsu and used the money he saved up from missions to pay the fee.
Meanwhile, at Konoha…..
Tsunade and the other ninja`s had been unable to find Naruto. Shino had attached one of his bugs to Naruto and they had figured out that Naruto had left the village. At hearing this, Tsunade was deeply saddened. If it hadn`t bee for those stupid villagers Naruto may have had a peaceful nonchalant life. Now, Naruto was on the run and the villagers hated him even more. On, one hand if Naruto returned he would be safe and sound. On the other hand the Villagers hated him so much that Naruto`s life would be even worse. Leaving the village is a serious crime punishable by death, in some instances. Tsunade called Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, Shikamaru and Iruka to search outside the village.
"What are exactly supposed to do if we catch him?" asked Iruka.
"You are to bring to the village alive" said Tsunade.
Iruka nodded in relief, knowing that he would not have to kill Naruto. " U-u-u-uh u-u-um, what h-happened to N-Naruto today" stammered the shy Hinata.
Tsunade paused for second wondering if see should tell the kids about Naruto.
"You might as well, Hokage-sama, they`ll need it anyway." said the awesome Kakashi.
"Fine, I will" said the reluctant Tsunade.
"12 years ago, the nine tails fox attacked the village. After the 4th Hokage defeated the fox, he sealed the beast in a child. That child was Naruto."
Various reactions spread throughout the room. Sakura frowned because she had treated Naruto so badly. Hinata nearly cried. Shikamaru and his I.Q. of 200 were baffled. Sasuke seemed a little sad.
"Does that mean Naruto is a Demon?" said the dim- witted Sakura.
"How dare you!" screamed Lady Tsunade.
"Naruto is no demon; he is a human being like you and me. However, you haven`t been treating like a human have you?" screeched Lady Tsunade.
Sakura looked away, clearly disappointed in herself. Tsunade proceeded to finishing her story.
"Since the 9 tails fox destroyed the village, people treated Naruto like dirt. Since Naruto contained the very thing that destroyed their home and killed many people. They directed their hate towards them. Naruto grew up with no parents or siblings or anyone to care for him. Little did the villagers know that Naruto wasn`t being influenced by the fox, and that he was a separate human being, with his own thoughts and mind. Today, when Naruto saw that the villagers would never respect him and he would have to give up his lifelong dream of being Hokage he became infuriated. You see, whenever Naruto is angry the nine-tails fox chakra takes over his body and gives him super strong chakra." Tsunade replied.
All the children were bewildered. Shikamaru now understood why all the villagers hated Naruto and how lonely Naruto must have been. Sometimes at the academy, Shikamaru would see Naruto play alone. Shikamaru could now see why Naruto always pulled those stupid stunts and pranks. Shikamaru decided no matter what, he would try and bring Naruto back to the village.
Iruka was worried. How would Naruto`s classmates react? Hopefully, they wouldn`t tell anyone. The other kids didn`t need to know about Naruto`s secret. Iruka knew that even though he wasn`t the best ninja, he could reason with Naruto, because the only person Naruto trusted was Iruka.
Sasuke was surprised. It turns out the biggest troublemaker had problems deep inside that he didn`t reveal to anyone. Sasuke now felt more respect for Naruto. Naruto had no parents like Sasuke and Naruto was hated for something that wasn`t his fault. Sasuke was always kind of annoyed by Naruto. However, Sasuke could admit that he also enjoyed Naruto`s company. Naruto never gave up and was always determined; it was also like Sasuke`s goal to kill Itachi. If Naruto was sent back to the village, maybe Sasuke could have Naruto join his goal to kill Itachi.
Sakura had a mix of emotions. Sakura never liked Naruto-baka. She felt a little bad on how Naruto had been treated, but she figured it was how Naruto was always being annoying. Why did Naruto have to leave the village? Why couldn`t Naruto be more like Sasuke- Kun?
Kakashi found this interesting. Naruto had left the village? Who knew what would happen next. Would Sasuke start tap dancing? [lol]. Naruto was dedicated to the village from day one. Kakashi found it hard to comprehend that Naruto would ever leave the village. However, when everyone hates you, what do you do? Hatake now knew how his father felt. His father, the white fang, had committed suicide because he chose to save his comrades rather than complete the mission. Kakashi felt that if someone had done something noble, but was hated for it, they would reach a breaking point. Naruto`s breaking point was leaving the village.
Hinata was sad. It must have been hard for Naruto to cope with that. Ever since Hinata was a young child, Naruto had been her inspiration. Yet, no matter what Naruto did people hated him. People like Sakura. Hinata would try her best on this mission to get Naruto; no matter what. She wouldn`t be a burden to her team.
"You may leave now, be at the village gate by 7 am to start the mission. You are dismissed." Lady Tsunade said as she handed Kakashi the scroll.
"I hope I have not failed you, Kushina, Minato." Lady Tsunade muttered under her breath.