The Banishment of Uzumaki Naruto

~Summary~ After succeeding to bring back Sasuke from the Valley of the end the Council does the unthinkable.

Chapter One: Banishment

Naruto's eyes slowly opened as he took in his surroundings.

Stark white walls, Check

Overly bright lights, Check

Smell of disinfectants and sanitizers, Check

Yup he was in the one place he hated more than anything. A Hospital. Slowly he worked his way to a sitting position as he rubbed his sore neck. Naruto froze when a spike of pain shot through his body nearly causing him to double over and scream. He slowly looked down to see his chest was heavily wrapped along with his arms, legs and head.

He laid back breathing slowly in hopes that he wouldn't reopen his wound. He remembered his fight with Sasuke and very narrowly beating him. Well that was wrong actually. He didn't beat him they tied. Neither had enough strength to move after their fight… but if Sasuke was strong enough to walk he would have escaped. Naruto let out a contented sigh knowing in the end Sasuke was back in the village.

That was when the door opened and a man clad in black ropes stepped in. He had short black hair and red eyes. They weren't the Sharingan so Naruto wasn't worried but he still didn't have a clue who this man was.

"Ah so you are awake today," the man said as he approached Naruto.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Naruto asked with a groan of pain. 'Fuck it hurts to talk,'

"My name is Genri Kenryu and I'm a messenger for the Konoha Council," he said with his stern voice.

"So what? Does the council want to see me about the mission?" Naruto asked as he barely managed to sit up.

"Quite the opposite actually," Genri said as he took a small black scroll out of his robes. It was at that moment that the door opened once again and Tsunade entered.

"What the hell are you doing here? Naruto is in no condition to see anyone!" Tsunade roared in anger.

"I was simply doing my job. I now take my leave," the man said as he vanished via a Shunshin.

"Naruto what's that scroll?" Tsunade asked seeing Naruto face pale and the scroll dropped. His eyes slowly moved to the Hokage.

"What did I do wrong?" Naruto asked.

"What do you mean? You've done nothing wrong," Tsunade replied.

"Then why…" Naruto couldn't finish as his voice died.

"Naruto what was on that scroll?" Tsunade asked. Naruto sighed and rolled the scroll back up before he laid down covering his eyes with his arm to hide the tears that were building up. Tsunade now very worried moved forward towards the boy she saw as a grandson.

"The council," Naruto choked. "They've banished me," He finished causing Tsunade to stop dead.

"That's not possible. Banishment of a Shinobi would require my signature and I would never sign something like that," Tsunade said as she took the scroll to read it.

One Naruto Uzumaki is here by banished from Konohagakure No Sato until such a time that the entire council agrees that he may return. No less than one hundred percent of the council's approval will be accepted. Until such a date is reached Naruto Uzumaki is not to step foot within Konohagakure. The council has allowed him to remain within the land of fire if he wishes but he may not remain in the village or within fifty miles of the village.

Tsunade rolled up the scroll and crushed it in her hands. "Look Naruto I'm going to get the bottom of this. You aren't going anywhere if I have any say in it," Tsunade said.

"Look at the date on it Baa-chan," Naruto said. "It's dated two days after Hokage-jiji's death. They passed it when we didn't have a Hokage," Naruto added. Tsunade's face paled they had used the lack of a Hokage to pass this and held onto it until they wanted him gone.

"Naruto," Tsunade spoke weakly.

"I'm sorry I guess I can't take that hat from you," Naruto said as he weakly started to get up.

"Stay… let me fight this," Tsunade said stopping him. "Even if I can't stop your banishment I won't let them make you leave until you are positively one hundred percent again," Tsunade added with tears in her already knew there was no fighting this.

"As you wish Hokage-Sama," Naruto replied and he laid back and tried to figure out what he did wrong.

A few days had passed and Tsunade had summoned the remaining member of the 'Konoha 12' into her office. Sasuke and Naruto were still too weak to leave the hospital while Choji and Neji had both been release shortly before this and were the last to arrive being helped by their teammates. All of them were frozen when they saw how solemn Tsunade looked. And what shocked them most of all was the complete lack of sake bottles to be seen meaning that she was sober.

"I'll get right down to it. I asked you here to tell you something that will shock you all but first I want to know something," Tsunade started. "What are your thoughts on Naruto Uzumaki?"

"What do you mean by our thoughts?" Shikamaru asked.

"What do you think of him? Is he good? Is he bad? Do you like him? Do you hate him?" Tsunade answered.

"Naruto is strong and I would trust him with my live. I may not know him that well but I have to say his nindo of never giving up and protect that which is precious to you is inspiring," Spoke Neji which shocked most seeing him speak first.

"While I agree with Hyuga-san's statement I must also add that his brash nature leads to trouble… but he seems to be very effective at fixing the trouble it brings," Shino said.

"Naruto is one of my best friends. And he is also one of the few people who didn't make fun of my weight or my eating habits," Choji gave his piece.

"The dude's a freaking genius," Kiba said confusing most. "He was the 'dope' in school and yet he not only beats me he also beats Neji and Gaara. He shows that anyone can be great if the truly put their mind to it," Kiba explained.

"Yosh! I consider Naruto to by one of my Eternal Rivals his flames of Youth never seem to dampen" Lee shouted.

"I don't really have anything I could say here. I hardly know him." Tenten said.

"Sadly I agree with Tenten," Ino said.

"I'm with Choji. He's one of my best friends and I would gladly throw my life down for him knowing he would do the same for me," Shikamaru said.

"Naruto's been my teammate for several months and I'd have to say I agree with Neji and Shino. Now while he's not one of my best friends I know he would jump on a paper bomb for me and I would do the same for him," Sakura said.

Everyone's attention now turned to the last figure… one Hinata Hyuga whom remained silent for the entire meeting thus far. "I've admired Naruto for a very long time. He showed me that it's ok to fail as long as you don't let that failure stop you from getting stronger. And even when everyone thinks your weak or useless you can prove them wrong as long as you give it your all," Hinata said with a heavy blush.

"I see," Tsunade said covered her eyes for a moment hold back tears. "Then it makes this ever harder to do," Tsunade added.

"What's wrong Hokage-sama?" Sakura asked.

"The council had a vote while Naruto and Jiraiya were searching for me. The vote passed… and instead of acting on it the moment Naruto returned they chose to wait until they deemed him to be his weakest," Tsunade explained.

"What was the vote about?" Lee asked.

"As of yesterday," Tsunade pulled out a leaf hitai-ate and placed it on the desk. "Naruto has been removed from active service in Konohagakure and once he's fully healed he will be…" Tsunade stopped unable to hold back a weak sob.

"What did they do?" Shikamaru asked with wide eyes.

"They've banished him," Tsunade said as a sob broke out. She didn't care if they saw it she couldn't hold back her tears. She loved Naruto like a son and now he was being forced out of her life. Everyone reacted differently.

Sakura, completely froze she was in such a state of shock she couldn't even cry.

Shikamaru, clenched his fists trying to contain his hatred for the Council.

Choji, crushed the bag of chips he was hold and stormed out of the office.

Ino, remained quiet she couldn't think of what to say.

Neji, surprisingly clenched his fists clearly pissed off at the moment.

Lee, dropped to his knees unable to speak his dreams of fighting Naruto were just crushed.

Tenten, like Ino simply remained quiet trying to process that she wouldn't see the hyper kid anymore.

Shino, thought he showed no emotion was just as furious as Shikamaru and Choji.

Kiba, was one of the few to vocalize his rage as he screamed in rage and left the room shouting something about talking to his mother.

Hinata, broke down and ran from the room with tears in her eyes.

Naruto stood in his apartment staring at his bed. He didn't know where he would go or what he would do now. He was fully healed and had two days to leave the village before ANBU would be forced to arrest him.

'Maybe I'll go to one of the other hidden villages,' Naruto thought. As he packed away his last shirt and closed his bag. He picked up his Gama wallet and moved towards his door. Stopping once more before he left; he decided to look into his apartment one last time before he opened his front door and came face to face with a pale eyes girl.

"Hinata?" Naruto asked. He was shocked when the girl suddenly hugged him and started crying.

"Naruto!" Hinata cried as she clung to him. "I don't want to you leave," She said over and over.

"Hinata… I really wish I could stay but I can't," Naruto said slowly. That was when everything made sense to him. He pulled Hinata back and looked her locking his eyes with hers.

"Naruto-kun?" Hinata looked at him.

"Hinata… do you have a crush on me?" Naruto asked. Hinata blushed heavily but managed to nod and not faint.

"What would you do if someone had a crush on you… and you didn't know it," Naruto asked.

"I don't know," Hinata replied.

"Would you give them a chance… since we can't be," Naruto asked.

"It would depend on who it is," Hinata said unable to believe that not only was she holding her cool and not fainting but she was also having a conversation with Naruto.

"Hinata I know someone who feels the same for you as you do for me," Naruto said.

"Really?" Hinata asked shocked that someone could care about her that much.

"It's Kiba… he's head of heels for you Hinata," Naruto said.

"K… Kiba-kun?" Hinata said even more shocked now.

"Yeah why do you think he hated my guts so much…? I never noticed until now but he was trying to get your attention like you're trying to get mine," Naruto explained.

"Kiba-kun," Hinata blushed as she looked down and thought over Naruto's words. Hinata looked up her eyes locking with Naruto's once more.

"I… I have to go Hinata… I hope one day I can come back but I'm not going to have my hopes up," Naruto said as he stepped passed Hinata and was gone before another word could be said.

Sasuke's eyes opened as he looked around to see he was in Konoha. "Why am I here?" Sasuke thought as he looked to see Kakashi standing a few feet away.

"You're awake," Kakashi said.

"What happened?" Sasuke asked.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Kakashi asked.

"I remember fighting Naruto… wait why was I fighting Naruto?" Sasuke asked.

"So it really was the curse seal?" Kakashi thought as he rubbed his chin.

"What?" Sasuke asked.

"Think hard why did you leave the village? Why did you want to go to Orochimaru? Why did you attack Naruto?" Kakashi asked.

"I remember having this strange thirst for power… I truly believe that if I went to Orochimaru I would be able to kill Itachi… Why did I think that?" Sasuke's brain felt like it was on fire.

"So I was right?" another voice asked. Sasuke looked up to see Jiraiya and Tsunade standing in the doorway.

"Right about what?" Sasuke asked.

"Orochimaru's Curse Seal eats away at the effected person's mind slowly turning them into mindless servants to him. It washes away all your friendships, all your happy memories, all of your dreams, excluding ones of revenge or vengeance… those turn worse making the effected person believe that Orochimaru can give them what they want," Jiraiya explained.

"How can one little seal do so much?" Sasuke asked.

"Orochimaru as poured years of work into that seal… and I've put years into a counterseal. One that blocks the seal from eating away at your mind it's all we can do until I can learn how to rip it off you," Jiraiya explained.

"Now Sasuke… what can you tell me about your fight with Naruto?" Tsunade said finally taking center stage.

"We fought at the valley of the end. He drew on this red chakra and I… oh kami… he's not dead is he?" Sasuke asked.

"No Naruto's alive," Tsunade replied.

"Thank kami… he's just about the only friend I have in this village," Sasuke said.

"Had," Jiraiya corrected.

"What?" Sasuke asked.

"The council banished Naruto," Tsunade said.

"WHAT! WHY?" Sasuke screamed.

"I wish I knew but they did it while I was searching for Tsunade and decided to hold onto it until they wanted him gone. I guess nearly getting himself, you, Choji, Kiba, Lee, Shikamaru and Neji killed was good enough reason to enact it," Jiraiya said.

"So Naruto is gone?" Sasuke asked.

"Not yet but soon," Tsunade replied.

"I've got to see him… I need to apologize to him for going crazy… that wasn't me," Sasuke said.

"Maa maa Sasuke calm down," Kakashi said placing a hand on his shoulder. "Do you think Naruto would really be able to handle you groveling to him right now?" he asked.

"I guess not… can I at least say goodbye?" Sasuke asked.

"Sure you can," Tsunade said with a soft smile hoping this wasn't so ploy.

Naruto stood just outside of the gates of Konoha his vision on the horizon. "Time to find a new home I guess," Naruto said as he took his first step. He had gone by and said goodbye to every worth saying goodbye to. The entire Konoha 11, since he wasn't a member anymore, the Ichiraku's, Tsunade, Shizune, Kakashi, Konohamaru and his gang. The only person he couldn't find was Jiraiya.

'Stupid Ero-sensei… I can't find him when I need him,' Naruto thought as he walked through the forest trying to think of where he would go.

"Naruto," a voice stopped the boy dead. He turned to see a very serious Jiraiya standing by a tree.

"Ero-Sensei," Naruto said seeing his Chunin exam sensei.

"This is going to be a lot of information at once but I'm going to tell you something that will shock you," Jiraiya said as he moved towards Naruto.

"What could possible shock me more than 'Hey thanks for saving Sasuke now screw you and get out of our village'," Naruto said.

"Try your lineage," Jiraiya said causing Naruto to go silent.

"My parents?" Naruto asked.

"Yes now let's talk," Jiraiya said as he sat down leaning against the tree. Naruto quickly sat down near Jiraiya.

"First off your mother, her name was Kushina Uzumaki she was nicknamed the Red Hot Habanero. She had fiery red hair and stunning violet eyes, she was a Jonin of the leaf and the pervious Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox," Jiraiya explained.

"Kushina… such pretty name," Naruto said with a happy smile.

"Now your father," Jiraiya said gaining Naruto's attention. "Was Minato Namikaze… the fourth Hokage,"

"WHAT!" Naruto screamed unable to believe him.

"Settle down and I'll explain," Jiraiya said getting Naruto to sit down. "Why else do you think you're the Jinchuriki? He would've used some else's child when he had one of his own. Now then," Jiraiya pulled out a few scrolls. "The red scroll is from your mother. It has a letter from her, her sword, her life savings, her favorite jutsus, and a few other things. The yellow scroll is your father's. Like Kushina's it has his life savings, favorite jutsus, and his tri-pronged kunai," Jiraiya handed Naruto the two scrolls.

"Why are you giving me these?" Naruto asked.

"Well you were supposed to get these once you turned sixteen but since you were banished I decided that you deserved these now," Jiraiya replied.

"Thank you Jiraiya," Naruto said as he put the scrolls into his bag.

"One more thing… this is a little gift from me," Jiraiya said handing Naruto a green scroll.

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"Well you see your parent's lifesaving weren't very much since they had just bought a house and full furnished it just before their deaths… they maybe had three thousand between them," Jiraiya explained.

"You're losing me here," Naruto said.

"That is just over five hundred thousand ryo," Jiraiya said. Naruto said nothing and simply let his mouth go slack as he heard how much it was.

"W… wh… why?" Naruto asked.

"Call it fourteen years of payback for lack of presents and what not… after all I was supposed to be your godfather," Jiraiya replied.

"I can't… that's just way too much," Naruto said.

"Nonsense… use it to build a life where ever you want," Jiraiya said as he stood and cracked his back. "Oh and two little gifts, One the toads are still with you… and they are royally pissed off with Konoha for this by the way. The other thing is your Shadow Clones," Jiraiya started.

"Wait why are the toads mad?" Naruto asked.

"They don't like that you got banished for no good reason and have decided that they are no longer affiliated with Konoha. Other than me no Konoha Shinobi will ever be allowed to summon toads again excluding someone that is naturally affiliated with them," Jiraiya explained.

"They did that for me?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto… Gamabunta maybe grumpy but he doesn't help someone unless he holds them in the highest respects… the fact that you had Gamakichi backing you had nothing to do with it. He would have fought with you against Gaara either way. He's just lazy," Jiraiya said.

"And what about my Shadow Clones now?" Naruto asked.

"Yes as I was saying. Everything a Shadow Clone learns you will remember. An example is if you used Shadow Clones to help you learn the Rasengan. Every attempt they would have made you would have remembered and would have been able to add to your learning curve," Jiraiya explained.

"Why didn't you tell me that when I was trying to learn the Rasengan?" Naruto asked.

"I wanted you to learn it the hard way. That way you'd have proper respect for an A ranked Ninjutsu," Jiraiya replied getting Naruto to nod.

"Ok I understand," Naruto gave a sigh. "Is there anything else? I really should be heading out," Naruto added.

"Nothing other than try to stay away from Iwa… I'm not sure if they would kill you or not. They might hate you just because of who your father is," Jiraiya said.

"I understand… maybe I'll see you around Jiraiya," Naruto said as the two shook hands and parted ways. Jiraiya started back towards the village while Naruto started his aimless wandering.

Tsunade sat behind her desk ignoring her paperwork as she started and an untouched bottle of sake. She hadn't had a drop since she read Naruto's Banishment Scroll. She grabbed the bottle then threw it with all her might at the wall shattering it.

"I swear Naruto I will find a way to bring you home," Tsunade said as she clenched her fists so tightly that her hands started to bleed.

~End Notes~ I hope you enjoyed this first chapter. I'd like your input via PM on where you think I should have Naruto go or do and who you'd like him to be with. So let me know what you think. This idea came to me at work and I really wanted to do it so I've chosen to put a hold on The Snakes of Konohagakure since I'm having a little problem forming the plot to it.

p.s. Any questions you have i will answer Via PM.