When Sasuke was leaving for Orochimaru, Naruto went after him. He was determined to get his friend back, just as he promised Sakura. And he didn't want to loose him either. Sasuke was one of the few people Naruto could call friends. He tried to make him see, that the path he chose is wrong. But his calls didn't make it through to Sasuke's power hungry mind.
They fought each other the somewhat legendary battle at the Valley of the end, just like the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara, which might seem a bit ironic. Both of them were determined to defeat the other, and both were using every drop of their power, not leaving anything out.
The battle started to look hopeless once they both pulled out their ultimate techniques. Sasuke's Forbidden Seal Chidori and Naruto's Kyuubi Rasengan. Both were ready to kill the other if the situation called for it. They both jumped, charging their attacks at the other. The techniques clashed and exploded.
Sasuke's unconscious body fell on the ground. Naruto didn't have such luck. He fell into the lake. He was only half conscious, and he didn't have the energy to move anymore. He was too tired. Kyuubi was screaming at him in his mind, but he couldn't bring himself to care anymore. He closed his eyes and let the darkness to take him and pull him down.
Kakashi was running as fast as he could, hoping he wouldn't be late. His ninken Pakkun was before him and showing him the way. He arrived at the Valley of the end. He knew that there was a big battle, but he didn't expect it to be so damaging.
It didn't took him long to spot unconscious Sasuke. But he couldn't find Naruto anywhere. Unfortunately Sasuke's wounds were too serious for him to look for Naruto long. But he wasn't worried. He knew that the nine-tail will heal him and he will probably come back in couple of hours.
So he took Sasuke back to the village to be healed. Sakura was horrified at Sasuke's state. She yelled that when she gets her hands on Naruto, she would kill him herself. How could he do that to Sasuke? Kakashi was getting quite annoyed with her. Wasn't she happy that Sasuke was back?
But when Naruto didn't come back in two days, Tsunade sent searching team for him. The villagers started to whisper among themselves, that Kyuubi took over Naruto and he joined Orochimaru. Not even Tsunade and all Naruto's friends and supporters could stop the rumors and the new wave of hate towards Naruto. She still hoped, that they could find the boy, whom she considered her second brother.
After Naruto came back to consciousness, he found himself in Soul Society. His mother and father, Kushina and Minato, were already waiting for him. They felt him coming because of the power Kyuubi released when they both died.
Together with him was Kyuubi, who was now out of Naruto's body, while their souls were still connected. He looked like a man in his twenties with red her and eyes. He yelled at Naruto for killing them both, but then he calmed down and was only sulking.
Naruto joined the Shinou Academy. To his surprise, he was called a genius there. Nobody cared about his past and about Kyuubi, who was still following him. And because of the body out of the way, their powers didn't have to mix unnaturally and Naruto could use his powers to his true potential, as well as borrow Kyuubi's reiryoku.
Naruto was so skilled and so powerful, that he graduated from the Academy in a single year. Naruto's zanpakutou was a bit unusual, being it twin wakizashi blades and controlling both Fire and Wind, but the council allowed him because of the Kyuubi. Naruto joined the Gotei 13 and got into 13th squad. Soon after that the captain, Ukitake Juushiro, decided to make him his first fuku-taichou after Kaien's death.
Naruto was standing with a few others, few meters from Konoha Gates. It was his first mission that he was doing in a gigai. They were sent to the World of Living because of some strange Hollow activity at some places. So he and others were sent her to investigate it. He didn't know how to feel, to go after three years to the place that hated him with passion.
But mission was mission and he would strip his fuku-taichou title, if he failed this one. He wasn't the same weak boy he once was. He could stand on his own. Well, he didn't have to do it on his own. He had family and friends now. There were his parents, the old man hokage, well he was now old man Sarutobi. And Haku with Zabuza. And let's not forget the Uchiha's. They all got to Soul Society and some of them joined Gotei 13.
So he sighed and looked at the Gates. He was reluctant to go there, because of the memories, but he was excited all the same. Maybe he would see some of his friends. He was pretty curious about how they were doing. Were they chuunin's already? Or maybe even joinin's? Well from Shikamaru he would expect to be at least jounin, but with how lazy the boy is, nobody knows.
Naruto shook his head and started walking towards the Gate, pulling his hood up, so it would cover his face. After all, he didn't want to anyone to recognize him.
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