Summary: Konoha has just made its biggest mistake. The foolish council banished one Uzumaki Naruto without a second thought. Years later, Akatsuki is rapidly gaining power, and there are rumours of a powerful new leader.
Extremely overpowered Naruto (p.s. I don't know whether there will be pairings or not)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Unfortunately.
"Uzumaki Naruto. The council is asking for you," a random Leaf ninja told Naruto monotonously, then disappeared in a Shunshin. Naruto blinked in confusion – what could the council want with him? Was it to do with his failed retrieval of Sasuke?
With a shrug, he made his way to the room where the council held their meetings. The two ANBU at the door saw him and impassively pushed open the council room doors. "Ah, Uzumaki," a fat civilian said with an ugly sneer, "We've been waiting."
"Uh, sorry for the wait?" Naruto said slowly. His eyes spotted a familiar face. "Sakura-chan!" The pink-haired girl was standing next to a civilian who was probably her mother.
His face fell slightly when Sakura glanced briefly at him but did not acknowledge him. "Ahem." Someone cleared his throat and caught Naruto's attention.
"Uzumaki-san," Homura said loudly, "You recently went on a mission to retrieve Uchiha-sama, but you failed at doing so."
"It was difficult," Naruto objected. "Sasuke drove a Chidori through my heart. He was trying to kill me."
Homura ploughed on, completely ignoring Naruto's protests. Naruto had a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach. Where is he going with this? He thought anxiously. Is he going to punish me?
But it turned out much worse than that.
"Uzumaki Naruto," Homura stated slowly, "You are hereby banished from Konoha."
Naruto's whole world seemed to freeze. "What?" he cried in shock and horror. "You can't do that!" He saw the smug smiles reflected on the faces of all the civilians who had made no secret that they hated him with a passion. "W – what about Tsunade-obaa-chan? Don't you need her consent?"
Koharu stood up next to Homura and yelled angrily at Naruto, "Get out of Konoha you demon brat, and stop questioning us. If you're not going within the hour we'll kill you on sight!"
As if you can kill me, you old fool. The dark thought crossed Naruto's mind before he could stop himself. He turned despairing cerulean blue eyes to his former pink-haired teammate.
"Sakura-chan… You don't want them to banish me, do you?" Naruto implored. "Please, Sakura-chan, you know I tried my best to bring Sasuke back…"
At the mention of Sasuke's name Sakura's eyes went dark with fury. "Shut up!" she lashed out. Naruto reeled back, his heart thudding painfully against his chest. "You promised me you would bring Sasuke-kun back! You promised! But did you? No! And you hurt him, too!"
"He tried to kill me!" Naruto shrieked at her. "I was only defending myself!"
Sakura did not seem to hear his explanation. "You hurt Sasuke-kun, then let him run off to Orochimaru!" she sobbed. "Get lost! You really are a demon, like everyone says!"
Hearing her words, Naruto's eyes widened with hurt. Blindly, he stumbled from the room and tore off, running out of the gates as fast as he could, tears forming in his eyes. How could they do this to me?
HOW COULD THEY?
Then, a more calm, but maliciously dark thought.
They will regret ever crossing Uzumaki Naruto.