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The Wanderer
Summary: At the age of 5 Naruto leaves Konoha to live his life happily breaking his ties with Konoha never looking back to reform the bonds with his former village.
Author note: Naruto will be 5 years older than he was in the canon. That means at the time of Naruto's canon genin exam he will be 17 years old. Naruto will be equal in power and skill as Itachi which means that if the two of them were to fight all out they end in a draw. This story will also not follow the canon storyline and is an Alternate Universe or AU story.
Prologue
"Is this the best you can do puny human." The Kyuubi no Kitsune roared at the Yondaime as he stood on top of Gamabunta.
The Yondaime Namikaze Minato stared into the eyes of the demon lord knowing that this was one battle he wasn't going to be walking away from. He had seen the destruction around him where bodies littered the grounds and the surrounding forest were reduced to nothing but broken wood and scattered leaves.
'There is no way anyone is going to be able to stop the force of nature that is the Kyuubi no Kitsune.' Minato looked down at his arms holding his baby son. 'Your mother would kill me for even thinking about doing this if she was still alive with us.'
"Are you ready to begin the sealing Minato?" Gamabunta asked getting ready to charge once more for one final bout with the demon lord.
"Let's do this Gamabuta."
Gamabunta leaped at the Kyuubi and unsheathed his blade striking, but the Kyuubi saw it coming and charged forward meeting him. The Kyuubi bit down on the blade and held Gamabunta in his place. Minato seeing his chance put his son down and quickly went through several hand seals and summoned the Shinigami to the world.
"Mortal you have called me to this world attempting to break the balance of life and death. Your soul will be sacrificed for the deed that will be done."
"Shinigami-sama remove the Kyuubi's soul and seal it within my son and accept the sacrifice."
The Shinigami reached out and grabbed the Kyuubi's soul before putting it inside Minato's son.
"The deed is done."
Minato went through several more hand seals before calling out.
"Shiki fuuin." The seal was made and the Kyuubi's soul was sealed within Minato's son.
"You did it Minato. It seems you have won."
"The Kyuubi was defeated, but the damage has already been done. Good bye Gamabunta."
The Shinigami's hand entered Minato's body and took his soul as payment for his service before disappearing. Minato's lifeless body fell next to his newborn son. Moments later Sarutobi and Jiraya appeared in front of Gamabunta with weary looks and sadness.
"So the kid really went through with it didn't he?" Jiraya asked.
Gamabunta wrapped his tongue around Minato's son and gently handed him to Jiraya not saying a word in reply to Jiraya's question.
"Minato was a good kid." With those parting words Gamabunta popped out of existence in a puff of smoke.
"So Jiraya what do you think we should do from here on out."
"Well I can't stay around even though Konoha has lost many shinobi and kunoichi and will probably be low in numbers on the active roster. I have to acquire more information on a coming threat that might prove to be devastating if we are caught unprepared."
"Then it will be me taking back the position of Hokage once more. I never thought things would come to this."
"I'll drop by ever now and again to check to report on this "Akatsuki" that I have been hearing rumors about recently. Supposedly they are a group made up of S-class missing-nin. I still need to gather more information before I can tell you more."
"Well be careful out there Jiraya."
Jiraya looked down at Minato's son and then back at Sarutobi.
"What did Minato finally decide to settle on for his name?"
"It was Naruto. Although we can't use his fathers surname for it would attract an unnecessary amount of trouble."
"So then it is Uzumaki Naruto? Named after his mother?"
"Yes, he will be known as Uzumaki Naruto until he is prepared to face the dangers that would come with the relationship with his father's name.
4 Years Later...
Naruto walked the streets of Konoha alone receiving glares from the villagers as he passed by them and heard the people whispering amongst themselves about their hatred toward Naruto. Naruto sighed as he walked by feeling ashamed that the people of Konoha were so close-minded and foolish. Naruto entered a grocery store which didn't overcharge him as other stores, but they still overcharged him quite a bit for their products and bought some milk, eggs and ramen noodles. The customers would glare at him while he shopped and the cashier would just give him a cold stare as if he wasn't welcome in the store. Naruto left the store and went back to the apartment without any incidents of confrontation, but the villagers continued to glare or insult Naruto as he walked by on his way home.
'I better talk to the Hokage again tomorrow or maybe he'll come by later and I'll talk to him then about this situation.'
Naruto entered the apartment building he lived in and pushed open the front door. The building was run down and not maintained with cracks and breaks over the walls and ceiling. When he got to his front door he pushed it open since the lock was broken and never felt like fixing it due to the fact that there wasn't anything to take. He walked in and put down his groceries on his kitchen table. He put the milk and eggs inside his refrigerator before opening a package of ramen noodles and boiling some water.
'This apartment is a real dump.' Naruto looked around his apartment seeing how decrepit and vandalized it was. 'I can't keep living like this.'
Naruto made himself some ramen noodles and ate it as a dinner meal. After he finished dinner he went to his living room and began meditating in order to enter his mind to talk with the Kyuubi no Kitsune. After a few minutes had passed Naruto reached a state of mind to enter his mindscape and walked toward the sealed gate that the demon lord resided within. The demon lord felt Naruto's entrance and waited for his arrival as if this were a regular occurrence.
"So you came back again brat just like you always do. You really should just leave this place you know."
"You and I both know that I can't just leave Konoha right now. Well I could, but I still want to give this place just one more year to see if things will turn around."
"These pathetic humans will not change their ways and you are just wasting your time waiting for them to see you as something other than me in human form."
"We have this conversation every time I come in and it will always end the same way with me giving the villagers the chance I had first promised myself to give them."
"Fine as long as you really do leave in a year's time if they don't change." The Kyuubi no Kitsune stated firmly. "By the way you need to pick up the pace on your training if you are to be prepared within a year. When you leave the village you will be an open target for stronger enemies who will show no mercy when fighting you. The Hokage will no longer be there to protect you from death."
"I know."
Naruto exited his mindscape and continued meditating. After a few hours had passed he heard a knock at the door and knew that it was the Hokage.
"Come in oji-san."
Naruto stopped his meditation and stood up and faced the door as the Hokage walked in. They hugged briefly before sitting down on the couch in the living room.
"How have you been lately Naruto-kun?"
"I have been fine, but the villagers are constantly treating me badly all the time and I just can't understand why they are like that."
"Don't worry Naruto-kun they will come around in time."
Naruto gave the Hokage a hard stare. "The thing is I don't want to wait for them to just come around in time. Oji-san I'm only going to give the villagers of Konoha one more year to "come around" and stop treating my like I am some kind of enemy before I just leave this village for good and cut all ties that I have to this place."
Sarutobi wasn't expecting such a reaction from Naruto tried to diffuse the situation. "Naruto don't be so rash about this. Think about what you are saying and giving up. You parents died for this village. You shouldn't just give up on the people that they gave their lives for."
"I am not my mother or father. I respect them for having such loyalty to Konoha and fought to protect the people, but I am my own person. I am not just going to sit around and take their harsh treatment or their insults. They treat me like they do and they expect me to protect them and die for them?"
"Naruto..."
"One more year and I will leave Konoha. I shall never be obligated to come back or help this village ever once I am gone. If I am to come back then it will be by my own free will or for some purpose of my own and not of this village."
Sarutobi felt saddened by Naruto's words, but he wasn't surprised that he felt the way he did. 'It really was too much to hope for Naruto to want to protect Konoha like his parents had done before him.'
"Then I will accept your decision whether you leave Konoha or not."
"Thank you oji-san."
Sarutobi left Naruto's apartment that day feeling terrible that the villagers were so harsh towards Naruto to the point that he was going to leave and cut his ties with Konoha.
'I'm sorry Minato, but it seems I couldn't fulfill your last wish after all.'
1 year later...
Naruto sat on the couch in his living room waiting for the Hokage to come and talk to him one last time before he left the village. Naruto waited patiently while thinking of different possible places he could head out to and start his new life away from the treatment he got in Konoha.
'I could head toward the Kiri, but with the civil war going on I doubt that is a good option. Kumo and Iwa are definitely out of the question due to the fact that I am formerly from Konoha and they will most likely greet me violently. My options sure are quite limited at the moment.'
Naruto's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door signaling the Hokage's arrival.
"You can come in oji-san."
Sarutobi walked in and took a seat next to Naruto.
"Is there really no way I can convince you to stay here Naruto-kun?"
Naruto shook his head. "We've been over this already. I gave the villagers' time to change and I will not wait around forever hoping that they will one day see me as something other than a demon. I am not going to waste my time and my life where I can be doing something for myself and become someone."
"Where do you plan on going once you leave this village tomorrow morning?"
"I am not completely sure yet, but I am thinking of taking residence in a town somewhere within Nami for a little while maybe even a year before I head out a wander the lands doing whatever I may feel like doing."
Sarutobi knew that he couldn't stop Naruto from leaving, but he was going to help him now when he has a chance to. He reached inside his pocket and took out a small envelope. "Naruto I am going to give you this so you have something to live off of for a while until you can make your own way in the world." Sarutobi handed the envelope to Naruto who accepted it.
"What is inside here?"
"Inside that envelope is 250,000 yen which should be enough to last you for at least a month before it runs out. Think of it as a head start on your finances and my way of supporting your decision to leave."
Naruto gave the Hokage a hug. "Thank you oji-san. It really means a lot to me that you are supporting my decision to leave."
"I just want you to be happy and safe Naruto. If this makes you happy then I will do what I can to keep you safe as well."
The two of them stopped hugging and Naruto adopted a more serious look on his face. "Oji-san there is something you should know that I have been keeping from you."
Sarutobi was curious and urged Naruto to continue.
"I know about the Kyuubi no Kitsune being sealed inside of me and that it is the reason why the villagers hate me."
Sarutobi was quite surprised by this turn of events, but kept his calm. "Did someone tell you, how did you find out?"
"No one had told me. I just figured it out on my own when I was meditating one day and I had entered my mindscape." Naruto have a sigh. "You know the Kyuubi no Kitsune isn't really an evil being. He was just a demon lord doing his duty the day he attacked Konoha."
"You can't just believe what the Kyuubi tells you just like that. He could be lying to you in order to gain you trust and break free."
Naruto shook his head. "No, there were no lies in his words when speaks to me. The day he attacked Konoha it was not out of malice or evil intent on his part. It was because he was summoned by someone that gave the proper sacrifice for one deed to be performed. Apparently he was asked to destroy Konoha or at the very least weaken it."
"Did the Kyuubi tell you who it was that summoned him?" Sarutobi not really believing this was true, but couldn't just dismiss it as nothing.
"No, he said that it wouldn't matter whether or not I knew because I would be no match for him for years to come."
"This is something I will need to look into now that I know." Sarutobi got up and began heading out. "I'll see you off at the gate tomorrow morning Naruto."
The Hokage left and Naruto went to sleep.
The next day...
Naruto got up early that morning taking a quick shower before making some ramen noodles for breakfast. Naruto felt that there wasn't anything worth taking with him inside his apartment and pocketed the envelope with money before heading out of the apartment. It was early enough in the morning that the villagers hadn't opened their shops yet. The streets weren't crowded at all and there were only a few people walking the streets too tired to saying anything about Naruto as he passed by. Once the village gates were in sight he saw the Hokage was already there waiting for him in front of the gates which were opened at the time.
"I guess this is good bye isn't it."
"I hope you come back sooner or later for one reason or another that way I can see that you are safe."
"Do not worry about me I won't be gone forever, but even so I can no longer consider Konoha my home anymore."
"Good bye Naruto-kun."
Naruto looked at Sarutobi and smiled. "Good bye Sarutobi oji-san."
Naruto left the village never looking back and began a new life.
