DISCLAIMER I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ITS CHARACTERS

What if everything had been settled that day on the roof top between Naruto and Sasuke? What Naruto had made Sasuke do something if Sasuke won? What if after the fight Naruto tells Tsunade there is a way for him to make her younger so that they could be together but she says no because she is with Kakashi? What if Naruto leaves well read and find out.

"Sasuke lets finish this right now you and me Chidori vs. Rasengan, if I lose then you have to stay here and admit your love for Sakura and take care of her. Kakashi you stay out of this."

Flash back

"Baa-chan, Baa-cha, are you there?"

"Yes, Naruto what do you want?"

"I wanted to know if I was to find a way to make you younger would you take it and stay with me, I love you baa-chan you are the first person to make me feel whole."

"No, Naruto I couldn't, besides I am with Kakashi now, he is really a sweet guy, he makes me happy."
"Kakashi?"

"That's Sensei to you." Naruto heard a voice behind him say

"No its not, I have never been your student just a fourth wheel in a three ninja team, you got your precious Sasuke and Sakura and then me the demon child, a third wheel, if you were my sensei where were you during the exams? Oh I remember, Sasuke that's right you threw me away like a third rate piece of trash. Never once gave me the attention I needed. Then there was Garaa of the Sand I defeated him, I am the only reason this village is still standing you me and Saturobi know that, but Sasuke got the credit and you did nothing to let people know it was me, after all I am only the demon child. Now you take the one person I value the most, I hate you Kakashi mark my words I hate you."

"You don't mean that." Tsunade said almost in tears

"No maybe not but I am hurting what do you want me to say?" He paused looked down at the necklace she had given him and ripped it off and then threw it at her "Why don't you have that back and give it to someone you actually care about. I am through with you two; don't talk to me or send me anything."

"I have a plan where this village can succeed in keeping precious Sasuke and rid themselves of me." He said disappearing

End flash back

Here he was fighting Sasuke with the whole rookie nine, Gai his three, Asuma, Kurenai, and well everyone else watching. He knew he had to lose; Sakura could deal with out him but not Sasuke.

"What if I do love her? I don't deserve her. Why do you care if I lover her Naruto? Why? She should have you I am weaker aren't I?" Sasuke asked confused

"And you call me a dobe, she loves you, you idiot and you aren't weaker, we just fight with different purposes, I want to be recognized and you want revenge I swear to protect people and you want to destroy anyone and everyone in your path towards vengeance. Don't be blind; look at her, see what she feels, she sure as hell isn't crying for me I am nothing but trash; kicked to the curb since birth. Look at them all Sasuke, they are here to make sure I don't kill you, they care so much about you, and you will destroy the heart of this village if you don't stay."

Sasuke looked at Sakura and saw her, he could even swear he felt her, yes he loved her and yes she loved him, but Naruto was wrong he wasn't trash; this village really didn't know what they had in him as a ninja and a person.

"Okay I agree to your terms, but under one condition you never call yourself trash again, your not trash Naruto, it's these peoples fault for not realizing what you really are, and that is a great person."

"Let's just finish this." Naruto said charging his Rasengan at the same time that Sasuke formed his Chidori

Sasuke jumped in the air and angled his body downward as Naruto jumped into the air. These twelve year old Titians would meet in the air with so much on the line. Naruto brought his hand back and brought it forward as Sasuke descended aiming for Naruto's chest. When Sasuke was in striking distance he propelled himself forward anticipating Naruto meeting him with Rasengan. Instead Naruto turned his head and smiled at Sakura and dispersed his Rasengan allowing the Chidori to tear into his chest, the whole time the smiled stayed he never yelled in pain.

Shika and Chouji where the first to move, they had just witness their friend take a Chidori to the chest on purpose. Why? He wasn't supposed to die not now they were the three amigos; he couldn't die not with out them. They had plans and they could keep them if he died. The other spectators couldn't believe their eyes, what had they just witnessed?

Sasuke hung in air as time froze for what he felt was an eternity; his hand was completely submerged in the layers of Naruto's flesh. Then a sickening feel over came him and he ripped his hand free, watching Naruto fall to the ground with that stupid Uzumaki grin on his face. He had to help him; Sasuke landed next to him and quickly came to his aid only to be stopped.

"Sasuke don't worry about me I will be fine, I am after all a vessel, but I do have one more gift for you, well actually its for you and Anko. I need both of you to show me where your cursed seal is."

Anko was confused as she walked over but showed him the curse marking on her shoulder as did Sasuke. Naruto looked at the seals and then at them be fore saying

"I want you two to lead a normal life and these seals won't allow you two the luxury so I will take them for you."

Anko made to object but Naruto put up a hand to hush her.

"Don't worry about me; they won't take hold already taken remember, besides my heart is two innocent to allow it to anyway, it will just hurt a lot as my body breaks down the curse and absorbs its power."

Naruto then placed a hand over each of the seals and started to concentrate on drawing the curse out. The crowd was amazed as they watched the curses leave Anko and Sasuke and enter Naruto.

Naruto let out a scream of pain as his body began to spasm and lift itself into the air encased in a pillar of energy. As the seals activated instead of black marks on his skin there were mini patches of flesh burning while the curse was being snuffed out. The processed then ended just as fast as it had started, Naruto lay there in what was truly a gruesome scene. It smelt of burnt flesh and dried blood; Naruto just turned his head toward the two and smiled as his world faded to black.

Jiraiya who had been watching the whole scene walked up to Naruto and bent down. He felt for a pulse, finding one he smiled, his son was alright. It had been only this morning when he had been asked by Naruto to adopt him. He picked his son up and started to walk away, Sakura stopped him.

"Where are you going? You can't just take him he needs medical attention. I need him he is my friend, you can't take him." Sakura said crying; she turned and buried her head in Sasuke's chest

Sasuke just looked at Jiraiya, and paused then searching his eyes he understood. Jiraiya was taking him away from an undeserving village; away from the people who had crapped on him his whole life.

"Why do you care, you never once showed him you cared even after he saved you from Garaa of the sand, besides he is my legal son and I can do what ever I want with him and we are leaving." Jiraiya said holding his rage

"What do you mean son, you knew my feelings toward him and what I was prepared to do. You took him from me with out letting me know, how could you?" Tsunade asked not holding her rage

"Wait a minute you made perfectly clear to him what your feelings were; let me think what were they? Right none, you left him and turned to Kakashi, the man who treated him like a third rate ninja when he was probably the most talented of the three genin, after all Naruto is the son of the 4th. Yet this village and most of it people treat him like a he was nothing." Jiraiya wasn't finished "Then there was Hinata, a girl he thought might be able to like him but Hiashi fixed that didn't he, told her Naruto was a demon driving her away from Naruto and into Kiba's open arms. It doesn't matter though because he's a big bad demon. Does he look like a demon to you? Jiraiya bellowed holding Naruto's body above his head walking around the group.

Tsunade looked on the verge of a mental breakdown, what Jiraiya said next almost sent her over the edge.

"Do you ever wonder what Naruto gave up to make you younger, he made a deal with Kuuybi, his right hand for your age and he gladly accepted the trade, I had to have a friend from Wave country make him a metal replacement." Jiraiya took off Naruto's right glove and lifted his sleeve revealing more then a metal hand but a metal appendage that ran to his elbow

"That's not possible he never said he did it, he only asked me if he could would I and I said no." Tsunade replied

"Oh it possible because he felt for sure you would say yes, he was going to wait until you said yes then show you." Jiraiya said only one more thing before leaving "We will be back in four years for the next Chuunin exams maybe by then he can forgive you."

Tsunade couldn't take it anymore she broke down and began to cry, Kakashi didn't know what to do, and he had failed badly. He had no way to make it up, he just looked on as Jiraiya jumped and disappeared toward the eastern gate. The rest of the crowd broke down and mourned the lost boy.

Jiraiya reached the gate and turned back, he was leaving behind one of the most disgusting excuses of a village he had ever known. He looked up the road away from the village and took off, he would be back in four years and then Naruto could show them how strong he was.

Tsunade was in shambles, she was broken there aren't many other ways you could of said she was feeling incomplete. Any minute now she was expecting a certain blonde hair ninja to come bursting through the door and yell at the top of his lungs. She dropped her head to the desk and waited, hearing the door her head shot up immediately, she looked and could only frown it wasn't Naruto it was Kakashi.

"Hey is that any way to treat your boy friend?" Kakashi asked jokingly

"Don't you mean ex-boy friend, because if I remember correctly I said it was over." Tsunade said looking at him

"Wait a minute, you were talking non sense you were grieving the loss of Naruto, nothing more you couldn't have been serious." Kakashi said

"I was, you know why I turned to you, I turned to you because besides Naruto you were the only one I could see myself with in this village. I didn't turn to Naruto because I was so much older then him, but now I am not and the changes things, I will wait for him to return." Tsunade retorted

Kakashi new he was fighting a losing battle, he did the only thing he knew he could he nodded and left. Kakashi wasn't really sad he had been using Tsunade rather selfishly; he needed her to fill a hole in his world, a hole caused by the death of his teammates. He knew it had been wrong to play with her emotions but he had to even if he ran the risk of setting off Naruto. He never imagined that Naruto would do what he had done earlier.

Tsunade cried even more as she held a picture of Naruto, what she failed to notice or did notice but didn't let on that she had noticed, was a frog setting in the corner listening to the whole conversation. The frog after taking in the whole conversation, leapt out the window quietly, well what he thought was quiet and ran to a certain Shinobi.

The frog was moving as fast as he could, he knew he needed to get to Naruto before to long so he could return a message for him. He crested a knoll and noticed the blonde genin.

"Naruto, Naruto, I heard a most interesting conversation, do you want to hear it or do you really care?" asked the frog teasingly

Naruto's heart skipped a beat Gimchi was toying with him which meant good news; well at least he hoped it was good news. If it wasn't it would break him, and he didn't think he would recover.

"Yes, I want to hear, do you think I am stupid, why would I have you do that and not report?" Naruto asked trying not to sound excited

"Well when I got there they were in the middle of a hot passionate fight in which she told him she would wait for you to return and that in not so many words you were a loud mouth baka, well maybe she didn't say the baka part but it would have been appropriate. Bottom line Naruto is that she loves you, and she is waiting for your return."

If Naruto could have moved he would have jumped for joy as it is he could barely breathe. Jiraiya or father had fixed him a sleeping area in the cave and was tending his wounds from earlier.

"Gimchi, I want you to go back and give her this." Naruto held out a wild yellow rose. "Then tell her I will return to her a man, and to please just wait for me and don't lose hope because I will return."

Gimchi was off like toad with a fire cracker in his butt. He ran for all he was worth; Naruto watched him disappear from the mouth of the cave. Gimchi smiled as he went, he was happy that his master was happy; well his master was as happy as one could be with a hole in his chest.

"Naruto, do you really love her, I mean are you sure this isn't just a crush?"

"Yes, father I am sure, I mean it's like what Sakura has for Sasuke and vice versa, it's like she validates my existence, I am tired of seeing her cry over Dan, I know I am not him but I could be a more important part of her life. That's why I gladly gave up my right hand."

"Kit, I am sorry about earlier I would have waited to see how she replied before doing the deal, but I think maybe it will turn out better this way, so that your love will grow."

"Don't worry Kuuybi, I know it is for the better, and thank you, I still promise you my revenge on Orochimaru for what he did to your husband and family. He will die I assure you of that."

"Don't worry Kit, I know you will but wait until to your older and can experience things this world has to offer though. By the way great thinking on the curses you destroyed them and absorbed the chakra; smart thinking on how to expand your own chakra reserves." Kuuybi said in an admiring tone

"It was really a bonus, why don't you sleep I can tell you are tired from healing my body so much. I would like it if you would let father take care of me for now and rest."

Kuuybi didn't answer, instead it retreated to the corner of it cage and laid down thinking of her husband and children. She really liked her kit, it was hard to find such an incorruptible heart in this world and she would make sure his survives.

Gimchi made it back to Hokage tower and jumped through the window interrupting a meeting. As he stood up there were four faces staring at him. He knew the four were Tsunade, Sasuke, Sakura, and Shizune. They looked at him confused well three of them did one knew exactly who he was.

"Took you long enough Gimchi, my slug had enough time to follow you listen to your conversation, oh by the way nice touch with the stupid baka comment, then my slug listened to Jiraiya and Naruto's conversation and ended up her first. What took you so long?" asked Tsunade smirking

"First I knew the slug was following me, if you're going to send some one, send some one who I don't spend all my time with." If the slug could blush it would have. "Second, I was almost mugged by some pesky kids who thought I was a spy, doesn't this village know what summons are? Gimchi asked appalled that the answer might be NO "Third I wanted Girra to get here first that why after she told you, you would go nuts waiting for me to get here. Any who here is your rose and you already know what he said to me and Jiraiya so I am out." With that he puffed in a cloud of smoke.

Girra puffed out as well, Sakura was still in shock over the day's events and was uncertain how she felt about Naruto being gone. The four were sad to say the least, Sasuke though was happy because for the first time in his life he was free of his family and could start his own in a couple of years well more like four they would marry when they are sixteen. He looked at Sakura and smiled she looked back sharing the same smile, they were together and they had Naruto to thank for that.

(A/N last we see of Konoha for a while)

Naruto was about to go to sleep when he heard a noise at the mouth of the tunnel, he sat up quickly drawn a kunai. He waited until he was sure the person was with in range and then let the kunai fly. He heard it hit its mark followed by curses and a phrase that sounded like "the fires of youth burning brightly in Naruto". He was sure it wasn't it because that what Gai and fuzzy eye brows saying.

Sure enough though Gai and Lee came into sight, they had packs and everything, Naruto was confused he though this was a training mission with only him and father. He looked at the two and then at Jiraiya then back at them and finally spoke.

"What are you two doing here" He asked confused

"We got permission to join you from the Hokage, so we packed and came out here as fast as we could." Gai answered

"How did you find us?" Naruto asked

"My excellent tracking skills lead us to you." Lee answered passionately

"AHH THE FIRES OF YOUTH BURN DEEP IN YOU" GAI yelled

"Gai-sensei"

"Lee"
"Gai-sensei"

"Lee"

"Gai-sensei"

"Lee"

"Ah shut the hell up, you two will not and I repeat will not spew that hideous saying anymore. You got that?" Naruto asked

Lee and Gai nodded furiously and started to sit up camp so they to could go to sleep. They needed to rest, because they figured they would be leaving in the morning as well.