A Failed Mission
A/N: This is partially AU. It's set right after Naruto learns the Wind Rasengan, and the events follow my story from then on. Also, considering it hasn't been revealed yet, I will have to speculate on Naruto's secondary nature type.
Naruto was thinking it over for a long time while he sat in his ran down apartment, the moon shining in his window brightly. If he did this, he knew Tsunade would be forced to register him as a Nukenin. He loved Konoha a lot, and didn't want to be considered a Nukenin, but it was because he loved Konoha that he wanted to do this.
He had found out where Orochimaru's lair was, and with his new Jutsu and his improving taijutsu skills, he felt he would be strong enough to finally capture Sasuke and possibly, if he was lucky, kill Orochimaru at the same time. But, even if he were to decide this was the right thing to do, it was another thing succeeding in escaping from Konoha. But, living there all his life and having been a prankster for most of his early life, he knew small holes in the security. And, with his famous Kage Bunshin, he would be able to exploit those holes.
So, with a tear, he decided it was the right thing to do. He figured, after he returned with Sasuke, the village would forgive him for leaving. So, he gathered all his life savings, gathered all his remaining kunai and shuriken, and then left his forehead protector on his bed. He then silently jumped out of his window onto his roof. He breathed in slowly.
'Here goes nothing,' he thought.
He formed his hands in the cross tiger seal and muttered, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
Ten clones formed, and they split in different directions, all headed to the walls of Konoha. The real Naruto headed for the west gate, the weakest guarded gate due to the rough terrain outside of it that usually prevented enemies from getting to that gate. He then once again performed the Kage Bunshin, creating four more clones. Then they all rushed towards the gate. The two Nins on guard immediately noticed.
"HEY!" one of them yelled.
Like lightning two shuriken were head towards each of the clones. They all dodged, and the real Naruto sped up. So far, this was easier than he thought. But, he though that too soon. Immediately, the two were in front of all five of the clones. They pulled out four kunai in each of their hands, throwing all of them at once. Naruto cursed under his breath as each of his clones and himself pulled out kunai and tried to deflect. Two of his clones failed, and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Then, he split the remaining two clones up as he went straight. The two ninja had to guess which was real. One of them headed with one of the clones, but the other guessed right, and remained with the real Naruto. Naruto quickly made another in front of him, and then quickly performed a Henge into a kunai, and it looked like he had simply reached behind him to grab a kunai. His clone then threw the "kunai" past the ninja.
"Crap!" he said in false frustration, pretending to miss.
"Pathetic," his opponent muttered as he threw two more shuriken at Naruto, probably his last two.
They both hit the clone square in the chest, and the clone disappeared.
"Crap, that one was a clone!" the ninja said in frustration, and darted in the direction of the other clone.
Naruto smiled happily as he changed back into himself. His plan worked. He had successfully escaped. He continued running for a few miles before finally taking a break, and dispelling any clones that might have survived. He was happy that he had managed to escape without harming any of the guards or having to use too much chakra.
He figured that the Oinin would be after him soon. But he did have one advantage over most Nukenin. Tsunade liked him too much, and would not order them to kill on sight, like the norm for most Nukenin. So the worst that could happen to him would be that he would be dragged back before he had a chance to complete the mission. So, he decided the best thing to do for now was just to run. Run as far away as he could. He had to complete the mission before he returned to Konoha.
After his short break, he just started running blindly in one direction, hoping to stumble upon a town soon. After a few hours of running, he hit a very small town. A sign said it was named Futokon, a town Naruto had never heard of before. But it was enough for now. He made his way to a small store, walking in and looking around. Near the counter he found what he was looking for…a map. He then paid a hundred yen for it, and left the store.
He took a glance at the map. He was only about twenty or thirty miles outside of Konoha. That wasn't nearly enough. But he couldn't continue now. It was too dark to really see where he was going. So he decided that he would find a hotel for the moment, and then set out to a farther location the next day.
So, he set out in search of a hotel for the night.
A/N: I know it's really short, but it's just the prologue. Hope it was good. Read and review please.