AN, hey, uhm to whoever reads this, I hope you like it, please go easy on me though, I know the characters are a bit ooc. But this is m my first naruto fanfic.
Disclaimer, I do not own this.
The wanderer
Chapter 1, breakaway
The trees rustled as a howling breeze blew through, causing a boy, lost in the darkness, to shiver, both from fear and cold as his surroundings played on his fears, calling out for him, and then rejecting him, playing with his mind, cutting at his heart.
Though the canopy of the trees was so large that it blocked what little light there was from the bloated moon, the boy still managed to walk a bit further, clutching a Konohagakure headband in his clenched fist.
The boy, Naruto Uzumaki, held back the tears welling in his eyes, he had no one, no parents, no friends, nothing.
His home had been destroyed by the villagers who scorned him and his teammates had turned their backs. Everyone told him to stop bieng an idiot, but what did they know? They had families, they had friends, they had everything he had lost!
Driven to run by the people who he had claimed to love and protect his so-called precious people.
'I'm sorry Sakura-chan, I'm sorry Sasuke, I'm sorry Kakashi-sensei, and most of all, I'm sorry Iruka-sensei. So sorry.'
And with that last fleeting mental cry he began to run, to where he didn't know, somewhere, anywhere, anywhere but here.
His life would start again, no longer would people scorn him, reject him, hate him!
His feet were crunching through the undergrowth of the forest surrounding Konoha, the place he once called home, but that moment passed just as the rest, no longer was Konoha his home, just as the villagers were no longer his people and just as his dream to be Hokage died.
It had now been hours, or so it felt, there was no concept of time out in this jungle. However, the sky was lightening and the stars no longer winked down happily at the blonde jinchuriki.
A growling sound echoed through the clearing in which he stood, freezing him in place, it came again and Naruto listened intently, until, "Grrrrrowl" He relaxed laughing at himself, he was hungry, and that is what had made the noise, his stomach!
Cursing himself for not packing any ration bars, Naruto grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head, it felt almost as if he were back with his team, going on a mission together, camping in the forest and running through the trees.
If someone where to see the once future Hokage now they would not believe him the same boy, for his smile was sad, a smile of remembrance, and people that had once known Naruto would have said, without a trace of doubt, that Naruto was the happiest person in the world, apart from someone who had won the lottery.
'So gaki, have you decided to give up? Ha finaly I must say you used to irretate the shit out of me with all that smiling, 'Ooh look at me, I'm Naruto and I'm going to Hokage!' Ha pathetic, you humans are so pathetically amusing sometimes it makes me want to kill you quickly out of kindness'
"Shut up." Kyuubi's chuckles died down quickly, replaced by an eerie silence, 'What did you say?' The voice of nine-tailed biju (sp) was a deadly cold whisper. Suddenly Naruto's temper flared, unfortunatly so did his chakra, but that went unnoticed by both him and Kyuubi, "I said shut the fuck up you stupid fox! This," Naruto gestured wildly "is all your fault, everything is your fault!"
Now it was Kyuubis turn to get mad, 'If not for me you would be dead! Don't you dare blame me you piece of human filth, do you think I want to be stuck in this sewer you call a mind?! NO! If it were up to me you and your kind would be nothing but a scorch mark upon the face of this FUCKING PLANET! The last few words were screamed with such force that the ground of the forest trembled and small fires erupted wherever the Kyuubi's chakra touched the earth.
Back at Konoha, a unique retrieval squad was bieng assembled after Naruto's chakra spike had revealed his itentions of leaving and his current point of location. 'Chakra can be such a usefull thing sometimes', thought Tsunade, as she stood facing the direction Naruto's chakra had eminated from.
A small cough, reminded her of her visitors, turning quickly, Konoha's current Hokage looked upon the faces of the three people standing before her, "Your current mission is retrieval; retrieve this person before they cross Konoha's borders! Now go, time is of the essence." While Tsunade had been speaking she had pushed an envelope across the table, but before anyone moved, Sakura spoke up, asking the quetstion that had been on the minds of everyone but Kakashi, who had his face buried in that damn porn book of his.
"But sensei, where is Naruto? Surely we need the whole team for this job and Naruto-" Tsunade didn't turn around, "Just take the bloody envelope and leave!"
Sakura snatched the envelope off the desk and ran towards the door, where Sasuke and Kakashi waited.
Once the door was closed the team made their way hastily towards the gates, ignoring passing civilians and shinobi alike, while sakura opened the envelope. "I bet you Naruto was just too lazy to get up or something, ne Sasuke-kun. He always acts so…" Sasuke turned when Sakura stopped speaking, usually you couldn't get her to shut up but now that she had he wished she would continue for without their blonde teammate the silence was tense and uncomfortable.
Sakura stood rooted to the spot, her trembling hands clutching something from the envelope whatever it was it had shocked her.
A breeze blew past and the photo of an energetic boy with spikey bonde hair and a fox like grin fluttered to the ground, as well a a second piece of paper stating that Uzumaki Naruto was now an S-ranked missing nin of Konoha and a large reward would be offered for his head. Though the form was only signed by half the council, and missing the seal of the Hokage.
Sasuke bent to retrieve the document, and as his eyes scanned the document, his demeanor grew colder and colde until he was shaking in rage, he thrust the document into Kakashi's face, "What is the meaning of this?! Naruto would never do anything that would warrant this sort of action, he may be an annoying idiot at times but he loves Konoha!"
Kakashi gently took the document from Sasuke and read through it quickly, his expression still nuetral as he handed it back.
"Orders are orders." He said with a shrug and with that, they set off towards the gates at a run, hoping to catch their teammate before he left for good.