"Uzumaki Naruto, you are hereby banished from the village of Konohagakure and stripped of your ninja rank, you will leave at dawn tomorrow".

These were the words spoken that completely shattered a blond youth's dream and future.

"What!................you can't do this to me!" shouted Naruto as he glared at each council member with tears apparent in his eyes.

"Don't raise your voice at the council, kyuubi scum!" growled out the old war-hawk Danzo as he glared at the genin in front of him.

"But why..........?"

"Why? Why? I'll tell you why! You almost killed the last loyal member of the great Uchiha clan, you learnt a forbidden jutsu from one of the Shodaime's scroll and to top it all of you killed our most powerful Hokage Yondaime-sama! You have been nothing but trouble for this village since the day of your birth!" screamed a council member as everybody else added their own insults in.

The insults went on for another 10 minutes but stopped due to the cause of their throats going raw from shouting and screaming.

"What about Tsunade-obaachan? She wouldn't agree to this" said Naruto as the council just smirked and threw him a scroll.

Naruto carefully opened it and examined its contents.

Dear Uzumaki Naruto

You have been charged for the attack of the last loyal Uchiha and unleashing the Kyuubi's chakra up to the fourth tail state. The punishment you shall receive is either banishment from the village or the death penalty. You are also stripped of your ninja rank and pay.

Signed

Tsunade, Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure.

Naruto couldn't believe his eyes. He re-read the letter over and over again not able to believe Tsunade would do this to him.

"Hah! There's your proof demon, your lucky we feel generous today so we are going to banish you instead of killing you" laughed the council.

As their laughter died down everyone felt the room temperature drop suddenly sending chills down their spines. They all looked to see Naruto his head down low with his golden bangs shadowing his face. The goofy smile he always seemed to have was nowhere to be seen.

Naruto then spoke in such a cold tone that would have made even Sasuke sweat profusely....................

"So........after all this time and effort of trying to prove myself to all of you and this village you just decided to shoot me down by banishing me? I got back the forbidden scroll Mizuki tried to steal, I protected this village from the Shikaku and Garaa, I eliminated all the Akatsuki members, I killed Orochimaru and BROUGHT BACK YOUR PRECIOUS UCHIHA SASUKE AND THIS IS HOW I GET THANKED? Naruto screamed the last part as he looked up at the council with the Kyuubi's blood red eyes filled with so much pain and sorrow the council almost felt sorry for him.

"Yes" was the unison reply from the council.

"......I see......I'm sorry but you can't banish me" said Naruto as he gave a bitter laugh.

"Why the hell not?" asked Danzo.

"Because...........I QUIT!!!" shouted Naruto as he threw his Konoha headband at Danzo with such force and accuracy it sent him through the wall of the council room.

The rest of the people there looked shocked at the force in that throw and slowly turned their heads to see Naruto walk to the door. When he got to the door he turned around and glared with all his hate at the council members and said in a low tone............

"The day will come when you will need me to help Konoha out of a tight spot.......but keep this in mind, from this day forward I refuse to protect anyone in Konoha apart from a selected few. I will create my own village where everyone is family and nobody would have to suffer in pain, loneliness and hate. When a village called 'Ohuhagakure' rises Konoha better be prepared cause my village will become the most powerful and well-known village in

history!" with his speech done Naruto walked out of the council room slamming the door shut behind him.

'Hey kit you alright?' asked the Kyuubi as Naruto trudged home sadly. "Yeah.......I did expect the council to banish me right after I got Sasuke-teme back" replied Naruto. Before the Kyuubi could say something else, Naruto arrived at his worn-down apartment and saw his team-mate and crush leaning against his door with tears threatening to fall from her eyes as she stared at him.

"Naruto.............."

"Sakura-chan?"

"What did the council say to you at the meeting?" asked Sakura as she started walking towards Naruto until she was face to face with him.

"Nothing.........." Said Naruto as he walked past Sakura to get to his door. Suddenly he felt two arms wrap around his waist and some pressure on his shoulder. He turned his eyes to see Sakura burying her face in the crook of his neck while her arms had a gentle yet death-grip on him.

"Sakura-chan what are you doing?" asked Naruto as he felt himself blush furiously but relax into her touch.

"They...........banished you didn't they? Asked Sakura as tears started to fall freely.

"How did you know?" Naruto asked a bit surprised and curious at the same time.

"You don't have your head-band tied to your head anymore and also because you seemed sad and deep in thought which was not like you at all" said Sakura as Naruto chuckled a bit.

"Still the smartest kunoichi of the year I see" Naruto said which caused Sakura to smile into his neck.

"Naruto, please don't leave me" whispered Sakura as Naruto eyes widened up a bit .

"Why does it matter if I stay or not? Konoha would be much better of without me" said Naruto until he was forcefully turned around by Sakura.

As teary jade-green eyes meet sad aqua-blues both ninja's face started to blush furiously at the close contact.

"Even if it doesn't matter to Konoha whether your stay or go, dead or alive it matters to me" whispered Sakura as she leaned her head down to his chest and listened to his broken heart. "I-I love you Naruto-kun" Sakura admitted as Naruto's whole body tensed.

'Is this a dream? Gosh I hope not, even if it is this must be a heavenly one' thought Naruto.

"Y-y-you l-love me?" questioned Naruto. Sakura giggled a bit and started to move her face closer to his and whispered.

"Yes, I love you Uzumaki Naruto". That was all Naruto needed to hear as he closed the gap between them and kissed her softly.

He wrapped his arms protectively around her while she in return cupped his check and ran her hands through his soft blond hair. After a few seconds their kiss became more deep and needy. Naruto nibbled Sakura's bottom lip making her moan. She moaned even more when his tongue started to massage hers. After about ten minutes of tasting each other they finally parted due to lack of air.

"Wow" was all Naruto managed to say as he slowly came back down to earth from paradise.

Sakura giggled "Yeah, wow".

Naruto smiled and leaned his forehead on hers. "Sakura-chan you have no idea how long I have waited and dreamed for you to return my feelings" he whispered. "But today..." he gave Sakura a gentle love-bite on her neck making her groan " you complete me, I love you Haruno Sakura. More than anything in the world. I love you more than ramen more than being a ninja and more than becoming Hokage" Sakura could only hug him tighter as they both felt the love that they were giving each other.

"What are you going now Naruto-kun?" asked Sakura as the two lovers finally pulled away from each other.

"I'm going to create my own village. A village where jinchuurikis, demons, outcast and others who don't have a place to call home can join. It will be the greatest village ever! The village of Ohuhagakure! Believe it!" Naruto shouted while Sakura just smiled lovingly at him.

"I'm sure you will able to create Ohuhagakure Naruto-kun, and I'll be right beside you every step of the way".

"So does that mean your coming with me?" asked Naruto even though he already knew the answer.

"Absolutely" said Sakura. Naruto gave her a light kiss on her forhead.

"We'll leave at dawn then" Naruto said. He carried his lover bridal style into his apartment for some serious making-out.