Wanted or Needed
God of the Night
Naruto 'Naru' Uzumaki, a girl who devoted her life to protecting her village is betrayed by the very people who inhabit it. She was banished because of her failure to bring back Sasuke. Angered, she vowed to make the village regret abandoning her by promising she would become the most powerful ninja in history. Ten years later, when Konoha pleads for help with the war against Kumo and Iwa, will she comply?
Author's Notes: There will be changes in my story and if you do not like them, do not read. Most importantly, Naruto is female and will be referred to as Naru which is a nickname. Naru is going to be extremely strong, almost godlike, and smart in this fic, but it will not happen immediately. She is also on better terms with the Kyuubi. Akatsuki will not play a major role in this story so Pein will be the real leader, not Madara or Obito who are both dead. So, Tobi will be Tobi, a goofy, stupid character. Orochimaru will also not be a major player in this fanfiction. The story is going to be about war between Kumo and Iwa vs Konoha so expect characters like Bee and A to be slightly evil.
Prologue
The tailed beasts are giant monsters, said to be living forms of chakra. They each have a different number of tails ranging from one to nine. The more tails they have the stronger they are. Each of these beasts also has a special, unique power. Sometimes, when these beasts are captured and sealed by humans, they give part of their power to their jinchuriki. Ichibi gives his host the ability to control sand. Nibi allows her jinchuriki to call forth the dead. Sanbi gives its jinchuriki an extremely high water affinity that can only be rivaled by the second hokage. Yonbi's host has a lava affinity. Gobi allows his jinchuriki to use crystals. Rokubi gives his host a poison and acid affinity. Nanabi lets its host have control over bugs. Hachibi allows his host to use ink based attacks. Kyuubi, the strongest of all demons, gives his jinchuriki the power to control fire.
Usually, the biju only give their powers when they trust their host like the Hachibi does with Bee or they do it for their own personal reasons like the Ichibi does with Gaara. The Kyuubi, he decided to give his host, Naru Uzumaki, his power when she is banished from the Leaf Village. She was consumed by anger due to her home's betrayal so the Kyuubi thought it would be a good time to gain her trust. Naru was making plans to train in order to become the most powerful shinobi in the world so Kyuubi offered her power. Not his chakra, she had a large enough supply of that on her own, he tendered the ability to harness flames in ways others could only dream about. With his power, she would have most powerful fire affinity known to man, so strong that it could be categorized as a bloodlimit. And she would only grow stronger and stronger.
Chapter One
Naru looked back at her home- correction, her former home one last time. The Village Hidden in the Leaves, the village she proudly served as a loyal genin for over a year now, the village she grew up in, and the village she loves- correction, loved. She had loved Konoha and it betrayed her. Her life in the village had never been great, but she made the best of it. Her childhood had been lonely; all the parents of other kids told them to avoid her. As she grew up, she was shunned, ignored, and mistreated for reasons she did not know until she was twelve years old. The day she became a genin, she was informed by the traitor Mizuki that she was the jailor of the strongest demon. Until that day, she had no idea why her life was hell. She would have gone crazy if it had not been for her loved ones. Iruka and the Sandaime were the ones who kept her sane when she was young. The two of them loved the village and were willing to die for it and because of her relationship with them; she grew a similar love and devotion, a love and devotion that the village was not only ungrateful for, but threw back in her face.
Years later, she gained a mother or at least something close to that. Tsunade Senju, a fifty year old woman who still looked great thanks to a genjutsu. The two of them shared a special bond and the older woman cared for her dearly. She was a great role model, arguably. Tsunade was never afraid to say or act how she felt, always yelling at disrespectful ninja and attacking Jiraiya when he was being perverted. Naru believed that Tsunade would protect her because that was what a mother does. Of course the village made it impossible for her mother to protect her.
Naru at least knew that they meant well and they actually cared for her. The same could not be said for the member of Team 7. She thought she could trust them, she thought they were friends, she thought they were the family she never had… But she had been wrong. Kakashi-sensei was not really her sensei. He had thought her nothing during the time that he was her teacher. Instead, he criticized her chakra control and told her to improve it herself. Meanwhile, he trained Sasuke with an obvious favoritism. Kakashi had betrayed her to train Sasuke during the Chunin Exams and thought him the jutsu that almost killed her. But, even worse he had not uttered a word to her since her failed mission to bring Sasuke back, nor did he say anything to Sakura. The pink haired girl was annoying, a fangirl, and useless ninja, yet Naru had considered her a friend. So, she promised her that she would bring Sasuke back. She now regretted doing so. Sakura's vindictive and merciless words hurt her more than she let on.
Flashback
"Sakura, hey, how are you?" Naru smiled at her teammate. She had not seen Sakura since she left for the mission. Her teammate did not even visit her in the hospital. Naru did not mind though, she assumed the girl was at Sasuke's side the entire time considering her huge crush.
"What do you want Naru?" she responded harshly.
"Huh?"
"You promised you would bring him back!" Sakura shouted.
Naru looked down with guilt. It was true, she did not keep her promise which went against her ninja way, but she tried the best she could. She told her teammate this, but Sakura would not listen.
"You tried? Ha! I bet you did." Sakura mocked her in a sarcastic tone. "I guess I should have known that I couldn't count on you. A dead last like you could have never beat Sasuke."
"I'm sorry Sakura, I tried, I really did." Naru's attempt at explaining her reasons went unheard.
"Don't try to explain yourself to me, bitch! You were always jealous that Sasuke was better than you! You probably let him go so you could be the strongest one on the team." Sakura's accusation cut Naru deeply. She almost died trying to bring Sasuke back and Sakura was condemning her of not trying. But she did not have a chance to say anything because Sakura continued, "I wish you left instead of Sasuke. He was an amazing ninja, unlike you. You're just a dead last, a loser."
Ino Yamanaka, who had been there too, finally spoke up. "Sakura, I know you had a crush on Sasuke, but this is going too far. It isn't Naru's fault Sasuke left." Ino defended the blonde girl.
Sakura glared at her friend, "But it is her fault that Sasuke isn't back because she failed the mission. But what can we expect; she is a failure, a failure at being a ninja, a friend, and anything worth my time." She stormed away.
Ino gave Naru an apologetic look. "Ignore her Naru; she doesn't know what she is saying."
"No, I think she does." Naru said despondently, refusing to look Ino in the eye.
Flashback End
Sakura's words changed Naru forever. For the first time in her life, Naru wanted vengeance, true vengeance. The pink haired bimbo never cared about Naru. All she cared about was her precious Sasuke, a boy who did not even acknowledge her existence.
Sasuke Uchiha, the final member of Team 7 and the last person who betrayed her trust. The two of them were friends- no they were more than that. They were best friends and rivals. But, Naru assumed that Sasuke did not feel the same way because he had shoved a Chidori into her chest. He had betrayed her to get power from Orochimaru. This was something Naru did not understand. Sasuke was cherished by the village and was given everything he ever wanted on a silver platter, yet he through it all away. He threw everything they shared away and for that she would not forgive him.
And because he decided to desert, Naru was punished. It was not some light punishment. Because of her failure to retrieve Sasuke, Naru Uzumaki was banished from her home. That was fair right? When someone decides to run away and you are not able to bring them back, it is only fair that you also get kicked out. At least, that was what the council or the Leaf Village thought.
Earlier today, Naru was summoned by the council and they had declared that it was her fault that her comrades were injured, some almost killed, and was liable for not returning Sasuke back to the village. So, they banished her from Konoha thus, ruining her dream of becoming Hokage, taking away from her friends and home, and making her hated by the villagers. She was stripped of her rank as genin of Konoha and forced to give back her headband. Her summoning contract with the toads was also revoked. Jiraiya argued that that was not the council's decision to make, but it was no use. They claimed that the toads were allies on the Leaf and an outsider was not allowed to have the ability to summon them. Tsunade did all she could to defend her, but there was nothing she could do to change the council's decision. Naru would have to leave the village in twenty four hours or be forcibly removed by anbu. Of course, seeing how bad her last few hours in the village were, she wanted to leave as soon as possible. Jiraiya had talked to her after the meeting with the council. He offered to bring her along on his travels and said he would train her, but she refused. Naru did not want to get the man in trouble.
She had left the necklace of the first Hokage as well as a note for Tsunade, but did not physically say goodbye. Naru just couldn't bring herself to do it. She left the moment all her things were packed swearing that she would become the greatest ninja ever and that Konoha would repent exiling her.
~ God of the Night
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