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"Normal Talk"
"Bijuu/Summon Speaking"
"Thinking"
"Bijuu/Summon thinking"
Jutsu or Sp. Attack being used
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A Start Between Clouds
By Gekido no Shiki
Chapter 1: Banishment
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It is a dark day for Konohagakure not Sato; black clouds bringers of storms roam the skies of the village whereas a strong rain fell down in the streets. In this day the fate of Konoha has bean sealed and the destiny of one young shinobi has changed.
Four days ago the last "loyal" of the Uchiha tried to betray the village in search for power to kill his brother on leaving Konoha to join the traitor Orochimaru of the Sanin in Otogakure no Sato.
The retrival team sent by the Godaime Hokage Tsunade that consisted of the Chunin Nara Shikamaru and the Genin Akimichi Choji, Inuzuka Kiba with his companion Akamaru, Hyuuga Neji and Uzumaki Naruto has been successful in their mission retrieve the Uchiha before he could leave Fire country.
Although successful the recovery team faced many hardships and battles, suffered several wounds, some of the members were in critical state but thanks to the medics and the Godaime they are now in a stable condition and off danger.
The retrieval target Uchiha Sasuke suffered heavy wounds, many broken bones and a severe case of chakra exhaustion; do to this fact the fanatical supporters members of the Uchiha screamed for blood but because of almost of the members of the retrieval team were members of a clan they could do nothing, but there was one they could put the blame on, the Uchiha ex-teammate, the village scapegoat and pariah Uzumaki Naruto.
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In the Hokage Tower in the Council room Tsunade the Godaime is in a great argument with the member of said Council:
"You cannot do to this to him" shout Tsunade "he had not do nothing wrong at all to deserve this, is unjust" she said with anger in her voice.
"He almost crippled Uchiha-sama for life and his mission vas to bring him back a live" said a pink haired councilmember called Haruno Shina.
"I never said if the Uchiha has to be alive or dead the idea was to stop him for going into Orochimaru claws" said Tsunade "and the Uchiha refuse to come back a tried to attack his retrievers, because of that Naruto used force to stop him to protect his own life; and because it was in salve preservation he must not be put in penalty, but the Uchiha betrayed the village in his on accord an has to be punished for his actions."
"But the Uchiha was under the curse seal influence sow his action were not done in his on accord then he will not be punished" said the elder Koharu.
"But the Uchiha was acting with is own mind" replied Tsunade.
"But because of the curse seal increasing his darker instincts and thoughts is most possible that he wasn't acting in his right mind; because of it he will not be punished, in fact I believe that it will be better if we train him to become powerful here to gain the power to kill his brother, and at the same time fortify our forces and a chance to restore his clan here. " said Danzo "I suggest that we put him under my command in Root to train him to make this possible."
"Are you out of your mind" yell Tsunade "the Uchiha only want power and don't know the word loyalty, once you run out of thing to give him he will go were he can find more, we can't leave him..."
"Stop Tsunade we will put this to vote to decide, those that approve Danzo proposal please raise your hands" said the elder Homura.
The majority in the council raised the hands the only ones that didn't were the Godaime (was growling in rage), the clan heads (some of the wanted the Uchiha dead because of is clan member that were hurt in the retrieval) except the Harunos.
"Now that the Uchiha status is resolved lets take in consideration the issue of Uzumaki Naruto" said Koharu.
"I suggest that we kill that demon" said the Haruno clan elder only to receive a nasty blow from an irritated Hokage sending her right trough the wall.
"Naruto is a loyal shinobi of Konoha not the Kyuubi, stop living in the past and do not let your anger to the demon blind you, Naruto has done nothing wrong" said Tsunade
"That Naruto is or not the Kyuubi is not the reason for which we are doing this" the elder Homura said "the principal reason is that we believe that the seal may be weakening and the Kyuubi could be influencing him" said the elder Koharu "also we have the suspicion of in some moment his emotions go out of control the Kyuubi takes over his body and that we cannot allow to pass in the village"
"But it is a seal is not weakening" Tsunade said
"To but we cannot be sure of it, none of us have the knowledge of how the seal works and because of that we can't be over confident, I believe that it is a time bomb expecting to detonate, and we cannot leave this threat here in Konoha" Danzo said
"But that is what you are saying, do not be governed by your fear, do not allow that your prejudice destroys the life of a young man" said Tsunade.
Some council member were talking with themselves trying to reach a conclusion, then Danzo raise his voice
"No, we have to kill him before he..." said Danzo
"Excuse me fellow council members " said Hyuuga Hiashi the Hyuuga clan head "I have a proposition that will satisfy both sides" seeing that he caught their attention he continue "I suggest that instead of killing him we banish him, but we don't sent hunter-nin after him unless he commits a crime an gist Konoha, in that way those that want to get rid of him from the village can and those that want him to reaming alive can be at ease" taking a breathe he continues "In this way be have lest problems that killing him, because if we do we will lose faith from some shinobi in the village, because they will think that accomplish their mission will get them some punishment creating hesitation in our ranks brining problems in the chain of command; also killing him we can lose our face of 'good village' to our clients, making less missions for us and that something we can't permit in our current situation" taking a few moments to let this sink deep in the rest of the council Hiashi spoke again "Who approve"
The majority of the council taking in consideration this approves the decision.
"Because of his injuries he will leave from Konoha tomorrow at noon; this meting has ended " said Hiashi in his mind he was thinking "Well this is the least I can do to help you Uzumaki for helping Neji change his ways"
The Godaime at hearing this immediately went to the hospital destroying anything in her path, hitting Jiraiya in the nuts for being late and being in the way
In the council room Danzo, Homura, Koharu and Haruno Shina were shaking in rage
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Meanwhile in the Konoha hospital in the room 304 a young blond was in a thinking about some events that happens some hours ago:
Flashback:
Naruto was resting in his bed in the hospital after been treated by the medic, he was very happy thinking in some situations will happen now that he retrieved the Sasuke:
" I did it, I returned back Sasuke-teme to Konoha now the villagers will think better of me and won't hate me anymore, well at least most of then" thought Naruto "and even Sakura-chan will want to go out with me, yes things are going good for me. "
Just then he saw the door of his room being open by no other than his Sakura-chan.
"Hey Sakura-chan I bring him back, I was able to maintain my promise that I made to you" said Naruto whit a great smile in his face.
Sakura was whit her head down while she approached Naruto, when she was near him she raise her head that show a scowl in her face full of anger , then she raised her hand and slapped Naruto in the cheek an then said:
"Why, why Naruto no baka, why did you hurt Sasuke-kun so much, I love him, he is me life, my whole reason of existence" "You almost kill him" she screamed, Naruto flinched at her tone.
"But Sakura-chan..."
"Shut up, don't call me anymore, don't seek me because I hate you, I HATE YOU" she then turn and left the room leaving a heart struck Naruto in there seen the place were she left with tears in his face.
Flashback end.
Naruto remained there looking at the white ceiling in his room for second, then minutes, then hours, feeling like an eternity have happen when he heard nock in the door.
When the door opened Naruto saw Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune entering his room whit sad faces and some tears running down in the women cheeks.
"Baa-chan what happen, why the sad looks" asked Naruto.
"Naruto the council..." said Tsunade sobbing while she cried with Shizune some more "...the council has banished you"
Naruto sat there in shock, and then he started to cry.
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It was morning of the next day when Naruto woke up from his sleep extremely hurt and sad, he couldn't sleep bery well because of the constants nightmares he got.
He remembered everything that happen yesterday when he started to cry Tsunade and Shizune hug him tried to comfort him, Jiraiya put a hand in his shoulder saying to remained strong that everything will be alright that things will come better in time and saying some more words to help him to bust some of his morale; they remained like that for 2 hours before he manage to calm himself.
Tsunade said to him she do all that she could do but the council has already take to much power to be faced straight on and the Hokage is more a figurative position now because of the ambition of some of the council member, although the Hokage still has power, when the majority of the council is an gist her she could only do this much. She told him to that he was lucky he was alive because they wanted him dead but thanks to Hiashi words saying that he was best banished that dead he was able to see another day.
Jiraiya also tell them some interesting information about Akatsuki, he said that their movements will stop for 3 years, why he don't know but thanks to that he will we free from then for the time being. He also told Naruto that he will gladly travel with him for proper training but because of the council and Danzo spies he will likely be declared missing-nin and hunted if he is seen with him, that doesn't mean he could not give him some scrolls on justu, training and other things, he said that he will have then before he have to left through the gates, he told him that he has to maintain tabs in his spy network for the village even if he lost the faith on the majority of the village there are still people worth of protect in here.
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Some hours later we find Naruto in his apartment packing everything that he has, that not was much, only some photographs, his orange clothes, some money he had from the missions, the scrolls that Jiraiya promised and some other stuff; when he was ready he left his apartment and went to Iruka's place .
When he reached his apartment he talk to Iruka about the council decision, when he finished he gave him his headband and say: "When Konomaharu became genin give this to him" then he said goodbye with a hug to his older brother and left to Ichikaru for some ramen before leaving.
When he finishes is ramen he said goodbye and thanks to Teuchi and Ayame for everything, then Naruto went to the east gate it was almost noon and he had to go out of the village before they tried to chase him for been here.
He reached the gates and went through them:
This day in the middle of the summer season...
The fate of a young boy and a whole village changed
Uzumaki Naruto ex-genin of Konohagakure no Sato... Dreams broken and Hopes shattered.
Has left the village... The wheel of destiny is spinning
This is the start of a new quest...
Only time will tell...
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Between Clouds
Chapter 1: Banishment