Naruto: wanderer

Kingdark: idea is based on another fic called 'Breaking the rules' You may see some similarities but

I'm going to do things differently and I hope better too. After a very long time of not publishing anything, here is something that I think is worth reading. Enjoy.

(detailed) Summary:

When Naruto read the scroll he was supposed to steal for Mizuki, he realized something was wrong. The Ninjutsu and genjutsu in that scroll were all extraordinary powerful and were with only a dozen or so exceptions all suicide techniques. So, Naruto hides the real scroll away after memorizing and mastering the Kage Bunshin and its related techniques (just in case) and then waits to confront Mizuki. At the same time, Naruto learns of the Kage Bunshin trick and has a single clone go to the hidden location of the scroll and memorize as much as possible of the scroll.

Chapter Zero: Prologue

Whenever Naruto tried working on the techniques he had memorized he always made sure to stay a good distance away and to always make sure it was his clones that worked on those Ninjutsu. The Ninjutsu that were put into that scroll were (nearly) all suicide techniques. They were all extraordinary powerful but they tended to kill the user afterwards. His clones however were entirely safe to use. Although they did give him trouble about him being far too comfortable sacrificing himself. Technically.

The third Hokage had known exactly what Naruto had done but since Naruto had already memorized the techniques, he just made sure that Naruto knew exactly how to use the techniques and to ONLY use them through his clones. The only way that Naruto was allowed to use those techniques himself was if there was no other choice. The third Hokage had actually delayed the team ceremony for an entire month and had spent the vast majority of it working with Naruto on the techniques.

To say that Naruto was angry when he was informed that the third Hokage had been killed by Orochimaru was an understatement. To say that he was pissed when his teammate ran to the one responsible was the understatement of the century. So it was understandable that when he was given the opportunity to take the traitor down permanently…

Naruto had promised to keep his knowledge a secret. Naruto hadn't told anyone of what he knew. Not even Jiraiya. Hiruzen had explained that not many would be comfortable in Naruto knowing such powerful techniques. If they knew they would either try to erase the knowledge, seal the knowledge or even worse. Bottom line, nobody knew really what Naruto was capable off.

To say that Orochimaru was surprised when Naruto began throwing high level Ninjutsu at him was an understatement. To say that he was surprised when he recognized some of those techniques (he had developed some of them himself) but more importantly, to realize that his clones were using those techniques effortlessly was the understatement of the century. It made him get serious far sooner than anticipated. Naruto wasn't giving him any chance to taunt him about Sasuke to make him tap into the Kyuubi's chakra and make him far more predictable. Needless to say that strategy was thrown straight out of the window.

In the first few moments of the fight, Naruto had knocked Sasuke out cold and had thrown him to his team mates. In the next, Kabuto lost his head. Literally. The only thing that Naruto had going for him was that nobody expected him to be able to do this stuff. Orochimaru on the other hand…. The man was a sannin. A veteran of war. It didn't matter how fast Naruto was, he wasn't going to catch the man off guard with low level techniques. To take that man down he would have to give everything he had. That meant… Naruto dismissed his clones with a thought and replaced them with a new group. A group that was up to date with his plan. Twelve of chis clones positioned themselves around their location, each forming seals in perfect synchronization.

Naruto's clones were positioned in a circle. More or less. The Ninjutsu they were attempting would literally erase anything within the circle but it would take down the user as well. Nothing remained of the previous users that tried to use it. The few that tried wanted to try and make the technique safer to use.

None of those that had previously tried it had used Kage Bunshin. Mostly because it drained so much chakra that making the clones and then trying to use the dangerous Ninjutsu technique was next to impossible. For Naruto though… Naruto was more than willing to make the gamble.

The real Naruto had long since switched with a clone and was suppressing his chakra as much as he could. He had several more clones standing by that would switch with him in order to get him out of the blast zone. Team seven had long since retreated on his orders. They had never seen him so serious and Naruto hoped they wouldn't be stupid enough to approach and be caught in the blast zone.

Just a moment before Naruto finished the string of seals, his clones switched themselves with him so he was taken out of the blast zone quickly. As soon as he was outside of the circle he started running. On the way he encountered team seven who had stuck around the area to allow him to catch up.

"RUN!" Naruto shouted. "My technique is unpredictable and I do not want to stay around to see what it does!"

They didn't react fast enough to his liking so Naruto took things in his own hands. He created enough clones and they forcefully grabbed them, threw them over their shoulders and started running alongside Naruto.

A second later the technique went off. Unfortunately, Naruto had miscalculated. It didn't matter how far the user was, the technique would 'pull' him back no matter how far he ran.

"Crap." Naruto exclaimed as he felt something grab him and pull him back. Naruto noticed immediately that his clones were unaffected so they just kept running. Naruto created another clone and dispelled it immediately after. That would give his other clones an update and they would then tell his team mates about his biggest secret that wasn't the Kyuubi.

The closer Naruto was to ground zero, the strong the pull became. Naruto tried everything to try and slow him down. He tried using chakra to stick himself to any surface he could get a hold off, but the pull was too strong for even the biggest trees to slow it down too much.

Naruto, out of desperation, resorted to pulling on the Kyuubi's chakra but even that didn't slow him down at all. Naruto realized that his gamble had for all intents and purposes failed and even though he had taken Orochimaru down… He wasn't sure what would happen if he got dragged into IT as well.

The Ninjutsu technique was one of the most dangerous techniques that had been in the scroll of seals. Not only was it considered ridiculously expensive when it came down to the amount of chakra that it required but it was described as 'banishing everything' within the blast zone.

The third Hokage had taken that as being utterly destroyed. Naruto didn't notice the memories of his clones that were taking team seven away from the blast zone, but he DID notice them shouting his name in the distance.

"YOU FOOLS!" Naruto shouted. "Get away from the blast zone unless you WANT to be erased!"

Naruto didn't want to die, but he also didn't want anyone dying with him. Not Sakura, not Sasuke, he wasn't entirely sure about that Sai guy or their new teacher. Or Kakashi for that matter. Naruto had never entirely forgiven him for barely teaching them anything at all. Still, he didn't want the man to die and that was nearly unavoidable if they stuck around. It didn't occur to Naruto that the third Hokage may have misinterpreted the technique. But that wasn't too surprising since none of those trying the seal had ever 'returned.' There hadn't been any trace left of them so it was only logical to assume they were dead, gone and buried. If only they knew…

Naruto was pulled to the center of the technique faster and faster. Team seven was hot on his tail and Naruto knew there was only one way to keep them alive. He stopped struggling and started running towards the center instead of resisting. Naruto hoped that if he got there first, it would prevent the others from being destroyed as well. Too bad for him that he had forgotten the golden rule about team seven. Those who abandon the mission are trash. But those who abandon their teammates. They are worse than trash.

Naruto, team seven and Orochimaru were all swallowed up by the technique, which then detonated and erased everything in the blast zone.

X

The nature of the technique was that it would banish those within the blast zone. Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage took that to mean that it would erase those within the blast zone. To the point where there was literally nothing left. He was wrong. He couldn't be blamed though, after all none of the previous users had ever returned to tell a different tale. But maybe that would be different with Naruto, team seven and Orochimaru?