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On with the show... umm... story...

Two weeks ago, a boy of twelve years, clad in an orange jumpsuit, had been found lying unconscious, near the brink of death, in the valley of the end. He had been tracked and found by his sensei and one of his sensei's nin-dogs, who brought him back to Konoha, immediately dropping him off at the hospital. He had been found to have broken nearly all of the bones in his left arm and three of his fingers on his right hand, whilst he had ripped a muscle in each of his legs. He had also suffered from severe bruising and extreme exhaustion. That is why it had taken him these two weeks to finally wake up from his sleep, even with the Kyuubi no Kitsune inside of him, though he would have died during the battle if Kyuubi wasn't sealed inside of him.

The first thing he saw when he woke up was the blinding white ceiling of the room he was in, making him squint his eyes shut until he got use to the light. Then he noticed the white walls and bed-spread, along with a plain wooden door. It was then when he realised that he was in the hospital and it was then when he remembered what had happened before he had slipped into unconsciousness. Sadness spread across his face when he thought about that, though he had no idea what the outcome of it had been, but he was sure that he hadn't won.

A couple minutes later, the door opened, a nurse entering swiftly, looking down on a clipboard which she had in her hand. When she looked up, she dropped the clipboard, running out of the room, returning within a few seconds accompanied by a doctor, who went over to the boy to check how he was doing, with a shocked expression on his face, probably because he hadn't expected the patient to wake up, at least not after a mere two weeks.

"How do you feel?"

"Fine, except the whole of my body feels really bruised or something…"

"That's normal. How's your head?"

"Slightly dizzy, but otherwise fine."

"Good. Do you remember what happened?"

"Yeah, why? "

"Oh no, I don't want to know what happened, I just had to check if you were suffering from memory problems, as you had taken quite the hit to the head."

"Oh…"

"Now, I just need to take your temperature and another blood test."

"Another blood test? What do you mean by that?"

"Well, in the two weeks that you have been out…"

"Two weeks?!"

"Yes, now let me finish; I need another blood test because we have been taking one every other day, since we noticed that it kept on changing. We have no idea why this is or what is happening. It is simply so incredible. We have no other records of such a thing happening."

"Is it something bad?"

"Oh no, at least, I don't think so, as I said before, we have never seen or heard of anything like, or remotely close to this."

Knock, knock…

"Well, I'm done, so I'll let you and your visitor, have some time alone." With that, both the doctor and the nurse left, as the visitor entered.

"Granny Tsunade, what are you doing here?"

"Oh Naruto, I was so worried about you and as soon as I heard that you had woken up; I came straight here." Tsunade said as she embraced Naruto in a hug, careful as to not hurt him anymore then he already was. She then released him, but not completely as she was holding his shoulders gently whilst looking into his eyes, but he wasn't looking back at her, instead, he was looking at one of the walls. "Are you okay Naruto?"

Naruto nodded slightly, but Tsunade could tell that he was unsure.

"What happened to Sasuke?"

"He was found unconscious next to you. He was in the hospital as well, but he has been out for a couple of days now. His arm is broken and his ankle sprained, but otherwise he is fine apart from a few bruises everywhere. He just needs to take it easy." Naruto had been staring out into space throughout the whole explanation, but subconsciously took it all in. "Are you sure that you're okay?" Tsunade had a worried expression on her face and she made no attempt at hiding it.

"… What, oh yeah… I'm fine, just a bit rough… it's just that… the doctor said something about my blood changing… Do you know what is happening?"

"No, I'm sorry Naruto but I have absolutely no idea. But to be honest, I'd rather not know too much about it, if you know what I mean."

"What? Oh yeah, with your hemophobia and all." Tsunade let out a little chuckle.

"I guess I have to go now. I'm sure that I have some paper work waiting for me…" Tsunade stood up and left the room, as soon as she closed the door, Naruto heard a frustrated scream, he knew who it was.

"THAT DAMN PAPERWORK!"

Naruto couldn't help but laugh, though it didn't last that long. After sitting on his bed for about half an hour, including him having his blood test and temperature taken, he became extremely bored and decided that he would leave the hospital and go for a walk. At first it was hard and painful, but he soon got use to it. As he was leaving he was stopped by the doctor from earlier.

"Please, don't go. You have to stay and rest. We'll also be needing for tests from you."

"I'll come back when you need the tests, but I want to go outside, it is such a beautiful day and it is so boring just sitting inside that white room."

The doctor thought for a moment before coming to a decision. "Alright then, but you must use a crutch, as you can't use two due to your broken arm. And you must return immediately when the next test is to be taken." The doctor then went over to a storage closet and pulled out a crutch, handing it to Naruto who took it reluctantly. Naruto then waved to the doctor before leaving, steadying himself on his crutch.

The first place he visited was the training grounds where team seven had had Kakashi's bell test. He smiled to himself as he remembered what had happened, but then he scowled when he remembered that he had ended up being tied to one of the stumps. But the scowl soon disappeared when he remembered when his two teammates had given him some of their food, which was why they had passed the test in the end. Naruto then began thinking about his teammates; Sasuke, he was always so up himself and obsessed with getting his revenge; Sakura, she was also too obsessed, except it was with Sasuke… Naruto had always been nice to her, but she was never nice back…

Naruto decided to end his thoughts there as he decided to go back to his apartment. The people he passed on the way were all giving him evil glares of both hatred and fear, even more then they had ever done before. This got Naruto a bit nervous, he wasn't sure why they were all acting like this. But his question was soon answered as the pink haired kunoichi came running at him, shouting his name out loud for everyone to hear. At first, Naruto thought that she was coming to thank him for bringing back her precious Sasuke. But then he saw the expression on her face.

"Sakura, what's wrong?!"

"Oh Naruto, don't play innocent! You know what you did! You bloody hurt my Sasuke-kun!" She then came up at him and threw a punch which hit him straight in the jaw, sending him flying a couple meters back and landing hard on the ground, shooting pain up his back and though his chest as he still wasn't healed.

"Sakura, please sto…"

"You could have killed him! He's injured and he can't even do that much training! I HATE you!" Those last three words hit the spot. Naruto, shocked at what he had just heard, hurried back to his apartment and locked the door. He then sat down on his bed heavily and began to think.

That's why all of the villagers look at me that way… they're angry at me for hurting their precious Uchiha… They think that I really am the demon, even more then before… And Sakura…. She… she said that she hated me… she didn't even notice that I was in an even worse shape then her Sasuke-kun…

'Oi kit…'

'Huh… Oh, it's you Kyuubi… What do you want?'

'Why do you stick around in this place…'

'Well, that's because… umm… well, because…'

'I knew it… You don't even know anymore. If you ask me, then you should ditch this God forsaken place and find somewhere else… Train and become strong, to prove that you aren't weak…'

'Weak? How did we get to that?'

'Well, I don't' want to be sealed inside of anyone, let alone a weak fleshbag…'

'I guess… But I can't just leave…'

'Sure you can, there's nothing holding you back. Just pack your stuff and walk though those gates. Even you can do that.'

'But…'

'No buts, just go. No-one is here to prevent you, not even Tsunade as she has her duties a Hokage. Honestly, why do you even want to be Hokage if the people you'll be protecting are like this.'

'What? Are you telling me to give up my dream? The one thing that has been keeping me going, all this time?'

'No, I'm telling you to get out of this dump, and change your dream slightly, instead of Hokage, why not a different Kage?'

'A different Kage? I never though of that.'

'Of course you didn't, that's why I'm telling you now, so pack your bag and get the hell out of her. I'll even give you some of my chakra so that you can increase your speed and get out of here without anyone even noticing. It'll take a week before anyone figures out that you're gone. Now, PACK YOU BAG!'

'Ok, ok… No need to get your tails in a twist…' With that, Naruto began to search through his closet, choosing which outfits to bring, though he had little to choose from. He decided against bring his famous orange jumpsuit, as it held too many memories, too many 'painful' memories after he leaves. Instead, he chose his black t-shirt which he would normally wear underneath the suit, he then went to the back of the closet and found some clothes which he had but had never worn, which consisted of; a black t-shirt where the sleeves had been ripped off, a dark blue long sleeved, a pair of dark grey cargo pants, dark green baggy trousers and a pair of black fitted trousers. Along with that, he had another pair of shinobi sandals, except these were black and went to about mid shin. He also had a pair of black fingerless gloves.

After that, he went over to his bedside table and took his photo of team seven. He looked at it for a while before placing it in his bag. He got a couple on instant ramen, placing them in the bag as well, along with all of his kunais and shurikans. When done, he took two pieces of paper and a pen and began to write two letters.

He then got changed and decided to wear his black t-shirt along with the dark green baggy trousers and his high, black shinobi sandals and his black fingerless gloves, hey, less to carry if he wears some of it. He also got all of his money and put it in a hidden pouch situated on the side of his trousers. He removed his hitai-ite, placing it in another pocket and finally he placed the two named letters on the bedside table, before opening the door, taking one last look at his old apartment and closes the door, locking it with the key.

'You happy now, Kyuubi?'

'We're not out of the village yet…'

'Well, we're nearly there, so I think it's time for you to lend me some of your chakra so that we can get out of here without anyone noticing.'

'Fine, fine… but get ready, as you'll suddenly speed up and watch out you don't lose your balance.'

'Don't worry I won't.

'Good, now here it comes…'

Naruto could feel the rush of energy passing through every single vein and muscle in his body, his urge to sprint increasing within every second until he couldn't hold it in any longer. He took in a deep breath and started sprinting, his pace so fast that no-one could see him, not even an ANBU who had the sharingan. With in two seconds he was at the gates, but he didn't stop, he jumped up as high as he could, flying over the top of the wall and landing with a thump on the ground before carrying on with his running. He could feel the heat building up due to all of the running and forces acting on him, so he decided to slow down to his normal pace once he thought that he was a safe distance from the village.

'Happy now?'

'Yes, and I say good riddance.'

'That's a little harsh, don't you think?'

'Not after the way they treated you.'

'…'

'You okay kit?'

'… Yeah… It's just gonna be weird…'

'Hey, I'm still here, and to make it up to you, I'll train you personally myself.'

'Hey, really? Cos that would be so awesome.'

'Yeah, yeah… Now let me get some sleep whilst you go and find somewhere to stay, but not in a village, find a cave or something…'

'Sure thing Kyuu… Kyuu?... Already asleep, how boring…' With that Naruto carried on his search for a place to stay, not having a single doubt about leaving Konoha, they had shown him that he wasn't wanted, and if he wasn't wanted, then he wouldn't waste his time there. He would find a new home, where there were people who would want him there, they would be his precious people.

After a couple of hours, Naruto had come across a well hidden cave in the side of a small mountain. When standing at the entrance, you could barely see inside, but you could just about make out that it slowly descended down a couple of meters and that there was a large circular base in the cave.

'Hey, Kyuu… wake up!'

'Huh… Why did you have to go and wake me up, I was having…'

'Yeah that's nice and all but I've found a cave for us to stay in.'

'What, oh I see. Not bad, not bad.'

'You know what… I'm feeling a bit sleepy. I think I'll juts catch a couple hours of shut eye…' Naruto didn't manage to finish as he had thrown himself down onto the cold, hard floor and fell asleep instantly, followed shortly by Kyuubi.

Three days later in Konoha…

Knock, knock…

"Enter."

"Hokage-sama, you wanted to see me?"

"Oh yes, Sakura. I haven't heard anything from Naruto in a couple of days and I was wandering if you have seen him. He left the hospital three days ago, even though he was told that he needed to rest, but you now him, he can't stay in one place too long."

"Um, no, sorry. But I haven't seen him."

"Really, well would you mind going to check his apartment. I'm sure he's just been resting or something."

"Hai." With that, Sakura left and started her way towards Naruto's apartment, though she really didn't want to be the one to go get him, she would do anything to get out of this, but the Hokage's orders are the Hokage's orders, so she has no choice in the matter. As she drew nearer to the door, she took and turned the handle, but found that it was locked. Huh… that's weird, Naruto never locks his door… She then jumped up to his window and opened it, jumping inside the same time. Huh… no-one here, and it's even tidy for a change. This is odd, even for Naruto. She then looked around, checking the kitchen and the bathroom, but still, no Naruto. She then noticed that there were two notes on the bedside table. One said it was for Tsunade, the other for… herself… Something must be wrong… Sakura grabbed the two letters and jumped back out the window and headed to the Hokage's office.

She went straight through the door, not even bothering to knock on it. When inside, she saw that Tsunade had fallen asleep on top of her paperwork, with a small, empty bottle in her hand and a little dribble of drool falling from the corner of her mouth, even though it was only the afternoon. Sakura sweatdropped at the Hokage before she went over to her to wake her up.

"Wha-what is it? Why did you wake me up? I was having such a good dream…"

"But Hokage, I couldn't find Naruto; his apartment was completely clean, his orange jumpsuit was laid out on his bed, his door was locked and he left these two notes on his bedside table." She handed the one addressed to Tsunade to said person, who looked at it with a look of confusion in her eyes before opening it.

Dear Granny Tsunade,

Before I say anything, I just want you to know that I did this on my own accord. No-one forced me and I am fine. I have left Konoha and I won't be coming back. There is no need for me to stay as no-one wants me here. I must thank you though; because you have been so kind to me, you will hold a special place in my heart. You were like my grandma, and I loved you like one. I don't want you to think this is your fault as I know that you have duties as the Hokage. Say good bye for me to Iruka as well. I will miss the two of you the most. Say good bye to the third as well, as I did not get the chance to do so myself.

If you must place me as a missing-nin, then do so, as I know what must be done. But just so you know, I won't become a threat to Konoha, that's a promise, and I never break a promise. That's my nindo, my ninja way. I'm sorry for leaving and not saying good bye in person. Do what you wish with my old apartment as I have no need for it anymore.

Yours Sincerely,

Uzumaki Naruto

By the time Tsunade had finished reading the letter, tears were already rolling down her cheeks she didn't even try to hide them, she just let them fall. Her little brother was gone, her little sunshine. She couldn't believe it, what had happened that made him want to leave. Of course all of the villagers gave him glares and such because of his tenant, but why now if it was because of that. There must have been something else. Sakura's letter might have the answer.

"Sakura, read your letter." Said girl opened the one addressed to her and began to read it.

Sakura,

I hope that you'll be happy with your precious Sasuke-kun. Don't worry, I won't be here to bother you anymore, I won't be around to be nice to you and I won't save you again. I'm out of your life now, for good. Destroy all of the evidence of me being on your team, I'm sure that would make you happy. Do what you want, I really don't care anymore.

Uzumaki Naruto

When Sakura was done, her expression was different from that of Tsunade; she was both confused and slightly relieved, mostly the former. Did he leave because of her? Tsunade saw the expression on Sakura's face and asked to see her letter, but Sakura didn't let her which angered Tsunade greatly.

"Give me damn letter, or you'll wish that…" Sakura handed her the letter immediately as she didn't want to hear the end of the threat. Tsunade grabbed it and read it, her eyebrows slowly gathering together in the middle of her forehead.

"SAKURA! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" Tsunade stood up so fast that if you blinked you would have missed it. She was gripping the edge of her desk so hard that it began to crack. There was a deadly silence, Tsunade's anger growing each second. Eventually she couldn't hold it in anymore, she screamed "GET OUT!" before throwing her desk at the door right after Sakura had run out of it. Tsunade quickly slumped back down in her chair and began to cry , endless amounts of tears flowing from her red and puffy eyes. Shizune swiftly comes in after hearing all of the commotion and, from seeing her mistress in this condition, asks her what is wrong.

"Naruto's gone…"

Okay... I hope you enjoyed that, I'll try and update as soon as I can, but that will most likely be next weekend... School, what's a person to do...