CHAPTER 1-NARUTO'S DEPARTURE
One day as Sakura was walking she saw Naruto. 'What is he doing here?' she thought. Naruto looked in the corner of his eye and said, "Sakura-san." Sakura stopped walking and looked at him. Naruto had changed after Sasuke's departure and so has she. Naruto asked, "Why are you out here so late Sakura? Shouldn't you be at home?"
Sakura just stared at him after what he said. Sakura asked, "Are you planning on leaving too! I don't want to lose you like Sasuke!" Naruto started walking and replied, "It has nothing to do with you. I am going to look for Sasuke but without your help." Sakura saw as he vanished and went behind her. Naruto exclaimed, "Sakura...thank you." Then he knocked her out. Naruto walked up a hill and saw three figures waiting for him. The girl with the brown hair asked, "Are you ready Naruto-kun?" Naruto nodded and then they vanished. In the morning Sakura woke up and ran to the Hokage. Sakura said, "Naruto left last night!" Tsunade asked,"He left!" Sakura nodded and she asked, "What are we going to do?" Tsunade looked out of the window and said, "Get Shikamaru and a group of genins. We're going to look for Naruto."
Sakura smiled and went looking for Shikamaru and her friends. She found them all at the gates and ran to them. Ino saw her and yell, "HEY SAKURA!" Sakura caught up to them and said, "Naruto left!" The genins were shocked and followed Sakura back to the Hokage. Ino asked, "Is this really true, Hokage-sama?" Tsunade nodded and said, "It was reported from Sakura and she was the eye witness. It seems Naruto has left with three people to look for Sasuke." Shikamaru asked, "So how are we going to look for him?" Tsunade smiled and said, "You're going to look for him like you did for Sasuke but this time you have to take the girls too." Shikamaru twitched and so did the other male shinobis. "Also...you have to make sure that you don't die. It has been reported that the three people Naruto's with is escorting him and they were found as an S-rank ninjas." They all agreed and took off. Tsunade thought, 'Why are you doing this Naruto?'
Neji activated his Byakugan and saw Narutoand the three people. He said, "Hokage-sama's right but it seems that they're more highly experienced." Shikamaru smirked and said, "So it seems. Then we have to split up. Ino and Sakura will be one team. Kiba and Chouji will be the other and Neji and I will be the last." They all nodded and scout in different areas. 'So we have a few shinobis following us. We have to seal Naruto in the barrel like Sasuke' thought Rikka. Rikka said, "We have to put you in a barrel for a while Naruto." Naruto nodded and he was trapped in a barrel. Neji gasped. Shikamaru whispered, "What happened Neji?" Neji replied, "Something happened to Naruto."