Fox Spy Master Part 1 Leaving Everything Behind
Summary: Set After the 4th Great War Kakashi Hatake is the 6th Hokage, Sasuke Uchiha has returned. Naruto's promise to Sakura fulfilled he takes up the role as Konoha's Spy Master knowing Sakura and Sasuke can be together but does Sakura still love Sasuke or has she moved on.
A/N: This is a new story my last new story for a while I already have too many in production as it is LOL The Pairing is NaruSaku If you don't like it then don't read it. This story will be full of drama and angst well enjoy. Naruto is quite dark in this story I bet some people will moan about it but I don't care
Kurama Talking/Jutsu's
'Naruto Talking to Kurama/Sakura Talking to Inner Self'
'Inner Thoughts'
Inner Sakura
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto just this story
It's been a week since the 4th Great War ended Kakashi Hatake became the 6th Hokage the Rokudaime. We find the Hero of the 4th Great War Naruto sitting on the Hokage Monument deep in thought Naruto was happy for Kakashi although it was also confusing.
Everyone seems to have gone back to normal Sasuke returned and somehow survived execution the vote was so close. In a way, Naruto was happy because now Sakura would have Sasuke like she always wanted his promise to her fulfilled.
Naruto is happy and sad his Sakura-Chan can now be with who she's always wanted all he's ever wanted was for her to be happy his dream a dream he told nobody was for him and Sakura to be together a pipe dream nothing more.
He's not even sure what he wants anymore he told Tsunade he wasn't ready for becoming the Hokage but deep down he wasn't even sure if he wanted to be the Hokage anymore.
He looks out on the village and signs many people lost their lives in a pointless war. A war that was to stop Akatsuki from taking himself and the other tailed beasts. Sure the village treated him as the hero but he didn't feel like a hero, for years he wanted the village to accept him and now that they do it's like it doesn't matter anymore.
He thinks back many years to the promise he made to a 12-year-old Sakura-Chan seeing her cry and begging him to bring her Sasuke-Kun back to her and how it crushed his heart. The girl he'd loved since the academy only wanted Sasuke. She had no idea how much it hurt to agree to help her bring back Sasuke.
A guy who called her weak and annoying. Love makes people do stupid things, of course, his love would never be returned but as long as she was happy that was all that mattered.
It still causes him pains though the mask he always wore to cover up his pain. A fake smile here and fake smile there seemed to get people off his back. There was only one person who figured it all out, his perverted godfather he and Naruto had many arguments on the matter. Jiraiya would say Sasuke isn't worth it, he's a traitor and nothing more. Naruto would always try and defend Sasuke but deep down he knew Jiraiya was right but it didn't change anything.
After a while, Jiraiya stopped trying to convince him. He stops these thoughts and looks again out on the village and sometimes the pain in his heart is so bad he wishes that he would have died on the battlefield then his pain of finally losing Sakura wouldn't hurt so much.
He knows he's just being selfish, if Sakura didn't love him then she didn't love him it's that simple it's kind of why he stopped asking her out on dates. He then thinks of someone else Hinata Hyūga her confession to him whilst defending him from Pein was quite a surprise. He still hasn't given her an answer but it's quite simple really, he doesn't see her that way. She's a nice girl If not a little weird.
Her blushing and fainting are cute but kind of annoying, also, she's just not the right girl for him. To be honest, he's not really looked closely at anyone because of his stupid stubbornness in wanting what he could never have.
He looks up to the sky and sighs "Maybe you were right all along Ero-Sennin maybe I should have given up years ago to stop it from hurting so much." He then thinks "I think I need to leave and find out what I really want in life wait! Ero-Sennin did want me to take over his spy network. It'll keep me away from here for quite a while. Ero-Sannin sometimes didn't visit for months, don't see why I couldn't do the same."
He stands up and makes his way to the Hokage tower he walks inside getting a few nods on the way. He gives them the same fake smile and keeps on going until he knocks on the Hokage's door. He hears Kakashi telling him to enter so he does.
Kakashi looks up from the paperwork and sees Naruto, "Yo what brings you here Naruto?"
Naruto sighs, "I want to fulfill my promise to Ero-Sennin to take over his spy network."
"And may I ask why now?"
"I have my reasons."
Kakashi sighs, "This is about Sakura isn't it."
"It's not always about her you know."
"Maybe not, but your reason for wanting to leave is. It's about your promise to her isn't it?"
"I fulfilled my promise Sasuke's back now I have to leave find my place in the world."
"You're running away, or at least trying too."
Naruto scoffs, "Running away from what? Sakura-Chan never cared about me like I cared about her, all she wanted was Sasuke. It was always Sasuke this and Sasuke that. Well who cares about him? She got what she's always wanted and I won't be in the way anymore so I'm leaving whether you like it or not."
"What about becoming Hokage is that still your goal?"
Naruto shrugs, "I don't know anymore that's why I need to leave to figure out what I want."
"Well the Council does want the Sanin to be reformed. So, as you hold the Toad Contract and you have gained Sage Mode your pretty much the new Toad Sage already," He pulls out a file and writes a name "There you're the new Toad Sanin. You can come and go as you please, when are you leaving?"
"As soon as I'm packed it shouldn't take long."
"Are you going to say goodbye to your friends?"
Naruto shrugs, "Maybe, maybe not, who knows? Anyway thanks for this Kakashi-Sensei."
Kakashi smiles at his former student, "I hope you find what you're looking for." Naruto just nods and leaves the room Kakashi sighs "Naruto running away when you should confront your problems? This will just make things worse."
Naruto quickly makes his way back to his apartment and starts packing it shouldn't take too long, after 30 minutes he's packed. As he's about to leave his room he looks back and stops when he sees the picture of Team 7. He walks up to the picture and picks it up.
He looks at it but only for a moment before he just tosses it in the bin. Whether he meant to do it is anyone's guess but he just leaves the room in his Sage clothing. He then starts to make his way to the gate when he hears his name and sighs when he hears the voice.
He waits for the person to catch him he looks at her with a blank face "Hello Hinata what can I do for you?"
Hinata blushes "W-Well I-I Was wondering I-If you wanted T-To to get something to eat with me."
"I'm sorry but I'm busy."
Hinata sighs,"N-Naruto-Kun, about what happened during Pein's attack..."
Naruto sighs, 'Great now she wants to talk', "I'm sorry Hinata, but I like you as a friend nothing more. I'm sorry if you wanted more but nothing will change. Please find someone else, someone that will truly love and cherish you."
Hinata is almost in tears by his harsh words, "B-But things might change..."
Naruto sighs and starts to walk away, "They won't, please, just...just find someone else."
Hinata watches him go and she's in tears he's never spoken to her that coldly before she turns away and runs off. Naruto doesn't even turn around he just keeps walking he reaches the gate and shows Izumo and Kotetsu his papers. They congratulate him on becoming the new Toad Sanin. Hearing the sincerity in their voices he smiles an actual smile this time but after he signs the papers allowing him to leave he turns away and walks away.
Meanwhile, a pink haired Kunoichi has been looking around Konoha for her blond haired teammate. It's been over a week since they last spoke since Kakashi became the Hokage and Sasuke's return. It's also been hectic with all the injured from the war, she's not had time to speak to Naruto. Plus with Sasuke returning he's become distant, she's barely seen him. Honestly none of their friends have but he's still in the village they think.
After checking out Ichiraku's and the Hokage monument she decides to go to his apartment. She's been thinking a lot this past week about her and Naruto. Years ago she hated him and she hates herself for that.
She really does but things changed as they grew older. They became close especially after Sasuke left, for some reason when she thought of Sasuke she got angry. She can't believe she loved him back then, well she doesn't anymore.
She sighs as she also thinks of the confession she gave Naruto if she's honest it wasn't totally fake. Yes, she did want him to give up on Sasuke but was the confession really a lie? At first she thought it wasn't.
She still had a glimmer of hope about Sasuke but that glimmer vanished when yet again Sasuke tried to kill her and it got her thinking. Sometimes she just sits on her bed and thinks for hours on end thinking about Naruto and Sasuke.
She realized that she was sadder when Naruto left on his training trip then she was about Sasuke joining that bastard Orochimaru. Then she thought of the joy of seeing him again all grown up and handsome. She's thinking of how close they became before the confession fucked it all up.
Her feelings were confusing, she realized, she didn't love Sasuke anymore. How could anyone after all the things Sasuke had done? She also realized how stupid she was which led back to Naruto and how close they became. How many times he saved her life? Of course she knew he loved her.
Sai told her, Shikamaru told her, but she'd always doubt her own feelings. Sometimes she hated herself, Naruto never deserved what she did to him and yet again her heart ached because of that treatment.
One thing has changed though, he hasn't asked her for dates anymore, and yes, she hated him doing it. But it also felt nice that someone would do that. Of course, Lee did it also but, although a friend, she still finds him freaky.
She finally reaches his apartment complex and sighs "I can't believe he lives here, couldn't he afford a nicer place?" She shrugs and walks up the steps as she knocks on the door she finds the doors not even closed which she finds is confusing she pushes open the door "Naruto you in here?" When she gets no reply she opens the door before stepping inside.
She's been here a few times over the years, all neat and tidy, but she feels like something's off she then heads into the small kitchen and sees the cupboard doors open. She looks inside and sees they're empty. She then looks in the fridge everything's empty in there as well.
Panic begins to take hold as she runs to his bedroom door, "Naruto you in there?" When she gets no answer she opens the door and looks inside, again she sees open doors and an empty closet.
She looks inside and sees empty coat hangers and she starts to cry, "Please don't leave me Naruto." She sits on the bed and cries. She then brings her knees up to her chest and continues to cry. As she looks around the empty room sees his waste bin and sees something in it. Curious, she climbs off the bed and heads to the bin and pulls out a picture frame she looks at it and smiles. It's Team 7 just after they became a team brushes her thumb over Naruto and continues to cry she return to the bed and lies down clutching the picture to her chest.
Sakura wakes up a few hours later still clutching the picture frame. She then sits up and heads to the bathroom and looks in the mirror "Why didn't I tell him I loved him, why am I so stupid?" She quickly washes her face then again looks in the mirror "Was it because of Hinata's confession? Why, why did he have to leave?"
She dries her face then leaves the bathroom and leaves the apartment in shock she starts walking through Konoha in a daze. Yet again Naruto's left to where she has no idea. She sees Ichiraku's but she quickly runs past it because it reminds her too much of Naruto.
After half an hour she finds herself at the Hokage tower she slowly walks inside after a walk that should have taken a few minutes took over 30 she arrives at the Hokage's room she knocks on the door.
Inside Kakashi is talking to Tsunade, he hasn't told her yet. Actually, he's scared of how she will react so they've been talking about the war and the casualties when they hear a knock at the door. Kakashi actually looking forward to a distraction asks the person to come in but when he sees Sakura and that she's crying he groans, 'Crap, not the distraction I was looking for.'
Tsunade looks at Sakura, "What's wrong Sakura?"
Sakura looks at Tsunade and Kakashi, "Naruto's gone his apartment's empty."
Tsunade turns to Kakashi, "Did you know about this bring him back?"
"He's left to continue Jiraiya's work as the new spymaster."
"Bring him back now!"
Sakura's shocked, "But he could be gone for months."
"Firstly I will not bring him back, he's not a kid anymore, he can look after himself. You two don't need to baby him anymore and yes he could be gone months years even."
Tsunade and Sakura both lower their heads. Tsunade looks over at Sakura as she knows she cares about Naruto. She also knows they're pretty much best friends, but, she thinks it's more but she can't be certain.
Sakura snaps, "Why did you let him go? I love him and you let him go what's wrong with you?"
Kakashi sighs, 'So she's gotten over Sasuke and now loves Naruto. Just great, why did I allow him to go? All I'll get now is these two constantly nagging me about Naruto. The overprotective mother figure and his girlfriend sigh, exactly why again did I become the Hokage?' "That's enough Sakura, he made his choice. He's Naruto, he'll be fine you look tired to go home and rest."
Sakura doesn't reply she just leaves as soon as she leaves Tsunade turns to Kakashi, "He's running away isn't he?"
Kakashi sighs "Pretty much. Tsunade, he's confused, unsure of where he stands right now. He's not even sure if he wants to be the Hokage anymore. Look, he's gone to find himself, but yes he's pretty much running away. He thinks now that Sasuke-Kun's back, he's lost Sakura. He loves her you know, it's not like he was ever quiet about it."
"I know, and she loves him. You should inform his friends, they'll want to know."
"I know I'll do it tomorrow and you know he'll be fine he just needs time."