So, earlier this week, I put up an AN for an AC Naruto story. Now looking back, at the time it seemed like a good idea, but now not so much. This is my revision of the story that I was going to post. It will still have Naruto as an assassin, but it won't have nearly as much to do with the AC storyline. The weapons will be from the AC story, but not the story itself.

So here's background information. Akatsuki isn't a well known organization like in Naruto. More that this is taking place during a war between the lands of Fire, Wind, and Lightning, and the lands of Earth, Water, and Sound. This starts with Naruto at the age of 22, and Sakura at 21.

Here's chapter one.

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Sakura's POV

"Bring in the wounded! We have enough space for 8 more people." My supervisor shouted. "Let's move, we have many more to treat. Nurses please bring in those with life threatening injuries."

I looked down at the young man who was just brought to my table. With his light brown hair and a fairly even tan, he was a good looking man if there was ever to be one, but not the same as the one who I let get away.

Flashback

I could remember the voices of the counsel members.

"I can't believe that you let Sasuke get away."

I remember the voices of the Sasuke Retrieval Team.

"We all let him get away. Everyone who fought those battles let him get away."

But most of all, I remember his face. The face of a man who knew that this was the end of the line.

He would probably serve jail time, and that means that he could no longer be a shinobi. Because he had spent his childhood in the academy, he didn't go to regular school, so a tradewas out of question. His best options included grave digger and house cleaner. He was truly out of paths to take.

The man with his right eye covered, Danzo, spoke up, "Because Naruto Uzumaki was the only one who went into battle with Sasuke, he is the only one to take responsibility."

"Guys, he's right. You were all fighting as hard as you could. It's my fault." Naruto sounded so out of place, and when I finally picked my head up to look at him, he looked out of place. Gone was the bright, sunshine hair, replaced with a dull, pale blond. His eyes didn't twinkle with a mischief, instead they were dark with sadness, almost lifeless.

Danzo once again opened his mouth, "We see it fit to recommend that Naruto Uzumaki be hearby banished from the Village Hidden in the Leaves."

My eyes widened, my mouth went dry, my hands clenched. I wanted to get up and scream that they were fools, but I didn't. I don't know why I didn't, but I didn't. Maybe I knew Naruto wouldn't have wanted me to.

End Flashback

That was nearly 6 years ago. What happened that day was the worst day of my life, although, what happened that night was my favorite memory of Him.

Flashback

I had just returned from the verdict. My parents had heard what had happened. They never were fond of Naruto, but admitted that it was more because of his reputation as a prankster than anything else. At the time I didn't know what 'anything else' meant.

He had been given 24 hours to take what he wanted and say goodbyes. The other two council members had worked that out at least.

It was around 8 o clock that I heard a knock on my door. My parents were on neighborhood watch that night. Even shinobi villages had to have some crime.

I opened the door to see Naruto. He looked a little better than when he was at the council, but still not great.

"Hey."

"Hi." I responded. "Are you coming to say goodbye?"

"Well, more than that. I want to say I'm sorry."

I looked at him with confusion written across my face. "What do you mean 'sorry'?"

He turned his face away, and looked out over the village from my third story porch. "I'm sorry I didn't bring Sasuke back."

"You have nothing to apologize for. You did your best."

"That's not something you want to hear from your friend, from the girl of your dreams." I leaned forward to get him to look at me in the face, when he did the thing I least expected.

His lips brushed mine for a second, a brief, beautiful, thrilling second, before he captured my lips with his for a full kiss, my first, well second. My tongue slipped in on it's own accord, at least that what I say, and soon his was thrown in the fold as well.

We broke apart after what to me seemed like a short time. I guess time flies when you're kissing someone.

He smiled down at me, his arm somehow slipped underneath mine, his hand rubbing my back.

I couldn't help but smile back at him, his grin is infectious. "Lady Tsunade will fight to at least allow you to stay."

"I can't do that. I won't be a burden to my friends."

I couldn't believe it. He had just lost his home and his friends, and yet he still is willing to leave.

"The villagers see me as a threat, and if I stay I will serve jail time. I won't allow the villagers any more ammunition. My friends would protect me, but I don't want them to."

"Then I won't stay. I don't want my last memory of you is you leaving the rest of us, so I'm not going to be with you now."

"Sakura, there was a reason I came here last."

I was in tears at this point, and yet he still stood there with his stupid, adorable, sexy grin. "Oh yeah? What? What could you say to me that would fix the fact that you're leaving."

"I love you. I always have, and I always will."

I finally broke down sobbing, "Then please let us fight this for you."

"No."

"Then at least stay with me now. At least give me some last good memories." And he did. We joked, and laughed, and smiled, and cried, and kiss. Oh, did we kiss.

"You know I still don't want to watch you leave." I knew we had to clear the elephant out of the room.

Still grinning, he said "Close your eyes, and count to five. Then you can open them." (yes this is from a TV show, but I though that that was an adorable idea)

I did as I was told, and when I opened them, he was gone. Never to return again.

The papers the next day said that his body had been found about 10 miles outside the village. Official autopsy revealed that he died of a broken heart (actually you can die from that, look up broken heart syndrome). That's when I knew that he had told the truth. That he did love me, and he always would.

End flashback

"Sakura, go take a break another medic will fill in for you." The head doctor yelled.

I sat myself down outside the medic tent. You could still hear the moans and wails from inside, but it was much quieter out here.

According to official reports, we're winning by a small margin, but that is only because were only taking in the numbers of the wounded rather than the percentage of the army that is wounded. Mainly to rouse troop moral, but medics know the difference and are told to keep quiet about it. In reality, there's about a 10% difference between the two armies, us on the losing end of that.

This was going to be a bloody war, one that we haven't seen, and probably won't see again.

Normal POV

The man wore white. There was some orange in there as well as a touch of red, but mostly white. When asked about why he wore such a bright robe, he always stated that "White is pure." though if anyone know what he did, he would be considered far from pure, no matter what his intentions were.

Even now as he sunk the blade on his wrist into the gut of another, this one with a red cloud sewn onto his chest, he still considered his intentions pure as a newborn. He knelt down near his previous target, and whispered the comforting words of the ones who taught him.

"Rest in peace."

And then he was gone.

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So was it good? Did it suck? This is the first chapter, and the sort of prologue to the story. Hope you liked it, and the next chapter of Rock Band will be out later this week or next.