p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"strongspan style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';"Chapter 2/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"Naruto's POV/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"Naruto ran far from the Hidden Leaf village. He knew that if he ever went back he would be persecuted, then he remembered that only those three where there would know and then the rest of the gang would as well. Then he heard footsteps and saw Sasuke carrying Sakura, Kiba carrying Ina, Neji carrying Tenten, Temari, Hinata and Shikamaru all running in the same direction and he stated "I am trying to protect you all by fleeing the Leaf village." Only it came out as "Ugh ugh uhgh." The Sasuke said "Doesn't matter why you are fleeing, it matters how far you flee." Just then Naruto sensed something coming up from below him and leapt back, then the branch he would have been on exploded and Naruto disappeared "Sasuke can you track him?" Hinata and Sakura asked. Sasuke then tried doing so and shook his head saying "He took off in multiple directions, at least fifteen clones." Then Sasuke used Sharingon and said "All them are clones." Hinata then heard a whisper in her head "emHinata use your Byakugan, to the west./em" Then as she did she saw Naruto turn and smile then he leapt off a cliff edge. "NARUTO WHY?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""NARUTO WHY?" was the last thing Naruto heard before he leapt over the edge. Then as he fell he felt himself try to move but he knew that he couldn't do anything as he fell. He then asked himself 'emWhy must I have to do this?/em" then Kyuubi said "emYou abandoned the one you love, why?/em" "emBecause, Kyuubi, I am a magnet for trouble that puts her life in danger. I need to just accept that I can have no one close enough to harm them./em" Naruto felt something grab hold and saw Sasuke with one long snake, coming off his arm, slightly biting his ankle. Not enough to hurt, not too little in which he could slip away, just enough of a bite to keep him from falling. Naruto then grasped the snake and used a little chakra to make it let go but he said "I am sorry for this. However it is for the best." He then let go of the snake and fell./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"Hinata's POV/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""I am sorry for this. However it is for the best." Hinata could not believe what she had just heard. Naruto the let go of the snake and fell the remaining distance to the ground. Hinata heard a sickening crack and saw that Naruto was wounded. Hinata was just about to go after him when she felt a hand grip her arm and stop her. She turned to see who would try to keep her from Naruto. She turned only to see Neji and he hit the points to make her collapse and she fell into his arms, crying./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"Three hours later/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""So Naruto grasped one of Sasuke's snakes and made it let go of him then said 'I am sorry for this. However it is for the best.' then fell the rest of the way down the cliff wall?" Tsunade asked as she grieved for her lost grandson. Hinata was trying to comfort her and deal with the grief she had at the same time. "Yes lady Hokage, that is how it happened." Hinata felt empty inside and she knew that if Naruto did survive he would become stronger. Then she thought "emWhy did he have to leave?/em" just then Iruka showed up and said "He isn't at the bottom of the cliff they stated he fell from, however there is a place in the ground where it outlines his body perfectly, so he really did fall." Just then Hinata heard a whisper in her head "emHinata go to the cliff and bring lots of rope. Then follow the path of blood./em" Hinata then said "How high is the cliff he fell from?" Iruka then scratched his head and said "Three hundred meters, why?" "No time." Hinata raced out of there and bought three hundred twelve meters of rope and then bought a lot of kunai./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"At the cliff/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""Slow down Hinata." Tenten and Neji said together. "Just find a tree sturdy enough to support my weight at three hundred meters." Neji and Tenten found one, ten meters away from the cliff and it was large two feet across. Then as Hinata secured the rope and got out two kunai she bought, she heard branches rustle and Sakura came out saying "Going somewhere Hinata?" Hinata placed the two kunai in the wall and put her feet on them and repeated her motion of swinging down with Neji, Tenten and Sakura holding and releasing the rope. Then halfway down Hinata had two more kunai to place when the rope got lifted up. "Kiba, Ina, what you guys doing?" Hinata realized that they were trying to pull her up. Then as the rope went slack Hinata grabbed onto two kunai using chakra concentration on her feet and flipped over placing two more, and placed two more, and more until she had a path to climb up or down. Then she heard Kiba say "Well we had to help her case by making it look like the rope was there and no one saw it before. However now that there are kunai she will get blamed for this. We planned on saying 'Ina planned to bring Naruto back as a present for Hinata.' However now we can't." Hinata was at the bottom and said "Byakugan"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"Naruto's POV/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"Naruto turned as he heard a kunai dig into the rock wall he had hid behind while he healed. Then as two kunai tips pierced he knew that someone was looking for him. Then he heard Hinata say "Byakugan" And he knew she would be able to find him eventually. Then as he turned to run he heard Kiba say "Hold on if you are getting in trouble then we are too." He heard Ina say "I am with yah there." Then as Naruto hid he heard a light thump and knew Kiba had landed on all fours then he heard Ina say "Kiba yah know we could have taken the climbing path Hinata carved for us." Then he heard Sakura say "Sasuke come on." then he knew that most of his friends would be out searching for him. He went to move and then heard Sasuke say "I see him. He is behind the kunai Hinata laid into the wall." Hinata gasped and he sensed her chakra building and he ran, transforming as he ran./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"Naruto's POV/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"Naruto ran far from the Hidden Leaf village. He knew that if he ever went back he would be persecuted, then he remembered that only those three where there would know and then the rest of the gang would as well. Then he heard footsteps and saw Sasuke carrying Sakura, Kiba carrying Ina, Neji carrying Tenten, Temari, Hinata and Shikamaru all running in the same direction and he stated "I am trying to protect you all by fleeing the Leaf village." Only it came out as "Ugh ugh uhgh." The Sasuke said "Doesn't matter why you are fleeing, it matters how far you flee." Just then Naruto sensed something coming up from below him and leapt back, then the branch he would have been on exploded and Naruto disappeared "Sasuke can you track him?" Hinata and Sakura asked. Sasuke then tried doing so and shook his head saying "He took off in multiple directions, at least fifteen clones." Then Sasuke used Sharingon and said "All them are clones." Hinata then heard a whisper in her head "emHinata use your Byakugan, to the west./em" Then as she did she saw Naruto turn and smile then he leapt off a cliff edge. "NARUTO WHY?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""NARUTO WHY?" was the last thing Naruto heard before he leapt over the edge. Then as he fell he felt himself try to move but he knew that he couldn't do anything as he fell. He then asked himself 'emWhy must I have to do this?/em" then Kyuubi said "emYou abandoned the one you love, why?/em" "emBecause, Kyuubi, I am a magnet for trouble that puts her life in danger. I need to just accept that I can have no one close enough to harm them./em" Naruto felt something grab hold and saw Sasuke with one long snake, coming off his arm, slightly biting his ankle. Not enough to hurt, not too little in which he could slip away, just enough of a bite to keep him from falling. Naruto then grasped the snake and used a little chakra to make it let go but he said "I am sorry for this. However it is for the best." He then let go of the snake and fell./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"Hinata's POV/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""I am sorry for this. However it is for the best." Hinata could not believe what she had just heard. Naruto the let go of the snake and fell the remaining distance to the ground. Hinata heard a sickening crack and saw that Naruto was wounded. Hinata was just about to go after him when she felt a hand grip her arm and stop her. She turned to see who would try to keep her from Naruto. She turned only to see Neji and he hit the points to make her collapse and she fell into his arms, crying./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"Three hours later/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""So Naruto grasped one of Sasuke's snakes and made it let go of him then said 'I am sorry for this. However it is for the best.' then fell the rest of the way down the cliff wall?" Tsunade asked as she grieved for her lost grandson. Hinata was trying to comfort her and deal with the grief she had at the same time. "Yes lady Hokage, that is how it happened." Hinata felt empty inside and she knew that if Naruto did survive he would become stronger. Then she thought "emWhy did he have to leave?/em" just then Iruka showed up and said "He isn't at the bottom of the cliff they stated he fell from, however there is a place in the ground where it outlines his body perfectly, so he really did fall." Just then Hinata heard a whisper in her head "emHinata go to the cliff and bring lots of rope. Then follow the path of blood./em" Hinata then said "How high is the cliff he fell from?" Iruka then scratched his head and said "Three hundred meters, why?" "No time." Hinata raced out of there and bought three hundred twelve meters of rope and then bought a lot of kunai./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"At the cliff/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';""Slow down Hinata." Tenten and Neji said together. "Just find a tree sturdy enough to support my weight at three hundred meters." Neji and Tenten found one, ten meters away from the cliff and it was large two feet across. Then as Hinata secured the rope and got out two kunai she bought, she heard branches rustle and Sakura came out saying "Going somewhere Hinata?" Hinata placed the two kunai in the wall and put her feet on them and repeated her motion of swinging down with Neji, Tenten and Sakura holding and releasing the rope. Then halfway down Hinata had two more kunai to place when the rope got lifted up. "Kiba, Ina, what you guys doing?" Hinata realized that they were trying to pull her up. Then as the rope went slack Hinata grabbed onto two kunai using chakra concentration on her feet and flipped over placing two more, and placed two more, and more until she had a path to climb up or down. Then she heard Kiba say "Well we had to help her case by making it look like the rope was there and no one saw it before. However now that there are kunai she will get blamed for this. We planned on saying 'Ina planned to bring Naruto back as a present for Hinata.' However now we can't." Hinata was at the bottom and said "Byakugan"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"Naruto's POV/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"Naruto turned as he heard a kunai dig into the rock wall he had hid behind while he healed. Then as two kunai tips pierced he knew that someone was looking for him. Then he heard Hinata say "Byakugan" And he knew she would be able to find him eventually. Then as he turned to run he heard Kiba say "Hold on if you are getting in trouble then we are too." He heard Ina say "I am with yah there." Then as Naruto hid he heard a light thump and knew Kiba had landed on all fours then he heard Ina say "Kiba yah know we could have taken the climbing path Hinata carved for us." Then he heard Sakura say "Sasuke come on." then he knew that most of his friends would be out searching for him. He went to move and then heard Sasuke say "I see him. He is behind the kunai Hinata laid into the wall." Hinata gasped and he sensed her chakra building and he ran, transforming as he ran./span/p