Chapter Three: Bloody Tea and Cookies of Bone

Tsunade POV

"Tsunade-sama! A patrol team has discovered a slashed head band of the leaf!"

Shizune yelled

"Do you know who it belongs to?

"From our tests it shows that it belongs to… Namikaze, Naruto."

My heart stopped. No it couldn't be. Just couldn't be!

"The council wishes to speak with you."

"Fine, fine Shizune."

I walked into the council room and was met by a roar of people.

"QUIET! Okay what do you need to tell me?"

I yelled.

"Hokage-sama with the recent defection of Namikaze, Naruto we are declaring him a missing-nin."

Homaru stated.

"WHAT! WHY?"

I roared.

"We believe the kyubi has taken over Namikaze-san's mind making him run away. So we need to dispatch of him immediately."

"NO! NARUTO'S NOT KYUBBI!"

I roared once again.

"Well let's vote, then. All in favor of stating Namikaze, Naruto as a missing-nin and sending hunter-nins after him all raise their hand."

Hiashi Hyuga, Inochi Yamanaka, Tsume Inuzuka, Homaru, and Koharu all raised their hands.

"Okay that's majority it is official we will be sending a team of hunter-nins after the missing-nin Namikaze, Naruto immediately!"

Danzo smirked from the back of the room, hidden from view.

Naruto's POV

Tayuya and I had been traveling for a couple of days. Heading south towards the islands of water country where supposedly Tayuya was from before her parents were "killed" and she left to go to Otogakure.

I heard a rustle in the trees above us.

"Hey Tayuya-chan, we should open a BBQ shop." I gave the signal.

" Yeah that's a great idea." She answered the signal.

We both swung back shooting off a barrage of kunais. Then men jumped back out of hiding but we still heard one satisfying thump of a kunai hitting flesh. Two of the men jumped one to our right and left.

"Doton: Doryo Dango!"

One yelled.

"Katon; gokakyu no jutsu!"

The other yelled.

The first ripped a huge sphere of stone from the ground and chucked it towards me as the second shot a huge fireball towards Tayuya.

I quickly smashed the incoming boulder with a rasengan and Tayuya activated her miniature version of four violet flames battle encampment dissipating the fireball.

"Tayuya-chan would you like the honors?"

I grinned evilly.

"Why, thank you."

She returned that grin as she pulled out her flute and started to play a song.

IN GENJUTSU

"Where are we?"

One of the hunter-nin cried off into the silent darkness.

"Help!"

Another cried. The darkness suddenly light up temporarily blinding the hunter-nin. As they opened there eyes they found that they were bound by wires and couldn't move. With all of them screaming an ethereal worm like creature emerged from the ground.

"Would you like a cookie?"

The worm spoke. The hunter-nins just screamed in response.

"I guess not."

The being responded as it bit a big bite out the men going down the line. As they were bitten their flash started to melt and ooze flowing right of the bone. The men screamed again before passing out.

REAL WORLD

The hunter-nins fell to Tayuya's feet. I let out a low whistle.

"Naruto-kun?"

"Yeah?"

"I don't want to live like this."

"Live like what?"

She sighed.

"Like having people always chasing after us, having to kill to live."

"Like not being a ninja?"

"You really are dull, no we will still be ninja but I want to live in a place free from ninja."

"Anyplace in mind?"

"Yeah, Tea country?"

Why tea country?

"You have any other ideas?"

"Not really."

We both sweat dropped, we set off in a sort of south direction my arm around Tayuya.

"This is like a dream but I'm happy I don't wake up." I thought to myself and smiled.

Hey, hey everyone! I'm sorry for the late and short chapter. Please read and review!