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The Sun's Demon Assassin
Chapter 3- Telling Naruto
Finish date: 1/28/08
Previously On the Sun's Demon Assassin:
"I propose that he (Sasuke) have his chakra sealed, have Anbu escorts, be under house arrest for a month, then have the escort and his chakra sealed until the Anbu believe he will not leave. Then he will be sent to Genin, have only D rank missions until promoted, and have his teacher of choice. Uzumaki Naruto will be exiled for her attempted murder to the Uchiha and all is well. All in favor please raise your hand." Three quarters of those present raised their hands. "Well Tsunade what are you going to do? The necessary three quarters vote has been reached. Looks like Naruto will be exiled after all."
… (time indicator)
"She will have five days to leave. And Nara, that's the point. I suggest you stop while you are behind. Or else she will be leaving tomorrow." Several people shouted for her to have to leave now.
…
"How could we let this happen?" Tsunade said. "How could we allow her to be exiled?"
"I'm not sure Tsunade." Jiraiya sighed. "I'm not sure. Nor am I sure how so many people could hate her so much. She's the enigma of the sun."
"She'll be heartbroken."
End Flash Back
Tsunade was currently in her office. With Jiraiya. Doing paperwork. Jiraiya was studying politics.
Wait…Tsunade, was working on her paperwork!! And Jiraiya was studying something other than something for his books. Naruto's exile must have really affected them.
Jiraiya was studying in hopes of finding some loop hole so that Naruto wouldn't be exiled. He really didn't want her to be, even if she was a tad annoying she was still his beloved student. But there wasn't much he could do it seems. Tsunade could change how the council works, but it wouldn't have much of an effect because a verdict had already been reached.
Ah. Tsunade was doing paperwork because the sooner she plowed through it all the sooner she could spend time with her beloved 'daughter'… Damn Paper work. Apparently being with her 'daughter' wasn't a good enough reason to not do it.
Shizune walked in. And nearly fainted. Both Jiraiya and Tsunade were doing something other than drinking. Jiraiya wasn't doing 'research' and Tsunade wasn't avoiding her paperwork. From what Shizune could see Jiraiya was reading… About politics! "Anno… Tsunade-sama… She's about to wake." Shizune said, voice wavering a bit from the shock.
'SHIT' Jiraiya and Tsunade though simultaneously. "Ah. Thanks Shizune" Tsunade said, a bit uneasy. "Come on Jiraiya. We need to tell her. "
Jiraiya sighed. The clan heads would be telling their children soon about Naruto's exile. Not a pretty idea there. "Yeah. Let's go"
With that they left for the hospital.
At the Hospital
As they walked into the hospital Naruto woke up. Tsunade had some tears in her eyes, Jiraiya just looked depressed.
This time Naruto actually sat up. "Tsunade-Obaa-Chan. Ero-sennin. Hi..?"
She moved around a bit. "Much better. No where near as much pain."
Tsunade smiled at her antics. "I'm glad you're feeling better-"
"What news do you have on Sasuke's punishment."
"About that. Sasuke will be allowed to become a ninja again. He'll be restricted and have an escort for a while but afterwards he'll become a ninja again if he chooses to be. But-"
"I'm glad to hear that." Naruto she gave an extraordinarily warm smile. She noticed Tsunade had tears in her eyes. "Tsunade-baa-chan what's wrong…" she asked.
"It's the council-"
At that moment the entirety of the rookie nine (minus Sakura, she's still working) Plus Gai's team, burst into the room. "Naruto! Is it true what we heard?!" Kiba screamed.
"Heard what?" She asked, a tad bit skeptical.
"Naruto it's the council. You've been…." Tsunade said. Her voice cracking.
"I've been what?"
"You've been… Exiled." Jiraiya said.
"WHAT! How the hell could you let this happen?! I've been exiled for what?! What the hell have I bloody done wrong?!"
"There really wasn't much we could do. We had three quarters of the council against us. I made a recording. It should be pretty clear." Jiraiya said, clearly disturbed by her reaction.
The rookie nine (plus Gai's team) moved around the bed where Naruto was. Jiraiya hit the play button on the recorder.
After the recording played, the room was totally silent. Only the machines hooked up to Naruto made any sound. "Well… I'd dare to say that the council hates me."
"That's always been clear though kit" Kyubii lightly snickered.
'True.'
"So what are you going to do about it?" Neji asked. A bit flabbergasted at the reactions of the council.
"Nothing. I can't do anything about this. It's been decided already and I've done enough research on the village to know that nothing can be done now." Naruto said. Her voice cracking a bit.
"So that's just it? You're gonna just give up because some council decided to exile you? Whatever happened to Ms.I-don't-listen-to-fate-fate-listens-to-me-I-never-give-up-and-will-achieve-my-dream-no-matter-the-odds!? What happened to your Nindo?! What about your dream?! What the hell happened?!" Neji screamed at her. The rest of the room was floored. Neji was showing a tad too much emotion.
"There's not a BLOODY thing I can do Neji! I don't want to leave the village! Fate has nothing to do with this; this has to do with the unnatural hate of the village." Naruto was openly crying now. "I'm not sure…. I'm just not sure. I haven't the slightest as to what my life will go for. I will try to keep in contact though… Do you mind if I ask a few things of you guys…?"
"Whatever you want Naruto."
"Don't ever try to replace me like people tried to replace Sasuke with Sai. Don't keep yourself from moving forward because I'm gone. And treat Sasuke well. Don't hate him because I had to leave because I dragged him back. He is a bastard and he doesn't know how to act as anything other than a bastard. Teach him for me will ya? After all, he has nothing to do with the opinion of the council on me."
"Ah fine…." Was the general response.
"Thanks" She said as brightly as she could given the current circumstances. "I suppose that I need to get packing…. If I have only five days left… I have some other things I need to do too." She flexed her right arm and made a fist. "All. Better. Thanks Kyu" She muttered.
"Kyu?" Tsunade asked.
"Yeah… For those here that don't know, I have The Kyubii sealed in me. I can communicate with her and everything. If you can't deal with that, leave. I reefer to Kyubii as Kyu."
No one left.
Naruto gave a weak smile. "I'm glad to know you're all my real friends."
Ino spoke up "Uh… Naruto, you proved that a while ago when you sprung it on us that you weren't a guy."
"Oh… Right."
Shikamaru spoke now "So…. You're the Kyubii's container?" He said uneasily
"Oi, Kit tell them to call me Kyuu."
'Whatever you say Kyuu. Whatever you say.'
"Yep. By the way. He's yelling at me to tell you lot to call her Kyuu. He attacked because some bastard hurt his family.
"Okay…?"
At that moment Sakura chose to burst in. "I just heard what happened! Sorry!"
"Ah… Which one?"
"Both bits. The exile thing as well as her dragging Sasuke back."
"Shit." Tsunade Chimed.
"What" Naruto asked"
"Uchiha will be out for another week. You won't get to talk to him before you leave."
"It's… It's fine. Just so long as he's safe. And I know he will be, right?" she pointed glared at the others currently in her room.
"Yes." They all chimed. 'too bad you don't sound fine' was their thought.
"Good"
Naruto pulled herself out of bed. "Now if you don't mind me, I'm going to go get ready."
"NARUTO" Tsunade screamed at her "GET BACK INTO BED NOW!"
"Nope. I'd really rather not. I'm way better and I need to get ready or I might leave something important behind. Like a photo... Or a memory….." She said trailing off at the end. She grabbed some clothes from the small wardrobe by the bed and walked into the bathroom. Behind the closed door they heard the sound of a fist hitting a wall and sobbing.
"S-she's t-taking this m-much ha-h-a-harder than she's l-letting it sh-show." Hinata stuttered.
"Yeah… But what do you expect she really does love this village. Even if it hates her"
Yusin's Author Corner
Welcome to chapter three. No school today, cause it snowed, Yay! I personally thought that this was a sad chapter, if only a little.
Standings haven't changed from last chapter though. I need to figure this stuff out soon because in a couple of chapter's (or so) I'll need the standings. I'm not sure how far I'll take this story (as in like length) . But Hey, if all else fails I'll flip coins or something. Is this chapter suitably longer than the last one? I'm now on Page 5.
What do you think?
Review please! I want 2 reviews at least before I update. No flames please!
Preview for Next chapter:
As the days Naruto has left in Konoha fade what will she do? How will others react? As she leaves what plots will she cook up?! Find out in the next chapter of The Sun's Demon Assassin!
