Hello everyone! I'm back to the world of living. Sorry I wasn't able to update sooner, I went to the sea and then there was my cousins wedding and my b-day, so yeah. But rejoice my darlings now I'm back, I already have the next chapter for my other story "Phoenix" as well. But no more talking on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Naruto started his travels at a slow pace, after all he didn't have a concrete destination in mind nor did he have a time limit, besides being a workaholic he was he spent all his time training and doing missions, he never had a time to truly relax and go sight seeing. Though sight seeing was not the only thing he did and he definitely has a very screwed sense of what relaxation is, because beating the bandits terrorizing nearby village into a bloody pulp was definitely not a common definition of fun, but oh well, nobody's perfect.
During his travels many things happened. When he was traveling near Wave country he decided to pay it a visit just to see how the things were going there. Imagine his 'glee' when he found out that on that day a public execution of someone named Kaiza would be held. Needless to say that though the execution did happen the victims name was changed from Kaiza into Gatou. During the celebration that was the next day Kaiza introduced Naruto to his family. After listening to their words of gratitude, Naruto took Tazuna aside and while they were talking he, as if thinking aloud, said that if Wave had a bridge connecting it to the mainland the likes of Gatou won't be able to influence their economy and thus Wave would be free. The next day Naruto left Wave country after saying goodbye to everyone. In a few months he heard the news of the magnificent bridge that was built in Wave. The bridge that Tazuna named in his honor.
After this he visited Kiri. The other night since his arrival Mizukage mysteriously died. After carefully evaluating the higher class shinobi of the Mist who could get the position of the next Mizukage, he helped the one who held the potential to stop the civil war and be a strong and good leader. Naruto also put his efforts into helping new leader to achieve piece. Most of the nins that were exiled or forced to become rogue by the previous Mizukage were pardoned and returned back home. Two of the famous swordsmen of the Mist Hoshikage Kisame and Momochi Zabuza with his apprentice Haku were among them. No one knows for sure who was the one who helped Kiri to get back to its feet or what reward did he get for his efforts, his name or better say the name that was given to him was whispered from a person to a person, but his true identity remained a mystery. It is known that after he left Kiri became stronger, more peaceful, it concerns its politics as well; for example after Kiri got its economy running they signed a piece treaty with Konoha and Suna as well as trading contracts with the said villages and Wave.
Next stop Naruto made already in Suna, where he didn't waste his time either fixing Gaaras seal and befriending the said demon vessel, showing him love and affection he was deprived of in his earlier life, teaching little Gaara the true value of life. To the end of his visit panda started calling him Naru-nii-san. He also paid a visit to Gaaras father and put him under the genjutsu making him see what Gaara can become if Kazekage will continue to be such a bastard to him, depriving him of parental love as well as love of the siblings( he forbade Kankurou and Temari to show any positive filings towards Gaara).
Finishing his business in Suna Naruto traveled around a little saving little towns and villages from bandits and missing-nins. With all this the word about him spread like a wild fire. His reputation of a hero that began in the Wave country became well known. The name that he earned in Kiri accompanied it. He became known to this new for him world as tamashii no Kyoku-spirit of the rising sun.
He also helped a few Konoha shinobi along the way. Once it was a genin team that lost their instructor in the fight with bandits when they were outnumbered, he was too late to save Jounin, but he was able to get all the genins unscratched as well as kill all the bandits. He escorted genins safely to Konoha. The other time it was a group of chunin Yuuhi Kurenai and newly appointed Jounin Mitarashi Anko who were ambushed by a group of missing-nins. After the fight he had barely managed to escape from Anko with his pants on. Apparently the snake mistress has a very interesting way of rewarding knights in the shining armor, though other males might disagree with Naruto and say that it is the best reward for a heroic did. All the way back to Konoha Anko kept sulking about her runaway prey, pouting each time she remembered that she let such a hottie escape. And though Kurenai kept quiet about it keeping her image of an ice queen, inwardly she agreed with Anko and if one looked closely they could see a faint blush on her cheeks each time she thought of the gorgeous blond.
Time flies very quickly when you do something interesting and exiting. Same goes to our Naru-chan. He didn't even noticed how a year passed busy with all the adventures, but everything good sooner or later comes to the end. One can't run from his problems forever. Naruto never was a coward so when the time came he decided to meet his fears head on. Uzumaki Naruto was going home.
Yay! The chapter is ready. In the next one Naru-chan will go back to Konoha, meet Yondy, Itachi-kun and his fan-club (don't forget about Anko and Kurenai). Please review.gives everyone Itachi-plushies Till the next time. Eovin has signed out.