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"Ooh! Majestic! A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream. But, alas, not too fast! The nightmare swirls and churns unending!"
-Micolash
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Hiruzen gave a happy smile as he looked at the shocked genin and ecstatic sensei's. Shikamaru, Neji, and Sasuke have all been promoted to the status of Chunin and we're now being congratulated by their respective teammates. Neji got a hug from lee and Gai as well a pat on the back from Tenten. Shikamaru also got a pat on the back, courtesy of Choji and a happy pat on the head from Asuma. Sasuke bristled from the hug he received from Sakura and an eye smiling Kakashi. Hiruzen lost his smile as he looked at the happy shinobi "Do any of you know where Naruto and Ino are? I was hoping to promote Naruto as well."
Team 7 scowled at that and Asuma shrugged "I'm not sure we went to the Yamanaka compound an-"
"HOKAGE-SAMA! NARUTO HAS LEFT KONOHA!"
All eyes snapped to the now open door as Ino Yamanaka sprinted through. Her hair was in tangles and her eyes a little puffy. The rest of the genin widened their eyes, and Sasuke felt his mouth fall agape.
Hiruzen stopped up quickly without hesitation and looked at Ino in his now dubbed 'Hokage mode'.
"What do you mean by this Ino-san"
Ino looked around widely and yelled "I was there! He brought me to his house to show me his flowers he bought weeks ago. He told me he wanted to leave but I don't think he was going to do it! He kissed me and I know that baka left this damn village!"
Hiruzen scowled as he looked at the shocked faces of the genin and sensei. He Cursed and pointed at Kakashi "Summon your dog's and take a small squad and go and look for him." he now looked over at Asuma "I want you to take Ino here home and rally up team 8."
"Neji and Shikamaru, go with Kakashi and get a squad of Chunin to accompany you. I want Naruto found and brought back!"
"Everyone dismissed!"
Everyone nodded before leaving his office. Hiruzen got up and walked towards the windows behind him and stared off into the skies above.
'Naruto, what's going on with you?'
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Naruto was closing in on the Valley of the End. 'Almost there.' He thought.
As he was making his way there, he spotted a group of shinobi not too far ahead of him. He stopped on a nearby branch and listened in on their conversation.
"How long do we have to wait here?"
"Orochimaru-sama said that were supposed to arrive there soon, stop complaining and shut up."
Naruto didn't recognize their voices.
'No need to draw unwanted attention. I'll just leave.' He maneuvered around the surrounding treeline and slipped past them before continuing his journey to the Valley. The Valley was the main checkpoint for him. From there you can leave in any direction and it leads to a new country if you go far enough. He jumped down off his tree branch to see the giant statues of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. A memorial of sorts for the strong shinobi as they had their final fight in this very area. A sudden dark sensation fell over him as he tensed his back up. A small dark looking portal opened up and his eyes went wide. He felt his body get pulled to the portal as he tried to move his body on an attempt to struggle out of the supernatural grasp that held him. His struggling did nothing however as he was suddenly started to rise in the air as the purplish aura grasped him tighter. Naruto felt the air leave his lungs as he felt his bones contract as he gasped loudly. A loud snap erupted in the area as a red liquid busted from the aura as Naruto felt himself growing more nauseous as he felt his eyes close, only darkness greeted him.
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Later that same day, Sasuke finished packing up his bag and now, he was ready to set off and find Castle Cainhurst. He looked out the window of his home.
He turns around to head through the door when he notices a letter sitting on his bed. He looks at it for a second and notices that it had a slight glow to it as well as a small, red gem in the center of it. Curiosity coursing through him, he walks over to it and picks it up.
'I don't remember this being here.' He thought.
He opens the letter and tries to read its contents "Cainhrurst summons?! How the hell-"
He couldn't decipher much of the text as he looked over it when he began to get a little woozy. He dropped the letter and began to hold his head when a near silent voice began speaking in his head…
'Tis a bloodstained summons, inviting honored guests to the forsaken Castle Cainhurst. Do not hesitate. The stagecoach leaves from Hemwick Crossing.'
Sasuke gasped for air as he suddenly felt normal again. 'Wha-What was that?' he thought to himself.
He picks up the letter again before he slowly walks out the door and heads off to the main gates. He was slightly confused on why Naruto left, but with his leaving. He could go with the new squad and slip away easily. Hopefully anyway.
(A few minutes later)
Sasuke was walking down the dirt path leading to the main gates of Konoha.
'Hemwick Crossing? I've never heard of a place like that. Where could it be?' he thought.
As he contemplated the location of this "Hemwick Crossing", he didn't notice the movement behind him before it was too late.
"S-Sasuke-kun? What are you doing?"
Sasuke's eyes widen slightly. He turns his head and sees Sakura standing there.
"Sasuke, what are you doing? Why are you all packed up?" she asked, worried.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm leaving with the the squad to find the dope.
Sakura's eyes widened. "What?! Why you going through this gate?!" she asks, frantically, with a small amount of suspicion.
"I'm leaving from here so I can flank the dope on whether he's going."
Sakura looked at the small backpack Sasuke had and her eyes went wide as tears formed immediately.
"Y-you're leaving the village…"
Sasuke scowled, he forgot he was holding his backpack. He decided to come clean. No point in hiding it from a weak genin.
This village has held me back for the longest time. If I stay here, I will never be able to fulfill my mission. Now that I'm leaving, NOTHING will stop me from achieving that goal. Not the Leaf…Not the Hokage…and certainly not Team 7," explained Sasuke coldly.
He turns around and starts to walk away again
"Sasuke-kun, wait! Don't leave!"
Sasuke stops momentarily.
"And why shouldn't I? This place has done nothing for me to help me achieve my goal. Give me one good reason, Sakura, One. Reason" said Sasuke.
"But-I…"
"Hm. That's what I thought," said Sasuke as he resumes walking.
"Wait! If you leave, I-I'll scream!" yelled Sakura.
Sasuke stops again. He turns around to face Sakura again and begins to walk up to , he wraps his arms around her, momentarily shocking her. "S-Sasuke-kun…"
"Thank you for caring, Sakura," said Sasuke with a small smile.
Sakura was about to hug him back when she suddenly gasped loudly. She looks down and stares in shock at the katana-like blade piercing her stomach.
Blood began to slowly seep from her mouth as Sasuke began to slowly twist the blade clockwise, cutting up her insides and forcing Sakura to fall to her knees in agony.
Tears begin to flow out of Sakura's eyes as she stared back at Sasuke, a look of pain and betrayal evident in her eyes.
"S-Sasuke-kun, w-why?" she struggled to asked.
A small but haunting smile appeared on Sasuke's face.
"For thy honor of Cainhurst."
With that, he forcefully pulled out the Chikage from Sakura's stomach and sheathed it before it disappeared into the mark on his shoulder. He knew that she would die of her wound if left here in the dark, so he gave her a bit of mercy. Another weapon appeared in his left hand, this time, it was a small firearm with a small flintlock mechanism above the stock and a barrel with a very intricate design.
The Evelyn
Sasuke aimed the pistol upwards and fired off a bullet loud enough to alert anyone nearby. After firing off the shot, Sasuke took one last look at Sakura.
"For your sake, that gunshot should've been loud enough to alert someone…Hehe , well…if they make it in time that is," he said with a deadly smile as he aimed the Evelyn at Sakura. "I'm sorry for this Sakura." he looked at the pained eyes of the downed girl and rested his finger on the trigger-
"Finally found this dam Uchiha!"
Sasuke stopped momentarily, as he looked over his shoulder to see 4 different looking shinobi. All were wearing matching shirts and a purple sash around their waist. There was a dark purple headed man with a second head attached to his neck as he looked on annoyed. There was a very large fat man with unusual orange hair as he stood with his arms crossed. Another male with a total of 4 arms as he looked on with a crazed expression. And the only Normal looking one was the only female of the group, she wore a normal cap on her head holding her red hair back, and rested a flute on her forearm. The man with 2 heads stepped forward
"Uchiha Sasuke correct? We are here to escort you to Orochimaru-sama, he has offered for you to triangle under him and become one of the strongest ninja in the Elemental Nations. Do you accept-ahh!"
The purples headed man flew back as his head propelled back as another loud bang echoed through the streets. "Sakon no-"
Another bang occurred as the two headed man laid dead on the floor, both his heads now bleeding profusely. The sound 4 (now 3) widened there eyes and snapped their heads to the Uchiha survivor. Sasuke gave a crazed smile and within seconds his Chikage was in his hand. Sasuke activated his doujutsu and took of to the large man. There were in sick a state of shock as seeing one of their own getting killed so quickly they didn't hear the scream of agony from the orange haired man until it was too late. The scream was loud enough to alert many in the area as the remaining sound 4 watched in horror as the blade sliced through their teammates belly and blood leaked onto the floor, as he tumbled over lifeless. His two tomoe sharingan looked over at the remaining 2 and snorted.
"Pathetic."
He sensed the upcoming shinobi coming his way and scowled, he ignored the already dead people and ran through the remaining 2 without sparing them a glance as they cowered in fear from him. His face was impassive as he sealed his weapons into their respective seals. He jumped into the forest and with all his energy, pumped all his chakra into his legs and sprinted off to wherever to get away from the upcoming shinobi. Hopefully the downed girl and the now dead sound shinobi stopped them for enough time for him to get away.
"I get it now. Why Naruto has started to act all strange. His new weapons, his attitude change."
He didn't know how long he was running for. But he felt a small burning sensation appeared on his right palm. It was searing, he winced as he fell off a tree branch and hit the ground with a thud. The pain subsided and seemingly vanished as fast as it came. He breathed in to calm himself and looked at his palm. He raised an eyebrow as he looked at the new addition to his body.
What rested on his palm was an eye looking drawing with a white pupil and iris. It was small and right below it was the number 1.
"The Insight represents the depth of inhuman knowledge."
Sasuke snapped his head up "Hello?" he said aloud. After nothing happened Sasuke snorted "Insight. Why does that sound so familiar?"
He shook his head getting rid of his thoughts and picked himself off the ground and continued on his way.
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The queen of Chainhurst sat on her throne with a hand keeping her face up. Her eyes were closed yet a small smirked formed on her red lips. "It seems I have have chos right" she opened her eyes and looked at the long staircase leading down to the snow stricken castle. "Maybe he will awaken an executioner as well. Already achieving insight so fast. Nothing short of outstanding" She chuckled to herself as she closed her eyes again
"Only time could tell now."
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