Naruto's past is out! This will take more than one chapter!

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Flashback

Chapter 10:

"The last time I saw you was over six years ago, when I was twelve."

FLASHBACK

Naruto just got out of the hospital. He was walking towards where Team 7 normally met, but since Sasuke was gone, it was only going to be him and Sakura, waiting until Kakashi got there, three hours later. But today was strange. Kakashi was already there when Naruto got there.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei," Naruto called. "You're early."

"Things are going to change," Kakashi said. "Now that Sasuke is gone, Team 7 will not go on any missions until we get a new member."

"We are replacing Sasuke?" Naruto asked.

"Only temporally," Kakashi said holding up his hands. He couldn't handle a mad Naruto and from the way Sakura was glaring, she was pissed too. "Hokage-sama will pick the replacement and then we can go on missions again. Naruto, you do want to get stronger, right?" Naruto nodded. "Then we have to go on missions so you can get more fighting experience."

"Ok Kakashi-sensei," Naruto grinned. All of a sudden, an Anbu dropped down behind Naruto.

"What is it?" Kakashi asked.

"Naruto Uzumaki has been summoned by the council," the Anbu said.

Kakashi sighed. "You better go with him, Naruto. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Ok, Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto said. He followed the Anbu away. Once they reached Tsunade's office, the Anbu ushered Naruto in.

"I have brought him," the Anbu said bowing.

"You may leave," Koharu said. The Anbu nodded then vanished. Naruto saw that the village elders, Tsunade, Jiriya, and a man he didn't know were in the room. "Naruto Uzumaki, it has come to our attention that you are the one that let Sasuke Uchiha go."

"What?" Naruto asked.

"You let Sasuke Uchiha leave Konoha and go to Sound," Homura said.

"What?" Naruto said shocked. "I tried to stop him!"

"And you failed," Koharu said. "We have reason to believe that you are the reason Sasuke Uchiha left."

"Sasuke left to gain power!" Naruto yelled. "He wants to kill his brother, Itachi."

"Lies!" the man Naruto didn't know said. "The boy is lying. We have witnesses who say that they heard Uzumaki tell Uchiha to leave. They also heard Uchiha agree in order to protect their teammate, Sakura Haruno."

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked. "I'd never hurt her!"

"Silence!" Homura ordered. "The council has made their decision. You are to be banished from Konoha, never to return!"

Naruto felt tears in his eyes. He looked at Tsunade and Jiriya. "Obaa-chan, Ero-sennin."

"You have three hours to pack your stuff and get out," Koharu said. "Failure to leave in the allotted time will end in your death."

"But I didn't do anything wrong!" Naruto yelled.

"Get out or we will just kill you now," Homura ordered.

Instincts told him to go. Naruto ran. He stopped at his place and grabbed clothes, money, food, and the photo of Team 7. Tsunade and Jiriya came to help Naruto only an hour later. But he was already packed. He stored everything in scrolls and put the scrolls in a backpack. It was lighter this way.

"Naruto, I'm sorry," Tsunade cried.

"It isn't your fault," Naruto said, handing Tsunade his headband. "I know you tried to protect me. You two are my family."

"Oh Naruto!" Tsunade pulled Naruto into a tight hug.

"As much as I love the hug," Naruto said. "I can't breathe."

Tsunade let him go. "I should leave with you."

"-No," Naruto shook his head. "Stay here and protect Konoha." He turned to Jiriya. "And you need to protect Obaa-chan.

"I will," Jiriya tried to hide his tears.

"Good," Naruto said.

"Naruto, here is some money," Tsunade said. "Stay safe."

"Don't worry about me," Naruto said. "I'm a lot stronger than you think." With that, Naruto vanished. He ran towards the gate, making sure no one saw him. He had made it about five miles away, when he was attacked. He could tell they were not normal Anbu. "I left in the allotted time."

"Danzo-sama has ordered us to kill you," someone said. "And we shall do so." Two of them lunged at Naruto. Naruto made three clones. While the clones fought, he ran. He didn't want to hurt anyone, but he didn't want to die either. He receive his clone's memories of being defeated. The sound of someone following him came to Naruto's ears. He increased his speed. Not paying attention to what was in front of him, caused Naruto to run into someone. Naruto fell onto his butt and looked up. He gasped. "Itachi."

Itachi Uchiha stood before Naruto. His partner, Kisame Hoshigaki, stood behind him. He grinned evilly. Then three pairs of eyes looked behind Naruto to see four Anbu. "Root," Itachi said calmly.

"Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki," a Root Anbu said. He stepped back in fear.

"Our orders are absolute," another member yelled. "We have to kill the demon." He raised a kunai and charged. The other three Root Anbu joined him. They didn't stand a chance. Itachi swung his sword through them. Their lifeless bodies fell to the ground.

Kisame sighed. "Weak. And they are suppose to be Anbu." He shook his head. Then he looked at Naruto. "The Kyuubi boy has been marked a nuke-nin. How lovely." He pulled his sword off his back. "This time, I'm going to gut off his legs." He stepped towards Naruto, but suddenly stopped. He looked down and saw a sword sticking through his chest. He looked back at Itachi. "You..."

"You will not harm Naruto," Itachi said. He pulled back his sword. Kisame fell to the ground. "I won't kill you. But you will tell the others that I'm dead." He looked into Kisame's eyes with his Sharingan. Soon, Kisame fell face forward, unconscious. Itachi turned to Naruto. "I erased his memories of me killing those Root members. He is going to think both of us died." He removed his Akatsuki cloak and took a kunai to it. He began to make cuts in it along with some burns. Soon, it looked like the cloak went through hell. Itachi grabbed a kunai from the Root Anbu and slashed his hand. He held it over his cloak, letting the blood drip onto it. "Take off your jacket." Naruto obeyed. Itachi did the same thing to the jacket that he had done to his cloak. Then he grabbed Naruto's wrists. "This is going to hurt a bit." He made a small cut of Naruto's hand, letting Naruto's blood fall onto the orange jacket. Once he let Naruto go, Itachi walked around destroying part of the area with various jutsus making it look like a huge fight happened. He took hold of Kisame's sword and sliced the Root Anbu, making it look like Kisame was the one who killed them. Itachi took out a scroll and summoned something, it was a human that looked exactly like Itachi. Naruto watched as Itachi turned the dead man to ash. Then Itachi put some of the ash under his cloak with his Akatsuki ring and the rest under Naruto's jacket. Finished with what he was doing, Itachi walked over to Naruto. "We need to get going before Kisame wakes up." Itachi began to walk away. Following his instincts, Naruto ran after Itachi, not even looking back.

"What was that about?" Naruto asked when they were far away from Kisame. They were now sitting in a cave with a fire between them.

"I had to make it look like we were killed," Itachi said. "Now Akatsuki won't come after us."

"But why did you do that?" Naruto asked.

"I'm sick of being in Akatsuki," Itachi admitted. "If it wasn't for the mission, I'd have left them years ago."

"Mission?" Naruto asked.

Itachi bit his lip in an un-Uchiha manner. "I was ordered by the elders and Danzo to kill everyone in the Uchiha clan. Then the Third asked me to join Akatsuki as a spy."

"Wait!" Naruto exclaimed. "You were ordered to kill the Uchihas?" Itachi nodded. He knew he had to tell Naruto the truth. "What about Sasuke?"

Itachi smiled. "I couldn't kill him. So I threatened the elders and Danzo then asked the Third to keep him safe."

Naruto lowered his gaze to the ground. "Sasuke left Konoha and went to Orochimaru."

"I know," Itachi said. "He's such a foolish little brother."

"They blame me," Naruto said. "The council, Danzo, and probably others. That's why they banished me."

Itachi nodded. "But you still love Konoha."

"I do," Naruto said. "I have friends there and people I see as my family. No matter what happens, I will always love them and Konoha."

"As will I," Itachi said. "Things will change, just give it time."

"I hope so," Naruto said. He didn't know why, but Naruto trusted Itachi. He could tell that Itachi trusted him.

FLASHBACK END

"So that's what happened," Kakashi said.

"There's more," Naruto said. "A lot more."

Put your pitchforks and torches down. I've been hit with a moment of inspiration. I think I'll have another two chapter out within the next few hours!