Naruto closed his eyes and laid back in the onsen. He was mulling over the letter in his head. 'Kami I wish Kurenai-chan was here. She would know what to do.' He stood up from the water and dried himself and stepped out and quickly got dressed. He walked towards the head quarters hoping Hiedeki would still be there.
Hiedeki sat at his desk as he wrote a report about the three new inductees into the division. He looked up as he heard someone knock against the glass window in his door. "Enter." THe door opened revealing Naruto.
"what is it?"
"If you found a way to take down a powerful enemy where even the weakest members destroyed your best Anbu team you would do it even if it meant becoming an enemy to that which you tried so hard to protect?"
"Naruto when an Anbu takes his mask he makes a solemn obligation not to the Hokage, or the council or even the civilians, he makes a pledge to the village itself. Yes we serve the Hokage, the council and the people of the village but we serve them through the village. If an enemy wishes to do harm to the village, it is the job of an Anbu to defend the village no matter what he has to do."
Naruto nodded then turned and exited the office. As he passed his desk he placed his mask on it. He remembered Tsunade's answer to the letter.
"Naruto we don't know if it is a trap set by the Ataksuki. You are forbidden to go. We will take the Ataksuki down someother way." Naruto made up his mind. He walked out of the village gates packed ready to move towards Kumo to meet his new allies. As he passed through the gates he pulled out a kunai and drug the tip through the headband.
Tsunade woke up to Shizune frantically beating the door. "Tsunade-sama open up Naruto has abandoned the village!" Tsunade's eyes went wide and she ripped the door from its hinges.
"Who confirmed it?"
"Hideki-san saw his mask left on the desk and Izumo watched Naruto leave through the gates then slash his headband." Tsunade closed her eyes as tears threated to fall. "Get me any available Anbu and jounins."
Team 13 no sooner passed through the gates when a chunin sent them straight to Tsunade.
They entered and saw several jounin and team 17. The three groups nodded to one another before Tsuande stepped into the office. "You are all being sent on a S-rank mission. Naruto Uzumaki has deserted Kohona. You are to track him and bring him back to the village. If he resists…" She placed her head in her hands as a sob racked her body. After a few seconds she wiped the tears and lifted her head.
"If Uzumaki resists, kill him." All in the room solemnly nodded. Then the two Anbu teams disappeared out the window as the jounins followed closely behind. As the teams reached the gate they were greeted by three Root agents. They nodded and the four teams took off after Naruto with Kiba leading.
Naruto dove head first into a large lake and swam across it then as he got out he continued to sprint. Ever couple of miles he would make a few shadow clones and drop a stink bomb then send each clone a different way. And every water body he say he would swim through. He had no doubt an Inuzuka would be called in to track him.
As he continued on he reached the border of the Land of Fire and without a backwords glance he continued through and stopped. Looking back he felt a wave of nogalstalita as the memories of Kohona flooded his mind. He pushed them back then reached up and untied his headband. He hung it on a tree then continued towards Kumo.
Kiba cursed as they stopped. "Another goddamn Shadow clone trail. Shit!" He turned and lead them back to the fork in the trail then continued on as they headed closer to the border. He stopped at the edge of a lake and sniffed. "He went through here. Its gonna be hell to pick up the trail again." Then Kiba ran across the lake sniffing the air. He caught a glimpse hint of a fox and followed it. After several more miles they reached the border and noticed a headband hanging from the tree.
"Shit. We can't go into Kumo after him, it will be seen as an act of war." The group stopped as Sasuke turned.
"This is it. We can't follow him without starting a war."
Naruto stopped as he reached the large mountain that housed Kumo. As he stepped through the gate way a squad of Anbu dropped in front of him. "Uzumaki-san, the Raikage is expecting you. Please follow us." The four Anbu jumped to the roofs and lead the way towards the Raikage Tower.
A and his jinchuuriki brother B sat with the Godaime Kazekage, Gaara. Off to the side was the other jinchuriki most of whom were missing ninja and quickly acceted into the ranks of Kumo. The two kages were deep in discussion about a possible way to track the criminal organization of the Ataksuki when a knock rang out through the room.
"Enter." the door opened to reveal four masked Anbu and one blond haired jounin in the standard Anbu attire.
"Raikage-sama Uzumaki Naruto as requested." The four Anbu bowed deeply as they exited the room. The door shut behind them and everyone in the room gave Naruto a quick glance over.
The kazekage rose from his seat and quickly embraced his brother. Then the raikage broke the silence.
"Judgind by the lack of a headband, Kohona did not accept the alliance?"
"No and I am most likely in the Bingo books by now."
"Well then I A, Raikage of Kumogakure no Sato offer you a place in my shinobi corp with the rank of Anbu captain with command of one half of the assembled counter force. Do you accept?"
"Hai Raikage-sama." Then the Raikage nodded and threw Naruto a new headband and an Anbu mask. On the mask was a snarling face of a fox. It had the kanji for death in the top left corner of the mask and the mask itself was black with an orange fox and the kanji was blood red. Naruto bowed to his new kage then rose as the group began to formulate a plan.
Kurenai, Iruka, Ino, Hayate, Yamato, Shikamaru and Chouji when the jounin were immediately called to the Hoakge tower. The three jounin dismissed the chunin who all went to get some food. On the way a very frantic Anko crashed into Yamato and stood up. "GUYS NARUTO-SENSEI ABANDONED THE VILLAGE!" Kurenai and Iruka laughed at this before Anko pulled out the freshly minted Bingo book every chunin was issued.
Naruto Uzumaki
Blood type: O-
Jutsu:S
Kenjutsu:S
Taijutsu: A
Genjutsu:B
Uzumaki is a former Anbu captain last seen heading to Kumo. If seen engage in large group. Is suspected to be of Sannin level. Threat level is S rank. Kill on sight.
Kurenai felt her knees grow shaky and collapsed only to be caught by Iruka. She felt her heart break but then before the tears fell she forced her emotions behind a door buried deep in her being.
Anko closed the book as Kakashi walked to the group. Much to their surprise he wore a dark green jounin flak jacket. "I too kthe exam this morning I didn't tell you guys so if I failed only I would know I did. So I assume you saw the new entry to the Bingo Book?"
"Hai."
"Its very bad if he has a grudge against Kohona. The only person that could beat him except being a Hokage would be Itachi Uchiha who ironically also abandoned the village."
Everyone nodded grimly before Sasuke, Neji, and Kiba walked past. The three stopped at the group and nodded towards them.
"From now on no one is permitted to speak of Uzumaki." The chunnin nodded gagging from the killer intent the Anbu jounins let off before they left.
"So lets go grab some food."
Naruto followed the Raikage as he showed him to his new home. As the pair entered the rich district the Raiakge turned to a medium sized house. "This is your new home."
"Hai Raikage-sama." The raikage smiled then walked past before stopping. "Naruto, did you leave anyone behind in Kohona?"
The blond jounin froze. "Yes. But I'm sure by now she has completely changed her views and feelings towards me. Good night Raikage-sama I will see you tomorrow morning for the tour."
The raikage nodded then left the blond to his own devices.
Naruto entered the house and walked into the bedroom. He removed his headband aand pulled out a familiar cloth mask. 'Well Kyuubi I guess we will have to become a shadow now.'
"Hai kit. This was the necessary thing to do to prevent the destruction of Konoha. To bad about Kure-chan though."
'Its fine. It is probably this way she is out of danger.' Then the blond pulled up the cloth mask obscuring his whisker marks.
'I wonder what tou-san or kaa-san would say if they knew I abandoned the village.'
Naruto woke up the next morning and quickly got dressed. He grabbed his gear and adjusted his ninjatos and his trench knives then strapped on two kunai pouches and grabbed extra exploding tags. Today would be the day he would receive a tour of the vilalge and then he would start taking missions with his new team. Gaara, Yugito, and Roshi. Naruto smiled his team was strong centered towards comabt. The one, two, and 5 tails lead by the nine tails.
Naruto stopped as he reached the tower. He bowed to the Raikage and the two began their tour. After the tour Naruto meet Gaara, Yugito, and Roshi. The three waved to him and he waved back.
Yugito, was blonde like him but had a stormy gray eye color with an inviting smile that could rival his own battle face when it needed to. She was his hieght with ample breasts that weren't to big but were by no means small. Gaara was no longer in his Kage robs and instead in anbu attire over his normal sand armor. He nodded. He just like Naruto had a emotionless face. Gaara's eyes occasionally would glance over to Yugito and then back to front. Roshi was probably the most oposite of them all. He was exactly like Naruto in his academy days. He wore a large grin and a normal anbu uniform. He was originally from the village of Kiri but abandoned it after Zabuza refused to let him join the alliance. Roshi was a skilled swordsmen trained under Zabuza's tutelage himself and served on the Mist's 7 after Kisame abandoned the village.
Naruto turned from his team and the four walked towards the Raikage tower as a light drizzle began to fall.
The four anbu charged through the rain as they exited Kumo on a mission. There mission was a simple one. They where to follow up on a sighting of an Ataksuki team scouring the border between Kumo and Konoha.
The four quicky arrived to see a raven, an eagle, a turtle, a dog, and a beetle mask standing on the border.
Naruto stepped forward. "We are here to investigate the sighting of ataksuki. Will Konoha allow the us to enter?"
"Hai but you will be under our supervision."
The four nodded then crossed the border. The found the area relatively easy since it was devastated and littered with the bodies of four chunin and a jounin who tried to engage the pair.
Naruto bent down to the jounin and rolled him over. The man was killed by a large sword slash. "Wolf, do you smell fish?"
Wolf rased his head and sniffed. "Hai but its coming off the body. Does this mean…"
"Hai mission complete. I assume since Kisame was here that Itachi was as well. We need to report this to the Raikage." The four Kumo Anbu stood up then retreated across the border and began their journeyt back to Kumo.
"Raven-san was that…"
"Hai beetle that was our former captain. We need to report to the Hokage he has received asylum in kumo."
"Hai Raven-taichou."