The next morning, a loud scream was heard throughout the castle. This scream could not belong to anyother than Mikoto Uchiha. Fugaku found the Uchiha queen seated on her oldest son's bed reading a letter, crying. He walks over and puts a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Sasuke walks in with an annoyed look, demanding to know why there was screaming so early in the morning. His mother looks at him teary-eyed and says, "Sasuke, dear. Sit down for this." He complies as she hands him the letter.

It said,

"Dear family,

I am leaving the kingdom for reasons that are my own and I will not be returning. Take care of eachother and tell Sasuke I am sorry I will not be there for his wedding.

Farewell,

Itachi Uchiha"

Sasuke sat there shocked. "Why would he leave? Who's going to run Sound when you pass on, father?" Fugaku shakes his head. "I don't know." He gives Mikoto a pat on the back and leaves. Mikoto hugs Sasuke, and whispers into his shoulder, "Don't leave me. Please. You are my last son." Sasuke understands her pain and promises her he won't leave. He leaves the room to handle some business regarding his new position soon.

Mikoto sits there teary-eyed and goes to find her daughter-in-law to tell her the news.

Knock Knock

"Ughh go away" A sleepy redhead says through her pillow.

Knock Knock

"Karin, dear, can I come in? I need to talk to you." Mikoto says through the door.

Upon hearing her mother-in-laws voice, she gets up and opens the door. The two women sit on her bed as Mikoto gains her composure. Karin has clearly seen she has been crying.

"Dear, Itachi left, leaving only a note. He will not be at the wedding and he says he is never coming back." Mikoto says somberly. Karin, barely knowing the man, tries to match her sadness to be sympathetic. It must be hard to lose a son. She brings Mikoto into a hug trying to comfort the crying queen. They stay like that for many minutes before Mikoto bids her farewell.

Meanwhile in the middle of the woods, a group of outcasts sit around a campfire planning their next course of action. "So I say, the safest path to the next village is to go alongside the lake away from the main road." A chestnut brown haired girl says. Her hair is in two buns, and she wear a black cloak with a pink cross-buttoned shirt and black pants. She carries a bo-staff across her back and has a few knives strapped to her waist. "That sounds like a good plan. While we are in the village, I can stock up on supplies while you guys inquire about the clan symbol." A pink haired girl says. She has long pink hair tied into two low ponytails and green eyes. She wears a black cloak, a red peasant shirt and black pants. She carries a lot of medical supplies, including potions. The only weapon she has is a short sword strapped to her waist. "Wow Sakura-chan and Tenten are so smart!" Says a bowl-cutted boy in a green tunic (think Link) and black cloak. He carries an axe. "But remember the goal is to find out what clan this symbol belongs to." A blonde spiky haired boy points to the symbol on his sleeve. An orange whirlpool rests on his right arm, Sakura told him it belonged to one of the major clans in the Land of Whirlpool which went extinct. You are probably wondering why they are trying to find what clan that symbol belongs to.

FLASHBACK

Naruto, the blonde boy, lived with his guardian Jiraiya ever since he could remember. He got curious about who his real parents were because he knew he was not Naruto Sennin. Jiraiya even told him he was adopted, but no matter how much he pryed the old man Jiraiya never told him.

Then one day, Jiraiya was on his deathbed and gave Naruto the jacket with the symbol and said, "That is your clan." Naruto gathered a group of friends and went on a journey to find out about the clan.

END FLASHBACK

Naruto stares at the symbol while the rest of the group makes preparations. He is wearing a orange jacket and black pants with a black cloak overtop. He carries twin swords that are strapped to his back. "We will leave at first light to journey to the next village." Sakura announces. "While we are there, I will see if they have any cool swords there." A blue-haired boy with shark teeth and purple eyes said. He was wearing a yellow peasant shirt with black pants and a black cloak. He had a huge sword strapped to his back. "Sure thing Suigetsu. I may join you." Tenten said to him. They smiled at eachother. "Okay it's settled. Tenten and Suigetsu go find weapons. I get supplies. Kiba, and Naruto will inquire about the symbol Rock Lee will get food." Sakura said in an authoritative manner. As much as this was Naruto's journey, Sakura was pretty much the leader. Suigetsu being the brawn. Tenten the brain. Kiba the tracker. Naruto the reason and Rock Lee the joker.

Kiba was writing on a piece of paper when Suigetsu peered over his shoulder. "Ooo~ who are you writing that letter to? Your girlfriend?" He teased. Kiba looked over his shoulder and dead in Suigetsu's eye and said, "Yes. To Tamaki actually. I miss her and I always write her. Now why don't you go flirt with Tenten." Suigetsu glared at Kiba as Naruto laughed. Tenten blushed. Her and Sui didn't have a thing but there was a lot of chemistry, mainly because they both liked weapons.

"Okay you guys, Rock Lee and Kiba is on watch duty. Everyone else should sleep." Sakura said as she saw the sun go down. She knew tomorrow was going to be a wild adventure.