DISCLAIMER: I IN NO WAY OWN XMEN OR NARUTO
Naruto was sitting next to Lee and Garaa; he had always wondered what life with out the headband was like. After bringing Sasuke back a couple days ago the attacks on Naruto worsened.
"Guys I have been thinking, why don't we quit as ninjas and leave the elemental countries, I mean there is a WHOLE world we haven't even seen only ever heard about." Naruto proposed aloud
"Hai, I agree lets do this Naruto that way our Flames of Youth burn brighter with experience, besides you and I are only dead lasts, this village doesn't out right hate me, they just have little use for a no talent ninja." Lee replied his tone quickly turning sadder by the minute
Garaa sat thinking about the proposal, he actually liked the idea, and it would give the trio an opportunity to meet new people who wouldn't immediately hate them. He smiled a genuine smile for the first time in a long time. Rolling over he eyes his two friends, well his only friends and smiled at them as well.
"Uzumaki, Rock; I agree lets us seek out Hokage-sama and officially put in our resignation." Garaa also added
The trio stood up and took to the trees, running on full octane, they wanted to get there and resign and leave the same night with out anyone knowing. Ahead of them the rapidly appearing Hokage tower accounted for their progress. Naruto landed first followed by Lee and then finally Garaa.
"Halt, what are you three doing here?" An Owl Masked ANBU asked
"We are here to see the Hokage-sama with business pertaining to our Shinobi status." Naruto replied as professional as possible with out laughing at the look the ANBU now supported
The ANBU bowed his head slightly and opened the door and motioned for the trio to enter the chambers of the Hokage that weren't as empty as he would have liked in fact everyone from the rookie nine, sand team, Gai's team, and their sensei were there. Naruto sighed as he entered it was going to be harder then he had expected.
"Welcome Naruto, Lee, and Gai, but I am sorry this is a closed meeting with these Shinobi." Tsunade greeted
"It is okay we won't be long, as of this moment the three of us are resigning our commission as Shinobi of the Leaf. We are leaving the elemental countries together to explore the outside world; we want see airplanes, tall buildings and cars, most of all we don't want to be just dead lasts or demons." Naruto replied
Tsunade looked as if she had been punched in the stomach, Jiraiya on the other hand looked proud. Tsunade almost broke down crying, she had put her hope in this boy and he had not disappointed, yet she knew he could never be Hokage because of the village but she would be losing a friend.
"Why would you leave those that love you Naruto? Sakura asked
Naruto looked at Kiba who was holding Hinata's hand, then to Ino who was holding Chouji's hand, then he moved to Temari who was holding Shika's hand, then to Shizune holding Kakashi's, moving on to Neji and Tenten who were holding hands , and finally he saw Sakura holding Sasuke's hand and frowned.
"I am well aware of those who love me and who don't, the three who love me will miss me isn't that right Tsunade-chan, Jiraiya-sama, and Shizune-chan they are the ones who will be left behind that love me, Sakura every time I tried to tell you how much you meant to me you just said you hated me, then Hinata was suppose to like me but ended up running to Kiba because I could never be normal, finally Kakashi threw me away, I was lonely afraid and I needed some one but none of you cared, well except Lee, Garaa, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune." Naruto finished
"Lee-kun, why are you going?" Tenten asked
"I think Neji said it best a 'Pyrrhic victory is no victory at all', I was nothing to you guys just a dead last, and what do you know us dead lasts stick together." Lee said walking up to him and placing a hand on his shoulder
"Garaa, why are you leaving us behind?" Temari asked on the verge of tears
"Because, I am a demon and that's all I will ever be, I like Naruto will never be accepted in my village, I am tired of being a specter of fear, I am going with the two people who understand me best, my friends." Garaa also put a hand on Naruto's shoulder which shocked people around the room because Garaa never touched anyone
The mood in the room suddenly hit an all time low; people were depressed with the rather harsh reaction they had received from Naruto and Lee. Tsunade though was feeling better after the reasons for them leaving were made known.
"Tsunade-chan I know when you gave me this necklace you told me to grow up and be a good man because you believed in me, I was wondering even if I didn't live up to your expectations can I keep it?" Naruto asked
Tsunade quietly and gracefully stood and covered the distance between her and the blonde in a matter of seconds. She looked down into the depths of his deep blue eyes and smiled before embracing him. She quietly wept as she held the young man to her chest.
"Naruto, if you remember one thing remember this, not once in the time I have been here have you ever disappointed me nor do I find you ever will. I would love it if you kept the necklace." Tsunade replied answering the now crying boy
Naruto pulled away and smiled at her, before turning and walking back to the door and opening it. He turned and looked at Jiraiya and smiled.
"Sensei I was wondering will you come with us, we need an adult to keep us straight and we feel you could teach us a lot?" Naruto asked
"Hai Naruto I will, I was going to leave anyway but this way I can keep an eye on you three, maybe I can even publish my book in the real world." Jiraiya replied picking up his sack and following the boy out the door
The four ex-Leaf Nin walked out the door and quickly made their way toward Naruto's apartment for their things leaving a still stunned crowd behind. Sakura looked over to Sasuke who was crying, 'he never cried' she thought, she was taken back be his sudden emotion explosion.
"Are you okay Sasuke-kun? Why are you crying?" Sakura asked concerned about her boyfriend
"The same reason we should all be crying, we just drove away the strength of our village, those three understood life as Shinobi and the true meaning of strength, and because we lost a friend, a true friend." Sasuke said burying his face in his hands and weeping, sakura understood, finally she understood and part of her died as she realized what she had done to her ex-teammate
Naruto and company pulled up abruptly at his humble abode and walked in quickly collecting their things which included clothes, ramen, ramen, and finally ramen. Jiraiya almost fell over laughing as he watched the three roommates pack. Catching Naruto out of the corner of his eye, he watched as the blonde made his way to a large sword hanging on the wall.
Naruto ran his hand over the smooth polished blade, this sword was the weapon of a true warrior who had giving it to the young blonde as the warrior laid dying next to the boy who had given his life for him. Naruto cried silently as he recalled the mission and the meaning behind his gift.
Naruto had received the weapon because he knew the true meaning behind being a man and loving someone. Naruto had willingly accepted the gift but denied himself use of the weapon, he felt neither worthy nor confident enough to use the blade. Still he took the blade of the wall and latched it to his back using chakra. When he made it to the real world he would seek out a true swordsman and learn to wield the behemoth of a weapon.
Garaa and Lee stood waiting for Naruto to turn and leave, they knew what he was doing, he was saying good bye to two friends whom he missed. Naruto slowly turned and showed his cheek to cheek Uzumaki grin and walked toward the boys. He turned and switched the lights off. The four friends moved toward the western gate.
Reaching the gate they turned once more to say goodbye to the village watching a fog settled on the village keeping the moons bright shine from illuminating the village. It was rather prophetic to Jiraiya because on this night, the fires of Konoha weakened at the loss of three young genin. Turning the quartet moved like lightning toward the vast desert that bordered the mystical barrier that had long separated their world from the real one.
By sunrise the four friends had made it to the desert and were slowing considerably, but didn't stop, Naruto had a feeling he needed to make the barrier soon and for some reason he continued on. The three behind him soon took off after him, giving it their all to catch him and make the barrier, as the intense sun scorched their exposed flesh and cooked them from the inside.
After four hours of travel Naruto stopped as he watched the sand fade to grass and also to let the three slowpokes behind him catch up. The three friends quickly appeared to Naruto's right. Jiraiya smiled because they had reached the barrier with relative ease. The next thing that happened was the group made the plunge in to the barrier
SCENE CHANGES TO REAL WORLD
Magneto was in the middle of a rather tiresome battle with the X-MEN all he wanted was the girl, all Xavier had to do was hand over Rouge and he would be happy, really he only wanted Rouge he needed her power, he always needed her power. He looked for an opening and soon found one in the way of her friend Shadow Cat standing in the middle of the battlefield like a deer in headlights.
Magneto quickly lifted his hands as he turned a simple sheet of metal in to many tiny spikes and hurled them at the frightened mutant as Naruto and his friends pierced the barrier. Magneto started to laugh manically as the pieces of metal sought their home in the young girl.
Naruto heard the laugh as did the other three and followed it to a man who seemed to be hovering in the air, the quickly followed his gaze to the middle of a battle field where a girl was about to be impaled by metal spikes. Naruto had no clue, who it was or how the old bastard was flying but he needed to stop the girl from dying. Quickly he knelt down and took the weights of his leg and took off tearing ground up as he channeled vast amounts of chakra from his feet and legs performing hand seals as he went.
The commotion caused the battle to cease momentarily, the group of mutants one side lead by Charles Xavier and the other by the man known as Magneto, looked on in surprise and wonder. The other three ninjas also looked on, the had no clue Naruto could move so fast.
Jean scanned the field in the direction the phenomenon was moving and noticed an alone Shadow Cat standing in the middle of the field with metal impaling devices moving toward her. That must mean that phenomenon is some one trying to save her.
Naruto finished his hand seals and appeared in front of the frightened girl and slammed his hands on the ground yelling something in the process.
"Doton Doryuuheki : Earth Rising Wall (Mud Slide Barrier)"
The girl went from being afraid to being fascinated in a matter of seconds as a well built blonde boy started to spew mud from his mouth and create a rather large wall. Her eyes widened in surprise as the metal spikes that were heading for her hit the wall and fell to the ground.
The spectacle was sight to be held for the entire battle field, never had any of them seen a technique like that before. Was the boy a mutant or something else all together? The wall quickly crumbled as Naruto was now face to face with the man who had thrown the spikes.
"Who are you boy and where are you from?" Magneto asked the blonde boy
"I am Uzumaki Naruto, ex-Nin of the village Hidden in the Leaf, I have crossed the barrier from my world to yours to live a normal life or as normal as one I can." Naruto answered with a defiant tone
"Boy, I am Magneto, most powerful of all mutants, address me with respect." Magneto spat
"Listen here tin-can, I could care less who you are, as long as your hurling your spikes at people such as this young girl then your evil and I absolutely hate evil people." Naruto replied with a small smirk
Xavier took this time to make his way to where the two stood arguing back and forth. Xavier was most impressed with the bravery of the young boy reminded him a bit of Wolverine. Xavier pulled up and stopped near Naruto and looked to Erik or Magneto.
"Erik, I think we should stop this fighting and leave it for another day." Xavier pleaded
"Charles I do be you are right, everyone back to the ship we leave now." Magneto yelled as he flew back to his ship with his army retreating behind him.
Xavier turned to the blonde and smiled, the boy seemed to bring a confident air with him. Xavier watched as he turned and yelled something up in the trees.
"Jiraiya-sensei, Lee-san, Garaa-san come down here I think I have met some mutants and I think these guys are good, the Tin-Can is an evil bastard." Naruto shouted as he waved his arms wildly giving time for Xavier's team to make its way over to him
The team watched as and older man and two boys walked down from the tree line, heading toward the blonde and the now stationary X-MEN.
"Naruto, did I hear right when you said you and your friends were from the elemental countries?" Xavier asked as Jiraiya and company came to a rest next to the boys
"Yes, we are, we decided to leave our village for this world, we wanted to live new lives, though we have no place to live them." Naruto replied
"Well I run a school for mutants, this is Jean Gray she is a telepath and psychic, that is Scott Summers or Cyclopes because of his optical power, Storm the weather goddess, Bobby or Ice-man, Marie or Rouge, Hank or Beast, that is Shadow Cat whom you saved, and Finally Logan or Wolverine, you four are more then welcome to join us." Xavier offered
Naruto turned and whispered amongst his friends and turned back around after reaching a decision.
"We would love to but there are some things you need to know, um I am Uzumaki Naruto that is Rock Lee, Garaa of the Sand, and Jiraiya one of the Legendary three. Now those things you need to know, Garaa and I are the vessels of tailed beasts, he has the one tailed sand demon, and I have the nine-tailed fox demon. We left because our villages hated us; we wouldn't want to live with you guys if you can except that we are who we are." Naruto replied sure the professor would change his eyes
"I am Jiraiya and I would love to accept your offer but I can not allow the boys to go through the same thing again all three of them were cast offs. I won't allow them the same pain again." Jiraiya added