Thanks for the reviews. Here's Chapter 2 entitled, Request

Naruto awoke to the sound of knocking on his front door. Glancing at his alarm clock the time read 5 in the morning. "Who the hell could that be?" thought Naruto. Barely awake, he stumbled sleepily to his front door and opened it. Two ANBU stood before him, shown by the masks they wore.

Naruto yawned as he said, "What do you guys want?"

"Uzumaki Naruto, Hokage-same requests your presence at once" said one of the ANBU coldly. "We have been ordered to escort you to her office".

"Ah shit", thought Naruto "She must've heard about what happened with the villager" remembering the events of last night.

A villager had attacked him with a watermelon cart and accused him of mortally wounding his own allies. Naruto had held the man up in the air by his throat, almost to the point of choking him.

"Wanna give me 5 minutes to get dressed?" asked Naruto, still in his pyjamas.

"Hurry up" ordered the other ANBU

Naruto entered the office of the Hokage.

"Yo, Old Lady Tsunade, you wanted to talk to me?"

Tsunade lifted her head and met eyes with Naruto. Naruto looked back confused and the strange expression on her face. Her eyes filled with sadness, and she looked like she had been up all night.

"Sit down Naruto" Tsunade said flatly.

"Hey, if this is about that villager thing from last night..."
"Its not. I ordered ANBU to follow you after you arrived back in the village. They all report he attacked you first. But your actions were still too extreme. You could have killed the man." lectured Tsunade

Naruto's face changed slightly to match the angry bitterness in his voice as he replied, "The idiot deserved to die" Naruto spat back.

"If he does than so do many of the others. Control your emotions. You're a Leaf shinobi, so start acting like one."

Naruto, just sat in angry silence. "Start acting like a Leaf shinobi huh", he thought to himself, "and what if don't wanna be a Leaf shinobi anymore?"

Tsunade continued, "Anyway Naruto, that's not what I called you here to talk about. I have something important to tell you"

Naruto snapped out of his angry brooding and met her eyes again, "Huh? What is it?"

"Regarding the rest of the team sent on the mission to retrieve Sasuke. You and Shikamaru escaped with minor wounds. Sasuke is still unconscious but fine. Kiba was seriously injured but we managed to keep him alive. But Neji and Chouji were close to death when they arrived. We tried to save them but we couldn't do enough. I'm sorry Naruto, they're gone."

Naruto sat in silence, his eyes closed towards the floor. He felt his stomach and throat tighten violently as several emotions hit him at once. "Why does it hurt so much?", thought Naruto, "we weren't even that close". Pain, sorrow, anger overcame him and his body started to shake as a tear from each eye rolled down his cheek.

His eyes opened to meet Tsunade's once again. His voice was a mix of anger and sorrow as he shouted. "Why! Why is it acceptable for the lives of two loyal ninja to be lost in exchange for the return of a fucking traitor! WHY! THEY DIED FOR NOTHING!"

"Naruto calm dow-"

"I WILL NOT FUCKING CALM DOWN! How is it fair that the bastard lives and they die to save him! Tell me that!

"The way of the ninja is not always fair. Sacrifices are made. You should understand that."

"Sacrifices for a greater cause! Not two sacrifices for a traitor! Their dreams, gone, to preserve his. That I will NEVER understand!

Tsunade couldn't think of anything to say. "Dammit the kids right. It isn't fair" she thought bitterly. Naruto's voice broke her from her reflection.

"Tsunade I have a request," he said, his voice deadly serious like she'd never heard from the normally hyperactive, idiotic kid.

"What is it?"

"After the funerals of Chouji and Neji, I request permission to leave the village and train myself. I won't return unless a dire situation forces me to"

"What? Absolutely not! I wont allow it!"

"Please Tsunade. I can't stay here. The cold hatred of the villagers, the death of comrades, the betrayal of my closest friend, its too much. I need time alone, and there isn't much here worth staying for. Only you, Iruka-Sensei and the old man"

Tsunade sighed in surrender. "OK kid, you made your point, ill send a Jiraiya with you to--"

"NO! I'm going alone, the Perverted Hermit is too vital to the village. I want to survive on my own"

"But you'll be in danger"

"If I can't take care of myself out of the village, what kind of ninja would that make me? We've been trained for survival, I'll be fine"

Tsunade sighed again "When did this kid grow a brain" she thought

"OK fine, you leave in four days. You'll no longer be a Leaf shinobi, but ill provide you a written document allowing you access into the village should you need it."

"Thank you. Now, is there anything else?" asked Naruto

"No, that's all"

"Then ill see you at the funerals. Bye." And with that he left the office, not waiting for a reply.

Tsunade sat in surprise. "...Bye" she answered to an empty doorway.

A/N: And chapter 2 done. For anyone wondering, im aware Neji and Chouji survive in the original storyline, but I found that to be a bit unrealistic and pretty much BS. So I'm killing a few characters to make the story a bit darker and realistic. Well as realistic and a story about ninjas can be. You get the idea