A/N I want to say that I've never actually watched the Anime's filler arcs, so this is based on what I read in the wiki, what I've seen in other people's stories and what I think should happen in mine. I honestly only read the Manga, and I originally didn't intened to use any of the filler, but I had a couple good ideas so I ended up using them.
"I don't know how to say this, but someone assassinated Haruno Umeko last night. They used the same weapon she used against you."
"That's terrible! Poor Sakura I hoped her mother would get better…who did it? Do you know?"
The Hokage was silent for a moment, before speaking, "All evidence we've found so far points to one person, and one person only."
"Who? Are you going to arrest them? I hope they get what they deserve, she already got her punishment."
"The person is you, Naruto."
Road to Konoha: Present Day:
"WHAT!" Tsunade interrupted Jiraiya, "He was with Kakashi and his team the whole night! Did the Hokage actually think Naruto did it?"
"Of course not Tsunade, it was a double setup."
"Double setup? What do you mean?"
"If you'd let me speak…"
Outside Konoha: Four Months, Thirteen Days Ago:
"W-W-What do you mean?" Naruto was suddenly terrified; did the old man honestly suspect he did it?
"There are five people that claim they saw you enter and exit the building around Umeko's time of death. In addition there was a scrap of one of your jumpsuits found in a dead guard's hand and another had some of your hair, and finally the senbon launcher and a vial of acid was found in your apartment hidden under your bed."
"Th-Th-That's ridiculous…" Naruto was seriously offended, who ever set him up obvouisly thought he was an idiot…. "First of all I keep my stuff in a safe hidden behind my headboard. Second of all how bad a ninja do they think I am, five people saw me? Third, I wasn't even here last night, I was three quarters of the way to Taki last night! This is obviously a set up, and a bad one at that!"
"Of course it's a set up Naruto, and it's not a bad one for the simple fact that you never 'officially' left last night."
"What do you mean old man?"
"Simple, as far as everyone but myself and Kakashi, thought you were confined to the hospital until this morning."
"Why would you do that? Did you frame me?"
"No, but I did it to lure those who would frame you out." The Hokage smiled cheerfully, "Don't worry, there's nothing they can do to you, even if Danzo forces my hand to make an arrest, all I have to do is show them the signed sealed and stamped official mission I gave you to assassinate her."
"You did what?" Naruto shouted panicking at the thought of being officially responsible for the death of Umeko.
"Don't worry Naruto it won't come to that, when it comes up in the meeting tomorrow your team has officially been away on several long term political assignments," The Hokage handed Naruto a mission scroll, "Take this and get going you haven't come back yet, only Jiraiya was on Gamabunta."
"Shouldn't you recall us if I'm under suspicion of murdering someone?"
"No, these missions are far away, relatively urgent and too high profile to recall you from without damaging Konoha's reputation. By the time you come back I'll have your name cleared don't worry." The Hokage turned to Kakashi, "Go with them I've informed you of the situation and am giving you an A-rank mission to keep an eye on Naruto to make sure he doesn't kill anyone else." The Hokage winked at Kakashi, who was internally dancing for joy, after all an A-rank where you didn't have to actually do anything was every Jonin's dream.
"All right you lot," Jiraiya told Team Seven, "I'll take care of Fu, you guys head out to your next mission and we'll see each other some time in the next month, two at the most. Get going!"
Nodding team seven began to run north towards Taki as fast as they could. "Naruto hand me the mission scroll please." Kakashi said hand outstretched. Nodding Naruto passed He sensei the sealed scroll, "Hmmm…we'll have to head east after coming to Taki's border, The Daimyo of the Land of Honey' wife went missing in the vicinity of the former Land of Neck, He suspects bandits but wants the strongest Genin team Konoha has to offer just in case."
"Isn't the land of neck two days from Taki? Why send us?" Sasuke asked.
"It's less if we take to the tress, come on team we have to hurry." Kakashi leapt into the tree branches and blurred away, Team Seven followed soon after. As they neared their destination the air became increasingly misty, until they had to stop tree hopping and begin walking on the ground again.
"Something's not tight here guys…" There was something particularly creepy about the fog they were in that worried Naruto to no end.
"Quiet Naruto, we're nearing the last known location of the Daimyo's wife, keep your eyes open." After scouring the area for five minutes Hinata finally found traces of the missing Princess and her guard, a broken litter half hidden in the bushes.
"The t-t-tracks lead this w-w-way." Hinata said, pointing deeper into the fog. "F-Follow me."
"I have a bad feeling about this…" Naruto whined as they followed Hinata deeper into the mist.
"Afraid of a little fog, Fishcake?"
"It's not the fog, there's something in the fog that worries me, I can sense it." Hinata stopped short causing Naruto to knock into her. "Um…Hinata what's wrong?"
Th-There's a castle…" Hinata pointed to some faint lights in the distance. "I th-thought no one l-lived here."
"Creepy castle in the fog? Can I go back and be arrested please?"
"What's wrong with you Naruto?" Kakashi asked as he led the way towards the castle. "The bandits probably set up camp in an old castle."
"I don't like creepy things, and this reeks of a horror movie."
"C-Come on Naruto-kun, what could p-possible go w-wrong?"
"Now we're all going to die!" Naruto sobbed. Sighing dejectedly Naruto followed the rest of his team up the hill.
"Hinata activate your Byakugan, try to find out if there's actually anyone in there." Kakashi ordered.
"I c-can't see through the w-walls! The st-stone is infused w-with chakra. I've n-never seen anything like it b-before,"
"Really? You've never seen something that can block your Byakugan?" Sasuke was curious as to how powerful the Byakugan was if nothing could block it.
"N-N-not like th-this, at home w-w-we have seals that b-b-block the B-Byakugan built into our w-walls, It m-makes the w-walls look p-plain and grey, these w-walls are g-g-glowing with chakra."
"Now I know we're doomed…"
"N-Naruto-Kun! Stop c-complaining! W-W-We have a mission to c-complete."
The castle doors were wide open, there was no sign of any guards stationed around the entrance, or anywhere for that matter. "Should we go in" Sasuke asked.
"No let's just wait out here until the morning." Naruto suggested.
"We're going in right now, Naruto. We'll go in and see if there's any sign of the princess and get out as fast as possible." Kakashi said as he strode through the gate. Sasuke and Hinata followed after him immediately, Naruto took a few seconds to gather his courage before following after them.
"Let's split up so we can find the princess faster." Sasuke suggested.
"NO! We need to stick together!"
"Fine, fine, Naruto, we'll stick together, what's your problem with splitting up anyways?"
"Every time a group splits up the get picked off like flies in a place like this!"
Kakashi and Sasuke rolled their eyes at Naruto's seemingly baseless terror in the castle, but they stayed together as the searched the castle. Slowly Naruto's feelings of suspicion and paranoia, rubbed off on the others.
"I-I th-think the portraits eyes are f-f-following me." Hinata muttered nervously. They had been exploring the castle for almost two hours and hadn't found any sign of the princess on the upper floors. As they descended things seemed to get weirder, much to Naruto's ever increasing worry, the torches began to flicker, and the portraits seemed to switch place when the torches were out.
"Hey, there's a library here. Maybe it has a clue to why the castle is like this." Sasuke suggested. They fanned out through the library looking for any books tell them what happened here.\
"Th-There's a writing t-table here." Hinata pointed to a table that held an open scroll and several pots of ink. "It's a journal; the last entry is from fifty years ago." Hinata picked up the scroll and began to read. "The l-last entry is titled, The D-Death of Kubisaki C-Castle." Hinata read out loud, "The castle is surrounded. My people have been slaughtered only a few of us remain. We will die before nightfall. But I will not let them win so easily, my grudge will remain, eating all who venture into the castle. It's signed Kubisaki Kouza."
"E-E-Eat?" Naruto was as pale as a ghost, and shaking like a leaf. "We have to get out of here!" Naruto turned to run, but his way out was blocked by a row of bookshelves that wasn't there before.
"EAT." A voice echoed through the room.
"Save me!" Naruto squealed like a little girl and clung to the person closest to him, which happened to be Hinata, as a shower of books fell on them.
"There's something wrong with the floor!" Kakashi shouted. The floor had become fleshy and red. He tried to jump onto the top of the bookshelves to escape the floor's sticky grasp, but it had wrapped around his ankles and began to pull him in.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto shouted as the floor began to suck them all in. Naruto blacked out as the fleshy substance closed over his head.
"Naruto-kun, Naruto-kun!" Naruto awoke to Hinata shaking him. "We found the missing people." Hinata pointed to seven people who were wrapped in the fleshy material that the walls were changing into.
"We need to get the out of there!" Naruto said as he struggled to his feet. "RASENGAN!" he slammed the swirling ball of chakra into the wall, while on the other side of the hall Kakashi tried the same thing with his Raikiri. "It's not working what do we do?"
"…this…way…hurry…" a ghostly voice echoed from down the hall.
"I hate this place, I hate this place, I hate this place." Naruto whimpered.
"Come on team, I guess that our only clue, might as well follow it, or do you want to stay here and be eaten?" Kakashi said before sprinting down the hall after the voice. The voice led them on a seemingly merry chase though the twisting changing organic castle. Eventually they came to the highest point in the castle which contained a small shrine surrounding a large scroll.
"…quickly…destroy…it…only…way…to…free...the…summon…"
"Wait! This thing is a summon?" Naruto looked excited for some odd reason.
"Um..Duh?" Sasuke offered.
"Hey ghost voice thing! Take us to the entrance and I can unsummon it!"
"…how…can…you…do...it…"
"Trust me, Summons have to obey me apparently. If we hurry we can even save the people it ate too!"
"…then…follow…me…" The voice once more led them on a seemingly random run through the ever changing castle. Finally they sped out of an opening into day light. "…I…can…go…no…further…it's…up…to…you…now…"
Turning around Naruto got his first real look at the summons it was an immense chameleon that was seemingly flickering between castle and lizard. It's voice echoed out, "I am Shiromari, and I have stood watch over this place for fifty years for a friend long dead. You wish to take the last wish of my friend away from him?"
A/N Yeah this chapter was crap, I wanted Naruto to get his hands on that summoning scroll but the chapter didn't really work out as well as I wanted, sorry. Next chapter finishes up this part of the arc, and leads us into more temporary exile.