As Naruto woke up this morning he knew that this would be the day he would train until he drops. As the large lady and her husband stop on the side of the road to get ready to fix breakfast, she came into the back to check up on Naruto.

"Good morning short stuff do you want some breakfast." As she smiled at him.

"Yes, that would be nice and my name is Mikado Tae Shin." As he looked at the large lady.

"My name Aria, you were so tired yesterday I just let you rest so that you could feel better in the morning my husband Kenji is waiting to talk to you." As she smiled at the blonde boy.

As Naruto got up he could see her husband building a fire, he seem to be cursing because he could not get it to stay lit. As he turned around he looked at Naruto.

"Hey boy you mind telling me what were you doing in the middle of the road at one in the morning?" As he said it in a country bumpkin voice. "Are you in trouble or running away? Because if you are start walking right now!" As he gave a stern look at Naruto that unnerved him just a bit.

"No I am trying to find someone who is going to help me that's all. After you drop me off in the village I will leave you and your wife and I can search for him myself."

As Kenji looked at the boy he decided a child like him was no threat and that when they get to the Sand village they can part ways.

"I have some kid clothes in the back that you can fit but there Sand village clothes if you want to have them. "Said Kenji as he smiled at the young boy.

"Thank you, how long will we be here on the side of the road?" Asked Naruto hoping he hid his tracks well.

"About four or five hours I rode the horses pretty hard and I must give them time to rest properly, you want to go explore go ahead but remember where we are." As Kenji started to work back on the fire.

As he left Kenji he took the scroll and went far away from the carriage to practice some of the scrolls moves. As he looked at all the moves he swore he put his heart and soul in the teachings of the scroll. As he kept practicing he felt he was getting nowhere and started to become frustrated. All he was doing was throwing punches and kicks in the air, he needed a sparring partner. Then it came to him shadow clones! As he formed about ten he sparred with him but they knew his every move and it was hard to practice against someone who knew what you were going to do.

"Wait if they know what I am going to do maybe if I show each one the scrolls moves maybe I can learn from them."

As each one practice the stance from a certain taijutsu stance each one that made a mistake disappeared and their knowledge corrected the others until it was done right. By the end result Naruto had the basic stance of the Sarutobi hand to hand combat style down pack.

"Man if I do this at least three times a day maybe I can have this scroll mastered in a year's time. I will also have to train my body to the fullest a lot of weight training and chakra control. I might be able to learn my chakra control better through my shadow clones." As Naruto started thinking hard.

As he continued to train he thought nothing about the hunger or the pains in his arms. He was driven by sheer determination to return to the village and destroy it.


AS WE RETURN TO THE VILLAGE…

"I heard that Naruto ran away from the village and that he injured Iruka-sensei and Mizuki-sensei." Said one of students at the academy.

"Hell, I don't know why he is still lived in the village anyway, I mean no one likes him and he failed at being a ninja maybe that's why he went berserk in the first place." As the other student started laughing while enjoying the vicious rumor that was spreading.

"You heard that Naruto ran away? Because of his actions a lot of Jounins and Chunin for some reason are looking for him so we won't get a teacher they say for at least two months because of that bastard! "Said Sakura looking hurt that she got picked to be on Sasuke's team and would not be able to really put the moves on him until then.

"Sakura-chan you really don't believe that about Naruto do you? I mean he plays tricks but he would never ever hurt anyone from this village." Hinata was the only one who knew Naruto's heart and spirit and that hurting someone was against his nature.

"Get real Hinata I know you like Naruto but he has as always been a trouble maker and he will get what he deserves right Sasuke?" As she looked star stricken by the Uchiha.

"I'm with the Hyuuga on this one; Naruto doesn't have the skills or the heart to injure two Chunin. It's more to it than that and we will probably never find out the whole truth." As he stop paying attention to Sakura completely.

"Can you believe it Hinata were on the same team as Sasuke Uchiha? It's like a dream come true isn't it?" As she looked at Hinata.

"I guess but I would like to find out about Naruto-kun I consider him my friend and I will try to find out as much as I can to help him come back to the village. He once stood against four boys to protect me I owe him at least that much to help him." As she blushed on seeing how Sakura had this strange look in her eyes.

"You really really like Naruto, I can't believe it. You know he would never been a good ninja he probably would've died on his first mission" as Sakura started to laugh.

"No Naruto would have made a great ninja he tries hard and he puts his heart and soul into everything when he is motivated!" Hinata spoke up in his defense without stuttering once.

"Oh yeah that's why he couldn't become a Genin!" As she turned to look at Sasuke some more.

As Sasuke looked at Sakura, he wished that she would act like Hinata and leave him alone and only speak about ninja missions.

As an academy teacher walked in he told all the Genin that they would be doing D- rank missions and training until things get straighten out and that all would be train by two temporary Jounins until things become more stable. The whole classroom gave a sigh and headed out the class to practice some more jutsu's.


As Naruto returned to the carriage he looked so worn out that Kenji had to help him into carriage part ways.

"Just what the hell were you doing? It looks like you got the hell beat out of you by a mob of people. Well any ways here is your food for you Mikado."

"Thank you, I will remember your kindness." As he scarfed down his lunch.

"Wow you have some appetite on you boy; most grown men could not eat that fast or that much." As he started laughing at Naruto.

As they got back on the road, he sat in the back alone molding his chakra until he could control it. As he steady molded his chakra he started to fall asleep. As he woke up he was in dark abandoned factory. He swore he heard a howling coming from a steel gate.

"I sense the real you, I know what you want give me your hatred and I will give you power beyond your wildest imagination to destroy your enemies. Give me everything evil in your heart and soul and I will give you the power to slay your enemies with a single blow. This I will give you and more if you become one with me my body of vengeance."

Suddenly an enormous claw came and penetrated Naruto's chest as he woke up screaming.

"Hey kid you okay? You just scared us and the horses half to death. That must have been one hell of a nightmare." As the country talking Kenji tried to relax Naruto a bit.

"Yeah I suppose so." As he looked as though he had just came from hell its self." Was that a dream or was that Kyuubi trying to contact me? Whatever it was I don't want to get in touch with him ever again."

As Naruto watch the road he was too shaken up to go back to sleep so he just stared at the open road as his destiny waited for him.