Naruto nodded and after creating two clones to carry his bags, he followed them never once looking back.
Meanwhile in Konoha...
The Hokage and his new wife had just been declared man and wife when Gamatatsu hopped in and up to Tsunade. Everyone turned to see what it was about since it was obvious that it had been sent by Naruto seeing as Jiraiya was actually in the back chatting up a few girls as usual.
"Tsunade-baachan, Naruto-niichan told me to give this to you" said Gamatatsu. "Where is my bun that he promised you would give me?"
Someone quickly handed the frog some food as Tsunade took the scroll and the frog immediately poofed off. Tsunade unsealed the scroll ad gasped at what she saw. Then she began to read:
Dear Tsunade-sama,
I am sorry that I couldn't become the Hokage in place of the ones you lost and make the necklace lucky. I'm very sorry that I'm hurting you but I've left the village and have chosen to become a missing nin. Please thank all my friends, my real friends, for being their for me and for seeing past the prejudice of this village to see me, the innocent child that was never even given a choice in all this.
Iruka - sensei you were the first person to actually notice me and treat me like a person instead of a monster. Kakashi-sensei and Jiraiya-sensei, even though you two were such perverts you were still great teachers so thank you. Konohamaru it looks like you'll become the Hokage before me after all.
To the villagers of Konoha . For years I've endured the pain, humiliation and degradation from all of you. I've been beaten , raped, kicked and spit on and have suffered things at your hands that if it weren't for the kyuubi inside me I would have died. I've fooled you all for years, pretending to be the usuratonkachi everyone is so fond of calling me. Ever since the day that I was raped, the fox has been teaching me how to survive. I learned to make shadow clones at five, walk on water at six and become a master of taijutsu and genjutsu at seven. Think about it, how could the village idiot manage to learn a forbidden jutsu in such a short time and master it? How could a normal boy learn to use rasengan in a week? None of you saw threw my mask at all, none of you really tried. The closest ones were Hinata and Iruka-sensei. I've been slowly dying in this village for years but no one cared enough to notice. All these years I've been the one thing that stood between all of you and your worst fear, but instead of seeing me as the person who is literally protecting you , you all see me for the Kyuubi. I finally understand how Orochimaru must have felt before he got so twisted.
To Sasuke and Sakura, I hope you two are happy together as you two really do deserve each other, the billboard brow tramp and the traitor. Sasuke , the surprise I had for you on the morning you stole my dream was this. Because of the merge with the Kyuubi I can carry kids and I finally allowed myself to get pregnant with your babies. Yes sasuke I am pregnant. So the Uchiha clan will live on, but you'll never see them until the day we come to level this pathetic little village. I could have given you everything you wanted but like the traitorous bastard you are, you betrayed me again. The next time we meet Uchiha, it will be to pluck out those eyes you treasure so much before I kill you. Sakura when we meet you will beg for death. Finally I would like to thank you all Konoha, because of you I have managed to become stronger due to your never ending cruelty, more so than any of you would ever believe possible. Thank you all for teaching me how to hate. The next time we all meet , it will be on the day I return to take my rightful vengeance on you all.
The kyuubi brat as your all so fond of calling me,
Naruto Uzumaki- Namikaze.
P.s. you might want to hurry along to the forest of death Kurenai-sensei. I have placed an extremely powerful genjutsu on the Anbus that the council sent to watch me and they might need your help. If they are still alive that is. There are benefits of sleeping with an Uchiha for years, the genjutsu may be seen through by Sasuke but it will reverse onto him and inflict the wounds from the victims. Don't bother trying to help them Sasuke, leave it to Kurenai. I want to kill you myself.
When she was through reading, there were tears running down her face and the hall was filled with total silence for a moment before chaos irrupted. It was Hinata who spoke first surprising everyone.
"We have to get him back." she yelled angrily. "He is pregnant and alone out there because of all of you, especially you Sasuke Uchiha."
Neji hurried up to her and tried to calm her as he spoke. "If possible , I would like to be a part of the team that brings Naruto back." he said.
All of Naruto's friends came forward and made the same request, even Shino. The blonde had saved their lives or helped them in some way , more times than they could ever count. Hanabi came forward as well, causing the others to look at her in surprise since they hadn't known that she was friends with Naruto.
"I would like to help find Naru-nii as well." she said , further shocking them by calling him brother. "He helped my sister to become a stronger person and he also used to secretly help me train. I met him one day when I passed out in the forest from chakra exhaustion . I hade gone beyond my body's limit and was about to die when he sensed me weakening and showed up. He used some of his own chakra to revive me even though he was on his way home from training as well and helped me. Then he called upon the Kyuubi's chakra and quickly teleported to our estate and left me there. He made sure I was safe before leaving. He saved my life that day and I asked him to train me so that I could become stronger. He agreed but told me that it would have to be done in secret as he didn't want people to start looking down on me for being associated with him. I had just started my ninja training around that time and it was because of his lessons that I came to be considered a prodigy. He even taught me a bit of taijutsu just in case our Hyuga jutsu should fail since he knew of its weakness and also to strengthen my body and in so doing, my chakra.. It was his way of looking out for me just in case things went wrong since everyone knows of our Hyuga clan kekkai genkai and I am now a chuunin level in taijutsu because of all of his training. If he said to send Kurenai to break his genjutsu then do it, you may even need that little girl whose kekkai genkai is Genjutsu as well. He has the strongest genjutsu I have ever seen. If he decided to attack this village, we're done for. He has been living among all of you , learning about you and your jutsu in order to become stronger and be the best Hokage this village had ever had. He moves so fast that not even the sharingan can catch it and that is only from the little I saw when he was training me. He always took it easy on me so I really don't want to face someone like him especially with the kyuubi's help on the battlefield. We need to find him."
Everyone looked over at her in shock at all she had said. Naruto was really more than they had all thought he was after all. Hiashi looked over at his daughters and even though he was a bit angry with Hanabi at the moment, he felt proud. He had come to respect Naruto ever since the day he had seen him defeat Neji. He had realized on the day that Naruto had brought Hanabi home that Naruto had had contact with her since he could see his chakra, but he hadn't known about the training.
"The Hyuga clan will offer its help." he said formerly , surprising everyone .
It was a well-known fact that the Hyugas kept to themselves and looked down on everyone else. Other clans offered their help as well and a team began to form.
"I'm going too." said Sasuke, causing everyone to turn around to look at him with contempt.
"You're the Hokage, your place is here protecting this village." said Tsunade angrily. "You stole the position from its rightful owner so do the job that comes with it. You wanted power right? Well with great power comes great responsibility!"
"He's carrying my kids and belongs to me!" Sasuke hissed, sharingan coming out.
" He doesn't belong to you!" yelled Konohamaru angrily. "You left him again for that ugly witch!"
Everyone gasped but agreed with him.
"He is mine and no one can change that , not even him." Sasuke said angrily.
"If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have had to leave." screeched Moegi. "You broke his heart and stole his dream!"
"Let him go !" yelled Kiba angrily. "That way Naruto can kick his ass all over the forest. Considering how angry Naruto is right now, there wont be anything left ."
"Lord Hokage." said the chairman. "The council forbids you to leave. We need you to protect the village and if you try to leave , we will strip you of your title."
Sasuke glared but didn't move and Naruto's friends looked at him with disgust.
"Your still choosing power over him." said Hinata pissed. "You really didn't deserve him. I only wish that he had loved me back since I would never have done the things you did to him."
Her father and most of the villagers looked at her, they hadn't known that she was in love with Naruto.
"Lets get on with it and go get our friend." said lee. "At least he understood the meaning of loyalty." he said looking directly at Sakura.
Everyone had forgotten about him in the chaos. He had been dating Sakura for a few months now and everyone knew that he had been planning to marry her. They all felt bad for him too.
Finally the teams were formed. It consisted of Kakashi, Ino since she was a medic nin, Sai, Lee, Neji, Hinata at her insistence, Shikamaru and Kiba who had put up a fuss to be allowed to go too.
They got all their mission packs and set out, Akamaru and Kakashi's hounds leading the way.
Kurenai left for the forest of death to go see what was going on with the genjutsu Naruto cast.
Everyone else returned home , not in the mood to celebrate after all that had happened. All the villagers knew that they had a lot to answer for and could only imagine what Naruto would do to them for all of their cruelty. They had thought that by hurting him, they would be getting back at the kyuubi for killing their loved ones, but instead they had managed to truly make him a monster. Only time would tell what would happen to them as they had all already sealed their fates with him.
Jiraiya, Tsunade and a distraught Iruka went out drinking together and for once Shizune didn't complain but instead she actually joined them.
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with Sasuke...
Sasuke and Sakura returned to the Uchiha estate, too upset and guilt-ridden to even bother pretending otherwise. Sakura went down to the kitchen and went to make some tea for the two of them, then she brought a cup to him and sat down on the sofa next to him. He thanked her quietly and sat their drinking it. They stayed that way drinking tea in silence until Sakura couldn't take it anymore.
"So what are you gonna do about your kids?" she asked.
He looked at her and she gasped when she saw that his eyes were the sharingan. He was obviously very angry about everything.
"I'm gonna get them back and Naruto." he said determined.
She remembered all the things he had said to the others.
"And our marriage?' She asked foolishly.
He looked her in the eye. "This is a marriage of convenience Sakura, you know that. I only married you so that I could become Hokage. I love Naruto and always will but you're my wife now and I will treat you with respect. We will have to try to make this work since its too late now anyway. I have a village to run and you have to help me revive the Uchiha clan, since it was what the council made us get married for anyway. This will be hard on both of us, but we have no choice." he told her bluntly.
She nodded and she knew that what he had said was the truth. They stayed that way for a while drinking tea quietly and drowning in their own guilt. She thought of Lee and she knew that if she had married him today, it would have been the happiest day of her life. It was funny how things often became clear when it was too late to change it all.
That night as she laid in the spot that had once been Naruto's , she wished with all her heart that she could take it all back and that things would all return to normal , that this was all a dream.
Sasuke walked in when she was asleep and saw the pink hair all over the pillows instead of blonde and walked back out, unable to lie next to her.
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with naruto...
They arrived at the Akatsuki base at sunset the next day and walked in . Itachi walked into the main hall to go speak to their leader while Kisame and naruto waited outside. Then they called Naruto in and he appeared before Pain with Kisame and Itachi on each side of him.
"You which to join us Uzumaki Naruto?" Pain asked.
"Yes I do." Naruto said in a cold , dead voice.
"Aren't you afraid that we'll take the fox out of you and kill you?" he asked.
Naruto dispelled the genjutsu around himself and said. "No I'm not because the Kyuubi and I are one now due to our merging and cannot be separated." he told him.
Pain already knew this but he had wanted to see if the boy would be honest.
"Why did you leave Konoha?" he asked.
"Because they have caused me more pain and humiliation than anyone should have to bear." Naruto said calmly. " I just won the title of the Hokage from my own blood, sweat and tears but they gave it to Sasuke Uchiha who I had also defeated in order to win. I plan to take vengeance on them all and wipe out that pathetic little village."
Pain could tell that he was serious and could literally feel the killing intent coming off the boy in waves.
"Very well, I'll allow it. " said Pain. "Do you have anything else to add? Anything we should know?"
"Yes." said Naruto. "In four months I will need a doctor since I am currently pregnant. The father of my kits is Sasuke Uchiha and since he is now the Hokage and is aware of my pregnancy, he will undoubtably try to get my kits. I would also like to make a request, that Itachi will train them how to use their sharingan when the time comes." he told him.
Pain looked down at the good fortune standing before him and actually felt like killing someone to celebrate. The gods were good to him.
"I see." said Pain. "It will be taken care of and I'll allow Itachi to do so when the time comes. Itachi will see to your needs and take you to your new rooms. Welcome to the Akatsuki naruto Uzumaki."
Naruto heard the unspoken, "Itachi is your guard until we are sure we can trust you." he was a ninja after all and Kakashi was always harping on an on that a ninja must see beneath the obvious etc.
"Thank you," Naruto said and they were dismissed..
They walked out of the room and as soon as the door closed Kisame began to laugh.
"Looks like you will be on diaper duty Itachi." he teased.
Itachi ignored him and turned to Naruto. "Follow me." he said and began to walk away.
Naruto took his two bags and went with him. They walked down a long corridor to the rooms and as they walked Itachi told him what each room was, giving him a short tour as they went .When they got to the rooms, Itachi gave him the room next to his that was actually to be two bedrooms. Since Naruto was expecting and since it had its own bathroom, it was convenient for the blonde. They walked in and Naruto put his bags down and sat on the edge of the bed. Itachi was about to leave when Naruto stopped him.
"Itachi I need to know if you will try to kill my kits since they are technically Uchihas." he asked getting straight to the point.
"No I have no reason to." Itachi said, looking him in the eye.
Naruto nodded. "Good, I just had to be sure. Are you still going blind because of the Mangekyo you have?" he asked.
Itachi nodded, not sure where he was going with this.
"Then I will give you the cure later, if you give me your word that you will teach my kids how to use the Sharingan." naruto told him.
Itachi's eyes widened in surprise, which was unusual for him. He was an Uchiha after all.
"I'll give you my word if you can." he said.
Naruto nodded. "Good. Come back here in three hours and bring a glass of fruit punch with you and I will. For now I need to rest for my kits." he said and Itachi nodded and left.
Naruto sighed and then he laid on the inviting bed and went off to sleep.
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in Sunagakure...
The Kazekage Gaara was just about to leave his office and go in to dinner when Gamakichi appeared before him.
"Greetings Kazekage-sama. I have an urgent message from Naruto-niichan for you." said Gamakichi breathlessly.
Gaara was a bit alarmed by this but as usual nothing showed on his countenance. He took the scroll and after disabling it, he opened it and his eyes widened and his rage grew as he read:
dear Gaara,
I have left Konoha and have become a missing nin. Surprised? I'm sure you are but this time what they did to me was too much to bear. I had fought against them all and won in the battle for the Hokage position, even against my lover Sasuke. I thought that I had finally achieved my dearest dream but it was all a lie. I spent so much time fighting and protecting this village and myself from our enemies, but what I should have been doing was protecting myself from the traitor lying next to meet every night. After he made love to me that night on the day that the battle had been held, the council summoned him and he left secretly to meet them while I slept. They made him the Hokage instead of me and by now he is married to Sakura Haruno. The man I loved even more than myself betrayed me and stole my dream from right out of my hand. It hurt so much Gaara, seeing him standing there in the robes that should have been mine and holding hands with that bitch. He publicly humiliated me , they all did.
There is something that you should know, there is a chance that you might be able to conceive, even if you no longer have a demon inside you. Since you carried him for so long, there is a possibility so find out. I know this because I am currently pregnant with that bastard's kits. I don't know when we'll see each other again brother as I have gone to join the Akatsuki. I know you hate them and I do too, but it is the only place where me and my kits will be safe at the moment. I know I could have come to you but I didn't want to bring you trouble brother. You have earned the peace you now have. I will return one day and wipe out that pathetic little village and Sasuke and his bitch with it. I will not ask you to betray Konoha, all I ask is that you remove your loved ones from that place, so when I level it I harm none of yours. I am glad that one of us was accepted and that you achieved your dream. I hope Neji never betrays you the way I have been betrayed , so that you will never feel the pain I now feel. It's worse than dying Gaara. Until we meet again keep following your nindo and remember, it's not the enemies outside your borders that you have to watch out for, it's the ones right next to you.
The boy with a foolish dream,
Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze
By now the sands outside the village was vibrating with his rage , killing intent was in the air and Kankuro and Temari hurried in to see what had upset him so much.
"What is it Gaara? What has made you so angry?" asked temari worriedly. Ready to go kick some major ass for her brother if necessary.
Gaara handed them the scroll as he spoke. "We are going to go visit Konoha." he told them.
They quickly read the scroll and were as enraged by it as he was.
"Lets leave as soon as we make the necessary preparations and eat on the way." said Kankuro.
The other two nodded and began making all the necessary preparations for their trip. They left three hours later for the village hidden in the leaf.
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with the Uzumaki retrieval squad (uzu)...
They had just made it to the valley of end and stopped , the scent seem to have stopped there and the hounds were trying to pick it up again. It was as if Naruto had vanished into thin air.
"Its gone." said Packun. "I cant pick it up anywhere."
"What do we do now?" asked Ino.
Kakashi opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Neji and Hinata who had been scanning the area for any signs of him when they yelled out, "retreat quickly!"
They all moved immediately but it was too late. There were explosions all around them and they quickly took to the trees, relying on instinct to guide them as they tried to move. Unfortunately for them some of them landed in the oil that Naruto had left and a couple of tree limbs that naruto had used his inhuman strength to pull back and tie shot out from the string that one of them had accidentally pulled. Some managed to avoid it but since it was completely covered in smoke all around them and tear gas and all sort of other chemicals had been released, they had to remain in the trees as they retreated, trying to avoid debree among other things.
They managed to get away, helping each other as they did so, but the damage had been done. The hounds were whining in pain as it appeared that Naruto had planted some kind of chemical that burned their extremely sensitive noses and dulled their senses. Kiba was in the same predicament as the dogs and had managed to break his ankle as he slipped on oil and almost fell out of a tree. Lee had been hit by a piece of flying debree and now had a severe concussion and a nasty wound on the side of his head. Neji and Hinata who had been using their Byakugan at the time were flushing their eyes out with water from the tear gas and some other chemical that naruto had mixed in with it. It seemed that Naruto had estimated where they were most likely to stand to check out the area and had planned accordingly. Ino had tripped over a log in her mad dash to get to the trees and hurt her knee and twisted her ankle. Kakashi had a broken wrist from when he back- flipped out of the range of a log after already using a replacement jutsu. Shikamaru had a few broken ribs from when he got hit by the tail- end of a branch and Sai, fortunately for him, only had a sprained ankle since he had been bringing up the rear at the time.
Ino quickly assessed the damages and quickly began healing Shikamaru and Lee, not even bothering to heal herself first.
"Sai, send a message back to the village." said kakashi. "We need assistance quickly and a few medic nin to help us get back home. We obviously cant go on for the time being."
Sai nodded and immediately began to send the message. They all sat there being healed, except for Kakashi who had decided to take first watch in spite of his broken wrist.
As Kakashi stood there, he thought about Naruto. "You really are a genius Naruto, you thought this out well in the short time you had and even beat Shikamaru. I'm only sorry that I didn't pay more attention to you when I had the chance. I hope that I will be able to make it up to you in the future, that you'll give me another chance."
Kakashi stood there contemplating his mistakes. He knew that he too had often ignored Naruto in favor of Sasuke, just like everyone else had and that he too was to blame for not even protesting when they had named the Hokage.
The others were having similar thoughts as well and as they waited for reenforcements, they wondered what the future would bring and if they would be able to fight against their comrade, who had done so much for them all. They also blamed Sasuke and Sakura for finally pushing Naruto over the edge of despair and pain.
Tbc
author's note: hey there I hope you all like this chapter. Thank you all for reading and please review. See you all at the end of the next chapter. In the next chapter can naruto really cure Itachi's eye problem? What will happen to the retrieval squad? Will anyone get there in time to help them?"