Chapter 4 – Kazekage's Decision

"I want you three to take that blondie with you to Konoha, away from Sunakagure."

They all were in Kazekage's office. Kazekage itself sitted on his desk's chair, and glared everyone in room. Gaara and Naruto satted on cornedbecnh, Kakashi, Iruka and Genma were standing.

"I thought you three would give me a mission report.. But I think you gave me something else, too.."
"That's correct, Kazekage-sama."
They explained everything they knew. Gaara and Naruto just sitted quietly.

"So, that's how things are.."
Kazekage glared first on his youngest son, Gaara, who weighed his head down. He didn't want to face his father glare. Then Kazekage glared to Naruto.

"You say.. That this blond boy here.. Is from Konoha?"
"Yes, Kazekage-sama. Naruto was once Iruka's student in academy, before he runned away from the village."
"Mm, I have heard about him from guards and everyone.. But he had behaved good, so I haven't chaced him away from the village. But I have thinked all this time what was his earlier home village. Konoha.. That's interesting.."
He glared boy still.

"I would wish to know, why. Why he run away from Konoha?"

No one from three Konohakagure's shinobi's didn't answer, because they knew that answer was corrected to boy, Naruto. Naruto swallowed quietly.

"Because Konoha never felt to me like home."
"Oh, and why's that?"
"Because.. Because.. They.."
Naruto watched on three shinobi's. They didn't say anything, so Naruto continued.

"Nearly everyone in the village hated, dispised and avoided me. They hated and were frightened of me, because they thought me to be something what I am not."

"I'm a bit curious to hear, what was the thing they hatred you so much."
Naruto couldn't have a word out of his mouth. He didn't want to say it.

"Master Kazekage-sama. You remember the nine-tailed demon fox Kyuubi, who attacked to our village nine years ago?"
Kazekage nodded. Iruka continued.

"Rumors say, that it get killed by Yondaime, the Fourth Hokage. But it's not correct. Fourth sealed Kyuubi into a newborn baby, and died."
"So, you mean that.."
All three shinobi nodded.

"Yes, master Kazekage-sama. Naruto is a nine-tailed Jinchuuriki. He carries Kyuubi within him."

"Just like Gaara.."

Silence landed to the room. Everyone looked upon to Naruto, who didn't look towards anyone. Kazekage frowned.

"What do you know about him?"
"Everything what you don't, father."
Gaara accented the last word, grabbed on Naruto's hand, and they both dismissed from the office. Kakashi saw them running on the hallway. Quietly Kazekage moved his glare to three shinobi.

"I want you three to take that blondie with you to Konoha, away from Sunakagure."

Naruto and Gaara runned far away from Kazekage's building. They coughed their breath after they finally stopped.

"What.. What was that all about?"

Gaara asked while he stroke his breath to normal.

"Kazekage is going to sen my teacher and those other two after me, to take me back to Konoha. I knew it, when I saw his eyes."

"Naruto.."
"Don't worry. I won't let that happen."

They hid theirselfes well, and moved within the shadows like ghosts. Shinobis had hard time while chasing them, and lost a track for several times. Genma began to ge frustrated.

"If he even does not want to go back, why bother?"

"Orders are orders."
Kakashi replied.

"But it's not fair. Hokage is a person, who I obey."
"You must obey Kazekage now, Genma."
"Actually, Kakashi, you are wrong. Our mission is complete, Kazekage can't order us anymore."

Kakashi sighed.

"Alright, alright. That's the true. But, don't you remember what Hokage once said? If we have any clues about him, we should bring Naruto back to the village."

"But Hokage maybe didn't know, that he doesn't want to come back.."
"Genma. He got's a demon within him. We can't take a risk that seal brokens here, and would let the fox out. Fault would be Konoha's, and we don't want that."

What if it brokens when we get him out of here..

Iruka didn't like this. No, he really didn't.

It was night. Boys were still able to stay away from shinobis. But they didn't know, how long they would could do it. They were not even genins, and from three of them one were jounin, and two were chuunins. But, their power were different than Konoha shinobies.. Very different.

"Naruto.. I don't like this.. I have to run away in my own village.."
Gaara said finally quietly. Naruto sighed.
"Sorry.. This is my fault, that you get into this somehow, too.."
"No, I didn't meant that."
Naruto looked a bit surpired. Then what? What his friend meaned? Gaara looked serious.

"I could just kill them. And they would not last long, I bet."

Naruto tooked his friend's hand on his own, and pressed it a bit.

"Gaara.. You are my best friend.. So, let's make a promise.."
"Why, Naruto?"
"I don't like to hear.. Those things. Specially, if someone says those things so easily, as you did now.."
Gaara weighed his head down.

"Sorry.. It's just.. This is so.. Frustrating, and.."
Naruto putted his other hand on Gaara's shoulder.

"I know. It's him inside you. But refuse him. He's the one, who wants just kill. You are not same. You are Gaara, who doesn't want to kill anyone without a good purpose."
Gaara nodded. Yes. What Naruto said, was the only truth.

"And now.. Let's make that promise, shall we?"
They putted their little fingers together, and closed their eyes.

"We won't kill anyone without a good reason, and we will avoid killing as long as we can. No futile killings, no killing for fun."
That was their promise in that night.

"Kazekage-sama.."
"Any new informations?"

"No. They are still in village, but we haven't catched them."
"That blonde is your target, you idiots. I wan't that kid out of the village inside 48 hours. Now go!"
"Y-yes, Kazekage-sama..!"
"Say to all, that better not fail. But not to Konoha shinobies.."

"Naruto.. I think they had tightened security. There are lots of more guards than earlier."
Gaara whispered very quietly.

"So, Kazekage wants me out of here that badly.. Escaping won't help us any longer."
"Maybe you are right, but still.."
"Gaara.. Listen to me, now. What about.. If you would come with me to Konoha? Then we could be together.. Since your father, The Kazekage, seems not to be caring about you."
Gaara looked at his friend. It was a great idea. But it had problems.

"My father.. He won't let me."
"Why? He doesn't like you, he have even tried to kill you!"

"Butt.. It's just pretty complicated thing.. They won't let a monster like me outside the village.."
Naruto slapped his friend on his face.
"Gaara, please, woke up! First, you are not a monster! Second, your father does not love you, just hate and scare. How you could think, that he could stop you for doing things with your own choice?"

Gaara felt down. He didn't know. He just didn't know.

".. Sorry about that slap."
Naruto said, and turned his back to Gaara. They didn't talk to each other for a long time after that.