Naruto had been crying pitifully into his pillow for almost an hour now. He
Finally managed to stop himself and he sat up rubbing his eyes furiously.
He stared at the glowing chakra restraints on his wrists. "Sasuke… how
Could he trick me like that…does he really hate me that much?" He whispered
Sadly to himself. Naruto slowly walked out of his house. He walked to the
edge of Konoha and walked through the gates. Like last time the restraints
Began glowing. 'Kyuubi, please call out to Shukaku' a ferocious snarl of
The fox demon echoed through the darkening village. Naruto was weakening
quickly and he was only able to stay conscious for thirty more seconds.
Sasuke had been walking to Naruto's house when he heard the kyuubi's call.
"What was that? It sounded like…" sasuke's memory drifted back to when
Naruto tried to use the kyuubi's power to break the chakra restraints. The
growling sounded awfully familiar to sasuke. 'He wouldn't try and use the
power again to get away from Konoha would he?' sasuke ran to Tsunade's
office, which was closest, and explained his situation as quickly as
possible. "Well, if he is using the power… I'm not sure if Naruto would be
willing to fully release the kyuubi, because that would be the only way to
break the stronger restraints. If he is going to release the demon fox, we
have a crisis on our hands. Shizune, gather the team Shikamaru took to
retrieve sasuke and meet us at the gates." She ordered quickly. "The
welfare of the village is most important now and we may have to… sasuke,
when Naruto dies so does the kyuubi. If Naruto poses any threat to the
village we may have to kill Naruto as a last resort"
"Wh-what?" sasuke stammered. Tsunade didn't answer him; there wasn't enough
time. Shizune burst into the room with four worried-looking boys. They all
followed Tsunade who talked to Shikamaru as they ran. "There is a chance
the kyuubi may be released and that means there is a threat to the village.
Unfortunately, we may have to sacrifice its carrier in order to protect the
village."
"Naruto?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yes. I gathered you all because we may have to hold off the fox. If I give
you a signal, immediately bring as many jounin as you can." Shikamaru
nodded as they all stopped; reaching the gates at last. They all saw that
just outside the gates, Gaara was knelt by Naruto. His sand wrapped around
Naruto's wrists breaking the chakra restraints. The chakra seeped back into
Naruto's body as he slowly regained consciousness. Naruto looked at Gaara
groggily.
"Gaara… thanks for coming…" he murmured.
"Anytime Naruto, but you seem to have a goodbye committee." Gaara helped
Naruto up, who jumped in surprise as he saw Tsunade, Shikamaru, sasuke,
Kiba and Neji. Naruto turned to Gaara. "Gaara, please get me away from
Sasuke… I'll explain later…please?" Gaara nodded.
"The reason we are here is because we were worried you may have released
The demon fox, kyuubi, in a desperate attempt to leave Konoha. Sorry we
doubted you. Naruto, the reason we used the chakra restraints was to keep
you in the village. Why are you so desperate to leave?" Naruto didn't
reply. "We can't let you leave, I'm sorry Naruto. Please don't make us
force
you back." Naruto looked at Gaara pleadingly, who stepped in front Naruto.
"If you think you can defeat two demons, you can try and take Naruto."
Gaara said smoothly.
"Naruto would never intentionally turn the kyuubi on anyone." Tsunade said.
Gaara laughed coldly. "Maybe not, but shukaku wouldn't be so quick to spare
Your lives." Tsunade stared at Gaara nervously. His demon could pose a
bigger threat than Naruto's. Defeated, she looked at Shikamaru, Neji and
Kiba. "Restrain sasuke if he moves near Gaara." She whispered. Sasuke moved
forward slightly.
"Naruto, you can't leave…. You don't understand…" Naruto refused to look at
Sasuke. 'There is no way to get Naruto back without Gaara starting a war…
there is only one way. Give Gaara what he wants.'
"Very well, Gaara. In return for not releasing shukaku now, or any time in
the future… we are letting Naruto leave Konoha as he wishes. All further
attempts and missions to retrieve him are denied." Sasuke was outraged. He
Jumped forward in a desperate attempt to get to Naruto and explain things,
but three people grabbed him. Sasuke desperately struggled against
Kiba, Shikamaru and Neji. "Naruto…get off me…Naruto, please…" sasuke
managed to throw Kiba off. "Naruto, please…I love you Naruto! don't leave
Me!" he screamed desperately. The scene was heart-breaking. Sasuke was
Still fighting against Shikamaru and Neji. Naruto and Gaara turned and walked
away. Sasuke got more desperate as he saw Naruto walking away. "Please…
Naruto…" he called desperately. Finally and angered Kiba managed to tackle
Sasuke down. When sasuke looked up, Naruto had gone.