Hello everyone. First of all I'd like to start things off by saying sorry this took longer than the others, I've been in a bit of a writers block, but I'm all good. Next on the list is last chapter, if the Naru/Ino came a little quickly for some of you, it was only because we need to get this story going. Moving on, the chapters should start coming at a quicker pace now, some ideas have been pressed into my head, and I will use them to my advantage. But I won't bore you all anymore, let's start the new chapter.
Disclaimer- I don't own Naruto, he belongs to the great Masashi Kishimoto.
Morning had come to Konoha, and the town was busy as always.
Tsunade had awoken early, and made her way to her office quickly, in an attempt to finish her paperwork earlier than usual. As she made her way into the office, she noticed no paperwork, what caught her eye was a small envelope sitting in the middle of her desk.
She quietly opened the letter and began to read.
Dear Granny Tsunade,
I have been thinking for quite some time about something Tsunade. While on my mission to retrieve Sasuke, the Uchiha said over and over again that the village was not a suitable place to train and grow powerful, as he continually spoke the insults to the village, I thought to myself, "He brings up a good point, what has the village ever truly given me?" I'll tell you Lord Hokage, nothing.
If I'm right, then you'll be waking up nice and early tomorrow and you'll find this on your desk. The whole point to this thing is, by the time you get this, I will have already left the village of Konoha. I bring along with me Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuuga, and Gaara, Temari and Kankuro of the sand. We wish only the best things for the village, but we will not be around to see it's future. Thanks for everything granny Tsunade.
Ex shinobi of the leaf,
Naruto Uzumaki
P.S- The necklace you gave me, it's in the envelope.
Tsunade stared at the letter with wide eyes, she had several emotions running through her right now, sadness, of losing such good shinobi. There was fear, of knowing the letter was serious, but most of all, there was anger.
The sake loving Hokage gritted her teeth, and turned her attention to her assistant as she made her way into the room.
"SHIZUNE! GET OUR GENIN IN HERE NOW!"
The entire town shook from the outburst, and within the hour, Kiba Inuzuka, Chouji Akimichi, Sakura Haruno, Shino Aburame, Rock Lee, Hinata Hyuuga, and Ten Ten had made their way into the office, along with their jounin instructors.
Tsunade's eyes still held a bit of tears, but she was able to control herself.
"All of you, I bring you all terrible news, Na-…Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, and Neji Hyuuga have left the village." she said, barely above a whisper.
Everyone's eyes widened at the news, and some, including Sakura, Chouji, and Hinata, began to tear up in the eyes.
'First Sasuke…now you too Naruto?' thought the pink haired genin.
'This is most unyouthful, my rivals have left the village? I will not allow this!' thought Lee.
Asuma's cigarette had dropped from his mouth, as he stood standing, wide eyed.
Guy wasn't doing better as he bent down and punched the floor, with tears in his eyes.
Hinata had no thoughts in her head, her cousin, and the person she looked up to in the world, were gone from the village, possibly forever.
'Naruto, Neji.' thought the Hyuuga.
Chouji's bag of chips had laid forgotten on the floor since the news was heard.
'Shikamaru…WHY?!'
The Akimichi grew angrier by the second, enclosing his hands into fists and looking down towards the ground.
"I've told you all the news because I would like to assemble a retrieval team, to bring those three back!" the slug sannin shouted.
Immediately several heads shot up, the heads being Kiba, Chouji, Shino, Ten Ten, and Rock Lee.
"Lady Tsunade, I am definitely going, Naruto and Neji are my ever youthful rivals, and I will see to it that they return home!" the green clad genin shouted.
"I'm in too, I'll help bring those idiots back." said Kiba, while pumping a fist into the air.
Tsunade looked to Chouji, who immediately nodded his head.
Next, she turned to look at Ten Ten, who in return gave a light smile and a nod.
Finally, she turned to the bug user, who was currently debating whether or not he should go.
'Hm, they've left the village to travel? If I was able to meet up with them outside Konoha, I just might convince them to let me join their little group.'
Shino had decided, he gave Tsunade a nod.
Tsunade looked to Sakura and Hinata, who were currently crying, although Sakura was faring better than the Hyuuga.
'Their in no condition to go.' the sannin thought to herself.
"Alright guys, go home and pack everything you guys will need, you guys may be gone quite a while, seeing as how they have already put some distance behind them, meet at the gate in an hour. Oh, and by the way…" Tsunade started.
Everyone in the room turned to look at her.
"Where the hell is Ino?!"
Ino had started to awaken, as she slowly began to stir, the events of last night hit her, her eyes shot open, and she began to look around frantically at her surroundings. Seeing that she was in Naruto's home, she gave a light sigh, and began to think to herself.
'Naruto…why, why would you possibly do this?'
The blonde made her way out of the house, and on to the street, she made her way through town in a daze.
Suddenly, it hit her.
'I gotta tell lady Tsunade!'
And with that, she took off to the Hokage's tower.
Tsunade looked across her room at Ino, who was currently gasping for air on the other side of the office.
The girl had burst into the office, yelled something about Naruto, then just started to stare at the sannin, while gasping for air.
"Ino, slow down. What do you need to tell me?"
"Na-Naruto…he's g-gone, he left la-last night." the younger blonde managed to breath out.
Tsunade's eyes widened.
"And you let him go?!"
Ino began to take slow breaths, and then turned back into Tsunade.
"I went to his home last night, he had a backpack, he said he was leaving, and after he said it he must have knocked me out, and left me on his bed."
Tsunade's face turned to a small smirk.
"Well, first of all, I've all ready learned of Naruto leaving, I've sent a team out after him. Second, what were you doing at his house last night?"
A light blush appeared on Ino's cheeks, but the girl shook her head and turned back to the older blonde.
"Please lady Tsunade, it's not important, but who's going to be after Naruto?"
Tsunade's grin disappeared, and a serious look came back to her face.
"I'm going to be sending out your teammate Chouji, along with Rock Lee, Ten Ten, Kiba, and Shino."
"And have they left yet?" the Yamanaka asked anxiously.
"No, they're going to meet at the main gate within the hour, and then they'll be leaving. Why do you want to know?" the sannin questioned.
A small smile graced Ino's face.
"Because I'm going with them."
The younger blonde didn't even wait for a reply, she bolted from the room, and made her way to her house to pack for one of the most important missions she would ever take.
Just outside the window of the Hokage's office, the toad sannin Jiraiya had a solemn look on his face, he had heard the entire conversation.
'I gotta warn the brat, or he's going to be in some trouble.'
Wasting no time, the sannin vanished from his place outside the window, and began to make his way to his blonde haired student.
Ok guys, I'm going to go through a few things, first of all, some of you may notice I don't use the suffixes and that instead I use the dubbed titles like "Lady Tsunade", my reason for that being is because I do not in any shape or form enjoy matching the suffixes with the proper situation. Number two, I was going to post this in the Naruto/Ino section, but I see that a story along the same guidelines had just been posted, in fear of being called a "copycat" by nameless idiots, I will wait until NEXT CHAPTER, and then it's going to that section. That's pretty much it for now, see you all later.
Preview of the next chapter.
A small smirk appeared on Naruto's face.
"Well, well, well, look who decided to come after us."