1 year later

Ryo's pov:
I sat in a tree with Bakashi (Kakashi_age:16). It was relevantly drowsy day. There was a sight overcast and you never knew when it was going to start raining. Me and Bakashi were given the day off of missions so we decided that we should hang out. Me and Kakashi were pretty good friends. Sure he could be distant but he was like an older brother. We were currently watching Asuma and Hayate spar.

It was just getting to the good part when Kakashi turned to me and asked. "Where did you leave Naruto?" My expression hardened for a millisecond at the sound of my brothers name. I looked at Kakashi and simply said.

"I left him with Gai." And Kakashi fell off the tree branch. I looked down and added. "Whats with you, I have never seen you fall out of a tree before?"

Kakashi glared at me for a couple of seconds before saying. "You left him with that lunatic?!" I was confused.

"Yeah, why? Gai loves the kid. I wanted to go out. It was a win-win situation." And immediately added "What did you want me to do? Bring him with me. He'd either just cause trouble or get a cold out here. And who needs a sick 1 year old. So leaving him with Gai was the brst course of actions!" After Kakashi gave me a cold glare. I sighed. "I can never win with you can I Bakashi."

I always love the reaction I get when I say his nickname. Either he scolds me, keeps quiet, or tries to kill me! Today I got option #2... Aaawwww he's no fun.

"Ryo, why did you give him to Gai, it's suicide for Naruto." Kakashi said while he climbed back up the tree.

"Honestly Kakashi, I really don't care. But Kakashi in all seriousness I have something to tell you." I said going into a serious personality. Kakashi's head jerked up as he looked me in the eye, noticing the seriousness in my voice. Knowing that our other two friends would want to know what going on he turned his head to Asuma and Hayate and yelled.

"ASUMA, HAYATE! Come over here for a moment!" Both Asuma and Hayate stopped mid punch. They looked at us and shrugged their shoulders and started over here. Once we were all comfortable positioned on that lovely tree branch Kakashi said. "What did you want to say Ryo?"

Through his one eye I could tell he was concerned. He knew me long enough to know that when I was serious, I was SERIOUS. I actually had been wanting to tell him this all day. I had been thinking about it for the past couple of weeks and I had made up my mind. "I think I'm going to leave the Leaf Village for awhile." I finally said.

My friends were quiet for a couple of seconds. Probebly wonder why I wanted to leave. Finally it was Asuma who spoke up.

"Woah, wait a second. You lost me. Did you just say your leaving the Leaf Village? If so... Why? I mean all of your friends and family are here." Asuma suddenly said.

"Just hear me out okay, I have my reasons for wanting to leave, guys..." I sighed as the all stared at me, wanting me to continue. "Guys I'm scared." This confused then. Finally Hayate said

"What are you scared *cough* about Ryo?"

"I'm scared that I'm going to kill Naruto." Seeing their again, confused faces I continued. "Every time I see him, or hear his name, I don't know. I just get mad. I keep remembering that both my parents died because of him. And guys, I'm afraid that soon, I'm just going to unleash my anger on him. I'm afraid that I'm going to kill the person my parents gave their lives for." I said slightly shaking now, keeping my head down.

My friends stayed quiet. I guess they didn't know that their pranking, fun loving friend has been on the verge of breaking for the past couple of months. I kept my head down. I knew my friends were probably wondering what they should do. I was the youngest on the four of us, actually they were all 16 while I was only 10. But I learned a long time ago that my friends weren't the best a expressing their emotions.

"Hey, Ryo." Asuma finally said. He had always been the best a helping someone with emotional problems. "Hey man, look at us okay." I looked up to see all my friends with worried expression on their faces, even the emotionless Hayate and Bakashi were worried, wow did they care that much about me? Asuma continued. "Man, why didn't you tell us this sooner... We could have helped you ya'know?"

"I'm sorry, I guess I didn't know how you would react, but guys I've made up my mind. Don't worry I'm just going to take a temporary leave from the village. I'll come back soon. I don't know what I'll do while I'm gone though, maybe some training, learning to control my anger," he chuckled to himself. "Maybe some sightseeing!"

My friends all laughed before becoming serious again. Kakashi then asked "What are you going to do about Naruto? I mean it's obvious your not taking him with you. So where's the kid going to go?" I sighed.

"I was wondering if you guys would take care of him till he care take care if himself. And when I say take care of himself I mean, teach him basic survival when he learns to walk, once he can cook food without burning down a house take him to the Hokage and get him an apartment. Or could you guys just make sure he survives. Make sure he doesn't die before I get back." I said and looked at my friends.

They all looked shocked, well that's expected... I mean I just did ask them to take care of a 1 year old kid. I sighed again. Turning to blackmail I said "Or I could always ask Gai to take care of him."

All 3 of them fell of that lovely branch.

They all looked at me and simply said at the same time. "No." I laughed, I knew that get them to take care of Naruto, I was never going to let Gai take care of Naruto in the first place, because I knew when I finally got back, I would see my brother with a blond, possibly dyed black hair, bowl cut screaming things about BEING YOUTHFUL! And no one needs a second Gai. One of the is enough.

I hopped down to the ground with my friends as it started raining again. We really didn't care though and continued talking.

"He can stay at my place until he gets an apartment." Asuma offered. We all nodded our heads. It was the best choice anyway. Hayate lived with some other boys and it wouldn't work at his place. And Bakashi was always on missions. Asuma was usually around town, and he lived alone. After we figured who would take care of Naruto I quickly said.

"Hey guys, do me a favor. Don't start training Naruto before he's ready, train him as if he's a normal kid. We all had to grow up to fast because of the war. I don't want that for him. Let him have as normal a childhood a shinobi can have, can you guys do that?"

They agreed that they wouldn't push him hard. Sure they would try to teach him the Jutsus they teach at the academy, but nothing like the chidori, or anything that powerful for now.

"Okay then!" I said as I stood up. I saw everyone else getting up as well. I looked at my watch and said. "I have a meeting with the Hokage in 5 minutes, so I'll see you all later. I said later to all my friends and ran toward the Hokage's office.

Well, I guess it's almost time to go.

Lord Hokage's pov:
I was sitting in my office, waiting for my next appointment when Ryo came running in soaking wet. I looked at him surprised as he straighten his posture. He walked in and said.

"Sup, Grandpa Third!" And smiled. I sighed, he's been calling me that since I first meet him, I don't think he's going to change anytime soon.

"So, Ryo... What did you want to ask me, you said it was urgent?" I asked curiously. When he first scheduled this appointment, he was in that serious attitude of his, it's a rare sight to seem, but when he's that way... You know he is serious. He walked in and looked at me and said.

"I was wondering if I could take a temporary leave from the Village hidden in the leaves?"

-Time Lapse: Ryo has explained why he wants to temporary leave the village-

"Is that it, Ryo?" I asked after Ryo finished his explanation.

"Yes, Grandpa Third. You see, I just... I don't want to put my brother in any danger. Because I feel like the day is coming when I will not be able to control my anger." Ryo sadly said. "I mean, I don't want to leave my brother, he's my only family left... But I'm doing this to protect his safety. I already have arrangements for someone to take care of Naruto until I get back, please Lord Third. I need to just get out there. Maybe do some training, meet new people." Ryo looked at me with pleading eyes.

"Ryo, what would we tell Naruto when he grows up without his family?" I said trying to convince him to stay.

"You can tell him about me, or you could not. That's to you. My friends. His friends parents. I would perfere you do tell him but it doesn't matter to me either if you tell him about me, tell him why I left. Lord third, I need time by myself. I am on the verge if breaking!" Ryo explained and looked at me again.

I sighed. He was serious about leaving, he even called me LORD third, not Grandpa Third. I could also tell he didn't want to leave his brother, but he knew he was breaking under pressure and stress. He really was thinking about his brother safety. "Okay Ryo, you can leave the Village temporally. But I want you write during your travels. Send us letters so we know what's going on with you. Keep in touch Ryo. You may leave this village and return anytime you would like Ryo, but we would prefer you return before you brother becomes a genin."

Ryo's face relaxed, he has probably been worried I would reject his request, but I actually agree with Ryo... He needs a break, he needs to see new people and places.

"Thank you Grandpa Third!" He exclaimed. I sighed, hold habits die hard. He turned to leave and got to the door before I said.

"And Good-luck Ryo." He smiled at me and left my office to so kami know what.

I sighed as I sat back. Oh Ryo, if only your parents were here to see you now, "Minato, Kushina. Your sons are fine. You would be surprised how much Ryo has changed though." I said out loud with a small chuckle.

-Time Lapse. The next morning-
Kakashi's pov:
Asuma, Hayate, Gai, and I stood in front of the Leaf village gates. Waiting for Ryo to come. He said he would be leaving today, and that he would bring Naruto to give to Asuma. I still can't believe he's leaving, he's leaving everything behind. I was deep in my thought when we heard the crunch of boots on the gravel road.

We all looked up to see Ryo in a travel cloak, holding Naruto heading toward us. He approached us and smiled.

"So, coming to see me off?" He said with a Smirk. "Aaawww, so you guys to care!"

"Shut it Uzumaki! Is it suddenly wrong to sees friend off before he leaves for kami knows how long?" Asuma said. Ryo smiled at that. He handed Asuma Naruto, before he turned to us.

He was about to say something when Gai, who had been holding back tears suddenly exploded and leaped toward Ryo, giving him a bear hug while shouting.

"OH RYO! WHY ARE YOU LEAVING US! BUT I CANT BELIVE YOUR GOING TO TRAVEL ALL AROUND! ITS SO YOUTHFUL!" Gai screamed. The rest of us rushed forward to save Ryo from being crushed by Gai. We didn't need him dying before his journey started. It took all of us to finally get Gai way from Ryo and calm him down.

While we were shrugging I noticed that Ryo didn't have any bags, just quite a few summoning scrolls.

We all had calmed down at Gai's sudden outburst, and still looked on the verge of tears but kept quiet thankfully. Ryo got up and sorta glared at Gai, but his expression soften into a grin. Then Hayate spoke up.

"Good-luck Ryo *cough*, hope you do well during your *cough* journeys." He said and patted Ryo on the back, Ryo smiled and gave Hayate a hug. We all took our own turns telling Ryo good luck, and giving him a hug goodbye. Well I didn't hug him, I more hit him on the back of his head telling him not to die while he anime cried.

When were all done, Ryo walked out the gates. He raised his right hand in goodbye before a hand sign we all decided would be our "handshake". We all raised out hands, doing the same sign.

As Ryo walked away, I couldn't help but wonder... When the next time we all meet again, would be.

Authors note:
So I finished another chapter. Please leave reveiwd on how you like this story or if anything is unclear. I LOVE seeing reveiws so please. Reveiw guys! Later!
-Kakahi