Hey everyone I got another chapter here. This will explain as to why Naruto ran away and where he got his powers from. For my old readers who read my old fics two years ago, there will be two things that are going to make a return appearance along with Saya. A blast from the past you might say that is going back to add up more spice and fuel the fire.

This chapter will compose mainly of the past and a flashback. After that, every question will be answered and new one arises. Enjoy and review please

CHAPTER 2- THE FORGOTTEN ONE: ESCAPE

9 YEARS AGO

9-year-oldNaruto was walking in the busy streets of Konoha. The date was October 3, a Saturday, and everyone was preparing for what seemed like a festival, but to Naruto there was nothing to celebrate. It was just another year of existence on his lonesome life. Everyone was so busy preparing for the birthday of the village's heroines, his twin sisters. 'Why I am I so alone? I'm in a crowd yet I feel as if I'm the only one here?' the boy asked inside his own mind. 'Don't bring that bullshit here' an emotionless and dead voice rang in his head. Naruto gave out a shallow chuckle that no one seemed to mind considering they were too busy in the preparations.

'Don't worry. Soon, all of that shall end' he answered the voice in his head.

Naruto was a boy of mystery and misery. He was an enigma, and he had no one to lean on for support. His loneliness was so strong, something within him grew and fed to that sorrow, loneliness, sadness, and... hollowness. He had developed a new personality that revolves around his negative emotions and a voice to talk to. Now that would be considered insanity, but it was the only thing that kept him from committing suicide and let him live out his life.

The clothes he wore made sure no one would notice him; a plane white shirt and brown shorts. To him, attention was no longer what he needed. His parents had ignored him multiple times in which he could no longer count. Every time they go out for dinners, picnics, beach trips, etc, he was left out and forgotten, he was stuck in the mansion with no one around and increasing his loneliness. Watching both his father and mother, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki respectively, train his sisters, Narumi and Naruko, in their arts made him not angry or jealous, but rather... hollow.

Well now you would be asking this author, what happened all those years ago?

Okay time for a -

FLASHBACK!

6 years ago

A gigantic nine tailed fox suddenly appeared in the front gates of the village of Konoha. Its tails ravaged everything it hits and killed everyone unfortunate. Its claw dug deep in the earth and causing shockwave strong enough to almost completely destroy the gates. Its thunderous roar was heard for miles away and shook buildings in their foundation. Its chakra and killing intent leaked out of its body, making the air toxic to breathe for anyone. Everywhere, ninjas on different levels have all tried to stop the beast or at least slow it down for their leader to stop it. On a roof top nearby, one Sarutobi Hiruzen who was wearing his battle suit stood face to face with the beast.

Biting his thumb, he made a few hand seals and slammed his hand with blood to the ground. "Summoning Technique!" he summoned his companion, Enma the Monkey King. "Sarutobi is that the kyuubi?" he asked pointing at the beast. "Yes it is. It appears the seal has been broken and now it is attacking the village. You know what to do" Hiruzen said as his partner nodded his head and formed a hand seal, "Transformation", in place of Enma was a giant staff about Hiruzen's size and he took the staff and pointed it to the fox, "Extend!" he shouted as the staff stretched forward and pushed he kyuubi a few meters away from the gate.

This served to have angered the beast and roared strongly against the old man.

Far away, we see Minato Namikaze was fighting a masked assailant, and he was having a hard time. Everything he threw at the man simply passed through him like a ghost. Right now, he was planning on how to defeat this man and free Kyuubi from his control. "You really are worthy of the title 'Hokage' Minato Namikaze. You've survived against me this long, but now all must end for the plan to be successful" the man declared before charging against Minato.

Minato on the other hand charged a rasengan in his right hand and held his special Kunai on his left. Both men charged with the intent to take the other one out. The masked man tried to grab hold of Minato's arm, but the Yellow Flash proved he wasn't called the fastest for nothing. Minato quickly put his arms away from him before ramming the rasengan to the mask of the man.

As the rasengan hit, the intruder stumbled back holding his head by the mask. Minato got in a stance and prepared for anything the man might do. "I have underestimated you Yellow Flash. You really do deserve that title, but for what you accomplished here today will do nothing for the future. Enjoy the Kyuubi's destruction" with that the man was sucked in from a vortex that has formed in the eye hole of the mask and disappeared leaving a confused Minato.

'Who was that man?' Minato thought before teleporting back to where his home is. When he reached his destination he saw the sight of one Kushina Uzumaki holding on to two new born girls in her loving arms. It tore Minato on the inside of what he was going to do. "Kushina" he called out softly to his wife. "Minato, the Kyuubi is free" she said in a sad voice. Her worst nightmare came to life, the Kyuubi was free.

"Where's Naruto?" she asked him. "He's somewhere in the village with Itachi in the Uchiha Compound. He wanted to spend some time with his friends for his birthday. I'm sure he is safe" he answered, but Kushina was crying and tears fell from her eyes. Minato came close to his wife and two new babies and hugged them both in a family embrace. Their moment was cut short when both parents looked at each other. They knew what they had to do, but before they could one Sarutobi Hiruzen and two Sannins, Jiraiya and Tsunade, came by their doorstep in their battle gear.

"Minato, Kushina! The Kyuubi is almost entering the village. The ANBU can't slow the beast any longer and many are dying!" Jiraiya gave out the news. "I know sensei. There is a way to stop it, using THAT seal that we have developed. I must hurry..." before he could finish Tsunade hit a pressure point in his neck and knocked him to la-la land. "He's too noble for his own good" she shook her head at it. "Jiraiya summon Gamabunta, I will perform the ritual in his steed" Hiruzen approached Kushina and looked at the two girls in her arms. "Kushina, you already know what I need to do" Hiruzen said, but Kushina relented a bit. "Kushina we know the life of most Jinchuurikis. It is a life of misery and hate, but you and Minato will be there to make sure they don't suffer that fate. Please let me do it" he begged her.

Kushina looked at the two girls in her arms. She was finding it hard to let go, but Jiraiya and Tsunade were by her side. "Don't worry Kushina, we'll be both here to help you raise them both. We're not going to let anything bad to them" Tsunade assured her and hugged the woman she saw as a daughter since in technicality she is related to her. Kushina poured out all her tears at Tsunade's shoulders and Hiruzen took it as a chance to take the two girls away from her even though it was also hard for him to separate mother from her children.

"Jiraiya" he called to his student and the man followed him outside to help him in their plan. Kushina could only watch as Tsunade held her in her embrace. "It will be alright Kushina. Have faith" she soothed her and waited for all of this to stop.

In the Uchiha compound, everyone was running wildly as they felt the ground tremble beneath them. Two kids were their walking around and laughing before the massive quake arrived. One was a girl with black hair and eyes and wore all black. She had the Uchiha fan symbol on the back of his shirt. Another was a boy who wore a red shirt and a pair of jean shorts. He had red spiky hair and blue ocean eyes and whisker marks on his cheeks. The two boys were Uchiha Hitomi (you know who she is) and Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. Both were just enjoying the day in the compound and walked and talked about their day and all. Hitomi was eight while Naruto was three. Both were now trying to find some help and information as to what was going on.

When they reached the gates they saw the sight of the mighty fox and Naruto was shocked to say the least. 'How could the fox be out? Kaa-san is in trouble!' he shouted in his mind before running towards his house. "Naruto-kun!" Hitomi shouted trying to get him to come back, but Naruto didn't hear her and just kept running trying to reach his house. Naruto made a turn but found a little girl was stuck due to a piece of wood trapping her legs. He quickly went to her side and tried to push the heavy object. He cried for help but no one came since they were all afraid of the fox's sudden appearance.

"HELP!" he shouted again, and then some did come. He looked to his side to find the young Kakashi, Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma trying to help push the wood off. The little girl saw that her foot was free and quickly got up and ran towards her saviours and cried in Kurenai's shoulders. She tried to comfort the girl but the deafening roar of the Kyuubi made the fear greater. "Kiyone!" A woman shouted as she ran towards the group, "Kaa-chan!" the little girl cried as she hugged her mother and cried. "It's okay honey, I'm here" she soothed her daughter, "Thank you for saving her" she thanked the group.

"No problem ma'am. Now you both need to get to the shelters. We'll help you get there" Asuma said and they quickly led her, but Gai saw Naruto run to a different direction. "Hey young one! Don't go in there it's too dangerous!" he shouted to Naruto, but he just kept running. "Come on Gai, we need to get them to safety. We'll find him later" Asuma said and gai could only watch as Naruto ran towards his house, but relented and help the others evacuate the civilians.

Naruto was running as fast as he can now to his home to reach his parents to see if they were okay. When he was about to make a turn, he found a cloud of red on his way. Ignoring the cloud, assuming they were sawdust, he ran through the cloud, not knowing his body just absorbed some of the Kyuubi's chakra. He just kept running and then found his way to the Namikaze mansion. He entered to the living room to find Tsunade and kushina hugging each other and found his father on the floor.

"Tou-san!" he shouted and ran towards his father. He tried to shake him awake, but it didn't work. "Naruto" Kushina called to her son. Naruto faced her and walked towards her. "Kaa-san, are you hurt. I saw the fox out there. Did your seal fail?" he asked in concern for his mother.

"Don't worry Naruto-kun. I'll be fine" she smiled to reassure her worried son. "Sorry about your father, I knocked him out and he won't wake up for an hour or two" Tsunade said.

Naruto looked at his father, and then his mother, "Where are my little sisters Kaa-san?" he asked to which Kushina smiled sadly. Before she could answer, the Killing Intent and malicious aura was suddenly gone. "Do you feel that? I don't feel it anymore" Tsunade said. Kushina and Naruto felt that the heavy feeling was gone.

In the battlefield, there lay the God of Shinobi in a crater where the beast formerly was. In his arms were two baby girls crying. His stomach had a seal in the shape of a spiral with the cloth around it having a whole for the seal to be seen, and the same seal could be found on both babies' navel. This was the scene that an injured Jiraiya has witnessed. He was covered with bruises and scratches from his ordeal in helping his sensei fight and seal away the Kyuubi to his student's daughters. He could not help but let a tear drop in his eyes seeing the man who help him become who he is today die a hero's death.

A squadron of ANBU arrived to see the sight of the former Hokage lying still in the ground holding two babies in his arms. Jiraiya moved towards the corpse and took the two babies and turned back to the ANBU squadron, "Seal the body, I'll give Minato the news" he said in a sad and mourning voice as he shunshined away to his student and his family. The ANBU did as they were told and sealed Hiruzen's body in a scroll.

Jiraiya arrived at the doorstep of his student's home with the two girls still crying in his arms, 'Oh man, how do you stop these two from crying?' he thought as he never did experience taking care of babies. He opened the door and walked inside towards the living room. There he saw Tsunade, with a little help from Naruto, woke up Minato from his slumber. Kushina saw him first with her children, and if it wasn't for her weakened state she could've ran to Jiraiya and take her children to her arms and never let go.

Jiraiya seeing her look of wanting walked towards her and gave her children back to her, and she wrapped her arms around them both and cried tears of joy. She took a look at both of them and saw the seal. She knew that her two baby girls now carry the same burden she carried most of her life. She expected it to be Naruto, but thanks to Minato, he was sparred that fate. But now, her two children must carry it and she will make sure that nothing bad happens to them. Naruto then came to his mother's side and soon Minato followed.

"Jiraiya, what happened to sensei?" Tsunade asked her teammate. Jiraiya only had a sullen look, "He's no longer with us. He performed the sealing with the contract of the Death God. The price was his soul. He's dead Tsunade" he let the tears fall as he finished. Minato could only look at his sensei in sadness. Jiraiya didn't have many loved ones for he was an orphan. He didn't have a biological family so he saw everyone close to him as family, and now he lost one member from the short list.

Minato then went to Kushina and Naruto's side. He looked at the new members of his family and smiled. Kushina, Minato, and Naruto all smiled and cooed the two babies who stopped crying and looked curiously at them then both giggled and laughed causing the whole family to laugh as well. Jiraiya and Tsunade could only smile happily at the family, but unfortunately this was the last happy moment the family will ever experience.

END OF FLASHBACK (Damn that was long!)

And here we are. Ever since the incident, Minato announced the act Hiruzen did to save the village, about his daughters holding the power of the beast, Jiraiya sealing something for the girls when they need to control the Kyuubi, and how they were heroines. The crowd all trusted their Hoakge and his knowledge so they believed him and hailed the two girls as heroines. Since then Naruto's existence was ignored. The first year of the twins, Naruto was neglected from training since they were busy trying to make the girls as healthy as possible so he taught himself and that year he unlocked his chakra at the impressive age of four. His birthday was even forgotten due to it being the same day the twins were born as well. Year two, Naruko and Narumi were becoming the icons of the village and being kids they loved the attention they were given, but Naruto wasn't even noticed when he entered the academy and was showing great progress worthy of being a prodigy. The twins got many presents in their birthday, but he didn't even get a single present. Year three, Naruto was all but forgotten as his parents attention was all on the twins and their training which has started after their birthday. He didn't get anything on his birthday, Christmas, or any other day, nothing but loneliness. He watched as both parents train the two with everything they know for three years. Hitomi could not be around Naruto due to her being a ninja and she had missions and less time for him.

"Why did you stay here for this long? You should have just left after three years" the same voice in his head asked. 'I needed to learn more. I can't go out there unprepared, and I need time to learn the useful jutsus in my father's library. Also it was just pure luck that I found where to go when I leave this place. I had to think where to go and two dead people gave it to me' he smiled at that memory and his voice inside acknowledged the answer seeing the logic in it. Naruto took some scrolls from his father's library ranging from training to jutsu scrolls not below C-rank. He did this all for his plan. The plan: leaving Konoha.

"Be sure nothing will ruin your years of planning for all it takes is one mistake and your efforts will be wasted" the voice advised. 'I do not want the king to be weak' were its thoughts before going back in to silence

Naruto was heading to the forest of Konoha. There he walked towards a rock formation. Checking around to make sure no one was around. He put his hands to form a seal and said "Kai" with that the rock formation suddenly wavered and was replaced with a dark cave. Naruto then entered but before he could go further quickly set seal based genjutsu to mask its appearance. As he entered, the torches inside the cave lit giving him light towards the end of the cave. He walked all the way towards the end to meet a three sided wall. On the right side was the Uchiha fan symbol and on the left was the Senju clan symbol.

On the middle was a picture of some sort of village. It had tall structures and a ring in the middle of it. It was surrounded with forest on the north, a desert on the east, a water way on the south, and a mountain range on the west. Near the walls was a giant chest, Naruto went to the chest and opened it. Inside were dozens of scrolls with the symbols of the Uchiha and Senju clan.

Naruto stumbled upon this place just two years ago on his birthday. He was so saddened for being forgotten on his own birthday that he ran to the forest and discovered this place by pure accident. He saw a table with two books on them. The books were the journals of two of Konoha's strongest ninjas to ever be born, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. Naruto took both journals and activated a seal on his wrist, a trick he learned from the library. He took out a small scroll, opened it and placed the journals in the scroll. "Seal" he ordered and the books disappeared in a poof and a symbol was then placed on the scroll signifying it was sealed. Naruto then rolled the scroll and sealed it back to his wrist.

Then he unsealed another scroll from his other wrist only this time it was big, almost as big as he was. He then went back to the chest and took all the scrolls and placed them in the big one. He did the same to the journals and returned it to his wrist. He then bowed to the wall, "Thank you Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha" he thanked both before moving out towards the exit. "Destroy this place. They don't want anyone else discovering it even when you already took everything" his inner voice ordered.

"Already on it" he attached one explosive tag on one side of the cave and ran to the exit. Once he was out, he ran a few meters away and watched as the cave collapsed and the rubble piled on each other. "No one will know what was in there" he said as he walked away from the forest and back to the village.

He watched as many were preparing for the decoration, restaurants were making the food for the whole village, stands for games were opening. To the village next week will be a celebration, to Naruto next week will be the escape. He walked right passed the academy gates. He looked on and saw the entrance and field. He scoffed at the place. He was supposed to graduate a few months from now, and he could break Hitomi's record. He was hailed their as a prodigy, but they didn't even know he was the Hokage's son. But even that didn't make his parents notice him.

"It's a good thing you're leaving before passing that place. There won't be anything to hold you down on this place" his inner voice told him. "Tsk, as if I want to serve him" he spat as he continued walking. Naruto then spot the one reason he was leaving. The Namikaze family was walking in the road with everyone greeting them especially his twin sisters. They both loved the attention they were given. Minato and Kushina were smiling at their daughters who were laughing joyfully. Naruto felt a pang of pain, but it was only short lived as he remembered the things he must do, and with that he continued walking.

Naruko and Narumi were happy to see the village prepare something even if it was a little bigger than they wanted. Minato and Kushina could only smile seeing their daughters being hailed as heroes and not as monsters that they feared. Minato was also letting a few joyful laughs and so did Kushina. Narumi and Naruko then turned to look at another direction to see red spiky hair moving away. Before they could contemplate who it was they bumped into a little girl with short blue hair and pearly white eyes wearing a white fancy kimono. Both dropped to the ground and rubbed their heads. "S-s-sorry, I didn't see where I was going" the blue haired girl said.

"Hinata-chan! The twins shouted before hugging the cute little girl. Hinata smiled after finding out it was her friends. "Minato-san, Kushina-chan!" a woman with dark blue almost violet hair called out to both. The woman wore an elegant lavender Kimono. Next to her was a man with long brown hair and white pupil-less eyes and wore a traditional robe and coat.

"Himiko-chan! Hiashi-san!" Kushina shouted at the pair and soon started to chat about the preparations and whatnots. Their daughters were having a chat of their own and all laughed. Naruto was just walking, ignoring the people who were talking about the festival in a week from now and all were thinking of gifts for his sisters. He scoffed, 'soon all will crumble down' he thought as he finally reached his 'home' and went inside. He got to the living room and went to the stairs. While he was there he began to think about what he was doing. 'Can I really find that place?' he asked himself. "Doubting yourself now would jeopardize your escape. Now is not the time for that" his inner voice said.

Naruto could only agree with him. Doubting would hinder his mind and his body will follow. He perished those thoughts as he reached his room. He stood at the front of the door and placed his palm at it, and the door glowed with a seal of ink appeared and the door opened to his room.

Naruto's room was the very definition of plane and lifeless. Nothing but the walls, floor, bed, and closet made up the room, and there were no decorations in it that you would find in a normal 9-year-old's room. The whole room was white and the bed was well done and no wrinkles on it. You could find more life on a graveyard than this place. He sat on his bed and took out the scroll with the journals out of his wrist. He then lied down, grabbed a pillow to support his head and then opened Hashirama's journal first. He read the page where the date was when he was at the age of 10.

I can't believe what I and Madara have discovered. A portal, in route to a world of endless battles and wars, are being held. A place where warriors who died, yet still have that desire to fight and keep their skills intact even in death. We have both entered this place and its residence have accepted us with open arms and showed us their ways and their own styles in fighting.

When we returned back to our world, we incorporated their teachings in our training and hopefully it will help us in putting peace in our world. I have learned how to control my powers. And because we can go there anytime we want, we can learn more and become stronger.

After reading it, he skipped to more than a hundred pages and read when after he became the first Hokage.

I can't believe it. Because of Madara's act of taking his brother's eyes that the place I used to go to has banned us both from entering because of his dishonourable act. I was also punished due to guilt by association. I tried to plead to them to give us another chance, but his actions were too bad to be ignored. I pray that this would not turn worse as I can feel Madara becoming darker and more cynical.

Naruto shut the book close and put it in his bedside table. He then took Madara's journal, but decided not to read it since it made him quite uneasy reading about the man who almost plunged the world in endless war.

Naruto got up and went to his window. A few feet from it was a branch from the tree that was growing in the yard. The branch was strong enough to support his weight and the leaves would be his cover plus the night sky, and with the noise inside he can stealthily get out of the gate and into the streets. The problem was the massive crowd and ANBU watching the festival. He has to find some routes where he can get out with less trouble. Now he must prepare his mind and body through meditation and exercise in order for it to be easier.

"This will be my final week of loneliness"

PRESENT

Naruto put his mask back to his face, and to the surprise of everyone the mask was fixing itself and under 5 seconds it was as good as new. Naruto then got his blade up in front of him and soon the blade started to shine in a green light as the blade soon turned from black to white with the wolf head turning into a lion head. The runic symbols also turned green and soon the light deemed to show its new form.

"Well what are you all looking at? I thought you all wanted to take me in. Well, here's your chance" he taunted and soon the Konoha jounins charged at him. All the genins, including a reluctant few, escorted Tazuna away from the bridge to make sure he didn't get hurt and hurried in their steps so they can help their masters. The Mist ninjas were contemplating on whether they wanted to face him or just get the hell out. Samui and Yugito were all trying to find a weakness in his form, but were finding none even when his posture was lax, it had no opening.

Yugao tried to slash him with her blade but Naruto blocked them all with ease with his blade. "Come on, is that the best you can do? My blade wanted someone strong but you're not fitting it" he said as he pushed ber away with just one arm on his blade, and he had to move his head away from a punch from Gai and blocked some kicks and more punches from the taijutsu master.

Kakashi with a lightning clone by his side started to go through hand seals and soon gathered lightning in the original's right hand and the clone's left hand. "Lightning Transmission!" both charged at the distracted Naruto, only to hear Samui's and Yugito's shouting. "Wait! Don't attack him elemental justsus!" both shouted but it was too late for Kakashi. Naruto heard the sound of lightning from his back. He pushed Gai and Yugao away via his blade, and turned around. What he did shocked everyone except for the Kumo ninjas.

He grabbed the lightning chain like it was plain rope and stopped both Kakashi and his clone. Due to the sudden loss of speed and not expecting it, the clone and original skidded in the bridge as the clone dispelled itself and Kakashi landed on a heap. Naruto held the lightning chain in his hand, and he clenched it into a fist and the lightning dissipated. "Oh come on people, I thought you read my bingo book entry and it clearly said using elemental techniques on me is very unwise" he taunted them, but soon he was wrapped around by dozens of large snakes, summoned by one Mitarashi Anko in her sleeves. "Heh, got you now brat" she said, but felt two pairs of arms wrapped around her waist, "Hey beautiful, what you got there?" She turned her head to see the masked face of Naruto. Before she could react and dispel her snakes, he moved his mask to the side exposing his lips and caught Anko's own. Anko did not see that one coming and couldn't do anything but stand there. Before she could get into it, Naruto jumped away from her to prevent a trench knife from Asuma and a kunai from Kurenai.

Naruto then took out his shotgun and aimed it at them. Asuma and Kurenai dodged the fast moving projectiles as they already saw what could happen if he were to get hit by them. Naruto kept firing shot after shot at the Konoha ninjas until he got tired of it, and returned it back.

"You know what?. Time for something different" Naruto's blade soon flashed green again, but this time it disappeared. He then held out both hands and soon a mass of light appeared on his right hand and a mass of darkness on his left. And soon they started to make shape. As it finally stopped, both in Naruto's hands were two ordinary looking samurai katana blades. The difference of both was that the right one had a white hilt and at the end of the handle was a white skull structure of a feline animal, and the other one had a black hilt with a black canine skull at the end of the handle. Both blades were clean silver and shined even with little to no light.

Naruto spun the blades on his hands and got into an unfamiliar stance. "I've got a challenge for you. Make me say their names"

STOP RIGHT THERE!

Okay done with the new chapter.

It was shorter than I expected. Though in the next chapter Naruto's story of his escape will continue. A lot of questions are still unanswered and well if you want the answers just keep on waiting cause it will get more complicated as the story goes by.