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Blackhaven18: Yay for chapter 2! Though I am sorry to say it's still in the Naruto world, but chapter 3 has some scenes involving Edward and the Twilight gang. I just have one question: Should Naruto sort of meet Jacob before actually moving to Forks? I would think the fox in him would see Jacob as kin/friends in some way... This way he's not completely alone in Forks.
Littlesnowfarie2005: Thanks so much for your review and yes, I completely agree, this site is seriously lacking in good Naruto/ Edward stories.
Winter Alais: Hi again, and thank you for what you've written. I was a little worried about writing the villagers in such a way, but I needed a reason for Naruto to leave.
Moonbay72: *Munch, munch* 'fanks for fa cookie' and I actually love both of your ideas on how Edward and Naruto meet, so I hope you don't mind if I snag them. And actually, the vids didn't take me too long to make, it was just finding the right clips that took forever. Thanks for your comment.
Name: Sea of Flames: Trilogy, Part 1.
Summary: Naruto was banished from Konoha for over two years and while he was gone something huge happened. Naruto hasn't been the same since. Now though, he's had enough of being used as a tool and leaves Konoha to start what he hopes is a new life, where people won't judge him for the demon inside.
More information available in the (Fake) Theatrical trailer and MV's on my Blackhaven18 account in Youtube. Sorry it won't let me post the actual links...
Rating: Pg-13 to start out, it will move to M and possibly MA.
Pairings: EdwardXBella, EdwardXNaruto, JasperXAlice, EmmettXRosalie, CarlisleXEsme, JessicaXJacob.--- Betcha' you didn't see that one coming.
Warnings: Slash, BoyXBoy, Yaoi, angst, suicide attempts, possible mental breakdowns, mentions of blood and gore, Sakura Bashing, some Sasuke Bashing, Kakashi bashing, and Danzo bashing (though I think we hate him already, ne?)
Running Away
by Bobbie
Just running away
To see myself fall
Tripping over my own faults
Coming unglued
Only to solve
Who I, myself, am.
Just running away
From the problems that chase me
A losing battle
My heart racing.
Trying to keep up the pace
But it's all thrown in my face.
Thanks to running away
From my life of rejection
Like an infection
On my future dreams
They are far away it seems
I just want to get on track
To get my life back.
A/N: this poem was not written by me.
Chapter 2: Running Away
Something was changing in Konoha; she could feel the change as it was carried on the wind into her room. Bits of leaves blew across her floor in light caressing patterns almost ominously…
'Naruto…'
She jumped from her bedroom window onto the roof below, her brown trench billowing around her, and quickly made her way over to her favorite blond's apartment, nearly smashing the door down in her urgency. What greeted her was silence on Naruto's part seeing as how he wasn't there.
She stepped inside cautiously, still feeling the remnants of a powerful chakra flare, but seeing as how that was all she sensed she allowed her guard to lower a bit. Her thick boots crunched noisily on the shattered glass beneath her feet as she stepped in.
'What… the hell happened here.'
The room was in complete disarray; the carpet in the hallways and the bedroom had been shredded nearly beyond comprehension; while dark crimson streaks of blood lined the walls and splattered markings on the ceilings.
When she finally came to the bedroom she let out a sigh of remorse.
There were two circular indents in the wall, the smaller of the two being the deepest and obviously caused by a fist. While she had no idea what could have made the other. Both though had blood splattered around them and a system of spider web-like tendrils stretching out from the markings…
Naruto's scent clearly clouded the room, but his most prized possessions were gone. The only thing that remained was a small slip of paper and a small desktop picture of the old team seven laying face down, it too was also cracked.
'Oh, Naruto.'
She grabbed the scrap of paper and briefly inspected the scrawl written there.
I'm sorry Onee-san, I'll love you always.
Please don't look for me.
Sincerely, N.
Folding the note and tucking it into her shirt so that the only way it could be taken from her was if she was dead, she walked out into the suns bright rays. The bright warmth caressed her cheek and brought out the sheen in her near violet hair. She knew it was always going to be a constant reminder of her Otouto (SP?)…
Only those trained would be able to pick up on her sullen mood, as the only thing giving her away was the dull look in her clouded grey eyes…
"Take care Naruto," she whispered almost silently into the wind.
"You need to position your body better Naruto!" Jiraiya called out as he ran forward, honestly, hadn't they just gone over this?
Naruto quickly dodged the hit and brought a hand up to block the fist flying in his direction. The awkward position had been a fake to throw Jiraiya off and he felt his body turn weightless as he was thrown into the air before he saw the maneuver Naruto pulled.
He wrapped his free hand around the hilt of a kunai he retrieved from the pouch on his left leg and swiftly brought it down, expecting the boy to dodge it. Surprisingly, it stabbed deeply into the muscle of Naruto's left shoulder, but he showed no signs of pain.
Instead, he jumped forward and attacked the old man relentlessly, until Jiraiya was left heaving in exhaustion, "alright enough."
Naruto halted in his attack and resumed his normal stance before ripping the blade from his shoulder without so much as a shudder.
Jiraiya sighed and gripped the bridge of his nose in exasperation.
The boy's power had been growing exponentially and he was absorbing attack combinations and strategies like a sponge.
'He really is your son Minato," He thought and looked at the sullen boy sadly.
A little over four years ago he had left he village to go on a trip of 'research,' but he found that while he was gone the village council had banished Naruto from his home in Konoha immediately after a huge mission.
He hadn't even been allowed to step in the hospital for the treatment of his wounds…
Of course, since then he had been allowed back since it was clear Orochimaru was on the move once again, as well as Akatsuki…
Over the two and a half years Naruto had been gone something huge had happened that had utterly broken his student's son.
He hadn't been the same since… Naruto had given up on living…
Naruto had changed from the loud, remedial, stubborn, overbearing brat he was at age twelve to an intelligent, wise youth at fifteen, if the letters he received were any indication, and finally to this dismal, sullen being two years later…
To see him fight so hard to reach the top for love and acceptance, only to break and fall back down farther than where he began was heart wrenching.
Naruto, now seventeen, was currently the best operative running in the village, though the council had yet to promote him from his status as a genin.
After all they couldn't let the monster of Konoha into any position of power...
He would take on any mission Tsunade or even the council threw at him without qualm and each time he would go alone, come back successful… and completely unscathed.
The villagers had started to fear him again because of this, because of the fact that he was far too volatile and strong to control anymore.
They saw nothing but the demon…
Oh, they tried to force the boy to comply with their wishes, but that only ended with fruitless hours of 'interrogation' sessions with Danzo… Even then they couldn't hold him for long; he never did anything to warrant the treatment to start with…
"… Hey, Pervy-sage?" Naruto's voice called out to him and smiled lightly what he now knew to be a term of endearment from the boy. "I think I may have messed up in the village earlier."
"… Do I even want to know what happened?" He knew Naruto wouldn't kill someone he promised to protect without reason, though if the blond were to snap he would more than likely hand Naruto the bat so to speak. Then again that was him… He couldn't speak for the others'.
"I punched one of the villagers into a store nearby, as far as I know he broke an arm and the damage to the store was pretty extensive. Something about breaking the main support beam…" Jiraiya couldn't help but laugh internally at the thought, "I didn't even hit him very hard either. At least I thought I didn't, but I was nearly taken into custody… again, if Shikamaru didn't step in and back me up." Naruto explained in a monotonous tone.
The white haired man chuckled, "Those Nara's, when they encounter something that pulls them from their lazy state they really let loose."
Naruto continued as if he wasn't interrupted, "The council is currently deciding on my sentence," he said softly making the old man gape.
"And how did you find that out…?"
"I have my ways…" Naruto replied softly, choosing to avoid the question, "Because of this recent slip up, they are deciding on whether to banish me, hand me over to Danzo to be changed into a tool, or to just outright kill me."
How the boy had come across this information and so quickly was beyond him, by now he had just learned to accept it and nod dumbly.
"I'm tired of this village using me and slandering me when my back is turned. In all honesty I'm tired of living a dead life. I want to go away to a place where no one will know me…"
"Where will you go?" Jiraiya asked; this was inevitable…
"Somewhere where no one can dictate my actions or fear me without justified cause…"
It was amazing to see how much Naruto had grown in, both physically and mentally, these few short years, but instead of commenting on it he merely nodded in understanding and continued, "I see… I'll tell Tsunade and set the plan into motion then." He stated, gaining a confused look from the blond.
"What does Baa-san have to do with this…?"
'Naruto had been planning on running and taking the title of missing nin.' Jiraiya thought dryly, 'At least he has a better reason then that Uchiha brat.'
"We had figured you would want this at some point, so we made a plan. After Tsunade transferred your mission funds to a separate account she converted and placed most of it in the world beyond the mist, seeing as how you usually don't spend a dime." Here he looked at Naruto in blatant disapproval, but an understanding for the blonds' disregard to his own health.
"Her right as a Hokage allows her the communications to do so. She then began to manipulate the villagers afterwards. As many of them have deemed you as dangerous we're going to use their own fear against them and finding out about today's recent episode will only cement it. She will effectively banish you until she or her chosen disciple allows you back."
"That is an amazing plan," Naruto remarked, knowing he could not be called upon by the council this way.
"Glad you like it, everyone contributed to it. All of rookie nine, besides the pink banshee and duck ass; Ayame and her father; the anbu, jounin, and chunnin you've managed to befriend; all the major clan leaders, and of course two of the three legendary Sannin. You even have support from the Kazekage and his siblings in sand, and everyone else I forgot to mention in all the places you've visited and helped liberate. They've all gathered you things to aid you on your journey, as well as memento's." Jiraiya took of the pack he had been carrying and took out several scrolls handing them over.
"T-They did this all for me?" Naruto whispered, feeling the first sensation of sadness weighing down on his chest in years, making it hard to breathe. It didn't sit right with him anymore…
"Of course kiddo, you mean so much to your friends here. Hell, even I got you something." He yanked a leather, thigh-lengthed, long-sleeved, crimson colored coat, with swirling black flames decorating the bottom from the depths of his bag and ordered Naruto to put it on. He then pulled at the strings untying the familiar huge scroll to his hips and placed a hand on his student's shoulder.
"What are you doing?"
"Shut up for a minute Gaki and let me do this. I, Jiraiya, Toad Sage and legendary Sannin pass on my title to you Uzumaki Naruto. Please carry the titles of Neo-Sannin and Toad Sage with pride." He slung the scroll from his own back and onto Naruto's waist and tied it off so that it was hanging perpendicularly from the boy's belt.
"You're quitting?" Asked Naruto with what Jiraiya had hoped was the emotion of disbelief…
"I'm getting old Naruto and I need to pass this onto someone I can trust. I think Sarutobi's grand-brat and I can hold onto the prank streak of yours, you've taught him well," was Jiraiya's only answer. "Live free Naruto… or die trying."
"… Tell everyone good-bye for me?" Naruto whispered and Jiraiya couldn't help but nod. "Thank you Sensei." He bowed deeply in an act conveying the utmost respect, especially from a man like Naruto, and disappeared from the area in a burst of black and red flames…
"Sensei huh?" He chuckled, "I think I liked Pervy-sage better…"
Blackhaven18: To be continued, folks…