~ Seventeen: Am I Destined To Be Alone? ~
Naruto walked silently through the forest, his only possessions the clothes on his back and whatever he packed into the scrolls he carried with him.
Even when the villagers had found out who his father was, they had treated him like a murderer. Even Hinata, whom he discovered had had a crush on him when they were younger, had turned her back on him. Just like Sakura-chan. Just like Old Man Ichiraku and Ayame-neesan and Sai and Ino-chan.
But Tsunade-baa-chan, Jiraiya-ero-sennin, Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei still cared about him, just like the rest of his former classmates and Team Gai. They had warned him. They had told him what the others were planning to do to him, and helped him escape. They had told him who to run to. They had told him who to trust, who to look for, who to find.
Sasuke.
He had to find Sasuke.
If he didn't, well…it seemed he destined to be alone.
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