Valiant stood up in the middle of the shop and watched as Solaris returned the reflection to the mirror. He watched Solaris frown but then the ten year old sighed.

"Anything the matter?"

"Not really, just the usual." Solaris told him but sighed once again seeing his look. "Jiraiya and Tsunade gave Hikari and Madoka the Toad and Slug contracts, and they completely forgot about me since they were too interested in seeing them sign the contracts. My parents got me stuff that Hikari and Madoka like proving they know nothing about me. Just another reason to get away from here."

"It's there loss." Valiant told him messing his hair up in an affectionate way. "I know it's going to hurt, even if you tried to separate yourself from them they still are your blood relations, and you're too kind of a person to completely forget about them."

Solaris just sighed again but shook his head quickly, probably trying to shake out the depressing thoughts. "Okay so when do we leave."

"Now, I was just waiting for you. I decided we should travel there instead of just being teleported with the shop." Valiant picked up a backpack and steered Solaris out of the shop. Turning around he locked the shop and pressed his hand on the door frame. Solaris could see the building shake slightly, although no one noticed anything, then Valiant turned to him with a smile. "Let's go."

Walking through the streets of Konoha Solaris looked around for the last time. "Why aren't we just teleporting there?"

"Because this way is more fun, you also get to see the world and gain experience with travelling." Valiant told him.

"Why are we really travelling there?"

"…..I love cruises and some of the views on the way are spectacular. Just think of it as a long holiday." Valiant chuckled sheepishly.

Valiant and Solaris could feel the ANBU following them. Solaris looked at the cheerful Valiant and knew he had ulterior motives for walking through the gates instead of sneaking out. He had a good idea what those motives were though.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because it isn't just enough to leave, you need to send a message." Valiant told him.

The two Chunin guarding the gate collapsed before they got there. The ANBU following them also collapsed before they could jump out and block there way.

Solaris looked at the unconscious people around them. "You've got to teach me that."

"That trick will only work on those without magic." Valiant said as they walked through the gates. "They'll wake up in a few minutes so we better hurry."

Both started to run along the path leading away from the village. Back in Konoha the ANBU just started to wake up and quickly left to report to their Hokage.

Back at the festival Minato and Kushina were confused when the ANBU jumped out. Minato quickly got serious, they wouldn't interrupt today of all days unless it was an emergency.

"Hokage-sama, Naruto has left the village with an unknown stranger." A cat masked ANBU told him.

Minato was stunned, looking around he saw his two daughters looking at him and his wife was staring wide eyed. Kushina then narrowed her eyes and ran off to the direction of the gates. She obviously thought that her son had been kidnapped, and so did Minato. Memories of the kidnapping attempt on her when she was younger flashing through her mind.

"Send every ANBU out now," Minato said and brought Hikari and Madoka to Shikaku Nara and his wife Yoshino to look after them before leaving.

Now walking at a leisurely pace along the path Solaris paused for a moment.

"Let me guess, this was the message you wanted me to send?" He asked Valiant.

"No need for me to tell you that you need to confront your problems head on." Valiant told him looking into the forest surrounding the path. "I wonder how many are looking for us in the completely wrong direction even after we left them an obvious trail."

"Well that's something to laugh about at least, here they are." Solaris said as a group of figures jumped out of the forest surrounding them.

Jiraiya of the Sannin, Hatake Kakashi, Yugao Uzuki, Yamato, Mikoto Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha and Kushina Uzumaki all surrounded him with a couple of ANBU squads. Quite a few of them were staring at Valiant, apart from being unnaturally beautiful Solaris learned shortly after that Valiant had a sort of enchantment that attracted people. It would even make some weaker willed people fall completely and head over heels in love with him to the point of doing anything he says.

"Give me back my son!" Kushina shouted.

Valiant and Naruto looked at each other for a moment.

"I think they think I kidnapped you." Valiant said with amusement. "Hate to break it to you sweetie but I didn't force him anywhere, he's come of his own free will."

"What?!" Kushina was stunned. "Is that true?"

"Yes," Solaris simply told them.

"Why?" Kushina asked confused.

"Because I have nothing here for me, this place isn't my home, and it never will be."

Kushina looked shocked "Nothing here for you, your family is here!"

Solaris shook his head "You may have the same blood as me but you can't call yourself my family, not since I was seven. Your focus shifted so much on Hikari and Madoka you practically forgotten that I existed, tell me do you know anything about me? Like what's my favourite colour or food, anything at all, my friends or what my grades are in the academy?"

Kushina was completely surprised by Solaris's question. "Of course, your favourite colour is red, and your favourite food is dango. You're friends with the clan children so why would you want to leave them. We may have trained Hikari and Madoka more but that was for them to control the Kyubi's power."

Solaris just looked stunned for a moment before shaking his head. "More? You didn't train me at all, just brushed me off when I asked. By the way my favourite colour is orange, my favourite food is ramen and I have no friends. All the other children avoid because most of their parents told them to thinking I am the Kyubi because of its soul sealed inside me, they hate me! Not only that but everyone that should have mattered looked at Hikari and Madoka and treated me like a ghost or a pet, just pat his head and shoo him away, off the top of my head I can count my so called godparents, Kakashi and Yugao. They just had their eyes set on those two well I'm not going to let that happen anymore. I'm tired of being in a place I don't feel like I belong."

The group surrounding them was stunned at his speech. Valiant wasn't surprised by their ignorance, for people who say they look underneath the underneath Ninja's were remarkably dense and single minded. Not all of them but a large majority was and even then the good ones were oblivious to things that should be obvious. Valiant blamed this on the natural ninja paranoia.

Valiant just looked at Solaris for a moment. "Well that was a lot to get off your chest, feel any better?"

"Yeah a lot actually," Solaris muttered slightly embarrassed.

"Let's go then."

"You're not going anywhere!" Kushina shouted at him. "Naruto I'm sorry, really I am, we had no idea you felt like that, please we can make it up to you just come home."

"It's too late for that now especially with all the chances I've given. Besides my name isn't Naruto anymore, it's Solaris."

Valiant and Solaris saw Jiraiya nod his head slightly at the group and there stances shifted.

Valiant sighed "I'm telling you right now that is not a smart decision."

A few of the ANBU moved in to take out Valiant and Kushina moved in the grab Solaris. Valiant spread his arms out creating a wall of blue energy that rushed towards the ANBU who couldn't avoid it and Solaris created a wave of darkness that hit Kushina pushing her back. Valiant's hand ignited in blue fire and darkness swirled around Solaris's feet. Underneath their clothes symbols carved onto their bodies started to appear glowing dimly.

"All right, have it your way then."