Disclaimer: I do not own naruto

Do you really think that if I owned Naruto the manga would be this bad? Oh yeah, I don't own kingdom hearts either

"Normal speech"

"Toughs and flashbacks"

"Kyuubi or mysterious voices"

"Inner Sakura or??"

"Kyuubi's thoughts"

(AN): authors note.

AN: first of all for the sake of this fic and for practical purposes everything after Itachi removed Sasuke's rigth eye didn't happen. Also this chapter is a bit angsty and Naruto migth look a bit Ooc. On another note in the latest volume happened what many of us knew was going to happen one way or another, Sasuke bent on destroying konoha. And I can't help but to feel conflicted about it: on one side I feel sad that after all that happened and all that Itachi sacrificed. Sasuke only understood half of it. On ohter side I'm Angry that instead of honoring the memory of his brother and returning a hero to konoha like Itachi wanted him to, he decides to throw his sacrifice to the trash and destroy the village his brother went such lengths to protect and serve. So the only thing I have to say about Sasuke is this:

He is the pride of joy of his clan. He is a prodigy of the greatest caliber, a shinobi that betrays his village, his loved ones and squanders the sacrifices of the others for his own goals, but what can you expect? After all. he is a typical Uchiha. and he does a great job representing most of them.

"It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." AlbusDumbledore, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999

WHAT LEAD TO THE FAREWELLS

The slug sennin was perplexed, she thougth that Naruto would never go for it, she was so focused on the repply that she failed to notice the smile of relief that carried an almost invisible trace of pride on Mickey's face.

"could you repeat that, I think I heard you said that you accepted the mission" said Tsunade.

The blue-eyed blond stared at her with something akin to annoyance, after all that has passed she still didn't get it? How he wanted to make a jibe at her age and her hearing. But he refrained himself for two reasons: the first because a client was in the room and it was not a good idea to make himself look like an idiot making him change his mind. Not that Mickey would change his mind; but Naruto didn't know that, and the second to teach Tsunade to find better things than try fixing issues that were not her bussiness to begin with.

After all. why did she care if he wanted to spend his time away from his team, if he worked fine with them during missions?

"oh yeah, I'm her surrogate brother" thougth Naruto.

"very well, I, Uzumaki Naruto, age sixteen, rank chunnin, accept the solo mission, hokage sama" the tone he used in the last word made Tsunade wince invisibly, he was still angry about the reunion attempt.

Tsunade, seeing that any argument was pointless due to the fact that Naruto agreed to the mission, "fine be at the north gate tommorow at ten a.m" said the hokage. After wich Mickey retired to the Gummi ship, he needed to tell the others that they will have a new teammate in the ship.

As the blond teenager was excusing himself and leaving the blonde hokage called him, stopping him in his tracks "yes, hokage-sama?"

"I just wanted to make sure that you understood what this entails Naruto, you will not set foot in this village for an undetermined amount of time, is that what you want?" while her words sounded professional, her tone was pleading, asking him to reconsider, to miss the curfew for the mission, that for once, he let go of his word and stay.

Naruto just stood there impassively before answering "yes I'm sure this is what I want"

"a chance to get away" he added mentally before saying "also I want you to promise that you won't tell them about the mission"

"who are you talking about?" the buxxom female, fully aware of what he was implying.

"you wana play that game Baa-chan? Fine. then I don't wanna see team seven tomorrow at the north gate"

As Naruto was leaving Tsunade asked "Naruto it's been a year already, don't you think it's time to let go?"

The blond stopped in front of the door, his rigth hand almost on the door-knob. He paused a moment before looking over his shoulder. a sad look on him that was hidden by the angle of his face and body, " that's exactly what I'm trying to do, Tsunade no Baa-chan"

As Naruto was walking trough the corridors of the tower he came into the sigths of the ones wanted to see the least; team seven, and as always Sakura was holding Sasuke's arm with a look of bliss on her face, the Uchiha was as serious as ever but a glint of happiness could be seen if you knew where to look and Kakashi had his face buried in his orange book while walking towards the hokage's office. Naruto frantically looked for a way to avoid the confrontation when his former sensei spoke in his usual lazy manner "hello Naruto, it's been a while" making both Sakura and Sasuke break their little moment and look foward to see their missing teamate.

Naruto cursed and condemned Kakashi to hell in his mind. putting on his best fake smile he answered "hey guys I was just on my way to get ramen, so don't worry I'll see you later" he quickened his walk, the faster he could get out of the area the better.

"Naruto wait," asked the kunoichi, making him stop in his tracks. It has been months since the last time she've seen him, and during the mission he refused to even look at them or talk to them outside the neccesary to make it work. And she missed him.

"yes Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto while trying to subtly find an escape route.

"we were just going to get lunch, why don't you come with us? It's been ages since the last time we were together"

"sorry but I can't" at this Sakura frowned and got closer to him, making the Uchiha frown.

"what's wrong?"

"nothing's wrong Sakura-chan. Seriously" by this time Naruto was sweating coupiusly and was seriously considering running back to Tsunade's office and jumping out of the window.

"you're lying. I can tell" she had a worried expression on her face "you now you can tell me anything Naruto.." "except my feelings" he interrupted mentally.

Sakura finished, "...after all we're friends"

apparently that was the wrong thing to say because lowered his face until it was hidden by his bangs and started walking away "a friend, that's all I am to her" as he was leaving another person stood in his path, and he did not want to see this particular one. It was Uchiha Sasuke.

"what do you want teme" he asked with a nasty snarl on his face.

"what is that scroll dobe?" the Uchiha asked as he made moves to claim said scroll and look at it's contents.

Naruto saw this and hastely put the scroll in his weapon pouch while snarling at the Uchiha.

"it's not of your bussiness Sasuke"

The raven haired teen just scoffed and retorted " as if I would care for what a weakling like is going to do with a scroll," Naruto just passed him while shaking from rage; he could not believe that Sakura chose this ass over him. As he was about to leave he looked over his left shoulder and asked "just tell me one thing. How is the new eye?"

The moment he heard that question, Sasuke's left eye morphed into the sharingan, while his rigth eye. now honey colored stayed the same and proceed to glare at the retreating form of the blond. Leaving a sad Kakashi and a worried Sakura.

As he walked trough the street the blond chunnin was remembering the moments that influenced him enough to take the mission in the first place.

Flashback starts:

It was a great day: not a cloud in the sky, the sun was up and he was treated in the way he always seeked by the population. Yes, it was a great day for Naruto, because today he will tell the love of his life his feelings.

It has been a month since he returned Sasuke to konoha, a month since he fullfilled his promise, and things were looking up, and he just knew today was the day sakura will accept to be his girlfriend.

He was walking trough the park when he froze and spotted something that tore him up inside. Sakura and Sasuke were sitting in a bench together, Kissing.

As tears were starting to form in his eyes he turned and ran. Unable to see more of the scene.

Flashback interrupton.

He remembered that day. He shouted and destroyed several trainning grounds while shouting about the unfairness of his life before he cried himself to sleep. The next day was no better.

Flashback restarts:

The next day he was called to Tsunade's office. A place he did not want to go as he was still resentful, angry and grumpy to say the least, As he was reaching the tower a feeling of dread started to build in his gut.

"what is it baa-chan?" he said angrily.

When Tsunade didn't responded to the insult as usual he knew something was wrong. And the feeling just grew stronger each second when Naruto saw the grief on her face and the moistened eyes.

"Naruto when Jiraiya took the infiltrating mission he was severily wounded by the leader of akatsuki"

Now that was something he did not want hear, Jiraiya was one of his precious people, he was someone who saw beyond the facade of deadlast, someone who gave a damn about him, who thougth he was worth his time and teachings. He was almost like a grandfather; but he had to be alrigth, didn't he?

"he is okay rigth baa-chan, tell me he is okay, he is tough so he can take it, he is fine, rigth?"

And with one phrase Tsunade shattered his belief "I'm so sorry Naruto."

He didn't stick around to hear the rest.

Flashback ends.

After that he didn't talk for a while. Because he couldn' believe it. To him Jiraiya always seemed larger than life, despite his pervertedness he was always so strong; in his mind he was supposed to meet his end after what many would consider the an amazing act of pervertedness in the arms of several beautiful women. Not alone in who knows where. only with the help of his friends he was able to focus on becoming a better shinobi. But as time passed things turned bad for him in the emotional department.

Unfortunatetly for him Sakura had opened up to him a lot now. She had been Naruto's best friend, yet that was all he could be. A friend. It tore him apart how Sakura would tell him all her hopes and dreams of her future with Sasuke and how amazing the dates with the Uchiha were. After all best friends could talk about anything. But for her he did not show it.

After the situation became unberable to him he asked for his transfer to another team. Something that Kakashi refused to allow, even though he was fully aware why Naruto requested the transfer in the first place. As the jounin was hoping that given time everything will be solved. This only widened the already big gap between the team and Naruto.

To honor the memory of his sensei, Naruto asked Tsunade some time off. Something the hokage allowed due to his recent loss, he distanced himself from his team and trained beyond his limits.

Naruto noticed that his apartment was coming in sigth. And as soon as he reached his doorstep he was sure he sensed someone, he stopped for a moment before shrugging it off.

Unfortunatetly (or fortunatetly) to Naruto he was being watched. something he didn't know was the fact that while Tsunade did not tell team seven, she did tell Yamanaka Ino. Who in turn told everyone else but team seven about Naruto's mission. And they were not going to let him go without at least saying goodbye. The figure waited until Naruto finished sealing everything for his travel inside a giant scroll before striking. And the next thing Naruto knew was that he was being dragged away.

The next morning Naruto woke up, did his morning rituals and gathered his things, both the scroll he prepared last nigth and all the teh gifts his friends gave him, all packed in a simple black and orange backpack that was secured with one strap that ran from his rigth shoulder to his left hip. After fastening the scrool under the backpack just like his sensei Jiraiya used to, he headed to Ichiraku ramen for one last ramen spree before heading out.

Ayame sighed at the common sigth of Naruto on his 12th bowl of ramen, he migth be sixteen and probably the most powerful chunin in the village, but he devoured his ramen the same way he has been doing it since he started frecuenting the establishment twelve years ago, impossibly fast.

"was the ramen good Naruto-kun?" the response she was a happy sigh and a look of bliss, making the young woman giggle a bit "as great as always nee-chan!" he repplied.

They sat there in comfortable silence for a while, enjoying the company of the other, moments like this one were not common thing for Naruto, and as such he tresured them. then the blond stood up and put a wad of cash in the counter "well Ayame nee-chan i have to go now, here's the payment of the tab"

The waitress looked mortified "do you really have to go Naruto-kun?"

"afraid so, after all, I never go back in my word" he started.

"that is my nindo" and both Naruto and Ayame finished at the same time, looked at each other and laughed.

"well I'm off, tell the old man Teuchi that I've passed by."

As the blond chunin was reaching the gate he noticed, with happyness, that most of his friends were there, the only missing ones were team seven ( something he was glad for)

But what called his attention was the group in there.

The first he recognized was his client, after all he had not met a man (using the term as loosely as possible) that short, or that exuded that aura of authority, if he recalled rigth his name was Mickey. He was dressed in a black cloak that had several silver chains on it.

(AN: the organization XIII cloak, the rest are dressed in the same way they were in kingdom hearts 2)

To his rigth was a young man, fifteen of age give or take. He had brown hair that he kept in bigger spikes than his own, sapphire blue eyes exactly like his, his face reflected excitement and was smiling, whether was at the thougth of having him as teammate or another thing Naruto didn't know.

Next to the teenager was another one, and Naruto guessed he was his age. This one had flowing silver hair that reached his shoulders and bluish eyes, Naruto couldn't tell from the distance. He was taller than him by a couple of inches and had a more serious look on his face.

Then next to him was a teenage girl, a pretty one ,that had flowing apple red hair that framed her face and reached her shoulders, a pair of blue eyes that had a twinkle in them. from kind smile on her face Naruto could tell she was a good person, granted she would probably had character, like all the woman do, but he guessed that as long as he don't do anything stupid or perverted he will be fine.

All in all this was a group that he could work with.

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When the king came back the other day from the village and told them they would be getting a new ally it caused different reactions among the team, Sora at the prospect, Riku was interested, and Kairi asked about him.

The problem was when she asked what he looked like Riku started to tease her about wanting to know about her new boyfriend making the girl blush in embarrasment and anger and Sora scowl for reasons she did not understand. She glared at him, making Riku flinch and shut up.

But looking at him now, Kairi thinks the king left some details, he said he had blue eyes and blond hair, what he ommited was the look of determination in his eyes and the whiskers in his face that gave a feral but cute look. What made her ponder about him is that his face seemed wrong with serious look, as if the blonde's face was made to smile and grin.

She thoguth he was cute.

Sakura was not having a good day, you see after the incident between team seven and Naruto she had been worried, and from the moment she woke up the pinkette had been looking for him, she looked from his apartment to the monument. She visited every spot he frecuented with no luck. Now she was in the last place hse could think of: Ichiraku ramen.

When she got to the fabled stand of noodles she was disappointed to find her teammate missing and she decided to eat there as she had eaten nothing since she woke up.

As Teuchi started to cook the ramen Ayame noticed the worried look on the kunoichi's face.

"what's wrong?" she asked in genuine curiosity

"it's Naruto, I'm worried about him"

The waitress smiled and tried to reassure her "don't worry I'm sure that if there was a problem hokage-sama wouldn't have let him going on that mission"

At this Sakura's turned to see her " what are you talking about!? What mission?!"

"but I thougth everyone who knew Naruto-kun was aware that he was leaving the vilage for a long term solo mission"

Tsunade's apprentice was at loss of words , she woke up this morning with the objective to find naruto and talk to him of what was bothering him, now it seems she will not have the chance.

Ayame's father spoke up "go to the north gate, if you hurry you migth catch him girl"

Sakura ran as fast as her legs could carry her, desperate to see him, to talk to him, to know the why of his cations; as it did not made sense to her, all while thinking:

"this isn't my friend, this isn't Naruto"

She reached the north gate and spotted the konoha eleven. And she smiled in relief. Until she saw something lifting from the ground.

"Tsunade-shishou where is Naruto?"

The hokage turned to see her apprentice. she was panting and out of breath, obvious signs that she ran to reach this place. She felt a pang of sadness in her heart, because of what she has to tell her.

"I'm sorry Sakura but you just missed him" she sank into her knees and cried, she felt the same way when Sasuke left all those years ago.

In the gummi ship Naruto was observing the rapidly shrinking village with a hint of sadness but he reasoned that it was better for all if he wasn't around for a while. And hoped beyond hope that this journey will allow him to move on.

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AN: Done!! Well that's the second chapter, a bit angsty for my tastes but I needed a reasonable argument or excuse for Naruto to willingly leave the village and come back later. As for pairings I recieved some request but let me tell you something. nothing is set in stone, as far as pairings goes Naruto could one girl and before moving to what could be the real pairing for him. As for Naruto and Kairi, so far the only thing they had is that they find each other attractive, ( like when one is walking down the street and finds someone good looking) and just because she/he thinks the other is good looking does not mean they will start to date. It just make things easier in the long run ( that and it allows me to work the jealousy angle with Sora should I pair them toghether, which is more fun for anyways)

Now the request I have recieved.

For Naruto:

Kairi ( this one surprised me)

Yugito ( sorta)

Sakura ( it was bound to happen eventually)

Someone not from his world ( so little faith)

Namine ( twice)

For Sora:

Kairi

So feel free to your give opinion. Now for the worlds:

The one from the enchanted movie ( both the cartoon realm (Andalasia) and New york)

The movie Ella Enchanted ( maybe)

All the worlds in kingdom hearts II with the exception of Atlantica, ( and if I do send them there I will find a way to make Naruto stay in dry land, and maybe halloween town )

Camelott ( do I have to say it)

The jungle book ( though I still can't decide wether they go as animals or as people)

Inuyasha ( anime(seems like a good idea))

Magic Knigths of Rayearth (old, old anime I've used to watch when i was like 8 years old or so( trust me i can make it work))

Final fantasy video games (you know FF VII, FF VIII, FF IX, FFX ( still working on the how))

If you have any suggestions of worlds to travel feel free to tell me. Oh yeah, before I forget teh quotes mark the beggining and the end of the arcs as well as important chapters

Well that's it for now please review flames are not accepted but constructive criticism is.

JA NE.