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Chapter 2
1 month later
Naruto walked through the market area of Konoha.
Ever since the loss of chakra people have acted nicer towards him. He thought that it may be that they thought that with all the chakra gone then the 9 tails must be gone as well. Which was fine with him but it was odd being treated differently.
He had kept busy helping out where people needed an extra hand. Shikamaru had even become restless enough to go on walks around the village some times. Sakura had met up with what was left of the ninja medic corps and was being trained in traditional healing and medical tachniques which were not chakra based. Naruto had continued to train with Lee and Ten Ten in their individual skills, Neji was apparently busy with some stuff dealing with his clan.
After 3 weeks of no chakra and no ninja missions the council gave merchants and vendors the right to leave whenever they wanted if they wanted to take their business elsewhere. Sadly many were deciding to do just that, with no ninja taking missions then they didn't have the money to buy what the sellers were selling, so many were forced to move their business elsewhere. Even the Ichiraku's were talking about possibly leaving if things didn't pick up soon.
One of the things which surprised him the most was the rumor that the council was talking about letting ninja leave the village if they wanted to. Naruto may have been an idiot but he was smart enough to know that many ninja didn't have skills they could use to earn a living without their chakra. The question of what would he do with his life had been in the front of his mind for the past few weeks.
He remembered a conversation he had with Iruka recently
Flashback
They were sitting at the Ramen shop eating a bowl each when Naruto asked him if the rumor about leaving the village was true, would he do it?
Iruka took on a pondering look "I'm honestly not sure Naruto. Unlike most I have skills as a teacher so I could teach children in any village, but if a lot of people leave the village then I may go as well." He said and Naruto could tell that the question bothered him too.
End Flashback
As Naruto continued to walk he saw a familiar face struggling to carry groceries.
"Hey let me help you!" Naruto said running up and grabbing two bags from the man before him.
"Why thank you Naruto" the man before him was like a mountain in human form. If you had run into him without knowing him you probably would have been intimidated greatly.
"Hey Toru" Naruto told the black smith. Toru had always been kind to Naruto for as long as they had known each other. Naruto would often go buy weapons from his shop.
As they neared the shop Toru asked him to come in. Naruto immediately noticed the various crates and empty shelves, this only meant one thing.
"Your leaving too Toru?" Naruto said sadly, he would miss the kind smith.
"I'm afraid so Naruto" the man said sadly "During the last month I haven't hardly sold a single item from my stock. With no missions being taken then there is no need for weapons."
Naruto understood what he meant, he had a wife and two young kids to feed, and you couldn't feed them metal and leather.
Naruto looked around the store sadly, before preparing to say his goodbye to Toru. But then Toru spoke up.
"Before you go I have a good bye gift for you Naruto" The large man then went to a corner of the room where he brought a crate with Naruto's name on it. Naruto looked at the crate with a confused expression. Toru motioned for him to open it up and inside the crate Naruto was pleasantly surprised to find some light body armor, a tanto, and a sword.
"Thanks Toru!" but then the reality crashed in on Naruto again. "But I don't think I'll ever use it"
"I wouldn't say that" Toru said walking behind the counter and pulling out a piece of paper.
Naruto looked at the older man confused "What do you mean?"
"I mean this" Toru said waving the paper before reading it "Says here that General Mifune of the Samurai of The Land of Iron is offering ninja the opportunity to become Samurai if they pass a series of tests"
"The Land of Iron?" Naruto said, true he had been thinking about going to Wave to find work if he had to leave the village, but he may be able to put his ninja skills to use if he went to the land of Iron.
Of course the job would be more dangerous now without his chakra to heal him faster.
Konoha council chambers
"Our spies have told us that Danzo is attempting to gain political allies to make himself Daimyo" Ibiki told the council.
"Wonderful, another headache I don't need" Tsunade said from her seat. "If he becomes Daimyo then we're all in a lot of trouble"
"Agreed" the Aburame clan representative said. After the event the Aburame clans insects fled the bodies of their hosts and died, now while many of the Aburame would recover in time most were bed ridden.
Nobody at the table found the idea of Danzo ruling over them very appealing.
"In light of that, we need to decide whether or not to permit the shinobi of our village the ability to leave and make a life for themselves elsewhere" Shikaku said. And while it was something that had been on everyone's minds no one wanted to talk about possibly leaving the village. After all this was their home and the prospect of possibly leaving it was not appealing.
However most didn't see an alternative, if Danzo gained power over the entire nation then all of the ninja would be forced to enlist in the army and no doubt Danzo would seek to go to war with other nations. Without their jutsu most were not as sure in their skills as they use to be,
"Out of everyone here, who would seriously consider leaving the village?" Tsunade asked.
Out of the clans, the ones who raised their hands were the Yamanaka, the Nara, and the Inuzuka. Some said they weren't sure, and others said that they would refuse to leave the village, among these were the Hyugga and the Akamichi clans. This was surprising because usually the Nara, the Yamanaka and the Akamichi clans agreed on everything together, so to see them divided was alarming.
"May I ask why?" Tsunade said
"I don't want me or my family being pawns for Danzo" was Shikaku's answer
"Shikaku's reason, and my family owns a flowere shop so I think our business could be better if we went a little farther south" said Inoichi
"We still have our dogs and if we travel to a more wild area we could work as fur traders and guides" Tsume said.
This resulted in another shouting match at the table before Tsunade finally had enough and hit the table, it didn't break like it used to but it had the same affect.
"Listen, we need to have a vote on whether or not to let people leave the village" she said, intentionally keeping her opinion to herself. The only people she truly worried about were Jiraiya, Shizune and Naruto. Other than them there was nothing really keeping her in the village as is. The only person not currently in the village was Jiraiya, who had been on one of his intelligence gathering missions at the time, she was certain that he was okay but she still worried about him and wondered what he was doing.
On Mount Myobokuzan.
"C'mon Pa speak to me!" Jiraiya said to the toad in front of him who merely let out a croak,
"Not you too! First Gamabunta, then Gamakichi. Now I've lost my chakra as well" he face palmed "It'll take me months to get back to the village from here!"
At that moment a toad landed on his head causing him to sigh.
Back in Konoha
Everyone in the village had gathered in front of the Hokage tower. The Council had announced that they would be making an announcement on the event today and everyone was eager to hear what they had too say.
Finally Tsunade came out and all talking ceased
"As you all know" she began "One month ago, we all found ourselves unable to use chakra. This has had a detrimental effect on our village and will no doubt have long term affects on our society and world." She paused, allowing the crowd to absorb her words.
"Many among you have thought about leaving and starting lives in other towns, villages or nations."
At this many listened intently.
"If you wish to leave you are freed from your obligations as a Leaf ninja and are allowed to leave and do as you like, and yes this does include all residents including ninja clans."
There were both excited and nervous voices who began talking about this latest development.
Those who were excited were those who had already decided to leave and those who were nervous were unsure if leaving was the best decision, what if the village could survive this?
At Ichiraku Ramen Stand later that day.
"So who's all thinking about leaving" Kiba asked the group. Almost all of the rookies had come out except for the two Hyugga and Choji.
"My dad says we're definitely moving. Maybe to the Land of Rivers?" Ino said.
"My dad says we're going too but I don't know where he has in mind." Shikamaru said
"My mom says we may go to the Land of Wilderness" Kiba said. It wasn't really a nation but it was the edge of the civilized world. The only thing out there were the endless forest, the animals, and those crazy enough to live there.
Lee and Ten Ten were orphans and could therefore decide what to do with their own lives, however they were unsure what to do.
The next person in the line of questioning was Naruto.
"I've been thinking abound going to Wave or Iron" he said. Sakura froze and the rest took on shocked looks.
"Gotta say I thought you would be the last of us to ever leave the village" Kiba said.
"I don't want to" Naruto said with sadness in his voice "But I don't see how a ninja village like ours can really stay around in a world without chakra"
They were quiet at that.
"What about you Sakura" Ten Ten asked.
Sakura shook her head "I don't know, my parents are in the far north and some of the lords have completely closed off their lands, stopping people from getting in or out, so I don't know when or if they'll be able to come back this far down. If I left I could leave a message for them but I don't know where I would go"
"You could come with us, my parents would love to have you" Ino told her friend.
"Or you could hang with me until you found someplace you liked" Naruto said trying to cheer her up.
"Thanks everyone" Sakura said
At the Jounin hall
The Jounin hall, a wonderful place where only jounin were allowed and where they could relax and be themselves. But today a different conversation was going on from the usual stuff.
"I have a friend who works in the diamond business, I could probably get a job from him" Asuma said to those at the table
"I'm not sure what I could do outside of being a kunoichi" Kurenei said
"I myself have been considering the professions of construction or mining where my flames of youth will help me complete even the most difficult of task!" Gai said
"I plan on watching over my genin the best I can" Kakashi said looking up from his book.
"So most of us are talking about leaving the village?" Asuma said
"Would you rather work for Danzo because that's whats going to happen if we stay in the village, that or he'll bulldoze it" Kakashi said "All though he'll definitely use us as soldiers if he discovers that some of us have at least some of our abilities left"
No they did not have chakra, however for those with physical abilities granted by their chakra before those abilities were still better than normal. For instance Kakashi's nose, it was still able to recognize people from smell even though he couldn't use chakra anymore. While this wasn't as good as jutsu it was still better than what the normal soldiers could do. And if Danzo took over Kakashi didn't want to be anywhere near here.
"So your thinking of taking both Naruto and Sakura away from here?" Kurenei asked.
"Yes, I don't think it would be a good idea for Naruto to stay anywhere Danzo could get him. We still don't know for sure how this has affected the 9 tails" Kakashi said
"But isn't the 9 tails a construct of chakra? If so it should have disappeared with everything the rest of the chakra" Asuma said, not really seeing the issue
"Yes, but the 9 tails was also composed of nature energy and we don't know what else. It may be weakened but it could still be there and I don't want to risk Danzo getting that kind of power." Kakashi said crossing his arms.
"Where would you even go Kakashi?" Gai asked
Kakashi sighed "I'm not sure Gai, it's a new world and right now the smaller nations are probably our best bets so we could probably go to Wave or Spring and be safe there"
"Either way talking about this is more than a little depressing. We're talking about splitting up and never seeing each other again. We have fought side by side our whole lives and the idea of not having all of these familiar faces is disconcerting" Asuma said.
"Some will undoubtedly stay in the village" Kurenei said
"Yes and in my opinion that would be a dumb thing to do. This village was made solely for military use, so anyone who stays here will either join the new military, be forced to leave, or die" Kakashi said plainly. "This village is already beginning to resemble a ghost town"
And it was true, many shops and houses were now empty, and those were just the civilians who left, what about when ninja begin to leave? How empty would this place become then?
In Kakashi's mind he didn't see how the village could survive as it was, the only way Konoha could survive in his opinion was if they tore down numerous buildings to create more land for farming and animals.
But some people were incredibly stubborn and refused to believe that this was the end of the ninja era. If ninja did sprout up after this then it still wouldn't be as it was before.
Two Days Later.
Many of the rookies and jounin sensei watched as a series of families and wagons left through the gate.
"So this is really happening, huh?" Shikamaru said with a noticeable level of sadness in his voice
"It can't be helped. They all have to do what they think is best for them and their families" Kakashi said.
Naruto waved at Ayame Ichiraku as they left through the gate. They waved back and Naruto felt a tight pressure in his chest at seeing people who were like family to him leaving his life.
"The more time passes the more certain it seems that we will have to leave as well." Asuma said. Yesterday a messenger had come to the village saying that a war had broken out and that they had possibly a week before one of the armies came to the Leaf for soldiers. Everyone that had given leaving serious consideration knew that they had to do it before then.
Kakashi pulled Naruto and Sakura to the side.
"I think it's time we talked about leaving the village together."
Okay, that's another chapter done.
I know the story may seem a bit dull at first but I plan on things picking up eventually in a few chapters.
Now Sasuke and Itachi will meet again eventually, but that probably won't be for a while. But Sasuke won't give up on his vengeance completely.
Now the reason I'm having a large amount of characters leaving the village is because of the political issues, like Danzo trying to take over the nation, and also the fact that the village was not made to support anything other than chakra wielding ninja's, and outside the ninja arts they don't really have the skills needed to turn the villages into something else such as the agriculture villages.
I plan on having team 7 go off someplace and kind of just live normal lives for a few years (there will be a time skip) and then they would be forced to do battle once again. I would also have chapters based on what different Naruto characters are doing in this new world.
You'll also get to see some of the other lands involved in this as well.
So I have different ideas on where to send Team 7 such as Spring, Wave, Iron or just somewhere else. Let me know where you think they would end up. If you have somewhere else you'd like to see them go then let me know your ideas.
So now for Reviews
Suzululu4moe: Actually his chakra only supercharged his immune system, so even with his chakra gone he would still have the best immune system on the planet because his 9 tails enhanced Uzumaki chakra would have actually made him immune to any viruses or bacteria he had ever previously come into contact with. Hope that answered your concerns.
Please Review, thank you for reading and have a nice day!