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(Land of Waterfalls)

Naruto Entered the Land of Waterfalls through its eastern border. Naruto knew the approximant location of the Hidden Waterfall because he escorted Shibuki there on a mission back with team seven.

Naruto started heading in the general direction of the waterfall. When he felt he was getting close to the village four shinobi wearing the standard uniform of the waterfall appeared in front of him. The Leader said, "State your business here."

Naruto replied "I am here to see Shibuki. I have a message for him also I have a favor to ask of him."

The ninja responded, "It sounds as if you know Shibuki-sama."

Naruto responded, "Yes, I was on the team from the Leaf that escorted him here a few years ago."

All four of the ninjas were surprised when they recognized him as one of the Leaf ninjas that brought Shibuki back and that helped free the Waterfall from Suien. The leader then said "Ah yes. You have changed since you were last here. We will escort you to the village."

Naruto nodded and said "Thanks."

(Hidden Waterfall)

Once they were near the entrance of the village one of the Ninja said, "Even though you are a friend of the village you will still have to wear a blindfold while we enter the village." Naruto nodded and let them put a blindfold over his eyes.

After a quick trip through the waterfall entrance to the village, he was told he could take it off the blindfold. When he did he saw the village that had not changed much since he had come as a member of team seven. The village was circular in shape with a massive tree in the center. Around the tree was a circular lake that separated it from the majority of the village. Like the hidden leaf, much of the village has covered with trees.

The leader of the group of ninja said "I trust you will not make any trouble and that you remember your way around. I have already sent a message to my commander, so no one should try and mess with you thinking you are here without permission."

Naruto Nodded and said, "Thanks, I will be heading to see if Shibuki is free now." With that, they all went their separate ways.

As Naruto was going to the center island that contained the tree that hung over the whole village. Under that tree was where Shibuki's office was, as well as most of the government offices and buildings of the Waterfall.

Naruto passed through the market district of the waterfall. Naruto looked at some of the shinobi stores and thought. 'This would be the perfect place to get new gear. Most of my survival gear is fine but I really should get some real ninja gear. Also, a bigger backpack would be nice.'

Naruto continued to walk through the town and over the bridge that led to the massive tree at the center of the village. When he got there he walked into the building that served as the administrative hub of the Hidden Waterfall.

When he walked in he was greeted by a receptionist that asked, "How can I help you?"

Naruto responded, "I was wondering if Shibuki was free and I would like to talk to him."

The receptionist said "Ah yes you must be Naruto. We got a message from one of our patrol teams that you were coming. I'll see if Shibuki-sama is free."

In a minute, the receptionist came back and motioned for Naruto to follow. Naruto entered Shibuki's office and sat down in a chair in front of Shibuki's desk. Shibuki then said "So Naruto what is it you wanted to talk about. If there is anything I can do for you let me know."

Naruto said "Thanks, I appreciate it. I wanted to talk to you about two things. The first is I was wondering if you could pass this message along to the Leaf." Naruto pulled out the scroll he got from the Fuma clan and handed it to Shibuki.

"Sure I can do that, but if you don't mind me asking what message would you be sending to the Leaf?" Shibuki asked.

Naruto responded by telling Shibuki about the Fuma clan, the Sound village, and the Land of Rice Patties. When he was finished he added, "I would also like it if you don't tell the leaf that I am involved."

Shibuki nodded and said "Sure I'll just tell them one of my Jonin got it. If that's it what's the second thing you wanted to talk about?"

Naruto asked, "Have you heard of a group called the Akatsuki?"

Shibuki nodded and said "Ya, but not much from my understanding they are a mercenary group with very powerful members."

Naruto nodded and said "Yes that's right but they aren't just mercenaries. They are also hunting Jinchuuriki. Two of their members are Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha." Shibuki's eyes widened at this and thought 'If what he says is true that could put the village in danger if they come here to capture Fuu.'

Shibuki then said "That's troubling news. I suppose you are telling me this because you know we have a Jinchuuriki. Do you know why they are going to do with the tailed beasts?"

Naruto responded, "I don't know the specifics but it has something to do with taking over the world."

Shibuki was shocked at what Naruto told him and said "Well that isn't good. For now, I will have to talk with the council about this. Can you stay here in the village till this is sorted out? There is a possibility that the council will turn on Fuu and kick her out, banish her, or try and give her to the Akatsuki to avoid them attacking our village."

Naruto nodded and said "I can stay here if you need me too."

Shibuki chuckled and said, "Thanks."

After that, Naruto said goodbye and went to the market district to upgrade his gear.

After Naruto left Shibuki quickly wrote a letter to the Leaf with a fabricated story about how he got the Fuma clan letter. He gave both to his receptionist to send to the Leaf.

Then he started to write some messages to the various council members telling them that there would have to be a council meeting the next day.

(Waterfall market district)

Naruto walked into the Market district and started to look around. As he was walking he thought 'I need to get out of this civilian clothing and into some real ninja gear. I think I saw a good shop in their market district that has everything.'

Naruto found the store and started to walk through it and pick out new gear. Naruto picked out a backpack that could hold about twice as much stuff as his current one could and it also had a few extra features that a ninja would find useful. Features like scroll pouches, quick access compartments for medical supplies or other things that need to be accessed quickly, and even a place where he could strap a sword to the pack.

Naruto also stocked up on shuriken, kunai, and other ninja supplies. Naruto also picked out a tanto made out of a chakra conductive metal. A new kunai pouch that was a bit bigger than the one he had and it had space for a small medical kit. He also got a much larger medical kit that would be sealed in a scroll in his backpack.

For clothes Naruto got a black long sleeve shirt, black Cargo pants with pockets for scrolls, Black ninja sandals, Black fingerless gloves with a metal plate on the back, forearm guards that seals could be applied to, mess armor undershirt and shorts, and a gray flak jacket. Naruto got several pairs of his new outfit in case they got damaged. Naruto also got a black travelers cloak and mask, so that is would be harder to spot him while he was traveling.

Naruto brought everything he wanted to the counter and after paying put everything in a scroll and headed to a hotel to rent a room.

Once Naruto got to the hotel room he dumped out all his stuff from his backpack onto the bed, also he dumped all the stuff he bought on the bed as well and started to think about how to organize it all.

After Naruto had organized all of his equipment he decided to go and find a training grown to get familiar with his new equipment.

Naruto started to walk through some of the training fields of the waterfall looking for one that wasn't being used. As he walked through he was greeted by many shinobi that recognized him as the one that helped beat Suien and the rain shinobi he was working with.

Naruto had to go deep into the forest to find a suitable training ground as he wanted a lot of space to create a lot of clones and be secluded enough that he could have some privacy working on a few of his jutsu that he didn't want other people to see. Naruto had decided that he wanted to keep his use of the Hiraishin and the wind style rasengan as secret as possible.

As Naruto was getting close to giving up and just using one of the smaller training fields, and just do some sparring with some shadow clones, he spotted another clearing through the trees. At first glance, it seemed that the clearing was empty, but Naruto noticed a girl about his age sitting on a boulder near the base of a waterfall that was on the edge of the clearing.

Naruto was about to turn around and go back to a small empty clearing he had passed through earlier, but then the appearance of the girl caught his eye. She was wearing an outfit made of a short sleeveless white midriff shirt with fishnet armor underneath, long white armlets, and fishnet shorts with a short white apron skirt over it. Her skin was a light Carmel color which wasn't common in the elemental nations. She had short mint green hair that was held back with an orange hair clip that matched her eyes.

Naruto looked at her eyes and thought that they were beautiful. While Naruto had given up on wearing orange, as it wasn't a suitable color for a ninja, he still liked the color a lot.

After Naruto took in her appearance he thought 'She fits the description that Komei gave me for Fuu and she is kind of cute. She looks lonely just like I used to be.' After Naruto thought that he realized that he actually was lonely the only other person he had really spent time with since he was banished was with Ashina and he wasn't even a real person.

This thought made Naruto sad but he was brought back to reality when he heard "I know someone is there come out." The voice was coming from the mint-haired girl sitting in the clearing. Naruto came out of the trees and into the clearing sheepishly rubbing the back of his head and wearing a foxy grin. Once he was out of the tree line and a bit into the clearing he said "Sorry I was just looking for an empty training ground. I guess I just sat in the trees longer than I meant to."

The mint haired girl glared and him and said, "Well this one isn't empty so you can go now."

Naruto decided he didn't want to leave just yet for two reasons one to see if the girl was Fuu and two just to spite her. He said, "Why should I leave all the other training fields are full plus I can go where ever I want."

The girl huffed and mumbled "Whatever."

Naruto created some clones and started a light spar to get familiar to the feel of his new gear. After Naruto had practiced for a bit he decided to try and talk with the mint-haired girl.

Naruto had noticed that she had been watching him as he worked out, so he decided to start by teasing her a little bit. He said "Like what you see?" in a playful tone.

The mint haired girl tried but couldn't help but blush and said, "No I was just starting off into space." This wasn't a complete lie. At first she was looking at him like any girl her age would if a good looking boy was standing in front of them. But after realizing what she was thinking about she suppressed those thoughts as they had always led her to pain in the past, but couldn't take her eyes off the blond haired boy training in front of her.

"Whatever you say," Naruto said not losing the playful tone. He continued by saying "By the way my name is Naruto Uzumaki what's yours?"

The white clothed girl responded with "Why should I tell you?"

Naruto replied, "What you're going to watch me train and then not even give me your Name?"

The girl was silent for a second thinking about how to respond. After not thinking of any way to get out of her situation she sighed and looked away then she mumbled "Fuu, my name is Fuu."

Naruto thought 'So this is Fuu.' He then said, "You're a kunoichi right, want to spar?"

Fuu gave Naruto a suspicious look and said "No thanks."

Naruto insisted and said "Come on. You can't tell me that you like to just sit out here and stare at a rock all day."

Fuu huffed and said, "What if I do."

Naruto looked skeptical and said, "Then I would say that you're lying."

Fuu was now getting annoyed with Naruto as she could tell that he had some motive but couldn't tell what it was. She glared at Naruto and said, "Why don't you just leave me alone." With a slightly raised voice.

"Sorry, I was just trying to be nice," Naruto replied in a defensive tone.

"Why! Why are you being nice to me? I don't know what you're trying to do but just leave me alone!" Fuu shouted. After that, she jumped up into the trees and ran off.

Naruto followed after Fuu shouting "Wait can we just talk?"

As Fuu ran through the trees she shouted, "No just leave me alone!" However, she wasn't paying attention to where she was going and lost her footing and fell to the ground. When she hit the ground she sprained her ankle and couldn't walk.

Quickly Naruto jumped down from the trees near Fuu. He then asked, "Are you OK?"

Fuu's anger and annoyance at Naruto had only been a mask for her fear of what Naruto wanted with her. She had been hurt many times by people who had been nice to her just to be mean to her later. With her ankle now sprained she couldn't go anywhere and the mask started to fall off. Now on the verge of tears and scared as she was at the mercy of Naruto she said "Why? Why are you being nice to me?"

Naruto then said "Because I know what you are. I know that you're a Jinchuuriki." Fuu was now terrified and confused as Naruto had not approached her and his voice sounded dejected instead angry or hateful like she was used to. Naruto then lifted up his shirt and channeled some Chakra revealing a complex sealing matrix. Naruto then said "I am a Jinchuuriki too and I know how people like us are treated. So I was just trying to be nice."

Fuu didn't know how to respond she had never met another Jinchuuriki. She didn't know what to do but without thinking, she said in a timid voice "My ankle is sprained."

Naruto gave a warm smile and walked over to Fuu and knelt down. He made a simple splint and wrapped up Fuu's ankle. While Naruto was working on her ankle she was trying to get her thoughts in order. This was something she had never thought would happen. She had met someone that understood the pain of being a Jinchuuriki and she didn't know how to feel about it. Part of her was happy that she had met someone that understood her, but another was scared as every time she had gotten close to someone she had been hurt.

When Naruto had finished he helped Fuu get to her feet and then said, "It's getting dark how about I walk you home."

Fuu decided that it was worth the risk to see where it when spending time with Naruto. She was about to respond when her stomach rumbled and it was loud enough that Naruto could hear. Fuu's face went a shade of red that could be found on Hinata quite often.

Naruto then said, "Or would you like to go and get something to eat, my treat."

Fuu looked down and said, "No restaurant will let me in."

Naruto continued smiling and said, "Then I'll just go get some takeout for the both of us and we can eat somewhere else." Naruto then created a clone to go and get them some food while they walked to Fuu's house.

Fuu's house wasn't much of a house it was more of a shack, but it had electricity, water, and kept the elements out enough that she was fine. It had two rooms a small bathroom and then everything else was in a larger room.

Naruto's clone got to there soon after the original and Fuu did as it wasn't slowed by Fuu's sprained ankle. As they ate they talked. The conversation was mostly driven by Naruto with Fuu mostly answering his questions.

After they had finished eating it was time for Naruto to go. Before he left Fuu asked, "How long are you going to stay in the Waterfall?" She was hoping that he would stay for a long time as she did enjoy the time they spent together despite the rough start.

Naruto replied "I'll be here for a week but then I'll have to move on."

Fuu sadly replied "Oh."

Naruto seeing that Fuu was a bit sad that he couldn't stay that long said, "If you want we can hang out tomorrow."

Fuu gave a genuine smile something she hadn't done in a long time and said, "I would like that."

(Hokage's office)

A week later Tsunade came into her office she was greeted by two things she was not expecting. Two messages one from the Fuma clan and the other from the Hidden Waterfall.

The message from the waterfall was not very interesting just explaining why they were delivering a message from the Fuma clan. The Fuma clan message, on the other hand, was very interesting. They were asking for help in dealing with Orochimaru and the Hidden Sound Village. 'I should pass this on to ANBU since Jiraiya isn't here.' After thinking for a few minutes about how she should deal with it, she heard a knock from the window.

"Thinking about me?" Jiraiya said in a playful tone while sitting on the windowsill.

"As a matter a fact yes I was." After saying that Tsunade handed the scroll from the Fuma clan to Jiraiya. Who quickly read it looked back at Tsunade and said, "This is an interesting development I will look into, but first there is something I need to do."

"What do you need to do?" Tsunade asked.

"I was remembering that Minato built a tracking seal into Kushina's seal and I was wondering if he did the same to Naruto. There isn't a good chance of it, but it's worth looking into since at this point I am all out of leads. I will have to look though some of his sealing notes and scrolls in his house to know for sure."

Tsunade nodded and said, "Good he has been off the radar for far too long."

With that Jiraiya was off to the Namikaze estate.

(Namikaze estate)

Jiraiya knew how to get past Minato's blood seals. Minato knew this and trusted Jiraiya only to do it in an emergency.

After Jiraiya got in he headed for the Library as that was where he also kept many of his notes.

When Jiraiya got to the library his eyes widened. There wasn't a single scroll, book, or piece of paper in the library. Jiraiya ran up to Minato's old office and found it almost as barren. There were only a few pieces of paper with unimportant things written on them.

Jiraiya looked through the house finding that almost everything that could be valuable to a ninja was gone. The equipment room was as barren as the library, but nothing had been taken from Kushina's jewelry box.

'It must have been Naruto. He must have somehow learned that Minato and Kushina were his parents and came here the night he left. I wonder if he took the Hiraishin scroll.' Jiraiya thought as he looked through the house.

Jiraiya went and opened Minato's secret hiding place for the Hiraishin scroll and found it empty. He realized that there was not much he could do, so he went back to Tsunade's office.

(Hokage's office)

Jiraiya came in through the window. Tsunade noticed him and said "Any luck?"

Jiraiya shook his head and said, "The whole place was cleaned out. There was almost nothing left."

Tsunade spun around in her chair and shouted, "What!"

Jiraiya continued "Almost anything of value to a ninja was gone, but things like Jewelry were still there. Based on this I suspect that Naruto somehow learned of his parents and took everything the night he left. He probably left in the night to avoid any questions."

Tsunade was deep in thought and said, "Do you know if he took the Hiraishin scroll?"

Jiraiya nodded and said, "yes it was gone."

"I'll have to hide this from the council somehow," Tsunade stated.

"Well, I don't think that he did anything wrong, so you shouldn't have to tell them. Since it's his inheritance it was his to take, so he didn't steal anything he only took his own property. And you can take any property that's yours with you when you are banished, so we don't have to make a big deal out of this." Jiraiya stated.

"Yes you are right, but if they ever find out there is going to be a huge mess. If he masters, it and starts using it that could be a big problem. Many will want him dead as they could see him as a threat to the village." Tsunade said

Jiraiya replied "Well I am glad that I am not Hokage because that is a shit storm I don't want to be near. Anyway, I am going to go investigate this Fuma clan thing. Then I am going to go to the Land of Whirlpools it is possible that Naruto went there to go off the grid, as it was the place his mom grew up. Very few people would think to go there and very few people know how to get there."

Tsunade nodded and Jiraiya continued "The Akatsuki are going to start to make their move in about a year. I am going to go to all the villages that have Jinchuuriki and warn them."

Tsunade nodded and said "Good luck."

(Waterfall council room)

The council of the village Hidden in the Waterfall had been having meetings all week. The meetings were to discuss what to do about the Akatsuki. Shibuki was not happy but also unsurprised with where the meetings had gone.

Most of the councilors never liked Fuu or for that matter any of the other Jinchuuriki that came before her. At first, the Waterfall was very happy that they were the only minor village with a Jinchuuriki but quickly they discovered that Jinchuuriki weren't worth much and they needed hard and extensive training from an early age. Also most of the time the Jinchuuriki were more of a hindrance than a help.

All the councilors wanted Fuu out of the village because she was not worth the risk if a large group of S class ninja were coming to take her. The differences lied in how to do it some wanted to hand her over to the Akatsuki. Others thought that would be a bad idea and in the end hurt the Village if the Akatsuki ever ended up using the tailed beast, so they wanted to give her to another village in exchange for Jutsu or other assets. Some thought it best to just banish her and be done with it. The banish side was the biggest as it would solve the problem the fastest.

Shibuki didn't like any of the options and it seemed like the discussions were going nowhere, so he said "It's getting late and we have just been going in circles all week. Let's not make a decision today, and let's end the meeting and think about our options. Tomorrow we will vote on what we will do." Everyone agreed and then got up to leave.

Shibuki went to his office and called for one of his men to get Naruto and bring him to his office. He started to think 'It seems likely that Fuu will be banished. I don't like it, but that is the likely outcome. I'll see if Naruto can take her maybe he could keep her safe or at least find somewhere for her to be safe.'

(Elsewhere in the waterfall)

Naruto and Fuu were sitting in the clearing where they had first met earlier that week. They had just finished sparring and Naruto was resting under a tree. Fuu sat down next to him and said, "Got you this time." During their spar Fuu had beaten Naruto with her use of bugs. Naruto had not come up with a counter to her bugs, but since it took a while for Fuu to get her bugs in place it gave Naruto a quick chance at the beginning of the match to beat her. This meant that Fuu mostly won long matches but Naruto won the quick ones.

Naruto smirked and said, "Whatever I got you the time before."

Fuu pouted and said "Whatever."

Naruto chuckled and thought about everything that he had done with Fuu and all that he had learned about her over the last week.

Naruto learned a lot about Fuu both her personality and her skills as a ninja. While Fuu didn't talk much at first that changed once she started to trust Naruto. After Fuu decided to trust Naruto her real personality came out she liked to talk and could even be considered loud. Fuu's real personality reminded Naruto of himself before his banishment and training in the vault, but it wasn't as extreme as he used to be.

Hanging out with Fuu had brought some of Naruto's old personality that had been pushed aside after he was banished. They had swapped some stories of pranks that they had both pulled. Fuu mostly pulled pranks to get back at stores that had kicked her out or had been extremely cheap with her.

A few days into Naruto's stay a laundromat had 'lost' Fuu's clothes, so Naruto proposed that they teach the owner that messing with Fuu was a bad idea. That Night Naruto and Fuu broke in and added a dye to all the detergent, so any clothes washed with it turned bright pink. They had also discovered that Fuu's clothes were in a trash can in the back.

The next day they could hear the commotion that they had caused all the way out in the clearing they spent most of their time in. Naruto had also taught Fuu a jutsu that would clean her clothes, so she wouldn't need to depend on the laundromat to have clean clothes.

They had sparred against each other several times over that week. During their spars, Naruto learned that she like all Jinchuuriki had a lot of chakra. She mostly used bugs and water jutsu for fighting. She hadn't used her tenets power as she couldn't use it whenever she wanted, but she like him had used before but didn't have any control when using it and couldn't draw on it whenever she wanted.

During the week that they had spent together, they had both been happy and had been having a lot of fun. Naruto was happy and not just because he got to make a fellow Jinchuuriki feel better, as he also made a new friend.

Naruto looked up at the sky and saw that it was going to be dark soon, so he said "It's probably time to head back. Shibuki wanted to see me this evening." Fuu nodded She could tell that Naruto had to leave soon.

They both walked back to Fuu's house and after a hug goodbye, they split up. Fuu entered her house and laid on her bed. She wanted to cry as her first friend was likely going to leave and be gone for a long time.

Naruto was walking to Shibuki's office he was sad that he was likely going to have to leave soon. He couldn't stay in the Waterfall forever as the Akatsuki were coming after him and god knows who else. Naruto was sad as he was going to miss Fuu. He hadn't had as much fun that week since he was banished. Naruto felt that his training at the Vault was interesting and important, but it definitely wasn't fun.

(Shibuki's office)

Naruto entered Shibuki's office and he looked up from some paperwork and said "I'll just get to the point as we don't have much time. The council will likely banish Fuu tomorrow morning. I don't like it but there is not much that can be done about it now."

Naruto had not been expecting for Fuu to be banished, so he hadn't told Fuu about his real reason for being in the Waterfall. Naruto sighed as he realized that there was a lot that had to be done in a short time and said, "If she is going to be banished then it would be best if she either comes with me or goes to another hidden village."

"I don't trust the other villages most of them would kill her and transfer the seven tails to someone that they knew would be loyal to them. I would like it if she could go with you and if the Akatsuki are ever dealt with then we can think about her coming back."

Naruto nodded and said, "Ok it would be best if I leave and meet her outside the village to avoid any unwanted questions."

Shibuki nodded and said "Yes there is an old outpost that is not too far way I'll make sure that she goes there. Also, I would like you to give her these." Shibuki pulled out two scrolls.

Naruto took the scrolls and asked, "What are in these?"

Shibuki answered "One is a letter from me saying sorry I couldn't help as much as I would have liked. The other is her inheritance from her mom which is a note and some other stuff it was supposed to be given to her when she turned 18, but at this point, this is the best I can do. If it were up to the council she wouldn't even get it, but what they don't know won't hurt them."

Naruto nodded and said, "Then I'll be off to the outpost now."

Naruto quickly left and went to the shinobi store that he had gone to earlier that week and quickly bought a second traveling cloak and mask for Fuu. As it would be best for them to travel undetected.

Naruto then went to his hotel room gathered his stuff and quickly left the Waterfall.

(Waterfall council room)

The next day, the council meeting had just started and Shibuki said, "Unless anyone has anything more to say then we should vote on what to do with Fuu."

Nobody said anything so Shibuki started the vote. Like he thought seven of the ten members voted to have Fuu banished. This was enough of a majority to have Fuu Banished.

"If that is all then Fuu is hereby officially banished and she must leave within three hours of being informed. I am going to go to my office and start the process of banishment."

(Shibuki's office)

Shibuki sat down and sighed he didn't like what had happened. He knew how badly Fuu was treated and didn't think it was fair.

Shibuki called out for one of his men to bring Fuu to his office.

About 15 minutes later a nervous Fuu came into the office and sat down. Shibuki said "The council of this village has come to the decision that you are to be banished. This scroll contains your banishment orders."

Shibuki handed the scroll to a shocked Fuu and continued to speak. "You will have to leave the village within three hours. You are dismissed."

Fuu still in shock somehow managed to get her feet under her and leave.

(Fuu's house)

Once Fuu got in she opened the scroll and started to read. There wasn't much it basically told her to get out and never come back. When she got to the end there was something she didn't expect. A friend is waiting for you at the outpost on the hill 3 miles south of the village. It was written at the end of the scroll with a different lettering then the rest of the scroll. Most of the writing in the scroll was done with very proper calligraphy, but the message at the end were written quickly and without care for how it looked.

Fuu quickly packed her things there wasn't much beyond some survival gear, clothes, and a large red cylinder that she kept bugs in. The cylinder also had a compartment for scrolls which is where she put all her stuff.

The type of bug that she kept was a type of beetle that ate chakra and was similar to the Aburame clan's Kikaichu, but a bit more powerful. Only the Jinchuuriki of the seven tails is able to control them. They were also beefed up a bit from living off the seven tails chakra for many generations.

(Outside the village)

Fuu knew about the outpost that Shibuki was talking about. She had been there before as a stop off point for missions in the past as well was a place she could escape from the village when she was younger.

Naruto was waiting outside the outpost for Fuu.

When Fuu saw Naruto she ran up to him. When she got to him she hugged Naruto tightly and started to cry. Naruto hugged her back and said "What's wrong?" worried that something had happened to her.

Fuu continued to cry and managed to say "Thank you. It's just so crazy I thought I would never see you again and then I got Banished. Then I see you again and I don't know what to do."

Naruto smiled and said "No problem I couldn't just let you get kicked out and have nowhere to go. For now, how about you come with me." Fuu clung to Naruto tighter and continued sobbing into Naruto's chest. Naruto continued to hug her trying to help her though all the emotions he was going through.

After a while, she calmed down. Fuu pulled away and whipped the tires from her eyes. She nodded said "sorry." Noticing the wet spot on Naruto's shirt where her tires had landed.

Naruto smiled and said, "Don't worry I know it can be a big shock to be banished."

Fuu then asked, "Where are we going to go?" Her voice was still a bit strained after crying.

Naruto answered "I have a friend I want to go and see. He is in the Hidden Sand Village. It's going to be a long journey as we have to take the long way around through the land of earth. The first place is going to be a village in the Land of Grass. We should be able to get there before nightfall if we move at a good pace."

Fuu got out of the hug not because she wanted to but she knew they had to get moving. "We should start moving," Fuu said.

Naruto nodded and pulled out a black travelers cloak and said, "You should wear this." Fuu grabbed it and put it on.

While tree hopping Fuu asked, "Is there anything special about this village?"

Naruto said "No but it's the best place to stock up for the trip. We have to take the long way around as I can't go through the Land of fire and we shouldn't go through the Land of rain. So we have to take the long way around through the land of earth and the land of Mountains."

Fuu Nodded and asked, "Why should we avoid the rain it would take a while to get through the border but it still is faster than going through the mountains."

"The leader of the Akatsuki operates out of the rain," Naruto replied.

Fuu nodded as she understood, in her banishment orders it had said why she was being banished. Fuu asked, "Who is this Friend we are meeting."

Naruto replied, "His name is Gaara and he is the Jinchuuriki of the one tails."

End of chapter

It took a lot of rewriting to get the first interaction with Fuu and Naruto the way I wanted, sp I hope it came out good.

When it comes up Fuu is the seven tails Jinchuuriki and Fu is the ROOT agent.

Just a note about how this story will be progressing. This is a story about Naruto getting banished but that isn't the only thing that's happening. I will be giving updates and have story lines that involve other people. But the focus and the majority of what I write will be on Naruto.