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Prologue
"One year...heh." Said a blonde shinobi who's wearing a black armor plate with a fox symbol carved in the chest of the plate. His armor extends to his shoulders to his abdomen, brown sandals with arm bandages on his left arm.
Still wearing orange, his pants still look the same, taking a cigarette, smoking it as his mind sinks in on the situation.
Blood covering his face, it starts raining as he looks around him, about fifty bodies dead on the ground.
Another battle he fought and conquered but another village destroyed in his rage. Disappointed in himself for using the fox's chakra as the temptation overrode his decision.
Screeching in pain, holding his head as the corrupt demon enters his mind.
"Once again you can't control your rage, but why should you care? I'm the reason you've been alive, after that village banished you."
"Shut up." He demanded, pissed at the fox.
"Why try and hide it? Go back to Konoha and kill them all! Free that pain and hatred you hold deep towards those people."
"I said shut up!" Biting his own hand, causing it to bleed.
Hearing it cackles as the blood continues to pour but freed from the Kyuubi rambling.
Taking a moment to calm himself as his hand starts healing, taking time to think before he slowly goes to sleep.
Naruto Uzumaki, jinchuriki of the nine tails and wanderer.
Flashback(1 year ago)
This was the day that changed the course of the ninja world.
Konoha's crush was in full effect. Orochimaru and Sound in cahoots to destroy the village.
Course of this war caused many deaths, in particular was the second Kyuubi outbreak.
During Naruto's battle against Gaara, he lost control of the fox as Gaara lost control of Shukaku, thus causing Konoha's casualties even further. But not only did this destroy the countryside of the village he was able to kill Suna's jinchuriki, Gaara.
His rampage also cost him to lose someone precious to him and that was Sakura Haruno who was caught in the middle of the Kyuubi's carnage.
Sasuke who narrowly escaped with his life, Jiraiya of the legendary Sannin with the help of Gamabunta subdued Naruto, containing the ninetails in the process.
Eventually Orochimaru and Suna were defeated, Hiruzen sealed Orochimaru ninjutsu away while the sand surrendered once they lost the one tail.
A week has passed since the end of the invasion, during that week they held a funeral for not only the third but everyone that lost their lives.
Naruto was confined, sealed over his body, he would be awaiting trial to know his fate.
"You must consider becoming Hokage Jiraiya, you're the only one who can take the mantle." Said Koharu.
"There's one other." Said the Sannin, but met with much objection.
"We don't have time for that, plus she's been gone for such a long time, even if we did grant you permission to retrieve Tsunade, we won't allow it plus we need to handle the Kyuubi situation."
Times are grim, Jiraiya frowns, knowing they're right. No time to hesitate plus he feels it his duty to ensure Naruto's safety despite the fact the people learning of this almost caused a riot, wanting Naruto to be executed.
"Fine, I'll be the Godaime Hokage." Even if he didn't want the title, he knows this will be his best option to lessen his student punishment.
"Thank you for cooperating Jiraiya, we'll make preparations for the paperwork and tell the clan heads and council of you being the Hokage." Homaru this time is speaking.
Jiraiya nods his head in compliance, knowing this will be the most important decision of his life.
XxxXx
Hours passed, and the trial deciding the Uzumaki's fate began.
Every council member, clan head as well as Konoha elders in attendance.
Jiraiya, sitting in the highest chair of the room, waiting for everyone to settle in before he starts.
"First I want to thank everyone for coming, before we begin let's bring out Naruto Uzumaki."
On cue three ANBU ninja come through the door, following behind them, shackled from ankles to wrist, seals over his body, with his headband removed.
Looking at the council in front of him, he sees looks of hate mixed with fear and uncertainty.
He sees Kakashi who looks sad at the circumstances that his student is in, then at Jiraiya who shares the same look.
He hates this, hates the villagers for how they treated him before the incident from the invasion, but this time it felt more justified in their eyes and he can't exactly blame them.
"Please, who first would like to share their opinions about Naruto?" Raised of hands Jiraiya points at one of the council members from the Hyuga clan.
"Hiashi Hyuga, you may go." He acknowledges his kage standing up.
"Lord fifth, as head of the Hyuga I suggest that the kyuubi brat to be executed immediately, twelve years ago I didn't put blame for obvious reasons, but now he proved my theory wrong, the power of the nine tails is too much for even a Uzumaki to control."
Making his point he sat back down, as others seemed to share the same opinion.
Naruto blood is boiling, never liking the Hyuga especially hearing how their traditions are, but his fate is tied, his chances are very slim to not face punishment.
Taking note, much to his discretion he knows he can't allow to be biased.
"Thank you Hiashi, now Kakashi Hatake, please step forward."
The copy ninja stands up, people wondering his reaction in a tough place since Naruto is his student and son of his late sensei, but also was the cause of his other student, Sakura's death.
"I hereby stand against the idea of Naruto Uzumaki execution. The power of the nine tails isn't to be taken lightly, but Naruto showed his will was strong enough to contain it even though it caused the death of Sakura Haruno."
Head down at the mention, couldn't believe what he had done. A fight he swore to protect her ended up costing her life. Memories flood with Team seven, tears building up in his eyes.
Kizashi Haruno gets up and slams his hands on the desk.
"I refuse to hear any justification for that Demon!" Pointing at the contained Uzumaki.
"My daughter, and countless villagers from the countryside lost their lives because of him, and I won't hear another word for him to be punished unless it ends in death!" Tears and hatred for the boy seething, barely containing himself as Anbu steps in to calm down the father.
"Kizashi-san I'm sorry for what happened to your daughter, but you must calm down and for that I must have you vacated from this meeting." On cue they took him away as hate remarking yells towards the genin trails from the room.
Moment of silence for what had occurred. "Sorry Kakashi, continue."
Bowing his head, "But they're things that's understandable from Kizashi as well. I care for my student but I've got another student that lost her life as well due to the carnage of the Kyuubi."
Memories flood of when he had "killed" Rin, seeing Naruto's expression and a flashback on how he reacted when he heard the news of the pinkette death.
'It won't be easy Naruto, but you can recover from this but I'm sorry. Hope you can forgive me Minato sensei.'
"I hereby stand mutually with whatever decision may come of it." Not able to come with a definitive answer, he takes his seat, conflicted with emotion.
Time passed since the trial for Naruto's judgment, the majority of the votes were to execute Naruto, while the boy still had a few votes that're in his favor.
This a tricky situation for those who never had an issue with the boy in fact find his pranks quite interesting. But the fear of the Kyuubi going rampant again caused the villagers to enter a state of panic.
"Now that all of the votes are casted, it looks like Naruto Uzumaki is to be punished by execution." Said the Godaime Hokage.
Naruto's head is still low, not surprised by the village decision, as the members of the council seem to celebrate but Jiraiya raises his hand to halt any more celebration.
"But I have the final say, and I decide as Hokage Naruto will not be executed." In his firm voice, not taking any objections as his chakra flares up, knowing his answer was going to cause an uproar.
"Simple reason is because we don't know the degree the seal has been damaged. Trying to execute him after what happened could cause the Kyuubi to come out once even with the seals restricting him of his chakra." Discussion is heard amongst the council, frustration is heard but agreement is the majority of what they said.
Sigh, like that his plan had work, taking advantage of their paranoia and fear working in his favor.
"However, Naruto, your punishment is to be banned from Konoha." Declared lord fifth.
That would suffice for them, get rid of the demon and move on rebuilding with their lives.
Feeling angry as the guards take him away, knowing that Jiraiya's hands were tied he didn't feel ill will when he heard his judgment knowing it could've been worse.
'Forgive me, Minato..Kushina.'
XxXxxX
"As Hokage you made a tough choice but did what's right for the village despite your history with that boy's mother and father." Emerging from the shadows, walking with a cane with half his face covered.
Not looking behind him, wondering when he would appear.
"I don't need any praise from you, I know this isn't just to say hello, what is it that you want. Danzo."
He knows his sensei rival too well, Danzo isn't the crippled war veteran he makes himself out to be. Deception is real when it comes to him.
"Fine, we must extract the Kyuubi from the brat before letting him go. We can't afford to lose the asset of the strongest demon."
Actually surprised this wasn't brought to his attention sooner, but when a literal demon almost recreated what happened 12 years ago thoughts of keeping something like that isn't a possibility.
"I won't allow it."
"You're still fond of the boy, as I was aware you started training him, but you must kill all feelings and prepare the next vessel." Still standing strong on his stance.
"That's where Hiruzen went wrong, he didn't train the boy from birth to control Kyuubi's power and you saw the consequences. Don't be a fool, Jiraiya, you were made Hokage not for your strength but for your quick actions."
"I've already made up my mind, I refuse to extract the Kyuubi from him, burden another child with the fox is cruel and with the villagers hatred towards the demon fox anyone I seal the fox inside of life would be in danger." This was his main reason to banish Naruto from the village.
His rage which freed the demon caused even the younger generation to fear him as well reinforced the hatred of those he won over during his performance in the Chunin exams.
"Plus, Suna lost their Bijuu and I would rather prioritize capturing Shukaku when he comes back."
The deal was made for a peace treaty to be made, it includes them helping the leaf to seal Shukaku and hand him over to Konoha.
Retreating back to his hideout, not saying a word.
'Sarutobi brats remain an issue no matter who it is, I'll handle the situation myself.'
xXXxX
It's about time. Word went around about Naruto's departure from the village, relief that they're going to get rid of the demon and not see him again made them happy.
However it would be mixed reactions from Konoha's genin.
Hinata has been crying and torn ever since she learned of Naruto's entrapment, hearing about him being the vessel of the Kyuubi, she couldn't imagine the burden he was facing all his life.
Rock Lee, more or less, was sad about Sakura's death and the treatment Naruto was getting, not blaming him fully for her death.
Neji, been mute about the situation as well as Shino.
Kiba, who was relieved that Naruto was getting the boot, was sick to his stomach that he was starting to like him.
Ino hates Naruto, learning about him containing the demon, and killing Sakura. She wish nothing but torture for the fellow blonde.
Sasuke sees Naruto as his best friend, but is emotionless when he learns of his incoming departure. Sakura's death hit him hard too, in his mind he felt useless, hearing Itachi taunts in the back of his mind.
Unable to keep his comrades safe, now losing both he felt helpless.
Naruto is walking alongside the ANBU assigned to him. By the village gate Jiraiya is already awaiting Naruto's arrival.
Both look at each other for a moment, he sends his ANBU off, before handing Naruto his bag.
"I gathered enough food and clothes for you to be good for a couple of weeks. I'm sorry gaki this is the best scenario for you as you understand I hope."
He simply looks down, free of his restraints and seals that were ordered by Jiraiya.
"I'm grateful, I wish things were different, I'm not a monster." Visions of those harsh looks he received from the council were still on his mind, even when he saw Kakashi sensei, he couldn't even give him a glance.
Jiraiya puts his hand on the blonde shoulder.
"They're scared but let time pass and maybe you'll be able to come back. I'm afraid due to the invasion and the Kyuubi destruction, your presence right now would just cause an uproar, and I rather you not deal with that."
"For now, explore the lands, train and take the chance to meet new people. Who knows you might find yourself a girlfriend, now that would be great writing material." Trying to lighten the mood as Naruto shakes his head, laughing slightly.
Handing him a scroll, and a box with the Uzumaki clan crest on it.
"What is this?" Questioned the boy.
"Open it when you get the chance, after all it's left from your father and mother." Starting to walk off, he says his goodbyes as he hugs the boy.
"One more warning, be careful of the Akatsuki." Nodding his head as they both part ways.
XxxXx
Some time has passed since he left the village to never return again.
He stopped in the land of rice to relax and eat his ramen that he heated up by a fire, got a brown cloak over his body to keep warm at night, he looked at the box that was given by the pervy kage.
Opening it, the box contains a letter and a kunai with a tag surrounding it. Reading the letter, it was written by his mother.
"Dear Naruto, if you're reading this then I've passed before I was able to give this gift to you. First I want to say sorry I'm not there to comfort you, shower you with love and happiness, I entrust Sarutobi Hiruzen to look after you and I hope that is the case. After reading this letter, your gift will dispel, it's something made by your great great grandfather. It helped me a lot especially during the third great ninja war, I must go, but remember Naruto I love you and I want you to live a peaceful and happy life."
Love Kushina Uzumaki
Tearing up, reading the letter as he clinches it tight to him.
Just as the note said, his gift appeared behind the seal, hearing a clunk hitting the ground hard, he saw a black plated armor on the ground.
Rushed to it, he poked at it, before feeling the material.
"It's definitely armor, feels sturdy and definitely been through its fair share of fights."
Picking up the armor, he takes off his cloak, and places it on his person.
Adjusting to the weight, shifting around in it, he feels nothing.
He thought it was some type of chakra armor or battle outfit, he was still appreciative of the gift as he smiles, something from his mother and clan.
Looking back at the kunai, reading the label 'Hirashin' on it.
Hearing the nature around him in the woods, figuring it's better than being held up in that prison cell, he took it as it is what it is.
Going to sleep, wrapping the cloak around him.
Dream world, going back to that day of the invasion when he fought Gaara, something about him snapped as he felt blood lust and anger erupting from him as the Kyuubi took over.
In his mass, he destroyed everything in his wake, as strong as Shukaku was he couldn't stand against the Kyuubi power.
Naruto is seen trying to stop his mind from going rapid, but as time went on the more his hate overcame him, then a sight of a girl with pink hair, Sakura appeared.
Blasting a Bijuudama in her direction, killing her.
'No!' Shouted Naruto, but then he heard dark cackling, in his malice, the Kyuubi manifested his face in Naruto's mind.
"Why act so surprised? You had thoughts about destroying this village, your classmates plenty of times before, you should thank me for getting one out of the way."
Shaking his head, repeating 'No!' But just for the evil entity to laugh once again.
Sakura's dad appears along with his wife, shaming him and calling him a demon.
Running from them, he sees the rest of the genin, trying to reach out to them, he gets slapped by Ino.
'Go to hell you demon, why didn't you die during the invasion.' Hate in her eyes.
Running past Ino, he sees Shikamaru.
But he just shook his head, shaming him, as did the others.
Then he went to Sasuke, who remained silent before turning his back.
'You lied, Naruto. You promised to protect Sakura and myself included. But you killed not only her but villagers you wanted to be accepted by. Guess you really are a loser.'
Stunned, he's now in a place of a dark hole, falling endlessly.
'NOOOOOO!'
XxXxX
He woke up in a cold sweat, panting. Look at his surroundings still at the same spot he was sleeping at.
"Just a bad dream.." He thought, clenching his covers.
His senses kicked in, he's not alone.
Out of pure instinct he dashes away from the campsite, avoiding kunai.
Before he could react, the mysterious figure lunges another kunai in his hand trying to stab Naruto.
Catching his wrist, he kicks him down while the figure catches himself, throwing a few hand signs.
"Fire style: Fireball jutsu!" Gust of fire pours behind the shinobi mask, engulfing the jinchuriki, but a clone will dispel.
Naruto counters back, two shadow clones charge at the ninja trading blows as the second clone leg sweeped him.
But the figure threw a kunai, dispelling the first before he could act to attack the second, the original Naruto dropkicks him pretty hard, causing the man body to land harshly against the ground.
"Why are you attacking me?" In a defensive stance, the mask man wouldn't respond, throwing smoke bombs, blinding Naruto's view, but then he turns his head seeing another kunai.
This one is covered in explosive tags, the blonde eyes grew wide, barely anytime to react.
BOOM! Naruto was caught in the explosion, the debris and small crater created from the attack, stood was nobody.
Finding it odd, even if he got hit there should be pieces of his body left, no way he was quick enough to use a substitute.
Just like that the mask ninja is pierced through the chest as blood pours from his body, coughing up blood.
Looking up at the ninja, he sees red chakra emitting from his body.
"So that's how, you have little control of that chakra, the demon." More blood will cough up.
No that's not it, Naruto only had two experiences using the Kyuubi chakra, but his armor leaking out a little of the demon chakra, that got to be it.
That thought subsided, walking to the mask ninja, kneeling down as he took off his mask.
What he saw, will haunt him for years to come.
Shock, legs growing weak, as he trembles, puking, gagging for air. Taking time to recollect himself as he thought he was in a genjutsu, trying to break himself out.
But to no avail, tears in his eyes.
"Ir-Iruka sensei?" Refusing to believe it was him.
Iruka who's limp, barely breathing.
"Why Iruka sensei!?" Mixed ball of emotions, sad, angry, betrayed especially about the man who first acknowledged him.
"The demon.." he croaked which caused Naruto to clear his eyes from tears.
"You're possessed, I don't hate you, I pity you, someone who's possessed by evil. You aren't Naruto Uzumaki of Konohagakure anymore, you're Naruto Uzumaki the demon of the Ninetails…" His last words before dying.
SIlence. Naruto sits there next to his sensei's dead body, memories of him and Iruka eating ramen, to the pranks he did to the day Iruka gave him his headband promoting him to genin.
Now all of that broke, hatred grew within Naruto as he held his head, hearing the evil laugh of Kyuubi.
Getting up, Naruto went in his bag, grabbing the Leaf headband Jiraiya put in his bag.
He spent the next few hours burying Iruka's body. Speechless, having nothing going through his mind.
Leaving the headband behind, Naruto grabs his bag, heading out further away from a place he once called home.
Present Time
Waking up, he remembers that day. Ever since then he vowed he'll only journey and fight to survive, never again will he create bonds because people only disappoint.
"You're awake finally." Buzzed a girl with green hair.
Silent, walking past her. She turns around quickly following behind him.
"Where are you going now?" Again, he would say nothing which irritates her about him sometimes.
"There's a medical ninja I heard that has a contract out there currently, there's a favor I must ask of her." Amused, she never heard him mentioning anything like that.
"Oh yea? Who might that be?"
"Tsunade Senju."
A/N
And there goes the prologue! Hopefully y'all enjoy that read. I was thinking of a rogue Naruto story and this popped up in my head. I actually want this to be a very grim world but still have that shonen aspect, I can't wait to unfold what happens next, I think y'all would enjoy it.
This story will have some changes on Biju and some changes in how the power system will go. I can't wait to do more world building.
Any questions y'all have for me please feel free to pm or leave a review.