...Naruto pov...
over and over again I fail to protect whats precious to me first sasuke then nii San why do they abandon me and the village
he thought of the past when sasuke went to orochimaru all of his friends shikamaru Lee choza neji kiba ino and itsuki went to find sasuke all of them almost gave their life to complete the mission
one by one were used to stop the enemies at last he met sasuke only by himself as they divided into two groups
sasuke almost tried to kill me but I understood his pain so I don't want him to be alone
finally after using nine tails chakra I managed to defeat sasuke but never in a million years I expected this to happen
suddenly there are chains all over the place and tied me and thrashed me to the ground and sucked my chakra
I was shocked beyond words and hoping that this is just a dream
he saw itsuki looking at him with as everything was normal there is nothing out of ordinary
I was exhausted all my chakra I was dead tired and cannot move anymore but kept glancing at itsuki as he helped sasuke who is equally shocked
he removed the head band and threw it at me and said iam sorry Naruto unlike you who dream was to become a hokage my dream is to escape the god forsaken place that is called land hidden in the leaf
don't worry about me worry about yourself and don't try to find me you need to learn how to cook and clean from now on as he smiled sadly
this is the end of the road brother as soon as itsuki said that and vanished along with sasuke Naruto mind was in chaos as far as he can remember his big brother was the one who always protected him since he was a child and that brother left him just like that
after coming back to the present he cried again and sakura and sai along with yamato where tending to their wounds
seeing Naruto cry they also felt sad especially sakura as she loved sasuke she too can understand Naruto pain
they went to village immediately to report to the fifth hokage tsunade senju who was also teacher to itsuki
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tsunade after hearing itsuki and sasuke were still MIA broke the table she also learnt that from looks of it both of them became terrifyingly strong
...after a month...
Everyone from the hidden villages knows that orochimaru was dead killed by sasuke and itsuki this shocked so many people
immediately everyone used their intelligence department and found out it was the truth
..in konaha..
tsunade don't know how to feel her ex best friend was killed by her ex student
Naruto and sakura felt a ray of hope that they will return to village if they find them so they immediately requested a team to find them
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meanwhile itsuki slowly walking towards shikatsoku forest as soon has he entered he found a slug and said hey I need to find katsuyu he said
the slug was surprised by the sudden entry of a person and seeing itsuki she was even more surprised
itsuki then asked where is your real body
the slug pointed the dirrection and soon he met a giant slug
itsuki lady tsunade is worried about you she was searching all over the place to find you
itsuki didn't even bother to listen to her and asked I want to sage training are you willing to teach me
katsuyu waited for a moment and asked can I inform tsunade sama
do what you want I don't care so will you teach me or not
I will teach you anyone who enter sage grounds have right to know
then katsuyu began teaching itsuki and send a slug to inform tsunade
meanwhile itsuki is getting more and more accustomed to nature energy due to being kyubi host he never worried about turning into stone because all he need to do is pump chakra and be done with it as he meditated listening katsuyu instructions