Leaving [1]

That was a sad day for everyone - almost everyone - the sky was dark and gloomy, akin to a storm that was brewing in the heart of the Villagers, it was as if the sky cried over the death of the Third Hokage.

''A hero... He died to protect the Village from Orochimaru!'' A Villager commented sadly, things weren't hidden from them, mainly because the death of someone with such a high position wouldn't be hidden for long.

''Did you hear about it? Naruto Uzumaki also protected the Village from Sunagakure's Sand Spirit, he's also the Fourth Hokage's son, a hero was born from another hero, isn't that amazing?'' Another Villager commented as others fell in silence, some of them were the ones that mistreated Naruto, that tortured him.

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Everyone was clothed in black, showing their sadness over Hiruzen's death, in front of them stood a picture of the Third Hokage, that was a day even the Hyuugas and Uchihas came to pay respect, at Naruto's side, Konohamaru cried as tears dripped down his cheeks continuously.

Naruto's eyes showed ''sadness'', after paying respect, he left. The blonde teenager knew where Jiraiya was and why the white-haired pervert wasn't here paying respect, he didn't want to admit that his own teammate, someone he considered as a brother, did that.

''Ero Sennin, what will we do now?'' Appearing beside Jiraiya, whose face was gloomy, Naruto asked while patting the white-haired pervert shoulder after a small jump, the man is about 1,90 meters, after all.

Looking far away, Jiraiya said ''We'll stay in the Village for a few days, you can say goodbye to your friends in these days, you can also bring that Haku and Karin with you, we'll search for Tsunade, nobody is more fit to become the Hokage than her.''

His tone contained a rare seriousness but also deep sadness, this time it was completely different from his previous act of seriousness, where he was just trying to act serious, this time, he was truly serious but it couldn't hide his slightly cracked heart.

The blonde teenager originally planned to hide Karin from Jiraiya since in the start, he just thought of the white-haired pervert as a tool that would help him get stronger, however, after some time passed, Naruto decided that not hiding her would be better, as such, Jiraiya know about the red-haired girl, as for Haku, there wasn't any need in hiding him, both Haku and Karin are a part of Naruto's plans.

Without saying anything, he flickered back to his house, here, Kakashi, Karin and Haku were already eating something, they didn't seem to be affected by Hiruzen's death in the slightest, Naruto nodded at this, it would be much easier that way.

Noticing Naruto, Karin stopped eating before she ran towards him and jumped with her arms open, however, Naruto dodged swiftly as the red-haired girl fell to the ground with a loud thud: ''Hey, Nii-san, Haku. Ero Sennin said that we will stay in the Village for a few more days before leaving, he also said that both Karin and Haku can come, this means both of them are coming.''

Washing the dishes, Kakashi stopped for a few seconds before he said: ''How long will that training with Jiraiya take?''

''Ero Sennin didn't specify but he said it would take around two years before we 'return' to Konoha, I'll go to say bye to Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru and Hinata.'' In an instant, Naruto disappeared once again.

Looking at Haku, that laughed at her futile attempts, Karin was furious: ''If you are not just a male doll that look like a woman, come and fight me in the field!''

Haku's smile seemed to widen slightly, it seemed like these two weren't really good friends.

Uchiha State, Sasuke's House.

''Ah, Naruto-chan, you finally came to visit us, I thought you had forgotten about us!'' Uchiha Mikoto said sadly as Naruto's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Looking towards Mikoto and Fugaku, he sighed, Naruto wondered why Sasuke's father didn't want to do an eye transplant after all that time, 'looking' towards him, Fugaku said ''Mikoto, I think he came to talk with Sasuke about something important, he's at the courtyard with Shisui and Itachi, go ahead.''

''Thanks, Aunt Mikoto, Uncle Fugaku.'' Naruto said before removing his shoes and entering going towards the courtyard, there, he saw Sasuke struggling to fight with Itachi and Shisui, both of them had controlled their strength to be the same as him, however, their fighting experience is extremely vast, as such, Sasuke wasn't able to even land a hit on them.

As they fought and dodged Sasuke's attack with what is akin to a dance, without looking, Shisui said ''I see that you've come to visit us again, Naruto. Join the fight with us!'' a bit of fighting intent was released from his voice.

''Shisui-san, I would love to fight you and Itachi-san but I have an important thing to talk with Sasuke today, you can keep going, I'll just keep watching.'' Naruto said as both Itachi and Shisui nodded.

Itachi had just turned 18, previously, his age wasn't enough to officially managed the Uchiha Clan but now he was officially an adult by both Uchiha and Konoha standards, as such, he's now the official Clan Leader of the Uchiha Clan.

After a bit of time passed, Sasuke laid in the grass while panting, Itachi stopped in front of Naruto before patting his shoulders and leaving, Shisui also did the same but he said ''I hope that we can fight, I heard that you got a lot stronger, well, you can talk to Sasuke now!'' then, he flickered away at high speeds.

''What... huff... do you want to... huff... say, Naruto?'' Sasuke asked while panting, he seemed to be really, really tired, his body laid softly in the prickle grass, however, he didn't seem to mind.

Then, the bomb that was Naruto words exploded in his ears as the blonde teenager disappeared right after saying it

''I'm leaving the Village with Ero Sennin.''

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