When Konoha Pushed too Far

Leaving for a New Life

A/N: Hello my well-rounded readers. Lance Kumazuki here, taking on a new fic idea. Now, before anyone says anything, Zentary helped me write the first part of this chapter. I told him my idea and he gave me a hand. Then, leaving it in my capable hands, it was expanded and was brought forth to its great potential. Now then, to the juicy parts, its Naru/Hina with Sakura bashing. NO SASUKE! You will see soon.

Editor's Note: Yo. Lance-baka was exaggerating a bit. Zentary did over ¾ of this. Just figured I should give credit to whom credit is due. As for me, I really don't care. I get spoilers for editing. Lolz.

Now, on with the show!

Naruto was standing over the body of Sasuke Uchiha. They had just finished their long, drawn-out battle at the Valley of the End. Sasuke wasn't dead, just somewhat injured and unconscious. Naruto was swaying back and forth a bit. He was very tired from the events of the battle.

"Well, Sasuke, I told you I would bring you back even if I had to break every bone in your body, and I almost had to do just that," Naruto muttered. Naruto looked up as it began to rain. He needed to think of a way to get back to the village, but he was in no shape to drag Sasuke back. Naruto turned when he heard someone walking up to him. It was Kakashi and his ninja dog, Pakkun. "Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" Naruto asked before falling over. He had finally passed out.

Kakashi appeared next to Naruto, catching him before he hit the ground. "You never cease to amaze me with what you're capable of, Naruto," Kakashi said as he picked up Naruto. Kakashi looked at his other student lying on the ground, disappointed. "I wonder if you will ever learn, Sasuke," Kakashi said before creating a shadow clone to pick up the defeated Uchiha. Kakashi looked at the destruction of the area and the two statues next to the waterfall. "They sure did a number on this place, didn't they?"

"Yeah. You would never had thought it was two Gennin that had battled here," Pakkun responded.

Kakashi his shadow clone walked up the wall of the cliff. Pakkun followed suit and scaled the wall as well. Kakashi and Pakkun took to the trees and headed back to the village. It would take a few hours to get back to the village. Kakashi noticed Naruto was beginning to stir after about an hour of travel.

"Finally coming around, Naruto?" Kakashi asked.

"Where am I?" Naruto asked.

"Well, we're headed back to the village right now. Your mission was a success. My clone is carrying Sasuke back." He twisted in mid air to show Naruto.

"What about the others? How are they?

"Neji and Chouji were in critical condition, last I'd heard. Kiba, Akamaru, and Shikamaru are in the clear for the most part, though Kiba had a rough battle, and Akamaru won't be able to go for walks for a few weeks."

"I see..." Naruto said before passing out once again.

When Naruto awoke again he found himself in a hospital bed. He sat up to find he had a few bandages on him. He looked to see a single red flower in a vase on the table next to his bed. Naruto rubbed his head. It was still really sore. He looked out the window to see that it was late in the afternoon, and the sun would be setting in a few hours. Naruto turned when he heard the door open and saw a nurse walk in.

"How long have I been out?" Naruto asked.

"About five hours or so, since Kakashi Hatake brought here," the nurse replied. "I honestly didn't think you would be waking up today at all."

"I see." Naruto looked at the flower again. "Who left the flower?"

"I'm not really sure. All I could see was that the person had short dark hair and what looked like a heavy coat," she said, answering his question. "Well, it looks like you should be able to leave tomorrow morning. I'll be going now. I need to check on the others."

"Wait... How are the others that came back?"

"Neji and Chouji are in a stable condition now, and Kiba and Shikamaru are fine as well," she said, answering his question before leaving.

Naruto sat there in silence, wondering who had dropped off the flower, when the door opened. Naruto looked up to see Sakura Haruno walking into the room.

"Hey Sakura-chan, how are you?"

"Don't 'Hi' me! You hurt Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled.

"I brought him back just like I promised..." Naruto mumbled.

"You nearly killed him!" Sakura yelled, before slapping him across the face.

Naruto just put a hand of to the part of his face she had hit. His eyes widened as he thought about what was currently happening. Naruto didn't understand it. Why was she doing this? Sakura had begged him to bring Sasuke back, and Naruto had done that. Now Sakura was yelling at him for bringing him back.

"You broke almost every bone in his body! My mom was right! You were just a monster in disguise!"

Something inside Naruto snapped. He had heard mumbled whispers of people calling him that in the past but he never thought one he thought as a friend would say it.

"Get the fuck out!" he screamed. Sakura took a step back. "Just go be with your shithead Uchiha! I don't care anymore. I did what you asked, I brought him back, but I guess that wasn't enough for you. That prick rammed a Chidori through my chest, almost twice, I might add! Yet I still brought him back just as a promised. However, I should have known it would be never enough for you. Just leave and get the hell out of my sight. Wrap your narrow mind around the thought that your 'Sasuke-kun' nearly fucking killed me. If you ever come near me again, I will personally find a reason to shove a Rasengan where the sun doesn't shine."

Sakura just backed up to the door and quickly exited, bawling her eyes out.

Naruto looked around the room. He didn't want to be here anymore. Naruto created a shadow clone and quickly left the hospital. He needed time to think. He found himself wandering in a park. Naruto hadn't been to this part in quite some time. The place was empty, or at least, Naruto thought it was, until he heard someone crying. Naruto walked as he listened for the noise until he came up to a bench in the middle of the park. Naruto saw Hinata sitting on the bench alone, crying like the world had just ended.

"Hinata, are you alright?" Naruto asked. He knew it was a completely stupid question to ask, but he didn't know what else to say.

Hinata's head shot up, tears streaming down her face. Hinata froze when she realized who it was. She didn't know what to do. Hinata had come out here to be alone, so she could cry to her heart's content. "I..." Hinata began to say something, but didn't continue.

Naruto sat down next to her on the bench. He didn't know what to do. He was wondering if she would turn out just like Sakura in the end. Naruto thought it out for a moment. Hinata was never mean to him. She even encouraged him a few times. Naruto decided to see if he could help her. "Umm... maybe I could help with what's worrying you Hinata," Naruto said to the distraught young girl.

Hinata looked at Naruto for a moment before wrapping her arms around him and crying into his chest. Naruto slowly put his arms around her. "I'm no longer the heir to the Hyuga clan. I've been banished to the branch clan. I don't want that awful seal put on me," she cried.

Naruto was silent for a moment as he thought about what happened to him today. He then thought about Hinata's predicament. He didn't want to stay in this place anymore, and she most likely didn't either. "Hinata, would you like to come with me if I left the village?" he asked softly.

Hinata's head shot up, and their faces were mere inches from each other. "Really?" she asked.

"Of course. I don't want to stay in this place any longer, and I'm sure you would rather be just about anywhere else. We can leave and find a new place to live, where people won't judge us for stupid things. How does that sound?"

Without even thinking about it at all, Hinata responded. "Yes! I would love to go with you!" she said happily, her sorrows suddenly gone.

"Good! Now go pack and meet me back here in five minutes. Alright?"

Hinata suddenly hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek before bounding off to her soon-to-be former home. The fact that she had kissed Naruto hadn't even registered with her yet.

Naruto rubbed his cheek. He had never been kissed before. After he sat there for a moment rubbing his cheek, Naruto smiled and went to his apartment to pack his things. They both arrived in the five minutes Naruto had stated earlier. Hinata had been able to get in and out of her home with ease, as no one really cared what she did these days. Hinata was blushing, as the fact that she had kissed him earlier was finally registering. Naruto seemed to have a light blush on his face as well.

"Do you have everything you will need?"

"Everything that I wanted to take with me."

Naruto created a shadow clone and had it transform into Hinata. He ordered it to return to the Hyuga estate and to Hinata's room, then in the morning to come back here. Naruto had hopes that this stunt with shadow clones would give them more time to get farther away from the village. They sat in the part until it was dark out.

"Time to go, Hinata," Naruto said with a smile.

Hinata just smiled back and two of them disappeared into the night.

A/N: Like I said, I had a fellow author write this for me. Zentary was nice enough to write this for me and now, I have a really good idea where I wanna take this.

Lance recommends: I give props to my fellow authors Chewie Cookies and Zentary. They have some really great fics you should check out. Zentary has written 'Naruto's Breaking Point, Jiraiya' Last Student and Animal I Have Become.

Chewie has written 'An Angel's Love, Naru/Hina Draw with Me, Love: Lost and Found Again and Hinata's Protector.

Now some of you might be asking why I started a new fic. I just wanted to. It felt right cause I have had this fic idea for a long time.

Take care and please review.