Hello and welcom to another one of my stories

Why? (Generic name since a lot of questions will be asked and answered through out the story)

Summary: Akatsuki is gone, Orochimaru is dead, Uchiha Sasuke has returned, and the Shinobi Nations are at a standing truce. Everyone is happy right? Well that is the idea, but for one it couldn't be any worse. Will start out as Hurt/comfort but will progress more into an adventure and maybe some humor. Rating high T low M, though might turn high M or MA.

As of right now for who ever has a problem can leave now.... I was just granted blessing and permission from Astronomical Apparatus11 so please dont give me anymore problems.

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(1)...(4): Are A.N. located at the end of the chapter

Disclaimer: "I do not own Naruto!"

Chapter 1

"Why am I still here?"

Asked a young man to himself. A young man of eighteen years of age who stood about 6'2", the man had neon blonde hair which came down to the middle of his neck, his forehead was cover with a black clothed Hitae with the symbols of wind and oil, which held up his bangs. His face could almost look as if it was carved from stone; there were no signs of baby fat, cuts, or blemishes visible. The only thing that dawned his face was six whisker like marks, three lining each side of his face. The one other thing that stood out was his somewhat dimmed azure eyes.

He was currently wearing loose black and orange ANBU style pants which he had wraps around his ankles and thighs. On either thigh he was carrying kunai and shuriken holsters and two equipment pouches on the back of his belt. Going up, he wore a black muscle shirt that was covered with a black jacket; to top it off he wore a trench coat that went down to the tops of his ankles the coat itself a deep crimson red, with a black flames licking at the bottom.

"Why am I still here?" The young man asked himself again he said as he looked over the village from above on the Hokage Monument. The man, Konoha's most unpredictable ninja, the current Gama Sannin (1), and jinchuurki of the most feared bijuu Kyuubi no Kitsune, Uzumaki Naruto.

It was the 30th of September, gone was the summer and in come the fall. The place Konohagakure no Sato, today was a day of celebration. Today one year ago the criminal organization Akatsuki met its end by the shinobi of the leaf; manly one Uzumaki Naruto took on Uchiha Madara and won out in the end. Though he did receive help from two unsuspecting people one Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame. Why these two is because Itachi was under a long term triple S-class mission for Sarutobi Hiruzen the Sandaime Hokage. His mission was to be a spy and divert the Akatsuki away from Naruto and the Leaf village. As for the Uchiha massacre he was framed by Orochimaru to pit Sasuke against his brother in attempt to gain the Sharingan for himself. As for Kisame, though at first he was a loyal member of the organization. Though traveling with Itachi gained a bond that made his loyalties change, and in the end partnered up with him against Madara and the others.

As for what happen to the two, they followed Naruto back to Konoha and were instated in secret as the Hokage's personal ANBU guards. Just to say if the council got wind of the two being in Konoha, well considering they are both S-rank missing-nins they would have be arrested and most likely executed. Though as a request from Naruto and as a thank you for helping him he was able to get Tsunade to agree. Though to everyone in the great shinobi nations the two are dead and their identities hidden behind their masks, while all of their official records are burned, so no one apart from the Hokage and Naruto know of their true identities.

It was also the day that Uchiha Sasuke returned to the village. Though upon his arrival at the gates of Konoha he was swiftly arrested by ANBU for being an A-rank missing-nin, this brought major controversy amongst the village and basically forced to release Sasuke out without trial. All in all Sasuke receive no penalty and was giving a clean slate to work with, courtesy of the village elders, the civilian council, and a few of the shinobi council. Even though Tsunade was the Hokage she was overruled and had her hands tied, because of an inner laced privilege that states once a year the council can overrule and decision the Hokage makes.

So in a mere week, the once precious Uchiha Sasuke was back and living the life. Also there was one change that Naruto noticed about the Uchiha, he didn't have an all powering fear me or suffer aura around him, and he actually smiled and not a smirk and actual smile. Naruto could only guess it was because he finally avenged his clan (2) and was able to start his second goal. This soon came to light a month or so later when he asked Sakura to be his girlfriend.

As for the rest of Konoha 9 and Gai's team, they have all reached the ranks of Jounin. Neji, Tenten, Chouji, Shikamaru, and Kiba were all ANBU Special Forces. Ino was working with Ibiki and Anko in the Torture and Interrogation. Lee was a Jounin-sensei, while Sakura and Hinata were working at the hospital, and last but not least Shino was working with his father since he is going to take the clan's head position soon.

Though with these pleasant times you could say there is love in the air. Other than Sakura and Sasuke, the rest of Konoha 9 plus Gai's team were living well. Neji had Tenten, who which was two months pregnant. Chouji was going out with Ayame from the ramen stand and was soon to be engaged. Shikamaru had Ino, Hinata got over her crush and found a boyfriend in Kiba. Even Lee was able to find love in the world. Though they were not the only ones over in Suna the current Kazekage Gaara was engaged to be married with a young woman and shinobi named Matsuri, Kankuro was also engaged to another Suna Jounin, and as for Tamari she was currently going out with another Suna Jounin like her brother(3).

He needed to go. But as long as his precious people accepted him, he would stay.

As he walked through the village on his way to the ramen stand, he overheard a familiar voice talking. His senses increased to the level of a fox so he knew exactly who the voice belonged to.

Sakura, was the main reasons he stayed in Konoha. He hoped with every fiber in him that in time Sasuke and her would break up and she would come to him. But he was starting to realize that his chances were getting slimmer and slimmer. Didn't stop him from wishing did it? As he approached her; he realized she was not alone. He could smell the scents of Ino, Hinata and Tenten. Naruto might be dense, but not dumb and quickly realized that this was the wrong place to be at the moment since it was a girl's conversation after all. So he masked his his chakra signature the best he could, so he would not interrupt them, With that he continued walking towards Icharakus.

As he approached, he hears one of them say his name. He stopped for a second and was about to turn to them, but then heard the same person continue.

"So Sakura, now that you finally bet me and got Sasuke, what are you going to do about Naruto? I mean, everyone knows he is still trying for you." Ino said.

"I… I don't know. really never thought about it. Though i bet he will get over it. It's truly a shame he never realized you Hinata. But then again. This IS Naruto we are talking about here. He is extremely dense. Sometimes I wonder if he is truly cut out to be a ninja with the way he thinks." Sakura replied.

"It is ok. Naruto probably never would have figured out I liked him. But really I don't care anymore, I am over him finally and I am with Kiba. I am happy as it is. I believe that… for Naruto-kun his chances cacame aand gone." Hinata almost whispered.

"I wonder if he'll ever find a girl for him and your most likely right Hinata. though I would feel sorry for whom ever he gets. While he is a kind hearted shinobi, and I will give it to him he did calm down but he is still reckless… it will kill him during missions. I mean what is up with all the orange? I know he toned it down a lot but still its such an odd color?" Ino said.

He heard another girl's voice but he left before he heard what they said. As he raced towards his apartment, all he could think about was the comments that Sakura said.

'Sometimes I wonder if he is truly cut out to be a shinobi'

Naruto wiped his eyes as salty tears ran down his whiskered cheeks. His resolve on staying in Konoha was now fully broken. He had no more reason to be in Konoha. With the late Sandaime, he found it a bit hard to stay in Konoha. Even though he still had Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Iruka just to name the very few, they could never match up with the old man. Now that his friends were gone as well, he could not bare to spend another day in Konoha.

Once he reached his apartment, he grabbed a number of scrolls and tossed his belongings in them, which included training scrolls, his few prized positions from his "friends", he put all his food, mostly ramen in a personally invented food scrolls that you could store food for long term missions he also stored his clothes and most of his weapons in another scroll and threw all those in a bag. As he zipped up his bag, he looked at the Team 7 picture and pictures of the other teams for a while before putting the frames face down.

"Goodbye Konoha." He whispered as he grabbed his keys and closed the door behind him.

Tsunade was tired no exhausted, she has been fighting the bane of Hokages, well except for the Yondaime, paperwork. It seemed like Shizune keeps appearing every five minutes with another stack and she was beginning to become very annoyed by her assistant. Also her apprentice was nowhere to be seen. A knock at the door stopped her intra-personal rant. Without looking up she just said "Enter." Though the response she was expecting never came all that did was the dropping of a bag and the ring of metal to wood. She brought her gaze up and saw a Leaf Hitae with a black cloth. She raised her head up and saw Naruto.

Naruto stood there with a sadden look, he stared at the ground as it was the most interesting thing. Then in a low voice almost a whisper, "I….I'm tired, throughout the years from the start all I wanted was to be recognized for who I am and be accepted by the village I swore to protect." Tsunade stood up from her desk and started to move towards Naruto. "What did I receive? Nothing, I ended two invasions, I finished off the Akatsuki, I brought back the damn traitor, I give my all during missions, and what do my comrades say about me?" he said practically yelling now. Now Tsunade was worried and moved to her surrogate younger brother and wrapped her arms around him. Naruto was shacking uncontrollably, "They say I should quit, they say why do I try, they say I'M NOT CUT OUT TO BE A SHINOBI!" he yelled the last part and then broke down crying in Tsunade's arms.

Tsunade by now was just thinking one thing, 'What the hell is going on?"

Naruto just sat there in Tsunade's arms as she rocked him back and forth. He kept repeating, "Why, Why me." Then after about five minutes he calmed down, he wasn't shaking uncontrollably. That is when Tsunade took her chance. "What happen Naruto? What in the world made you breakdown, your usually strong." spoke Tsunade in an unusually soft voice. After all the time being called baa-chan by the young man in her arms she took it to heart believing she was truly his grandmother. Though then again with being his official godmother (4) basically sealed the deal.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm through, I need to get away," he said ignoring Tsunade's question.

"Get away? What do you mean get away?" asked the now worried Hokage.

"Just that get away from the village, the people, my past. I can't stay here anymore, my friends that I cherished basically just casted me aside like I was nothing. How can I live in a place that even my so called friends are just like the damn villagers!?" asked Naruto in a not so quiet voice.

Tsunade was many of emotions at the moment just a few were, shocked, furious, and sadness. "But Naruto-kun what about me, Shizune, and Jiraiya?" asked Tsunade.

In a calmer voice, "You, Shizune, Ero-sensei, Iruka-sensei, Teuchi and Ayame-neechan are probably the only people in this village that I can call friends. To all others I'm just the dobe or dead last."

"Ok, then, but tell me what are you planning to do?"

"I want to leave the village, travel. Since the Akatsuki and Orochimaru are finished I don't have to worry anymore. Hell I am a SS-class ninja and I made a name for myself in which no one will mess with me and since we are at a standing truce it would be an act of war which no one wants at the moment. Everyone in the Ninja world Knows I brought down the Akatsuki and now fear me in a sense, though I am also a high priority target, what is the bounty on my head now isn't like 500,000,000 ryo by now, and still my own village believe I am just a worthless demon."

Tsunade for all reasons nodded in response to Naruto. "I see Naruto-kun, but how long will you be leaving for, what about your dream?"

"Truthfully, I don't know, but I will say it won't be anything less than a couple years. As for my dreams they are not set in stone, dreams change. Though tell me this, even if you nominate me to be your successor how can I lead a village that despises me, how can I fulfill my dream?!" Naruto asked, though to Tsunade it sounded more like a statement or a demand.

Tsunade was shaking at the question. He was right. "I don't know Naruto, I don't know."

Author Notes from story:

(1) Over all I kept Jiraiya alive in this story and he is an advisor to Tsunade, making Naruto the Current Sannin.

(2) He got word after he killed Orochimaru that he was the one that commited the massacare and framed Itachi.

(3) Temari though is not engaged. Just say its a shaky realationship.

(4) Naruto doesn't know yet, but will in time find out.

Well that is the end of the first chapter of my new story. Comments and constructive criticism always welcomed. Hope you enjoyed it, and will be updating it at some point in time. Hopefully soon. Also parings are not totally figured out yet. Just to say I will not be having any arc characters as parings and I'm not going to seperate any of the current parings, though I might use Temari. Also someone gave me the idea to use the 5th Mizukage, though this can also be turned into a multi or a harem. Its all a toss up at this point. One last thing im setting this story in Naruto/Temari, because it may or may not turn out that way, but she will be a playing factor in this story.

Also again, don't give me anymore problems everything is fine now so BACK OFF! I was granted the permission to take what I need to make this work. If you got a problem just leave.

Also for thoes that have or are reading my other story Second Chance, New Hope and are waiting for an update that will be coming out with in a week or two. Just got done with school for the semester so I will have more time to work on it.

Well as they say

Ja ne.