78AN: There are so many stories that have Naruto somehow gaining a great power after some form of abuse then leaving the village. This idea is like that but with a twist. What if Not only Naruto, but Sasuke and Sakura had gone through similar ordeals and left with him?
There's just not enough team seven fics out there ya know?
Hope you enjoy it.
Also Naruto is the age he SHOULD have been in cannon which is two years older than the other genin.
Chapter one
The forlorn three
Not a day goes by that he doesn't think back to that day with sorrow.
The day all things went to hell for the village.
It had only been four months but those months were more than long enough to cause him to seriously consider going missing nin himself. Damn council. It was their fault this happened in the first place.
Oh well. He wouldn't be worrying about them anymore, considering they were dead, but not by his hand. Though he would have killed them anyway, what with all the crap that had been pulled behind his back. And he sure as hell couldn't blame the perpetrators either.
He thought back to the three responsible for the wave or fear and doubt tearing through the village, the easiest being one Uzumaki Naruto. Fourteen years old and jailer to the Kyuubi no yoko. He had failed his genin exam for the third time, was tricked into stealing the forbidden scroll by Mizuki and attacked by said teacher later. However things didn't go as planned for Mizuki. First of all the boy had decided to open the scroll and subsequently unlocked the terrifying weapon hidden inside.
Beautiful and destructive with the power of the Shinigami himself, the sword called Zanpakuto chose its master with the utmost care and finality, granting its new wielder the power to reap souls. A weapon so terrifying and deadly that no one dared approach it. And therefore it was sealed away. The goal was to lock it away forever. That goal obviously failed.
Naruto used the sword on Mizuki then vanished, taking the sword and the scroll with him, leaving behind a note with the unconscious Iruka saying, "I can't stay her any longer. Sorry old man. There are some things this place has done that even I can't forgive. Maybe I'll see ya around someday."
Iruka's headband had been taken as well.
He knew what it was. This intern caused him to think of the next person on the list to vanish. Uchiha Sasuke. Twelve years old and the last Uchiha left in the village.
He doesn't know how, but the young Uchiha had somehow found the true reason behind the Uchiha massacre. He didn't know this but apparently the boy had run to confront the elders and himself. But before he could get to him, Danzo intercepted him, knocked him out and whisked him away to his little underground menagerie of emotionless tools and whatever else he had down there. There he proceeded with some of the most vile and inhuman experiments and torture techniques ever thought of in an attempt to shut him up and bend him to his will. He couldn't outright kill the boy, due to the fact that Itachi would know almost immediately if his brother was killed. As it was this was a huge risk already.
This went on for five months, meanwhile a replica was placed in Sasuke's place outside to avoid suspicion. However that day four months ago marked the end of Danzo, Homura and Koharu.
The experiments caused Sasuke's Sharingan to awaken, mature then evolve.
More experiments mutated even that evolution into something more. Sasuke gained the power of the mangekyo and the ability to wield the yata mirror and the Sword of Totsuka along with the flame of Amaterasu and the ability to steal bloodline limits.
Around the time Naruto began fighting Mizuki, Sasuke awoke from his last bout of experimentation and ignited the entirety of the ROOT underground base in a mighty explosion of black that engulfed everything, leaving behind only ashes and panicked confusion. Using his new eyes and his new weapons he then proceeded to hunt down Danzo and the elders. It wasn't pretty. He found them with little difficulty. The chaos still raging due to Naruto's thievery of the scroll of sealing had them all out and about.
He terrified villager and ninja alike when he suddenly appeared behind and beheaded Koharu then proceeded to ignite Homura's place with Amaterasu, burning everyone inside alive including the old ninja to ashes in seconds. Some ninja tried to apprehend him, they perished too. The rest got the hell out of his way. Sasuke was pissed! And on a warpath!
He then sought out Danzo.
Oh!
But this was only the beginning!
It turns out the vileness extended beyond simply Danzo and his ex teammates. People were willing to do ANYTHING if it meant even a shred of fame or prestige or what the fuck ever.
The parents of Haruno were good examples of this. They sold their daughter to Danzo, hoping he may be able to make her into a "proper" ninja that would bring fame and honor to the family after seeing her become a hopeless fan girl. Danzo, being the compatriot of Orochimaru he was, made good on this opportunity and did similar experiments on the pink haired girl as he did Sasuke. She gained a unique ability alright.
But not the drive to be a, "proper ninja" she was so traumatized not only by the brazen selling by her parents but by the sick experiments done to her that she could do little more than sit huddled in her corner and cry. Her will and spirit were broken almost beyond repair.
It was during this time, when the facility she was being held underground in suddenly exploded into black fire that she gained a resolve. A need for revenge blossomed in her heart and she stood. She wretched the gate out of the wall in a display of physical strength that would have astounded anyone who had witnessed it and headed out, making sure to avoid the black flames that were consuming everything and making sure to ignore the pathetic cries of agony echoing all around her.
She arrived at her parent's house just as Sasuke found and attacked Danzo. Hell then proceeded to break loose.
The entire village became engulfed in destruction as Sasuke and Danzo battled it out. It gained the attention of every one, allowing Sakura to confront her traitorous parents uninterrupted.
She was angry, sad, confused even as she showed them what Danzo had done to her, her glowing eyes, hot pink and feline shone with all these emotions even as the intricate tribal looking markings covering from her right cheek down to her wrist. Pulsated and glowed red, even as she bared her elongated canines in a hungry snarl and attacked.
She left a note next to the withered husks of her parents explaining everything before she made her way to the exit of the village.
Just in time to witness Sasuke rip the Mokuton ability away from Danzo with his special eyes and seal the rest of his body into the sword of Totsuka leaving behind the numerous Sharingans he had implanted in himself which Sasuke then proceeded to burn away with a katon Jutsu. He then headed out, proclaiming what had happened and his reasons for his actions. Sakura had gasped and followed after him, out of the village and into the forest.
It was here that they witnessed Naruto sucking the soul out of a huge waretiger with a four foot long double edged purple crystal bastard sword with a baseball sized purple sphere at the end of the handle and physically transforming from that runt malnourished body into one that suites his age. He grew by nearly half a foot, his body suddenly gained a bit more mass to it and his eyes turned from bright blue to violet. The tips of his hair turned purple as well.
Naruto then proceeded to chant, as if in a trance, "Tora-San lives to hate, Neko-San deceives those who live. Bask in bitterness, Mizuki."
In a flash of light Naruto had then transformed again. His hair turned silver and fell limp around his face. His eyes turned golden. His teeth turned into fangs and his nails into claws. His ears transformed from normal ears into those of a tiger, a light layer of yellow and black striped fur grew on his forearms and backs of his hands and a tiger tail grew from the base of his spine. His weapon also transformed. It split in two and transformed into a pair of shuriken. One was a typical windmill style and the other was a folding demon wind. All of this was then followed by a burst of powerful purple chakra and a mighty roar.
It was quite the sight to see and the two made that known by gasping. Naruto then gasped as he saw them, his transformation vanishing in an instant. It took a second for them calm him down and when he was calm, he proceeded to question them. They then sat down to get explanations from each other.
Naturally Naruto chose to leave with them instead of heading back to the village. And he took the scroll, feeling Konoha didn't deserve it and left that note.
That was four months ago.
News of all that had been done and what had been the cause spread all over the village, then the country then the world.
Everyone talked about how Uchiha Sasuke, last loyal Uchiha had been deceived and his clan slaughtered on orders from the higher ups and how he had been tortured and experimented on until he gained the tools needed to escape, the legendary weapons used by the god Susano and the ability to steal the bloodline limits of others. About how Haruno Sakura was sold by her own parents and experimented on like some kind of science project until she gained a vampirism bloodline limit, escaped then used it on the ones responsible for her pain.
They talked about Uzumaki Naruto, the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no yoko, son of the legendary yellow flash and the bloody Habanero, about how he had taken the Konoha scroll of sealing and a weapon once used by the Shinigami after nearly being killed by a teacher of all people.
Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke became known as the forlorn three, Leaf's tragic children.
Konohagakure no Sato lost a huge amount of credibility, respect and trust. The Forlorn three became the most sought after individuals in the world, their achievements, weapons and potential attracted…everyone. Even Iwa wanted them despite the fact that Naruto was the yondaime's son.
They became marked as B to A class threats in the bingo book.
There were fliers of them everywhere.
However since that day, the three have seemingly vanished off of the face of the shinobi nations. Sarutobi had no doubt in his mind that they were training, acquainting themselves with their new powers and weapons…as well as reading up on that scroll. He could only hope that they wouldn't return and go on a bloody crusade of Emo teen justice or whatever. Teens tended to be that way after events such as what had happened to them.
Though he was sure that Naruto could keep them in check in case something went wrong, Naruto wasn't treated horribly but he wasn't treated great either so he wasn't too emotionally fucked up. The villagers had never touched the boy but they did say things to him and they did tend to single him out in the academy.
On the other hand, Naruto obviously sided with the two, mounted with his own treatment and the knowledge of the Kyuubi as well as the knowledge of his parents (He has the scroll of sealing! There is NO WAY he doesn't know who they are now!) that was kept from him…
It's a coin toss. He could only hope it landed on the good luck side.
"Wherever you three are. I hope you're finally happy."
I sincerely wished this too.
It was the very least he could do for them, wish upon them a bit of good fortune.
Far away, on an island surrounded by ocean and covered in trees, a pair of purple eyes snapped open and a wide grin split the face of the owner of said eyes as an excited voice rang out.
"YES! I DID IT I DID IT!"
He sat up with a slight groan and stretched his muscles and popped his neck before he exited from his very comfortable hammock and made his way towards the excited squealing.
"Maa, Maa, Sakura-Chan do ya have to be so loud? This island aint that big ya know."
He stepped into the clearing where an excited pink haired girl with pigtails was hopping up and down. The boy made sure to keep his eyes on her face and not her bouncing assets gained because of her rapidly developing body changing to suit her bloodline. And the fact that she had a damn log three times as long as she was tall and twice and thick as she was slung over shoulder was only part of the reason.
She spun, nearly clipping him with the log and grinned at him. Her pink eyes gleamed with excitement and her fanged grin rivaled his own in largeness.
"Naruto!" she exclaimed, dropping the tree and making the ground shake.
There was a chuckle and Naruto spun to face the third inhabitant of the island. He was leaning against a tree sitting cross legged and twirling a rather large seed in his fingers. His eyes were closed.
"She created another jutsu," he said.
"Ah."
Sakura walked up to and sat down next to Sasuke while stealing one of his kunai.
"The only problem is that it destroys the weapon after I'm done." She pouted but also smiled as she stabbed her palm with said weapon and watched the blood pool up in her hand. Sakura then gained a look of slight concentration.
If anyone else were to see what happened next they'd gasp in wonder…or in horror.
The blood in Sakura's palm suddenly surged up and covered the kunai, morphing it from a simple kunai to a rather wicked looking short sword with a serrated edge.
Naruto looked on, impressed.
The jutsu lasted a couple of minutes until the metal of the kunai finally gave away and crumbled.
Sasuke placed a comforting hand on her shoulder as she slumped in disappointment.
"We'll have to get her a durable weapon."
Naruto nodded in agreement. "A chakra conductor weapon as that seems to be the missing element."
Sakura suddenly seemed a bit nervous. "Does that mean…we're leaving the island?"
Naruto smiled. "Yeah I guess it does." He frowned. "It would have been nice to stay longer but I really wanna see you complete that jutsu of yours." He grinned rather animalistic at her. "Besides I'm sure you're getting tired of our blood eh?"
Sakura blushed. "N-no! Yours and Sasuke-kun's blood is great! Really!"
"Uh huh, sure it is."
Sasuke chuckled at the two of them, even as he rose to his feet. "I'm ready to go. I still have to find my brother anyway."
Naruto nodded. Sakura gave a nervous smile but nodded anyway. The group then headed towards their home. It was a house grown using Sasuke's Mokuton ability. Inside they didn't have much, just their weapons and a couple of scrolls and their tattered clothing…if you could call it that.
Naruto looked at the remains of his clothing, laying scattered around his room in torn rags and said, "Gonna have to get some new clothes too."
They had abandoned most of their clothing a while ago, seeing as they had been reduced to rags from the vigorous training they put themselves through. As it was, Naruto was only dressed in his orange pants, pants that were frayed at the bottom and practically falling apart while Sakura wore a pair of tight black spandex shorts and a few meager stripes of cloth given by Sasuke and Naruto and produced by the remains of all three of their shirts to cover her breasts. Sasuke was dressed in a similar way as Naruto.
Casting those thoughts away, approached his only two possessions. The scroll of sealing lay leaned in a corner looking just as new as it did the day he stole it. Thinking back, he still can't believe he'd gotten it so easily.
His eyes drifted towards his other possession. The glinting purple sword sat on his bed emitting that aura of death like always. Zanpakuto was a truly amazing sword. He'd learned a lot about it from the info in the scroll of sealing. Once wielded by the Shinigami. It was gifted to a mortal man of great virtue generations ago. However not many are able to handle the blade. It scared everyone as time passed and he could understand that. But Naruto saw the potential. Zanpakuto stole the souls of his enemies and granted him a power and a new form with each soul. So far only Mizuki resided in the sword but the power boost he received from that transformation alone was amazing. What if he managed to absorb someone like Sasuke's brother? Or a kage? Or even one of the Biju? The thought excited him.
With a shrug and a grin, he strapped the scroll to his back and picked up Zanpakuto before he left his room.
Sasuke wasted no time. He had only two possessions, the Yata Mirror and the Sword of Totsuka. He strapped the impenetrable red shield to his back and strung the gourd/sword hilt to his waist and left.
Sakura only had a couple of scrolls that detailed the working of the three jutsu she'd managed to create using her bloodline limit. It was no secret among the trio that Sakura wanted to have a huge family and start a clan. And it was also no secret that she wanted to start this clan with Sasuke. Having clan specific scrolls were a vital part of any clan. She gathered them up, strapped them to her waist and headed back outside.
The three met back up outside and gave smiles and respectful nods.
It had been a bit of a stressful four months. Sakura's traumatized mind alone took an entire month to fix to some extent while Naruto and Sasuke were not all that comfortable around each other. They had left Konoha in a hurry with nothing more than the clothes and weapons on their backs and nothing more than brief snippets of info about each other, and ran nonstop until they reached this island. It was a drab quarter mile wide barren chunk of land about ten miles off the shore of Wave country but a quick use of Mokuton had transformed it into an ideal hiding/training place. It was here that the group suffered through their nightmares, comforted each other and came to terms with all that had happened while practicing what abilities they had while studying and learning new ones.
The scroll of sealing had been a gold mine, especially concerning Naruto. He was the son of the Yondaime Hokage eh? Who knew? There was also a great deal of information about the Shiki fujin and the yondaime's signature techniques, Rasengan and flying thunder god. Damn old man had hid a lot from him it seems, especially the fact that he had a godfather? One that hadn't bothered to man up and do his duty as a godfather? Oh yeah. Jiraiya of the sannin was fuckin toast if they ever met. As it was he was tempted to let Sasuke return to Konoha and finish is revenge by offing the old man, that asshole.
Sasuke also learned most of the Mokuton jutsus listed in the scroll.
But now…it was time to go. They had progressed amazingly far but they knew it was time to stop hiding. They didn't know where they would go but they would go.
Besides they had a weapon to find for Sakura. She'd been more than a little put out lately about the fact that only she didn't have one. And that new Jutsu pretty much demanded one now.
"We'll head to wave and get some new clothes first," began Naruto with a grin. "Then we'll find Sakura-Chan a good weapon."
"Hn,"
"Yeah!"
With a grin, Naruto turned towards their boat, followed by Sasuke and Sakura and they headed back towards Wave.
"So you understand what you're to do then?
A tall man with a huge blade strapped to his back gave a grunt and a nod, as did the two other men while the young woman simply nodded.
"Don't worry Gato as soon as that geezer returns he's done for."
"Heh heh, good."
So!
Tell me what ya thought eh?
