Six

Their was a loud boom as I my fist connected with Sasukes temple, effectively knocking him out and ending this dragged on mission.

The only signs on me that I had been in a fight was my dirty clothes from out surroundings. I looked down at Sasukes form, I tried to knock him out as quickly as possible to minimize the amount of injuries caused, but unfortunately Sasuke was quite adamant about leaving which caused some struggle.

'They sent a whole squad to retrieve him, bet if I disappeared nobody would even notice.' I thought as I sat there, I've been contemplating it for a while now, whether or not to leave the village.

At the moment the pros of leaving only slight outweigh the cons. But with just one more push, Ill be gone.

No more pain.

No more torture.

No more neglect.

I can finally train freely, and not have to worry about the villagers attacking me wherever I go, it almost seems too good to be true.

I decided to finally start traveling back to the village, grabbing Sasuke and slinging him over my shoulder, then quickly jumping through the trees back in the direction of the village.

Of all the scenarios in my head, I didnt see this one coming.

I could just see the gates of Konoha, I slowed my pace until I finally arrived, ready to be finally be praised for my efforts.

Sakura stood there with a smile but when she saw Sasuke it quickly turned into a scowl, "HOW COULD YOU HURT MY PRECIOUS SASUKE!?" Thats not all she screamed, but I'll spare you from her screeching.

Then, other people started to gather, all saying the same thing, "how could you hurt Sasuke you demon!"

Kakashi was the only one protecting me, but that wasnt enough to defend me from the mob of angry villagers. I was overwhelmed and had to restrain myself from completely tearing them apart. I handed Sasuke over to Kakashi and sprinted away.

I ran towards my apartment, my eyes burning and fist clenched with anger.

I saw the looks of disgust even as I was running by, I knew it for certain then, I wasnt wanted. Every time I tried to help someone I just end up getting hurt because of it.

As I reached my apartment I quickly unlocked and opened the door, not bothering to lock it back, tears streaming down my face and my mind racing with thoughts of pain and anger, 'how could they? They asked me to do this! They asked me to save him! They asked me to retrieve him! Did they seriously think he would come back without a scratch on him?'

"Uhhmm," someone clears their throat from behind me and I tense up, "what are you doing Naruto?"

I recognized the voice as Kakashi and relaxed a bit, "I'm leaving." I said bluntly.

He just sighed and said, "where will you go?"

"I don't know honestly, I just can't stay here, the villagers treat me like crap." I state as I continue packing my clothes.

"Will you at least write to me?" He asks hopefully.

"I'll try my best."

He walked in front of me, leaning down and wrapping me in a hug, "I'm gonna miss you."

"I'm gonna miss you too Kakashi."

Suddenly Kakashi froze,"are you-are you, going to come back and hurt the villagers, you know I cant let you do that."

I contemplated that for a minute, just to scare him, "well," he tensed up even more at my false thoughts, "nope."

He sighed in obvious relief as I giggled.

"I hate you." He joked.

"I love you too Kashi~"

He kissed my forehead and helped me finish packing before he walked me to the gates, and with one last goodbye and a few tears, the village was finally behind me.