Naruto : The Renegade

Two Hokages' Apprentice

As the next morning came, Naruto woke up groggily and felt something around his body, as he moved to see what it was. He saw Dhriti hugging him and then he remembered the last night's conversation and smiled as he finally had someone who cared for him without having a hidden motive behind it. So he hugged her and thought, "I love you, Grandma, I love you so much."

After sleeping for half an hour long, Dhriti woke up to see, Naruto holding her. She smiled knowing what Naruto had gone through but was still so strong-willed. She woke up from the bed and went to her room after which she went into the kitchen to make a hearty breakfast that day. After 10 minutes, Naruto woke up in his room feeling light due to the late-night conversation and felt much happier than he was. As he left the room and approached Dhriti, he hugged her tightly. She lightly patted his back. "Thanks, Grandma."

"You're Welcome. Do you want breakfast?" He nodded

"Ok, go sit on the table." He does that and starts thinking, about what might be the scenario in his birth village.

Elemental Nations

Jiraiya was panicking as the deadline was crossed and he had to still find Naruto or else he would be declared rouge and this could spell disaster for both Naruto and the Village. As he traveled around the nations and found out about his exploits, from the land of tea to wave nations and if they declared him rouge, suspicions would be raised and there would be an investigation, which would lead them to find how poorly they treated him and the economical backlash would be bad, especially after Suna-Oto Invasion.

A dark part of him blamed himself for coaxing into his sensei's word and leaving him in the village and getting busy with work so much that by the time he returned, he assumed that things could turn for the better but the cold hard reality of his negligence hit him hard. Also, this dark part wanted him to see the village crumble for what they did to his grandson but he knew he was still loyal to the village and could not let this happen.

He knew if they declared Naruto rouge, it was like handing him over to Akatsuki on a silver plate as with his skills, he would not be able to fight against them. So when he was given a summon order by the Hokage herself, he was shaking and was thinking of ways to extend the search time.

Meanwhile, in the ROOT base, Danzo was not happy. The stoic man thought that the jinchuuriki could be found easily, but in the past six months with all his resources spreading around the whole elemental nations, the hunt was getting difficult. So, when he got summoned by the Hokage, he was also ready to postpone the declaration.

The past six months saw Tsunade change into a different person, she took her responsibility more seriously. She no longer took shit from anyone and made sure to let people know that she was the Hokage. When she first took the job, she knew Jiraiya wanted to take him on a training trip for three years and eventually break the news about his parents and themselves, slowly assimilating themselves into his life. But as her luck would have it, she again lost someone who she truly loved, making the tally up to 10. First her grandfather, then her parents followed by her granduncle and then her brother and then her grandmother and then her lover and her son and daughter-in-law, now her grandson. It is as if gods hated her and never wanted her to be truly happy.

As she was thinking this, she thought about her three apprentices, Sakura, Ino, and Hinata. As she took all of them in, she was shocked by what they knew, so she had a lot of work to do, normally she would not even bat her eye before pulling out of teaching them but she had to do it as not only they were the future but also they were children of influential people, so it would look bad on her side to deny them, so, she had to suck it up. Although it was not a bad investment, as they were progressing at a good speed. Hinata was slowly coming out of her shell, while Ino was getting more responsible while Sakura her star student still had some fan girlish tendencies, but she thought that it would slowly wear out as she grew older.