Naruto- Leaf Nin Ranger

A/N: This is a new story I have been thinking of doing for a while now. This will loosely follow the events of Naruto: Shippuden but will be slightly different.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden. It is owned by Masashi Kishimoto.

Ch. 1 - The letter That Changed It All

The Wilderness of The Land of Fire -

Jirayia woke up with a yawn. He and Naruto were a day's trip from Konoha, after three years away he was happy to return.

He got out of his sleeping bag and changed into his usual toad sage attire. He emerged from his tent and looks towards where Narutos' tent should be but all that is in the space is pressed grass. Jirayia started to look around frantically for the blonde knucklehead but couldn't see him or his stuff anywhere and then he noticed it, a letter stuck to his tent pole by a kunai. He walked over to the letter and pulled the kunai out the wood and read the letter.

Hey Ero-sensei and Baa-Chan,

As you have noticed by now I am gone, don't come looking for me please. Something happened to me and it may not be safe for me to be in Konoha until I can control it.

I don't know when I will return, but be sure I will. I promise. The two seals below this letter are not for you they are for Hinata-chan and Sakura-chan. Hinatas' is the left and Sakuras' is the right. All they have to do it put their blood and chakra on the seal and it will release. So please make sure they get them and don't read them.

I will see you in about a year or so.

Yours Naruto.

P.S. – Tell Baa-chan if she wants to get the paperwork done faster, create Shadow Clones, they retain memories.

Jiraiya was shocked to learn something has happened to Naruto without him knowing about it.

'What the hell should I do? I guess the best thing to do is go back to Tsunade as fast as I can and see what she wants to do.' Jiraiya thought. So he turned thoughts to actions and started to pack up the tent. Once that was done he headed for in the direction of Konohas' North Gate.

Konohas' North Gate -

Izumo Kamizuki, chunin with hair in front of his eyes and his partner and best friend Kotetsu Hagane, chunin with bandage on his nose were found doing their usual duty of guarding the North Gate. They were playing cards.

"Ha I win again Izumo." Kotetsu cheered.

"Damn I'm sure you cheat." Izumo accused putting his cards on the table.

Just as they were about to deal another hand when Jirayia landed in front of their booth.

"Hey Master Jiraiya." Izumi said and looked around the toad sage. "Where's Naruto?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you. I have to see the Godaime. See ya later." Jirayia said in a hurry as he signed in and took off running down the main street of Konoha, straight to the Hokage Tower.

Hokages' Office –

Tsunade was fighting against the worst and strongest enemy of any Kage; Paperwork, she also had a bottle of sake next to the paperwork. Without it she wouldn't stand a chance against the paperwork.

"Its times like this I hate Naruto and Jirayia for talking me into taking this job." Tsunade moaned as she put the Hokage Seal on yet another document, while taking a swig of sake.

Suddenly Shizune burst through the door. "Lady Tsunade, Lady Tsunade!"

"What is it this time Shizune?"

"Lady Tsunade, Lord Jirayia has returned but Naruto has disappeared." She replied with a worried look upon her face.

Once Tsunade heard those three words her face dropped into worry. "Tell him to get his perverted ass in here NOW!"

"Yes Lady Tsunade." Shizune turned around. "You better get in there." She said to Jirayia.

He walked into the office and dodged Tsunades fist at the last second. "Hold on there Tsunade." Jirayia said with his hand in front of him "Read this." He continued as he passed her the letter.

She began to read the letter, as soon as she was finished "ANBU!" Suddenly two ANBU appeared, one with a sparrow mask and another with a beat mask. "Get me Hinata Hyuuga and Sakura Haruno here now. Tell the I have something for them." Once the order was given they disappeared again. 'Naruto, please be ok.'

Hyuuga Compound –

Hinata was sitting in the flower garden of the Hyuuga compound 'I have to tell Naruto-kun how I feel, and soon, or father will start finding me s suitor.' One of the many thoughts that was going through the head of the Hyuuga Princess after being told by her 17th birthday she was have to have a suitor. Suddenly the ANBU wearing the bear mask appeared next to her, startling her. "W-who are you?"

"That is not important, Hinata-san. The Hokage has demanded your presence in her office, immediately."

"Of course, thank you for the message. But I it is ok do you know the nature of this meetings?"

"I'm afraid not. I was only tasked with informing you." Said the Bear Masked ANBU. Not a second later the mystery man disappeared.

"Hmm. I wonder what Hokage-sama would like to talk to me about." She wondered as she got up and walked out of the flower garden and to the front gate of the compound. "I am going to the Hokages Office, if my father asks." She informed the two Hyuuga gate guards.

"Of course Lady Hinata." They said in unison. The title upset Hinata slightly as she hated it but she kept it in and continued on to the Hokage Tower.

Meanwhile Sakura and Ino's apartment –

Sakura was looking at the only picture of Team 7, the one with Naruto and Sasuke were snarling, Sakura was smiling and Kakashi was eye smiling. 'Those were better times, Sasuke-kun and Naruto were still here and I am not alone. I wish they would both come back and we can be a team again.' She thought as she smiled sadly. Suddenly the sparrow wearing ANBU appeared beside her, startling her.

"Sakura-san. Lady Hokage has demanded your presence in her office now."

"Why does sensei want to see me?"

"I do not know. My only task was to inform you of what she has told me." He said as he disappeared.

"Those guys sure are creepy." She said to herself as she stood up and placed the picture on the cabinet beside Ino's picture of her, Shikamaru, Choji and Asuma. She then went to the door, opened it walked out and locked it again. She then proceeded down the street to the Hokage Tower humming randomly.

Tsunades Office –

It had been a few minutes since she had sent the two ANBU to inform Hinata and Sakura. She was still down with Naruto leaving. She was sitting on the couch in her office, while she took Narutos advice and formed shadow clones to do the paperwork, with the bottle of sake next to her. Just then there was a knock at the door. "Come in." She said. In response the door opened and the two young woman she had requested walked into the office. "Ah, you two are here." She said to the two as she got up and walked to her seat, dispelled the clone and sat down. She turned to the open window. "Jirayia, they are here so get in here."

Jirayia then climbed into the window and stood next to Tsunade. "Hello girls." He said. Said girls looked at the Toad Sage then looked around the office then to each other and back to Tsunade.

"Erm. Hokage-sama, where is Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah where is Naruto?" Sakura also asked.

"Well that is the reason you are here." Tsunade said as Hinata and Sakura's faces dropped as they imagined the worst. "No he isn't dead." Hearing this, their faces lifted a bit. "He has gone off on his own for the foreseeable future, he left this letter." Tsunade then pulled out the letter from a draw. "There is a seal for each of you at the base of the letter. Hinata yours is the one of the left and Sakura the one on the right. Just put blood on the palm of your hand and place it on the seal and push some chakra in it." She explained.

Hinata went first. She nicked her thumb on her canine tooth and spread the blood on her opposite palm, she then placed her hand on her seal and pushed some chakra into the seal. Suddenly there was a puff of smoke and a scroll was in the hand of Hinata. Then Sakura repeated the same thing and had he scroll in her hand.

Hinata then unravelled her scroll and started to read it.

Dear Hinata-chan,

Sorry I won't be able to talk to you for a while. So for now I'll just write it. First the whole thing about me being stupid was an act I kept it from everyone to protect myself. Second I never loved Sakura, I loved someone else…You. I have loved you since the first moment we met, when I helped you from them bullies. I will talk more about it to you when I come back. And finally there a written agreement made between your father and the 4th Hokage which is to marry you to his first born son, me. But before the agreement was finalized with my name the Nine-Tails attacked the village. There is a seal under this letter with a veil of my blood in it. Go to your father and ask to see the agreement as he, by law has to keep them. When you get it place my blood on the space for the grooms' name. It will move and spell out my name in the space, confirming I am his son and will mean me and have been engaged since before we were born and it will become official if you do what I have said. It is entirely up to you. I will talk to you more about this when I get back to Konoha, just know I love you and will see you soon. I promise and you know I never go back on a promise as that's my nindo.

Your fox, Naruto.

Hinata was using all of her power just to stay conscious. 'He actually loves me…HE LOVES ME!' she screamed in her mind and the first thing she knew she had to do was get her hands on that agreement to make Naruto her fiancé but she didn't want to be rude to the Hokage and Master Jirayia.

While Hinata was reading her letter Sakura was reading hers as well.

Dear Sakura-chan,

I have never forgotten about the promise I made to you to get Sasuke back but I have something to tell you. We planned him leaving. Me and Sasuke knew that Orochimaru wouldn't just leave Konoha alone after the old man died, so we came up with the plan to have Sasuke go and train under him so he can become more powerful and know what he is planning and when. I am sorry for deceiving you but we had to. I will be meeting him every few months to get an update on his progress and what Orochimaru is planning. When I return, I will take you with me to see him the next time our meeting is due. Please stay strong and become more powerful so you can. I have seen you as a little sister to me, I know I asked you out but I didn't want the person I really love to get hurt being with me and I knew you would never go out with me so it was safe to make people seem like I was in love with you. I'm sorry for using you but I need her to be safe. So I will see you when I return.

Naruto.

She was slightly angry at the blonde for what he did, but she understood why he did it and if he took her to see Sasuke when he returned then he was in her good books.

Seeing that both girls had finished reading their letter she decided to talk again. "I hope the letter were able to provide some comfort for you. Naruto asked me in his letter to me not to ask what he wrote to you so I'll respect that. You may go now and continue with your day. Oh and Sakura training will be on tomorrow because of my new signing method."

The girls then walked out the office and proceeded out. On the way Sakura turned to her friend. "It looks like you got the man of your dreams Hinata."

Hinata bolted up and looked at Sakura. "I-I don't kn-know what you mean Sakura-chan."

"He told me in his letter about only asking me out to protect the girl he loved and the only girl that I know that Naruto talks to and knows is you. So I guessed you were the girl."

"Oh."

"I'm happy for you Hinata. I've got to go I'll see you later." She said as she turned and waved at the dark haired girl who continued to the Hyuuga compound.

Hyuuga Compound (Hiashi's Study) –

Hinata knocked on the door to her father's study, where she knew he was. "Come in." came a man's voice from within the room. Hinata then slid the door open and walked in, kneeling down on a cushion across from the table of Hiashi.

"Good afternoon father. I have a request for you."

"What is this proposal, Hinata?"

"It has come to my attention that a betrothal agreement was made for me before I was born and I was to the 4th Hokage's son. I would like to see it please."

Hiashi's eyes widened slightly at this request. "Why would you like to see the agreement?"

"Just to see it. I am part of the agreement so I have the right. So please father."

To this Hiashi rose from the cushion and went to the bookshelf and pulled out a box. He placed the box on the table and knelt back down. He then opened the box and pulled out a scroll. Placing the scroll on the table next to the box and put the box on the floor next to him. He the unrolled the scroll. On it was the agreement for Hinata to marry the first born son of Minato and Kushina.

"Who is Kushina?" She asked.

"Kushina Namikaze was the wife of Minato and your mother-in-law if their son was born. But he died with them on the night of the Nine-Tails attack. Minato was a good friend of mine and Kushina a good friend of your mother."

"Oh ok." She then pulled out the letter from Naruto and repeated the process to unlock the seal on the letter as on the other letter. In her hand was a veil of blood.

"Hinata who's blood is that? And why do you have it?"

"This is the blood of the son of Minato and Kushina. I believe he didn't die that night and had his last name changed. And the reason, I think that is obvious." She said as she took the blood and poured it on the space where the groom's name should be. After a few seconds the blood started to move and spell out a name.

Hiashi's eyes widened even more because of the name the blood had spelt. He knew what this meant. Hinata however was happier than she had ever been in her entire life. 'Please don't let this be a dream.' She thought.

The name in the space was 'Naruto Namikaze'.

End of chapter 1. Top of Form

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