Hi,

Thanks for the inspectors :) I'm always happy about it ...

at the moment i'm busy working in parallel with naruto-hinata ... if you feel like it ... read it through ...

-Search finished ... I knew I was going to find you! -

Every corner of the apartment was searched by the two shinobi. But they found nothing, no other traces except the blood stains on the bed.
A little while later, they reported their find to Tsunade. This also let experts search the apartment. Except for a scroll, the specialists couldn't make out anything.

In the office of the highly respected Hokage they presented the document to Sakura. "We are sorry. Except for the traces of blood, which clearly come from Naruto and suggest internal bleeding because saliva and stomach acid were mixed in them. This is the only thing we could find." The young woman was a student at Tsunade and carried The rank of Chuunin for several years now, she would take it if they spoke openly and so they did.The young woman nodded very worriedly and looked at the nicely decorated scroll. "Sakura no tame ni" 'for Sakura' was readable from the outside and other characters that she could not decipher. Kakashi noticed her attention on those same indecipherable characters. Because he knew what they meant. "It's a seal, he learned a lot from Jiraya and it means that Naruto is alive! Only you will be able to open it. But only when the last breath flows from his lungs ..."
Even more worried because she didn't know why Naruto had left her such a message, but also calmer, because as long as this role was still locked, they could be sure that their friend was still alive, Sakura nodded again.
Then her search for the blonde shinobi started all over again. Two teams. An attachment unit and people who were very important to Naruto: Sakura, Kakashi and Jiraya. Unfortunately, Tsunade herself could not go because of her position.But she very much hoped that they would realize their goal of completing the mission successfully.
The teams split up and left Konoha in a different direction, and they wouldn't return until they found their missing friend, Naruto.

The sun was already high on the horizon when the wanted man rubbed the sweat from his forehead and sat down. "I've come a long way ... But ..." he sighed. Naruto was really far from Konoha, but in his previous condition he would have come a lot further.

The day before, the blonde shinobi had gone off alone again to train. He almost knew what was going on inside him and tried everything to stop it. During his exercises he found an old, rusty kunai. A tiny little mark on this throwing knife shone and was the reason why he had taken a closer look.
It was like a sign that showed him the way. So he had thrown everything overboard, without exception packed the bare minimum and left everything else behind.Before he was then pressed to his knees again on his bed, coughing.

For a few minutes, Naruto allowed himself a little rest. Then he walked on as fast as his legs could carry him. He felt that he didn't have much time left to complete his resolution. He also hoped that once he got there, he would have the strength to do it.
The wide plain he had reached in the meantime offered no protection. Mile after mile that one saw was strung together field after field. He wouldn't find what he was looking for here. Covered in sweat, Naruto looked at the sky, his vision was already indistinct and blurred. It was already autumn, the fields had already been harvested and it really wasn't hot anymore. "I have to hurry, I promised!" He kept telling himself to be energized.

Minutes turned into hours and evening was falling. But the small group around Kakashi had not yet found a trace. "You taught Naruto really well, Jiraya!He knows how to disappear without being found ... "Surprised Sakura looked at the Jounin." But he was kidnapped !? "The Sannin shook his head." No, Sakura, Naruto has left ... Even Kakashi only noticed it when he let Tsunade's picture of Naruto's apartment wander through his mind again. It was completely upside down and you found blood. But ... didn't you notice anything about the blood stains? "
She looked at the wise man and shrugged apologetically.
"Then I want to explain it to you, Sakura ... We got too stuck on the fact that we or rather, I ... assumed that Naruto was in mortal danger. The chaos has distracted us from where and how the blood really dried up there ... The drops were clear, just flowed down or dripped from somewhere above the bed, so it can be ruled out that he fought with someone else there, but that he had cut himself or something like that and treated the wound there Has.Whatever the reason for his disappearance and the blood, Naruto left willingly! "Kakashi nodded calmly to a river bank where they were standing down after explaining to the young Chuunin what Jiraya was talking about." Naruto won't get very far if our guesses are correct. We should rest here and take a new direction tomorrow, maybe we'll find a clue then. "
Sakura still hadn't understood. She knew now that Naruto had not been kidnapped and as Kakashi had noticed, but why did he talk about the fact that her boyfriend was not going to get far and that his life was in danger? So she asked: “What about him?” And Kakashi explained to her again that Naruto had become quiet and a little weaker lately, but that this had nothing to do with himself, as the young woman suspected. Tsunade, Jiraya and also himself, the Jounin, assumed that the power of Kyuubi, despite the seal, would eventually become too much for the body of a person and that the person who wore it was probably too proud to admit a weakness.This meant that they would have to find Naruto quickly before he collapsed under his burden. You would have to separate the demon from him and destroy it for good!
However, since the sun was already setting and they did not know where and why their friend had gone. They couldn't go any further. At night they would certainly find no trail.

At the same time, the wanted man was sleeping so deeply that a bomb could have gone off next to him and Naruto would not have woken up. He had gone exactly in the opposite direction of his friends and even the Anbu unit, which was also supposed to find him, had hit a heel in their path during the day because they suspected that he had taken an almost forgotten route.
When Naruto woke up the next noon, he felt limp than ever. But he went on. He felt that his goal was within reach. The found Kunai had not only given him back his last hope, but actually showed the way.It came from the back pocket of its owner and had probably fallen out due to his running movements. The imprint of the handle, which was logically heavier than the blade, had left the telltale trail. Because of the hasty movement, the knife had fallen so that the point pointed in the opposite direction to the running direction. The blond Chuunin had recognized this.
After leaving the flat plain behind, the seal bearer was now in a forest and there ... indeed ... the owner of the old throwing knife appeared a few meters away, blurred before his eyes.
Naruto laughed softly and sure of victory.
"You'd better pay attention to your memories when you drop by at home ... Because I'll find you again and again! ... Sasuke ..."

-A fight that never happened ...-

so...
that's it for today ... hope you enjoyed it ...
* gg * and from the next chapter it starts to get interesting in my opinion ...