Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, Obito wouldn't be dead and Naruto would have a family, and he would not be so naively stupid.

Building Peace!

Tsunade looked out at the crowd of ninjas and civilians that had been gathered for an important notice. She couldn't help, but scorn the haters (mostly the civilians) that had hurt her favorite blonde girl.

"Ninjas of Konoha, I'm here to announce the banishment of one of our own." She avowed as the ninjas scrutinized the crowd to see which comrade was missing. "Uzumaki Kiara has been exiled by the council. She has departed the village and may never return to Konoha or Hi No Kuni." Kiara's group of friends looked horrified, shocked and all around depressed at the news.

"Why did they banish her? She did nothing wrong. She did whatever she was told, even bringing back Uchiha Sasuke for them." Kiba raged.

"During her mission at Tenchi Bridge, She used a very dangerous weapon to return Uchiha-Sama. Her actions destroyed the bridge and several hundred yards of land that Konoha is now responsible for paying. She jeopardized the lives of her comrades and her mission. Also, she brought back Uchiha-Sama with critical wounds that could have killed him. Uzumaki-san is hazardous to the village. We dealt with her accordingly." Danzo castigated, while stepping forward.

"Kiara was not a danger to the village. She loved Konoha, more than her own life." Shikamaru disputed.

"Oh! I forget that most of you disrespectful little brats don't know the truth about her. Let me be the one to clear it up for you. Sixteen years ago on October 10th, the Kyuubi No Yoko attacked the village. The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato could not kill it, so he sealed it away into a newborn child. That child was Uzumaki Kiara. She is a monster. She deserved to be executed, but Tsunade would not allow that, so the council did the next best thing." Danzo sneered directly to Kiara's friends.

"If you have any questions, I'll be in my office. You're all dismissed!" Tsunade proclaimed.

Ten minutes later, all of Kiara's friends stood in front of Tsunade, anxiously waiting for their answers. "Where is she? Where would she go? Will she be alright by herself? Is the council going to send hunter-ninja after her?" They all spoke at once.

"As I said before, she is gone already. I'm not sure where she would go. She might go to Suna, but she wouldn't stay there long. It's not allowed by the peace treaty they signed. I believe Kiara will be just fine on her own. No, the council cannot send hunter-ninja after her for quite a few reasons. One, they are my ninjas, not theirs. Two, the moment she was banished, she was no longer a ninja. Therefore, they have no right to even suggest she be hunted. Lastly, it's not the hunter-ninjas that I'm worried about. I am highly suspicious that Danzo is planning something." Tsunade resolved.

"Why didn't she come say good-bye to any of us?" Ino enquired, sadly.

"The council prohibited her to seeing or talking to anyone before she left. They were afraid that her friends would go with her, weakening Konoha's forces. I, however, was able to warn her about her banishment beforehand. She left a note and some gifts for all of you. I will read the note now." Tsunade cried. (Note will be in italics. If you skip it, you'll miss some important facts about the story and what happened before.)

Dear Friends,

By the time you read this, I will be already far away from Konoha. I want to say thank you for all that each of you have done for me. I appreciate the friendship that you all have shown me and the help you all have gave to me. I would like to take the time to mention each one of you in this letter so I will begin with my team.

Sakura-san, this may come as a shock to you, but I don't truly hate you. There are things that I don't like about you, but there are things I don't like about a lot of people. I'm sure that you're happy that Sasuke is back in Konoha, but don't let your fan-girlish tendencies to resurface. Keep training to get stronger. Make your master proud to call you her apprentice. Good luck. Yamato-Taicho, I find you slightly creepy. However, I admire that you tried to make Sakura, Sai and I work as a team (even though we had only met about ten minutes before the mission). You taught me that we need to be able to work with everyone, even if we don't seem to get along. The mission comes before petty disagreements. Continue to scare people. Sai, I hope you continue to work with Team Seven to learn more about showing emotions. Well, maybe Team Seven wouldn't be the place for you to learn about emotions. Sakura is too extreme with her emotions. Yamato-taicho used to be ANBU, so he hardly ever shows emotions. Kakashi is aloof and distant. He never shows his true emotions, he'd be no help. I guess your best bet would be to study several people and estimate the results. Have fun. Kakashi-Sensei, I'm hard-pressed on what to say to you. I know I was never your favorite student because that right belonged to Sasuke, but I hope you didn't hate me. It makes me wonder if you knew the real me. Did you notice that I wasn't really that stupid? Did you notice that I have the ability to remember everything I read, sense, smell, touch, see, hear or do? I don't blame if you didn't notice. I was a really good actress; I wanted to keep it hidden. Enjoy the peace and quiet.

Shino, I know you're still a little peeved that we didn't invite you on the first Sasuke Retrieval mission, although you were already on a mission with your dad. So this is what I want you to do; get noticed. Stand out! Kiba, don't rush into fights. Calm your mind and control your emotions. Learning to not be brash and cocky could greatly help you also. Plan ahead and be unpredictable. Hinata, you are a very sweet girl and that could be your down fall. You need to learn to be less nice to your enemies or they will take advantage of it. I'm not saying that you shouldn't be nice, just try and separate your friends from your enemies. Kurenai-Sensei, your team's specialty may be tracking, but how well would they do if the target they are tracking decides to fight instead of run? Hone their skill as trackers for their specialty, but also try to refine the other areas of combat. You could use some help in those areas to, after the baby. Congratulations on the little one!

Neji, I bet you're the one mad at me the most, aren't you? You think that I'm letting Fate step in, don't you? Well, you are wrong. I'm still fighting Fate. I am just taking a different approach to my goal of peace. I will find a place where people (ninjas and civilians alike) can coincide together. Don't let Fate beat you! Tenten, I know that you are a die-hard weapons specialist, but using your fight with Temari during the Chuunin Exams as a reference, learning more than just weapons will exceedingly increase your chances of beating other types of enemies. Lee, you are an outstanding ninja. I commend you for being able to get so far with only taijutsu, maybe learning some weapons and kenjutsu will help. Neither of them involve chakra in the beginner to intermediate steps, like Tenten; it will increase your chances in a fight. Gai-Sensei, try not to kill Kakashi-Sensei with your competition, please. I understand that your way of life is to make little "promises" to yourself and be "youthful" about it, but yours and Lee's loudness can have negative effects on your comrades, who have sensitive hearing. So, you two should try to tune it down a bit around comrades, okay?

Ino, I am beyond happy that you have gotten over your fan-girlish ways for Sasuke. Try to help Sakura with it; otherwise I fear she may start ignoring her training to get closer to him, again. Be the friend that I know you can be, so that she will strive to be a respectable ninja. Choji, you are an incredibly kind person, but that will not win battles. Like Hinata, I yearn for you to learn to be able to tell the difference between an enemy and a friend. I comprehend that eating is a Clan tradition, but I hope that you discover that you should eat right. Healthy foods and proportional meals can be filling and help your body to withstand training. Shikamaru, I beat you in Shogi. I would call it either luck or unpredictability. You didn't take into account of my personality when you were planning ahead for the game, but then again I probably would've just changed tactics again. I wish you would be more motivated to train and do missions, but maybe that's asking too much of you. I expect a lot from you, Shikamaru. Asuma-Sensei, you being lazy doesn't provide a beneficial ethic, especially to Shikamaru. At least you get your work done and you train, so I can overlook your laziness. What I can't condone is your smoking. You have a baby on the way and you're affecting your health and Kurenai's when you smoke. So, please try to stop, it would be better for everyone.

Tsunade-Obaa-Sama, protect my friends for me. Keep them safe and healthy. Also, slow down on the drinking. I understand that you are going to take my exile hard, but you should know that I wouldn't want you to be drunk all the time. Keep your pervert of a teammate away from the bathhouses as much as possible. Make it a mission for a team of fresh ANBUs to do. Jiraiya-Ero-Sennin, you may want to spy on Danzo and ROOT. I have a very bad feeling about that guy, try and see if Sai can help you with that. I know the seal on his tongue won't let him talk about Danzo or ROOT, but it can't keep him from showing the base among other things. Thank you for telling about my family before I left. You have my permission to tell my friends about it, ALL of it. All of you, don't blame the Ninja Council for this decision, they had nothing to do with it. Danzo, the Elders and the Civilian Council went over their heads to the Daimyo. I respect the Ninja Council for trying to nullify my banishment. Will someone thank them for me? Well, that's about all I can think to say. I left some gifts for all of you; pictures, mementos and the like. Good-Bye!

Uzumaki Kiara

"So, she is really gone? That's it? There's nothing more?" Hinata cried. Tsunade looked up from the letter into Hinata's heartbreaking expression. "I'm afraid that is it. Here are the gifts she left for you all. There's some pictures and if you collected something for you. I have nothing else. I'm sorry." She uttered to them, handing over the scroll with the gifts.

In the ruins of Uzushiogakure

"So, this is the land of my mother and ancestors." Kiara mused to herself. "It's not as destroyed as I thought it would be. I think I could be able to restore it." Walking around, Kiara stumbles upon the Kage's building that looks oddly untouched. The door was sealed shut with a blood seal. "I wonder if I could open it." Cutting open her hand, she wipes it across the seal.

The door opens revealing a perfectly assembled office and library. Nobody is going to care if I snoop around, maybe train with the materials.

My first posted story. I do plan to continue, but I would like your opinion on if I should and what I could improve on. Thank you.