Chapter 1
I don't own Naruto, just the plot
Naruto is unconscious and Sasuke is looking down at him. Kyuubi watches as Sasuke falls and borrows Naruto's body, "sorry Sasuke," he says, Naruto's voice is deeper than normal but not as deep as Kyuubi's, "but I can't let you leave," he grabs Sasuke and forces him down to the ground. He gets on top of him, "now stop being a jerk and let's go back to the village, you know what you are doing is wrong." Kyuubi is doing his best to sound like Naruto but he does throw in a few curse words.
"I have already told you," Sasuke starts the Kyuubi punches him in the face and knocks him out.
"Just shut up," Kyuubi gets up, "I should probably wait for someone from Konoha."
Three Anbu men come, "Are you Naruto Uzumaki," he nods. One of them pick up Sasuke and take him away.
Naruto gets up but the other two stop him, "what?"
"You aren't going back to Konoha, you little demon," one man says. Kyuubi is forced out and Naruto wakes up. Both of the Anbu men grab him.
"Hey what are you doing?!" Naruto screams struggling to get free but he is too weak from his fight with Sasuke, one man takes his headband off of him, "hey give that back!"
"This won't hurt too much demon, now stay still or we will make it hurt," they push him and hold him down on the ground. "Mind wipe," Naruto blacks out and can't hear the rest. When Naruto wakes up he is alone in a forest.
He looks around, "where am I?" he asks, Naruto can't remember anything, who his is, what his name is; all he knows is that being in this woods aren't safe.
"Good you are awake," a man gets up and is dressed in Konoha Anbu attire, "you hit your head pretty hard earlier kid," he says. "Let me take you back to town."
"Do you know who I am?!"
"Are you having memory problems boy?" the Anbu man asks, he is frowning under his mask, this isn't right, but things will be better this way, for everyone. This man doesn't hate Naruto and knows that he isn't the nine tails, most of the time.
"Yes sir, I can't remember anything, do you know me?"
"You helped me out with a mission earlier, but someone hit you on the head and I just wanted to thank you for the help," he says, "you said your name was Natu Uzumaki." He says, the least I can do is let him keep his last name.
"Why am I wearing orange," Naruto asks.
"Um," he says shocked, I always thought he was color blind. "Here change into this," Naruto changes into the black shirt and black pants. "Come on let me take you home." The Anbu man leads him into the Land of Waves.
"Do I live here?"
"I don't know, you told me that you travel a lot and was stopping here to rest before you go to the cloud for more training," he says.
I was that open to a stranger, I will have to make sure I am more careful, Naruto thinks, what if he wants to hurt me, and then I would be in trouble. "Thank you very much sir."
"Oh yeah, here you forgot your bag," he hands Naruto a black bag full of food, water, medical supplies, some money, and cloths.
"Thanks," Naruto puts the bag on and they walk into town. Naruto looks at all of the happy people and stops at the bridge.
"Is something wrong?" the man asks, we wiped his memories clean and we even used the strongest version and he still remembers things, this isn't good.
"No but I like the name of the bridge, the Great Naruto Bridge," Naruto says, "He must have been pretty strong to get a bridge named after him." They walk to a hotel and go up to the room the Anbu man already checked out from him. He made it look like someone has been living there for a few weeks.
"Well I have to leave, good luck Natu," he leaves.
"I guess is should leave soon," Naruto packs up everything else he finds scattered around the room. Naruto looks in a mirror to see his spiky red hair and how he has three whiskers scars on each of his checks, "red, cool." Naruto decides that his new favorite color is red. Naruto walks around town and he gets stopped by a little boy.
"Hi," he says, "I am Inari."
"Hi I am Natu Uzumaki," he says, "um I know this will sound weird by have you seen me before?"
"Um," Inari thinks, "no, but my family and I have been out of town for a few days. Are you related to Naruto Uzumaki?"
"Well, I don't really remember anything about my own life so I really don't know."
"How do you not know anything about yourself?!"
"I lost my memories helping someone else out with a fight," Naruto says.
Inari nods, "sorry about that Natu, but I bet you are related to Naruto, you look just like him, except for the red hair."
"Really, where does he live, maybe he knows more about me?!"
"He is a Konoha ninja," Inari says.
"Thank you Inari," Naruto says and leaves. "I will go to Konoha; maybe I can meet someone there who knows more about me."
"Hey boy," a man says, "where are you going?" Naruto looks up at him and he is standing on a sword.
"I am going to Konoha," Naruto says.
"Why and why were you in that village?"
"I am looking for someone," Naruto says, "who are you anyway, what gives you the right to ask me all of these questions?!"
"I am Zabuza Momochi," he says, he pulls his sword out of the tree and jumps down, landing in front of Naruto, "and I watch over this village to makes sure no one tries to destroy it. Now who are you boy and why where you in that village?"
"I am Natu Uzumaki," Naruto says, "and I was in the town to do some training."
"Uzumaki," Zabuza says, wait a minute, it is that brat! "Kai," Zabuza can see Naruto's real blond hair. Zabuza laughs "follow me kid." He must be trying to trick me or something, Naruto is known for his pranks.
"Hey, I just meet you, why should I follow you?!" Zabuza doesn't stop, "hey, wait up," Naruto runs to him.
"So how is your team?" stupid kid is still trying to trick me, why is he being so persistent?
"Who?"
"The black hair emo boy, the pink hair fan girl, and that one eye leader with a sharingan," Zabuza says.
"Who are they?" Naruto asks.
Zabuza stops, "come on kid, this isn't very fun, now quit trying to prank me."
"I don't know what you are talking about Zabuza – san," Naruto says.
"Naruto, serious, stop it, this isn't funny."
"I don' know who that is, I told you, I am Natu Uzumaki and I am looking for Naruto, he might be the key to getting my memories back!"
"What the heck are you talking about Naruto?"
"I am not Naruto!" Naruto screams at him.
"Zabuza, who is he?" Haku asks him.
"It is Naruto," Zabuza says.
"I am not Naruto, I am Natu Uzumaki," Naruto says.
"Natu," Haku says confused, "I wonder," Haku walks up to Naruto, "Natu – Kun, did you get hit in the head very hard recently?"
"Yeah, and now I don't remember anything," Naruto holds his head and looks down.
Haku smiles and nods, "Zabuza, I need talk to you alone, Natu – Kun, stay here, we will be right back." Zabuza and Haku walk away from Naruto, "Zabuza, he has amnesia."
"What, how does a hard headed kid like him lose all of his memories?!"
"Well, if Naruto thinks he is Natu, then someone must have replaced some of his memories with fake ones," Haku says, "we should take him with us."
"What," Zabuza says, "Haku are you crazy, we should just give him back to Konoha!"
"What if it was Konoha that did this to him, they might kill him if he ever goes back there," Haku says, "anyway, he would be a good start to our little family," Haku smiles.
"Haku, he is not a puppy, we cannot just take him home with us!"
"Come on, if we leave him out here without any memories them who knows what would happen to him?"
Naruto watches as they argue, am I getting Haku – san in trouble, maybe I should just leave. Naruto walks away but Zabuza grabs the back of his shirt.
"Where are you going?"
"Well, I don't want to cause you anymore trouble so I was just going to leave."
Zabuza sighs, "He will be dead as soon as we let him out of our sighs," he mutter.
"What?!"
Zabuza throws Naruto over his shoulder, "you're coming home with us Natu," Haku smiles and they walk home.
"Put me down!" Naruto struggles, "this isn't legal. You are kidnapping me!"
"Will you just shut up," Zabuza snaps, Naruto has been screaming like that for the last ten minutes. "We are here," he drops Naruto on the ground and he gets up quickly. Naruto looks at the large house hidden in mist, "I have few rules Natu," Naruto looks at him, "rule one, don't leave the mist barrier without Haku or I. Rule two, if we tell you not to do something, you don't do it no matter what, understand?!" Naruto nods, "go inside and pick a room," Naruto runs inside of the house.
"Zabuza," Haku says.
"He isn't going to leave before telling on of us now," Zabuza says and they go inside. "What the heck?!" He looks up at Naruto on the ceiling.
"Um," Naruto says, "how did I get up here?"
"Don't move," Zabuza walks up the wall to him, "don't stop pushing chakra to your feet," Zabuza says as he walks to him.
"What is chakra?" Naruto asks then he falls.
Haku catches him, "are you ok Natu?"
"Yes, thank you for catching me," Naruto stands on the floor and Zabuza jumps down.
"We are starting your training tomorrow," Zabuza says, "I don't need to see you on the ceiling every day looking like an idiot, and how did you get up there in the first place?!"
"I was just looking around, and then I appeared on the ceiling."
Zabuza sighs; this is going to be a long year.
"You must be tired," Haku says, "did you pick a room?" Naruto nods, "let's go," Haku and Naruto leave.
Naruto's room has a bed with red sheets, a side table by the bed, and a window in it, "Haku – san," Haku looks at Naruto, "why are you and Zabuza – san trying to be nice to me?" Naruto doesn't understand why but having people care about him makes him feel weird, like someone actually wanting him in new and something he has always wanted to feel.
"Well, you remind me of a nice boy who helped us and I want to give you a nice home Natu," Haku kisses Naruto on the forehead, "now get some rest," Haku tucks him in and walks back to Zabuza.
"We are going to keep him, aren't we?" Zabuza sighs.
"What do you think honey?" Haku asks smiling.
"We can try again instead of adopting," Zabuza says.
"We can still adopt Natu, and try again." Haku says and Zabuza smiles.
"So what are we going to tell him?"
"What do you mean?"
"How are we going to tell him that we are his new parents?" Zabuza asks, "Because I am not going to tell him."
"I will tell when he wakes up," Haku says but Naruto was listening the whole time and he smiles.
"Or we can keep talking and let him continue to listen," Zabuza says and they look at the spot that Naruto is hiding at, "Natu."
"Yes?" Naruto walks out in the open.
"What is your opinion in all of this?"
Naruto smiles, "I am happy to be with my Tou – san and Kaa -san."
"Well there is his answer Haku," Zabuza says, "but which is which Natu?"
Naruto looks at Zabuza confused, "Haku – san is Kaa – san, and you are Tou – san. Did I get it wrong, are you supposed to be Kaa- san?"
"NO," Zabuza screams and Haku laughs, "you have some nerve kid."
Naruto smiles, "but I am your kid now."
"Then come here so I can spank you," Zabuza says holding up his sword and Naruto runs, Zabuza chases after him.
"Zabuza, Natu, don't hurt each other too much," Haku calls then hears a crash.
"Oh fuck," Zabuza says, "she is going to kill us."
"No, she is going to kill you Tou – san, you broke the vase."
"And you pushed me into it!"
"What does fuck mean?"
"That is another talk for a different day."
"What are you two doing?" Haku looks at the glass shard on the ground, "who broke it?!"
"Tou – san did it," Naruto runs.
"Get back here," Zabuza chases after him.
Haku sighs at fixes the vase with her ice jutsu but sees that a medium piece is missing, "where did this piece go?" Haku runs after them.
"I told you to stop," Zabuza says still chasing Naruto.
"No thank you," Naruto jumps over Zabuza and runs the opposite way and Zabuza grabs him quickly.
"Finally," Zabuza grins, "now let's go."
"Ouch," Naruto says and looks at his hand.
"Stop being a baby," Zabuza says thinking that Naruto is saying ouch because of him.
Naruto pulls the glass out of his hand, "that hurt," he holds up the glass and Haku takes it then looks at Naruto's hand. It is already healing.
"Natu, go rest, and Zabuza we need to talk. Natu I mean it this time go to your room and get some rest," Haku says and Naruto stays in his room this time and falls asleep.
"What, did I do something wrong?"
"No, just look," she holds up the glass, "and his wound is almost gone already."
"It is the same thing that happened the first time we fought, remember he has the nine tails sealed inside of him," Zabuza says, "Konoha will come looking for him soon, but I guess we can't let them have him, can we?"
Haku smiles, "no we can't."
Naruto is sleeping a gets a few flashes of memories that helps him remember how to use chakra, "so that is chakra," he mumbles in his sleep.
Kyuubi watches him and Naruto can't hear him, "I could have returned his memories by now like I just did with the chakra control and making her extra cautious but, this seems like a better set up than going back to that hell hole called Konoha."
I hope you liked the chapter. : )
This is a story where Haku and Zabuza are still alive because Gato was early.
