Marionettenspieler Naruto

This is my first fic so go easy on the flaming

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I never will own Naruto because fate hates me.

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'Why, why do they hate me?' A seven year old Naruto thought as he ran from an angry mob of villagers. "Get back here demon." Was heard as well as "Today is the day we avenge the Yondaime." Along with multiple insults he ignored.

'I've got to get out of here.' Naruto thought as he ran towards the south gate of Konoha. A villager suddenly blocked his path and said "You're not going to escape this time demon." The villager revealed a knife and stabbed Naruto in the stomach. Naruto passed out but before he did he heard cries of pain that weren't his.

When Naruto was stabbed an Anbu appeared and killed the villager slowly. "Wh-who are you?" The villager asked. The Anbu removed his mask and revealed himself as Itachi Uchiha with a fully developed Sharingan.

The other villagers stopped until one of them, let's just call him Bob, stepped forward and asked "Why are you defending the demon Itachi-san?" Itachi just created some handseals and said "Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu." The villagers burned to death in a matter of moments leaving Itachi and a healing Naruto.

Itachi picked up Naruto and carried him to the office of the Sandaime. The Sandaime Hokage, also known as the professor or just Sarutobi, was finally enjoying some peace and quiet away from the paperwork when the door burst open.

"NO, I'LL HAVE TO DO THAT PAPERWORK ALL OVER AGAIN TOMORROW!" Sarutobi yelled as he watched the paperwork fly out the window. "Why can't you just use a clone?" Itachi asked as he walked in with a now sleeping Naruto.

Sarutobi slammed his head against his desk and woke up a minute later. "Note to self, never slam head against edge. What can I do for you Itachi-kun?" "I want to take Naruto on a trip away from the village." Itachi explained what happened and Sarutobi approved it.

"Please teach Naruto how to defend himself against his enemies while you're gone Itachi." Itachi nodded and left with Naruto.

When Naruto woke up he heard "Ah, you're awake." He turned and saw that he was outside Konoha and Itachi was sitting by a fire. "Hello Naruto, I'm Itachi Uchiha." Naruto was suspicious but sat but the fire with Itachi.

The two of them sat there with their own thoughts. 'Where should we go first? Kumo and Iwa hate us so I'll just steal their scrolls of sealing and give them to Naruto when he's ready. Suna and Kiri are neutral but their Kage's would take Naruto if they found out about him. Damn, this is bad.'

While Itachi was contemplating where to go first, Naruto's thoughts were more along the lines of 'I wonder if he has any ramen, ramen.' Naruto started to drool at that point.

"Would you like to become stronger Naruto?" Itachi asked after a few more minutes of silence. Naruto looked at the fire and stayed quiet. "If I can stop receiving beatings from the villagers then yes." He said after a few minutes.

Itachi smirked and said "Then I'll help you." Naruto looked at Itachi when he said this. Itachi had to bite back a laugh before saying "I'm going to take you on a trip for a year, in that time I'm going to train you in every area I know to a degree. When we get back I can see how my brother will react to a person stronger than him at his age."

Naruto nodded "I'm going to be as good as you when the year is over." Itachi mentally laughed when he thought about the gap in their power. "Your training will begin tomorrow on the way to Kirigakure." Itachi said before lying down and catching some much needed sleep since he was watching Naruto for two days.

Itachi woke up the next morning and used a light katon jutsu to burn Naruto's pants. What he didn't count on was that Naruto disappeared in smoke and there was a kunai pointing between his legs.

"I was awake for an hour before you tried that Itachi-sensei." Itachi looked down and saw Naruto grinning with the kunai still in the same position. "Now Naruto" Itachi said as best he could "there's no reason to make me a girl." Naruto removed the kunai and put it in Itachi's pouch.

'How did he do that without me noticing?' Itachi thought and voiced it. "I just used my Kage Bunshin to steal one so I could see the gap in our skill. When that didn't work I just took out my own kunai that I kept from a beating and used it." Naruto said with a smirk at Itachi's face.

"Good job my student. After breakfast we'll start with your lessons." The two of them then sat down and ate whatever Itachi killed. After the meal the two of them started walking. "Where are we going Itachi-sensei?" Naruto asked. "We're going to Kirigakure but we won't arrive for a month at this pace so we'll do chakra control exercises until then"

Naruto already knew the tree climbing exercise after asking Sarutobi about it and reading about chakra control so they moved on to water walking. "Naruto, the theory behind water walking is adjusting your chakra as you walk to stay up. You must also expel chakra constantly to keep yourself up."

Naruto nodded and used Kage Bunshin to walk on a pond Itachi made. While the clones were doing that Naruto was learning about things like politics, etiquette, anatomy, mathematics and other various things he knew with the assistance of more clones.

After the first week Naruto knew how to stay calm under certain circumstances. During the second week Naruto learned some basic taijutsu styles as well as the theory behind kunai balancing.

The technique required a person to balance the dull end of a kunai on the palm of their hand. After that they had to do it with the blade of the kunai. The stances Naruto learned were the basic academy styles and a form called Aikido which revolved around using an opponent's strength against him.

After the second week Naruto focused on strategy which would take at least another month to perfect. The reason for this was Itachi constantly distracted Naruto with things like talking or eating pocky he seemed to magically produce.

Naruto had gotten the basic grip of ignoring distractions when they two of them arrived at a village much like Konoha late in the afternoon. The only problem was that the place was a wreck. The buildings were falling apart with disrepair measured by how far the building were from the Mizukage's tower.

"This place is a dump." Naruto commented after they snuck past the guards. "Kirigakure used to be prosperous but a recent revolt destroyed most of the buildings near the Mizukage's tower." Itachi explained.

"Who revolted and when?" Naruto asked with mild curiosity. "The seven swordsmen of the mist tried to destroy the village three days before we left. I bet they're focusing on rebuilding before they repair." Naruto looked ahead and saw buildings burned to the ground.

"Why did they do this?" Naruto asked as he looked at the rubble and imagined it happening to Konoha. Itachi shrugged and took off his headband. "I look like I'm from Konoha so I'll have to disguise my clothes until we leave." He explained when he saw Naruto's look. He also put a henge on Naruto.

The two of them left for a hotel and reached one before long. 'I doubt there's many shinobi able to fight, I'll steal the scroll tonight and leave in the morning with Naruto.' Itachi noticed some people stareing at him and Naruto before they left for there room.

Itachi and Naruto arrived at the room when they heard knock at the door. 'Probably the guys from earlier.' Itachi thought as he opened the door. The two people from earlier were indeed at the door.

"I can sense your power so I'll just cut to the chase." The taller of the two said. "I'm Kisame Hoshigaki and this is Zabuza Momochi. We're interested in you two."

A/N sorry if the chapter sucked but openings are my weakness (besides lemons); the next chapter will be longer and better if you guys want me to continue