Summary: Naruto is not a boy, he is rather a girl. Her name is Uzumaki Akuma until she is 17... She holds a history she does not remember. Soon to be Sasu/Naru(Fem) Short time Sakura bashing. You have been warned!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters; however I do own the story and the idea of Akuma. Naruto belongs to Sasuke and Sasuke only. Er wait... I meant Kishi... yes... Kishi...

Just in case: Due to Naruko being the name created by fans, therefore being a fandom name, it is not required by me to use 'Naruko' as the name for female Naruto. Kishimoto was not the one who created this name for that version of Naruto. I will however, place any and all female Naruto stories I have within the 'Naruko' category due to the story being about the FEMALE Naruto. {Since previously I was complained to for placing my stories in the Naruto Character category; since the story was about a Female Naruto.}

I do realize that I am not the characters however I write my stories in first person perspective. If you do not like first person stories, then feel free to leave if you are not willing to give it a shot. I can understand people's preferences towards stories. Third person is more centered on description, whereas First person is more centered on feelings/emotions.

No Criticism, Flamers or any of that. Don't like, don't read. That is why they invented the "X" at the top of your browser and the back key in the address bar. Do not leave the story via the review section, seeing as that keeps you within the story that you possibly didn't give a chance.

I am editing and rewriting my stories before replacing the story chapters.

This is very important! There is a very short time of Sakura bashing.

Normal chat

Remembering/Flashback

"Taking to Kyuubi/Kurama"

"Kurama/Kyuubi Talking"

'Communicator Talk'

'Thoughts/pointing out things'

When I get further into the chapters I will add on more of the chat style that should be known for communication. I am also editing the Breaks to the current ones.

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It was night time in Konoha. Like always, I slipped out of my papered up window onto the cold wooden balcony. I ran off into the night; my thoughts jumbled with events. I needed to clear my mind, to clear my thoughts. What better way was there than to take a jump in the river.

Swiftly, I went from each rooftop until I landed right outside a wooded area. This forest brought back many memories; including the painful one with Mizuki, which did end up being one of my better memories.

I glanced around; making sure no one followed me before bolting into the forest. I had to do this, since sometimes the drunks were out. By this, I mean they would attack anything they see or maybe even try to rape anything in their grasps. The other reason, though, was because I liked to consider the river as my haven.

I unzipped my orange jacket before tossing it onto a rock. If it wasn't for the moon shining onto the river, I wouldn't be able to see anything around me, let alone the river.

I kicked off my pants then my spiral printed boxers before picking them up and tossing them up onto the rock with my jacket. After putting my clothes together I walked to the edge of the river, dipping my toe into the water.

It seemed to be the proper temperature along with the right depth. I quickly dived into the water, letting the water slam against me before I submerged from the water.

I let out a long relaxing sigh. The icy water hit every neck and cranny of my sore, heated skin. It felt nice; better than being drowned in jumbled thoughts that lead nowhere.

Other than training, coming to the river was quite relaxing and it surely could allow me to think straight.

"Kyuu-chan~" I called out to the ancient fox demon. I do hope that she isn't in that mood where she is pretending to be asleep. I really did want someone to talk to; to clear my thoughts.

I heard a loud grunt before there was a grumbled reply. "Yes kit?" Kyuubi said, yawning.

"I'm not sure how to take in everything that I was told earlier today…" I finally admitted.

"Who would? If it was anyone else, they would feel the same way as you; confused and wanting answers." She replied; being, what people would claim to be unnaturally nice.

"Yeah I know what you are saying but the thing is… after 12 years of my life, I found out I was living a lie. I just don't understand why I wasn't told that I was a girl. Did you know about it?"

Kyuubi fell silent before a sigh echoed throughout my mind. "I did, kit. But I swore to protect you no matter what the choice came down to. The choice of being henged as a boy or living life, growing up as a girl… I vowed to protect you. You are my family now, kit. As long as I am by you, we are a forever lasting family."

I couldn't help the faint smile that graced my face. It was rare for Kyuubi to be so open, but I guess she was kicking herself for not telling me the truth from the start.

"Thank you, Kyuu-chan… but that aside. Why did they henge me and not tell me? That is what truly bothers me."

"It was all to protect you. As a girl, you are vulnerable to sexual assaults. But as a boy, you can take the beatings. This was all your father's idea, all to protect you. The Sandaime only sought it through; putting you in that henge to protect you. He didn't want you to get hurt, so he gave you your mother's last name rather than your father's. Uzumaki Naruto was the name you were given to grow up with. However, your true name by birth is-"

"Namikaze…Akuma." I sighed, rubbing my forehead as I remembered what had happened earlier that day.

Normal POV/Flashback

"Team 7 has succeeded in their mission, sir." A rough but lazy toned voice said from behind a piece of cloth. The silver haired man lifted at the piece of cloth that covered his mouth, unconsciously making sure that it was still on his nose. Around this ninja, clad in the traditional garb for the ninja's ranked 'Jonin', was three children. The child to his left appeared to be brooding as his onyx eyes stared past everyone. He had fair skin and black, chin-length hair. His hair spiked out in the back, while his bangs roughly framed his cheeks.

Next to this boy was a girl with bubblegum-pink hair. Her eyes were filled with love, as her eyes had taken shape into hearts as she gawked at the raven-haired boy. Next to this girl was a simple, blonde boy with spiky hair. He had sapphire eyes that seemed to bring even the worst days, to its best.

"Oh, Kakashi! I didn't expect you nor your team to be back already." An elder, who sat behind the cheaply made wooden desks, said. He was dressed in the formal Hokage clothing; triangle hat and all.

"Neither did I, sir. But the rogues ended up giving themselves away. They were then easily apprehended." Kakashi said as he pulled out a book from his ninja tool pouch. On the book you could clearly see the title 'Icha-Icha Paradise' (イチャイチャパラダイス) written in on the top of the cover. By the cover picture alone, it was known that it was a book meant for people of 18 years and over.

"Hey jiji! Why don't you just give us something a little more worthwhile-ttebayo!" the blonde exclaimed; though obviously annoyed due to all the low rank missions they had been receiving those past few months.

The Sandaime sighed; shaking his head at the energetic blonde. "I'm sorry Naruto, but lately due to the exams, missions have been dry." The boy huffed as he fell to the floor, mumbling. "This sucks-ttebayo!" The Sandaime couldn't help himself but to smile at the boys antics. He could get on everyone's nerves, but he still made everything seem like it was alright.

"Team 7, you are dismissed for today." The Sandaime said, nodding towards the raven, Kakashi, and the girl. They nodding, bowing, before walking out of the room. Naruto dusted himself off as he went to follow his team. "Naruto, you are not dismissed. We need to talk." He halted in his walking; turning around slowly towards the elder. Confusion was all that was plastered on his face as he gave the Sandaime an off look.

"Naruto, sit down." The elder stated, motioning his hand towards the chair closer to the desk. Naruto followed what he was told, sitting in the chair closest to the desk.

"Naruto…" The elder started, gaining Naruto's attention immediately. "We need to talk about… who you are, and who you parents were."

Naruto's POV

I was struck with fear, as my body froze. The man's words echoed through my head. The questions of who I was and who my parents were continued to echo through my head.

"Naruto… you already know about the Kyuubi within you and who sealed it, correct?" I simply nodded, as I was at a loss of words due to fear and confusion. I was scared; not because this was suddenly brought up out of the blue, but because of who my parents could have been.

"You are the child of the Yondaime, Namikaze Minato, and Uzumaki Kushina. Due to this, you were under a henge for 12 years. I had placed this henge on you when you were only an infant. You are their only daughter; meaning that the name 'Uzumaki Naruto' was only a part of the henge." What did this coot mean?

"You aren't Uzumaki Naruto like you and everyone else knows you as; but Namikaze Akuma. However, under an agreement that was made right before your birth, your father asked me to wait until you were 17 for you to learn this plus take on the name 'Namikaze.'"

I just stared at the man in disbelief. Before I knew it, I was laughing so hard that tears formed in the corner of my eyes. "Haha! Nice joke jiji, you almost had me going-ttebayo!" I noticed that he didn't share the sudden humor. I felt my body pale instantly. This isn't happening…

"I am being serious here, Naruto. Your name is Akuma; you are the only daughter of Minato and Kushina." His stern voice told me he was serious. "Until you are 17, you will be known as Uzumaki Akuma." I went to say something but was immediately cut off. "Kakashi already knew about all of this; after all… he was your father's student."

I hung my head low, tears threatening to fall from my eyes. "Why… why wasn't I told about any of this?" He simply sighed before he rested his head into the palm of his hand. "Your father wanted to protect you Akuma. He loved you dearly."

I growled before swinging my arm; knocking things off the desk.

"Who in their right mind would seal the Kyuubi no Kitsune in their own flesh and blood? THEIR CHILD!" I spat out. "Kit, calm down…" Kyuubi hissed out.

I sighed, getting up from the chair. "I need to go." I stated, walking out of the office before the man could get another word in.

I swam to the bank, climbing out of the river. I dried myself off before grabbing my clothes and placed them back on.

My thoughts weren't as jumbled as before; as I was able to collect any missing item from my torn ninja pouch. I ran off to my apartment, knowing that it was already late into the night.

Today was definitely not a day that was expected. First we had rogue nins who wimped out before we even got into the mission. Then I had a huge fight with that teme; which I will not admit that he was right. Then, to top it off, finding out that I was actually a girl? Yep… what a day.

Making sure that I made no noise, I crawled into my apartment through the broken window. I tugged on the tie for my headband, letting it fall into my hand before I placed it on the edge of my mirror.

I glanced down into the mirror. A girl, hm?

I continued to stare at my reflection before I decided that it was far too late and way too creepy to stare at ones reflection. I tossed off my jumpsuit and grabbed my sleeping outfit to pull it on.

After that I crawled into my bed, not looking forward to waking up for tomorrow. Why?

Tomorrow was just going to be one hell of a day.

I sighed, shaking my head before burying my face into my pillow. I drifted off into the nightmarish sleep; still not wanting to believe anything I had heard earlier in the day.

-AN-

This chapter was completely revisited and rewritten. It is no longer the original chapter that was once here (Though I did save that chapter incase people did prefer the first one.) I will repeat things I had stated before, meaning the first time I had put the original chapter up.

Important information: Akuma is the female Naruto of this story, but she has different features than the average 'Naruko.' In this story, Akuma does not stand for 'Demon' but the other translation in which is 'Devil.' Using Akuma as a name to stand for Devil is more understandable than saying "Oni." What had started the use of "Akuma" as the name for my female Naruto was back when I was in my very first year of school; someone had greeted me by calling me 'Akuma.' After that year it had become 'Uzumaki Akuma.' That was to be translated out as "Devils whirlwind." Yes, I was called that when I was younger. If you knew me, you would understand why. I have an "OC" that I created and named Akuma, in which has no relation to this Akuma. For example: OC Akuma has black and red hair. That right there just states the difference.
This female Naruto is more of a powerful Naruto; I guess you can consider it as such.

Translations: Throughout the story, I will be using a lot of Japanese words or even phrases. I will try to gather them up in each chapter and put a translation to what it is in the bottom Author Note.
Jiji: Commonly used towards an elder.
Teme: Commonly known as 'Bastard.'
イチャイチャパラダイス: 'Icha-Icha Paradise'
Akuma: Devil (Though yes, it is also Demon.)
Kitsune: Fox.

Kurama, for people not far in the series, is Kyuubi's real name. So I am sorry for writing Kyuubi/Kurama at the top for the chat style index at the top. I am further in the story and am always keeping up to date with the manga and anime for all my readers. I had recently gotten used to calling Kyuubi 'Kurama' so out of habit I had placed his name in the chat format.

Thanks to: I would like to personally thank Kage-no-Asagiri for pointing out that there was Sakura bashing, in which the warning towards it being only a short time bashing was deleted. This needed information was deleted back when people were complaining more on me using Akuma as the name for female Naruto rather than the fandom made name, Naruko. I honestly don't like the idea of long term bashing, but… even characters like Naruto and Sasuke get bashed in stories. In some cases though, they redeem themselves to a more 'mature' state. I am not encouraging the character bashing, however I am stating that everyone bashes someone simply by judging something so small.

For all the new readers: I speak more Japanese than I do English. I write stories in English to try to allow those that speak another language to be able to translate it better into their language, than they could from Japanese to their language. I am sorry for all the possible grammar or spelling mistakes that have yet to be corrected. I am currently working on rewriting and editing currently posted chapters. I have bad experience with my writing program, seeing as it changes Sasuke to Sauce. I have recently, though, been able to prevent it from doing that, but there are many other cases in which this happens towards other words or names.

I hope everyone likes the new chapter 1 of Namikaze(Uzumaki) Akuma. {Which that was supposed to be the way the story title was to come out, but I did not know that parenthesis did not work in titles.}

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That is all.

-Ja ne