I love love love Naruto and I've always wanted to write up a fanfic but I'm so into writing Final Fantasy Fics I never get around to it. But lucky for me my friend Rilixir has given me that chance by turning this story over to me. I'm going to love this! :D Now these first 7 chapters are not written by me, but by him. So enjoy!

"Onee-san!" She heard a young excited voice alarm from outside her room. The girl grabbed the pillow and pulled it over her head. Even if she wanted to she couldn't block out the noise. Her ears were trained to pick up every sound around her. Her ninja senses were unparalleled she resented it at times. "Onee-san!" She groaned as her bedroom door slid open. She could hear the light pitter patter of her brother's feet as he ran across her floor. When his foot-steps stopped, she swiftly turned over on her back and raised one arm above her and caught the boy's form at the palm of her hand.

"Aww!" He whined and poked out his bottom lip. "You never let me jump you!" He fussed.

"Good morning to you as well Eriya." She smiled contently and placed him down in front of her on the bed. The girl sat up and wiped away the sleep from her eyes. It was another day in Konoha the sun was shining a sign of peacefulness and the birds chirps their song as they flew past her window, another sign of peace. But today was more than a regular day.

Her eyes focused back to her brother who wore a bright and goofy smile. Compared to all the other children in town, Eriya was different, appearance wise. He had two amethyst stripes under his eyes on each cheek bright amber eyes and slightly sharper teeth then any regular person. And his skin as well as hers, was a light tan complexion but that wasn't unusual at all. She chuckled lightly then ran a hand through his long brown hair. Today was the day he would find out who would be in his squad and who would be his sensei. The day before that he passed his test to become a Genin.

She remembered the first time she became a ninja at his age. She was ecstatic to even be able to wear the head band again after the stunt she pulled some years ago. If it wasn't for Eriya, she wouldn't be alive right now. She was expelled from the academy and forbidden to become a ninja all together. But thanks to the kindness of the Hokage, her bad record was expunged and she was able to start over fresh. From all the training she accomplished she was able to rise above everyone in her squad and was even promoted faster than them. Her squad members envied her for a while but they soon looked up to her and wished to match her skill someday.

"Onee-san…?"

"I'm proud of you…Eriya." She said then slid from her bed and into her closet where she stood staring at her ninja outfit. A black sleeveless turtle neck shirt and pants, and armor to protect the chest and arms. Every time she looked at the outfit or put it on she was disgusted. Just the sight of the uniform made her blood boil it bought back terrible memories of that day when he…

"Onee-san!" the little boy called grabbing on to his sister's arm. She honestly didn't notice when the boy latched on to her arm. She also noticed that she was shaking. She stared down at the little boy, perplexity visible through her features that the boy noticed quiet quickly and frowned.

He saw right through her, and it fueled him to know what it was that had her so upset. The very reason he decided to become a ninja was to take care of the issue that angered her, that angered the both of them. He didn't care how long it took, or how hard he had to train, but when he was strong enough, He would destroy the very problem.

"Hey.." She knelt down in front of the young boy, noticing the quick change in his emotion. "Don't frown, today is a big day for you." She smirked then gave the boy a light pluck to his forehead. "Smile otouto!" she tackled the boy and started tickling him, she was always good at whipping a frown from the boy's face. She then jumped back and ran out of the room. "Catch me if you can!"

"Hey!" He ran out into the living room and looked around but she wasn't anywhere in sight. His sister was always an excellent hider she was a high ninja after all. But that was no excuse to not be able to find her. He was a ninja now so he had to think like one. Several ninja he goes against in the future will be able to hide themselves very well. "Okay.." He clapped his hands together and closed his eyes. Taking in a deep breath he concentrated the flow of chakra through his body. "Ninja Art," The boy mumbled he was hesitant on using this jutsu knowing the use of chakra was very high. But he wanted to show her that his skills and way of thinking have improved. "Reve-"

"Stop…" The girl slid the closet door all the way on the far end of the room open and stepped out. "It's not necessary to use a jutsu if the hiding place of a ninja can easily be figured out. When you enter an area Eriya and you know your enemy is near, the best thing to do before using a jutsu is to use your senses." The girl explained carefully. Eriya listened closely and carefully to what his sister had to say. "In this case, you could have easily found me by using the sense of hearing. I purposely made a lot of noise in my hiding spot, easy for you to find me but you automatically jumped to the use of your chakra." The boy held his head down in a little shame. These were the basics of becoming a skilled shinobi and he didn't use them at all. "It's okay to use your chakra Eriya but know when to use it. Wasting it on something that you really didn't need it for could put your own life at risk."

He nodded. She was correct with everything she said. He remembered studying that before he became a Genin. The use of too much chakra could inevitably weaken the user. Over doing it could ultimately result in the user's death. "Right, I'll remember that next time.." He said stuffing his hands within his pockets, discouraged.

"Hey.." She rubbed the top of his head permitting him to smile a little bit. "You're just staring out, it's alright. But, as you raise higher in rank, mistakes are not an option, one slip up and it could be your life Eriya. So you want to do your best and take your training seriously. Understood?"

He smiled and shot a fist up in the air. "Understood onee-san, one day I'll be just like you, but better!"

"I look forward to that day otouto. Now go get ready, we leave soon." In a flash the boy was gone, leaving only a small dust cloud behind. She chuckled quietly and walked off into her room where she prepared herself for the day ahead. She laid back on the floor and placed one arm behind her head while laying the limp one across her chest. She bent her knees and bought both her feet close together and made sure they were flat against the floor. She took in a deep breath before tightening her stomach muscles and raising her upper body from the floor with ease. "One.." She counted before returning her back to the floor again and repeating the process. Her daily exercise is what always got her ready for what was to come that day. The Hokage was always full of surprises. She'd never met such a laid back kage before. She thought that all kage were sagacious and stern. Not this one. He had his serious moments but not often enough. Everyone in town seems to highly respect him. But in her eyes, she respected him the most. Had it not been for him she wouldn't be in this town or a ninja. And Eriya, he…he would probably still be suffering...not that he isn't still suffering now but, at least some have come to accept him if not all. For that, she'll always be forever grateful to the Hokage. "49…50." She finished then stood to her feet.

"I'm ready onee-san!" She looked at the boy. He wore a black sleeveless shirt with grey baggy pants. Black finger-less gloves that stopped at his elbows. His long brown wavy hair was pulled back into a low ponytail and his forehead protector was tied around his head. "You look great."

He threw both hands in the air and performed a back flip. "Thanks! Now hurry I'm going to be late!"

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All the young Genin sat in class talking among themselves about how excited they were to finally gain the title as a ninja. While most were excited, others bickered and argued over who was the best or who would make it to the next rank before who. But little did they know, it would be a long and hard trip that came with blood, sweat, and tears before they made it to their desired rank.

The door slid open and the class suddenly grew quiet. The person looked around twice before entering the large class. All eyes were on him as he approached the set of stairs that would take him to his seat. Whispers erupted and some even pointed as he made his way pass his peers and to a seat furthest away from the other students in the classroom.

"How'd he get accepted…" one of the students murmured to another.

"I don't know, what was Konohamaru-sensei thinking when he allowed him to pass.."

"Just think of the danger that could come to the village knowing that he's a ninja now." Another student said bitterly.

"Yeah, it's already bad enough that the Hokage even allowed him in this village he needs to go back to where he came from so no one has to tip-toe around him anymore!"

The boy turned to the wall and clenched both his fist against his arms. It was a shame how fast others judged him without even knowing him. He was a good kid he'd never harm anyone unless they tried to harm him. He had a good and caring heart but they were all too blinded to really see that..

'Cruelty is always going to come your way Eriya, but you have to learn to look pass the hatred of others and remember in your heart the people who love you..'

He smiled at those words. Remembering them is what got him through the day and kept him sane.

"Hey!"

Eriya looked over his shoulder. A boy with blonde spiky hair was standing behind him. He wore black and orange pant and a white high collared shirt. His head protector was tied around his right arm. "Yes..?" He said, though it sounded more like a question. This boy, he wasn't scared of him like everyone else? He couldn't be, he was smiling too goofy to be afraid, unless he was feigning it.

"Why are you sitting all the way over here, when everyone is all the way over there." He extended his arm across the class room to show where the other students were located, who was still glaring at the young boy. Eriya sighed and laid his head against his arm. It's a shame how he was so excited to get here before leaving home but now he was wishing he stayed home. His eyes shifted to the right on the blonde haired boy. This boy must have been braver than the other students. "Tch, why do you wanna talk to me? I'm invisible to everyone so I don't need your pity if that's what you're trying to do…I'm fine being by myself." He felt his stomach clench at his own words.. The feeling of having friends around him would make him happier. It would give him an even better reason to want to get up in the morning and come to this place. Loneliness was an awful feeling and none of his peers knew how it felt. He had his onee-san but she was always busy on missions and couldn't always be there for him.

"Fine being alone…?" The blonde haired boy's face twisted up. Why would he say such a thing. That was crazy. And what did he mean he was invisible to everyone. If that were true how was he able to see him. "Invisible, you're not invisible silly I can see you perfectly fine!"

Eriya slapped his forehead and grunted. Was this guy playing dumb? "What is wrong with you!?" The boy yelled pulling more attention to himself and the blonde. "Look if this is some game you're playing to embarrass me in front of your friends I'm on to you..just leave me alone!"

The boy stood up from his seat and ran out of the class room, passing by Konohamaru and the other sensei's that were entering the class room. "Eriya! Eriya!" He called but the boy continued running.

"I'll go after him Konohamaru.."

Konohamaru nodded and entered the class room. All the students stared at him with innocent eyes like they weren't involved with whatever just occurred. He sighed and decided against wasting his breath on lecturing them since he knew it wasn't going to change their view on how they saw that little boy. Funny how they accept the Hokage for who he is but not that poor little boy. Then again, the Hokage went through a lot as well before they accepted him for who he was, so the attitude they are throwing at Eriya is no surprise.

"Konohamaru-sensei?"

The man looked down and saw the blonde hair boy standing in front of him. The boy appeared to be worried about something. "Sensei, is that boy going to be okay? I didn't mean to hurt his feelings I was just trying to be friendly. Why does he wanna be alone? He said that he was invisible to everyone but I can see him just fine. Can you see him Sensei?"

'Just like your father…..'

Konohamaru thought before answering the boy's chain of questions with one answer. "He'll be fine, don't worry now take a seat so I can start with telling you and the rest of the class who you'll be paired up with." The boy ran to his desk and sat down, in the same spot he sat when Eriya was present. He looked over to the vacant spot again and couldn't help but to wonder what the boy meant by him being invisible.

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Eriya sat in the middle of the forest with his head against his knees, crying quietly to himself. He hated that he was the outcast of everyone in the village. He really just wanted to disappear now. No one would miss him, let alone wonder what the hell happened to him because they didn't care.

The rustling bushes around him caught his attention. The boy raised his head and quickly stood to his feet. The rustling continued. Eriya gulped and reached in the pouch strapped to his leg and pulled out four shiruken. "Wh-who's there..?" He said, whipping the tears from his eyes to get a better see of the things around him.

"Gyah! Help! Help me please!" A little girl cried out as she stepped out from the bushes and ran over to Eriya, burying her face against his stomach. "That man is trying to hurt me!" She cried out frightfully, trembling and shaking from fear.

"Man? What man?" It had now grown quiet. The wind had stopped blowing and everything was still. Almost like time itself had completely stopped. "Get behind me.." He said pushing the girl towards the back of him. Eriya closed his eyes and carefully listened to his surroundings. A heartbeat, thumped in his ears and the sound of someone's heavy breathing echoed through his ears. The boy raised the hand he held the shiruken in and quickly flicked them sixty degrees to the right of him. Before the bladed weapons had a chance to connect with whoever was hiding within in the bushes, the culprit jumped from his hiding spot and landed directly in front of the two.

"Very clever, as expected from a ninja from the hidden leaf village." The man dropped his head back and laughed darkly.

"Grr! Who are you and what do you want with this little girl!" Eriya spat angrily, pointing a finger out at the unknown person. He noticed the forehead protector dangling around the man's neck but the symbol on it was of no familiarity to him. "You'd better start talking now or you're gonna be in big trouble!"

The man laughed again at how brave the boy was being. "Look kid, I suggest you tell that girl to hand over that scroll she stole from me. Give it to me and I'll go peacefully. Don't, and there will be consequences, your choice kid!"

He looked over his shoulder at the girl and she was indeed holding onto a scroll. Why didn't he see that earlier? But she didn't look like she was about to give it up either. "No! no! no! this scroll has been in my family for centuries and he stole it! I can't tell you what's inside but he knows and that's why he stole it! Please don't take it away from me!"

The boy shot a dark glare at the male and got into a stance that showed he was ready to fight. "A thief huh?" He closed his eyes and mumbled something to himself. "We'll let me show you what we do to thieves!" The boy threw four kunai knives at the man then charged at him at full speed. The man simply laughed then cast a hand out in front of him, just as the knife was inches away from hitting him they stopped, and sent back at a faster velocity than before.

The boy's eyes grew extremely wide t this turn of event and had no time to give a proper reaction and winded up taking the hit. The small knives pierced above his collarbone, the side of his stomach, his left arm and the other just grazed the side of his cheek. Eriya tumbled back on the ground and grunted a little bit at the pain but to him it wasn't much.

"Weak ninja such as you have no business trying to go up against strong ninja like me. Give up kid if you value your life." The man said proudly.

Eriya took in a few breaths and grabbed the back of one of the knives to pull it out. His body was able to withstand more damage than that. Looks like all the hard training his onee-san put him through was actually paying off. He stood up from the ground, pulling the knives from the places they had hit and dropped them onto the grassy surface. "You're gonna have to come off a little stronger then that if you want to get rid of me." He said with a burning confidence. He clapped his hands together and closed his eyes as he began the process of controlling his chakra.

You're a poor protector kid. The man spat and set his eyes on the girl. "Ice Style: Icicle Senbon!" The man wave his hand out and a barrage of needle like icicles flew towards the girl. The man laughed as the boy seemed to not be paying attention to what was currently happening. What a poor excuse for a ninja he was.

When the needles were in range of the girl, they suddenly disappeared into the air. "What!?" the man shouted in surprise as his attack didn't connect.

"Never underestimate me just because I'm a kid mister, what you failed to notice is that before I charges at you, I put up a protection shield since I knew I would be leaving the girl's side. Another thing you don't realize is that, you're about to die.." His hands began performing the seals of the rat and the dragon. "Ninja Art: Shadow Bind Jutsu!" he shouted. The boy's shadow snaked through the ground and wrapped itself around the unknown male's body and restrained him to the ground.

"Damn you kid!"

"And another thing you don't realize is that, this barrier is also a weapon." He said proudly before smirking.

"Release!" The barrier shattered from around the young girl's figure and the icicle senbon the man sent for the girl earlier was launched back at him.

A loud cry of pain erupted from the woods and was heard throughout the entirety of the leaf village. Eriya let out a breath of relief and stared down at the now dead man in front of him with disgust. He was never big on killing anyone but the man crossed the line and what's done is done.

"Thank you!" the little girl cried out and hugged the young boy. Eriya was surprised. He thought the girl would have ran away by now. Terrified of him, but she didn't. Eriya smiled and hugged the girl back. "You're welcome, you're safe now okay, how about we get you home.."

The girl smiled and nodded. She took the boy's hand to start running the path home but stopped when four of the village Jonin showed up.

"Eriya!"

"Huh, oh, Konohmaru-sensei!"

"Are you alright!?" He said in a panic and checked to see if the boy was hurt.

"I'm fine sensei." The boy reassured. "Just a few scratches but I'm fine."

"The other three Jonin, Kakashi, Kurenai and Guy, examined the corpes of the body lying on the ground. "Kenichi Andou." Kurenai spoke out. "The Hokage was talking about this man a few days ago, said he was an expert thief from the village hidden in the snow." She explained.

"Yea, well he's a dead thief now," Kakashi said bluntly. "And taken down by a rookie Genin, he's no ordinary kid that's for sure." Kakashi stood to his feet and began walking back towards the village. "Dispose of the body, I'll report to the Hokage."

"You've done well Eriya," Konohamaru praised.

He nodded, with an empty smile on his face. "Yea but it doesn't change anyone's views of me, does it?"

The man smiled, and rubbed the top of the boy's head. "With time, it will." He smiled. "Now, let's get this little girl home and get you back to the school, you're team members are waiting to meet you!"

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After dropping off the girl back to her home, Eriya returned to the school with his sensei. He didn't know that that girl was missing for a month and a half now. Nor was he aware that the mission to catch that thief was a "B" ranked mission. He was very proud of himself and couldn't wait to tell his Onee-san all about it when he got home.

"Alright Eriya." Konohomaru started. "These are your new team mates."

He looked over both of them and quickly recognized one of them. It was that blonde haired kid that was trying to talk to him earlier. Then the other one seemed spaced out. She had long dark hair and black eyes. She wore more of a stoic expression though at the same time it looked a little gloomy.

"Nice to meet you, again!" The blonde boy shouted out. Eriya already could tell he was going to be the big mouthed-annoying one of the group. "I never got the chance to give you my name earlier but its Hanzi, Hanzi Uzumaki, we'll get along great believe it!"

He just nodded then looked at the lone girl standing against the wall. "What's your name?" he asked.

"Setsuko Uchiha." She said simply.

"Pleased to meet you both." He said dryly. "I'm Eriya Jiro." He looked down at the floor then turned his back. "Hopefully, we get along." He said sadly before exiting the class room, leaving his new team mates clueless.

A/N: That's chapter one. Let me know what you think.