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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Demon talking"

'Demon thinking'

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Chapter 1

Bloody, bruised, and beaten, a young boy, no older than 13, with sunshine blonde hair, sky blue eyes, sun kissed tan skin, and a 'Kill me now' orange jumpsuit, trudged to his home at 2 A.M. He lived in the worst neighborhood, The Red Light District, in Konoha.

This is Naruto Uzumaki.

When he got home, he immediately, routinely, limped to the sink in the kitchen, and started to cleanse himself. When Naruto was done, he checked the doors and window's locks twice, securing himself inside his house.

The next morning, he wouldn't get out of bed…or should I say couldn't. About forty minutes later, a knocking sound was heard. "Open up Naruto!" A shrill, banshee like, voice drifted in from the outside. There was no response, and soon, the door was smashed open.

"Naruto? Oh My KAMI! Kakashi-sensei!" Kakashi walked into the house, following a bloody trail. He ended up in Naruto's bedroom, same as Sakura. He kneeled next to the bed, and searched for a pulse. His emotions rose, but he squashed them, down. He eventually found a pulse, but it was weak. Without hesitating, he hauled the blonde-haired boy into his arms and Shunshin'ed to the hospital. Moments later, Sakura ran in, dragging a moody Sasuke with her.

"Where is he? Where is Naruto?" Sakura screamed. Kakashi came up behind her, and said, "He will be fine. The medics are healing him as we speak."

Sakura fell ungracefully into one of the waiting room chairs. A few moments later, they bolted upright, and out of their chairs when they heard an earsplitting scream come from his room. In seconds they were in there, staring at the doctor who was holding a purple vial of an unknown substance into Naruto's IV.

"W-what are you d-doing?" Sakura asked.

"Getting rid of the demon once and for all." The doctor cackled.

Kakashi moved into action, removing the man from the room, and disposing of him. Then he checked on Naruto. "Sakura, get Tsunade. NOW!" She scampered out of the room, and hurried to find the Hokage. "Sasuke, get some ANBU guards, and wait outside of the room!" He silently did as he was told, secretly fearing for his teammate's life.

Moments later, Tsunade burst in the room, leaving Sakura outside.

"Kai." she said, making a half ram hand sign. Naruto's body began to shimmer, and in a poof of smoke, there was a girl where Naruto last was.

'What?' Kakashi thought, but his main focus was on Naruto's health. He would ask questions later.

Tsunade got to work, unzipping her jacket, and pulling on some gloves, she started her scan. Within seconds, she found the poison "Shizune! Get my Antidote kit, hurry!" Clanks, bumps, and other noises, and Shizune came in with a big metal cart.

"Here you go my lady." She said before rushing out of the room so as not to get in the way.

Two hours later, Tsunade collapsed into one of the chairs against the wall. Her dull blonde hair dripped sweat, and her breaths came out ragged. "Done," she said.

"Hokage-Sama, how is Naruto a girl?" Kakashi asked.

Tsunade just glared at him. "She is an orphan, living on the streets for most of her life, getting beaten every other night, so the third Hokage put a henge on her that made her look like a boy. Think about it Hatake, the village hates her, and they already physically abuse her, what do you think would happen if they knew she was a girl?"

He paled. "Oh." he said in a small voice.

They sat there in silence until Shizune poked her head in, "My lady, Sakura and Sasuke wish to see him, are you alright with that?

The skilled medic and Fifth Hokage rubbed her face tiredly. "Fine but only for a few moments."

The two young genin came in quietly, took one look at Naruto, and turned to their sensei for help, who, in turn looked at the sighed and proceeded to explain it all...Well most of it..

"...and the Hokage thought of her as a granddaughter, but the most he could do for her was put a henge on her so she wouldn't get raped. She would have told you if she trusted you enough, but as hard to believe as this is, she doesn't trust easily. Only the Third, Iruka, and Teuchi and Ayame have her trust. They are also the only ones who know that she is a girl, besides from me and Jiriaya."

Silence...

'Maybe I should tell them about Kuuybi...Nah.'

"She will be fine, so go home, training is obviously canceled." Kakashi finally spoke up.

A few minutes later, and Sakura walked out of the hospital with Sasuke. For once, she didn't ask him out on a date. They walked in silence until Sakura turned and entered the Yamanaka's Flower Shoppe. "What can I-Sakura?" Sakura looked up when she heard her name coming from her rival/best friend.

"Hello Ino, I need to get two yellow Camilla, two peonies, and two yarrow."

Ino was shocked. Why did Sakura need flowers that represented healing? "Sure." She went to the back and put the flowers into a bouquet then handed them to Sakura. "Who is getting them, Forehead?"

Sakura just sighed, "Naruto, Ino-pig."

"When did Naruto get hurt?"

"Last night" With that, Sakura left, leaving the money on the table.

'Naruto...'

Naruto slowly opened her eyes, and the first things she saw are the flowers next to her bed. 'Where am I?' she thought groggily.

"You're in the hospital Naruto. How do you feel?" a familiar voice says tiredly.

"Baa-Chan? Why am I in the hospital? My head hurts, What happened? Who got me flowers, Is-"

"Naruto!" She cut her off before she started to panic, "You are in the hospital because your team came to get you when you didn't show up for training, and found you nearly dead in your house, your head hurts because you had a concussion, and Sakura got you flowers."

"Oh."

"Care to tell me how you got so hurt?"

Naruto adverted her eyes. "No." she whispered. She started to shake.

"Naru-"

"I don't want to talk about it right now, please Baa-Chan." She begged, her blue eyes staring relentlessly into her Hokage's. "Please"

Tsunade stared at her for a moment, but gave in, "fine, but we will need to talk about this sometime."

"Of course."

"Do they know, does my team know that I am a girl?"

"...yes..."

Her face froze. "Do they...I mean are they mad, do they hate me for lying to them?"

"No, they are disappointed because they didn't earn your trust. But they understand... Sakura is sitting outside if you would like to talk with her."

"Alright."

Tsunade got up, and stretched her arms, and opened the door. She poked her head out, and said, "She is awake Sakura. Everyone else, wait here."

Sakura came in, with more flowers. "How are you Naruto?" she said while putting the flowers in a vase next to Naruto's bed. Naruto was silent, watching Sakura. Sakura waited, but soon realized that Naruto wasn't going to speak. "Okay, you are a girl, do you want to go shopping with me sometime?"

"Sure" came a clearly feminine voice, soft, and musical.

A small smile came to Naruto's face. Soon, they were talking about random things, meaningless things.

Half an hour later, a knock resonated through the door, "Naruto, Sakura, can we come in?" Naruto gulped, face ashen.

"Sakura, who knows?" She whispered.

"Umm, yea about that." Sakura started talking really fast,

"IgotflowersfromIno'sshopandshefollowedmeherewit hShikamaruandChojisotheyknow andnowsodoesHinataKibaandShi nsobasiacllyeveryonefromourc lass." (I got flowers from Ino's shop and she followed me here with Shikamaru and Choji, so they know, and now so does Hinata, Kiba and Shino, so basically everyone from our class.)

Oh my." Naruto said. "umm, I guess you can let them in, but one team at a time."

Sakura nodded, and brought Ino's team in.

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Read, Review, and hopefully you liked it. I tried my best.

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