Extemerly obvious disclaimer: No I Do Not Own Naruto, I mean do you think I do?

In this story Naruto is very different to the Manga or Anime so don't tell me I got the character of Naruto all wrong of whatever.

砂の炎のフォックス

(Fire Fox in the Sand)

炎のフォックス

(Fire Fox)

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed softly. The Kazekage stood beside him, his three children trying to hide behind their father. The Sandaime Hokage took his pipe out of his mouth and started to walk towards the Hokage tower.

"Please follow me, Kazekage-dono. We shall discuss the matters of out treaty at the Tower."

The Kazekage nodded his head and started walking next to the shorter man as they headed towards the centre of Konoha. They walked for a short while before the came to a much worse off area of Konoha. Here Sarutobi paused before turning to the Kazekage.

"I apologize for this inconvenience but we will have to cross through the… bad part of Konoha."

The Kazekage's mouth twitched up slightly under the blue cloth that hid his face.

"That is of no importance Hokage-dono."

He had no idea how the Hokage's decision to walk this way to the tower would change the whole of the Elemental Countries.

Naruto sat on dirty ground in the alleyway, her back against the wall. She was small for her age. Many people believed that it came from the size of her unknown parents. However, under the baggy t-shirt and shorts, which the girl had picked out of a dumpster, she suffered from malnutrition. You could see the blonde's ribcage under her skin. Yet, it was not the girl's fault that she never got to eat enough or had enough nutrients. Naruto was kicked out of almost every single shop she went in. In fact, she was only allowed in Ichiraku Ramen. She was tired from outrunning the group that always formed to chase her. Especially today. It was October 10th. It was also her seventh birthday.

"There's the demon!"

The cry brought Naruto from her thoughts as she jumped up from the ground. The blonde snapped her head to the left making her mucky uneven hair fly around her head. Fear entered her azure eyes.

At the end of the street a huge crowd of villagers and lower ranked shinobi had gathered and were making there way towards the small seven year old. They were armed with an assortment of weapons from pitch forks to kunai. The crowd grinned evilly as the young girl started to back away from them only to get his back pressed up against the wall.

"This is for my little brother, who you killed, demon bitch!"

With that shout a chuunin threw the first of many weapons.

---------------------------------------Two hours later--------------------------------------------

Naruto dragged herself across the floor and pulled herself up on the wall. Blood was pouring from almost every part of her body and she had so many kunai sticking out of her that she looked like a metal porcupine. She collapsed against the wall not caring that the weapons dug further into her body. Naruto closed her eyes and groaned. She could hear them coming back.

"Let's finish this!"

A man raised his kunai and brought it down towards the blonde. Suddenly, girl's hand shot out and grabbed the man's arm as she started to glow with white chakra. Naruto's eyes shot open and the people gasped. Her eyes were glowing a glittering gold.

"I've had enough of your bullshit." She said in a surprisingly soft voice. Naruto put pressure on the arm and with a sickening snap it broke. The man screamed as his arm was bent at an unnatural angle. He fell to the ground clutching his arm as he stared up at the glowing girl.

"You really are a demon…"

Naruto closed her eyes and sighed. She re-opened them when she heard gasps at the end of the alley.

"Naruto!"

Everyone turned and looked at the small group who was looking with shock and horror at Naruto's bloody state and the man on the floor. Naruto glided gracefully across the floor. She let a small smile grace her lips, as she stopped in front of the Sandaime whose pipe lay forgotten on the floor.

"Hello Hokage-jiji."

The Hokage knelt before the child and gathered gently in his arms.

"Are you okay, Naruto?"

The Kazekage gaped at the two, not only because of the Sandaime's stupid question. This girl… She reminded him so much of Gaara, his daughter, and his deceased wife Karura.

"… Do I really need to answer that jiji?"

Well, apparently he wasn't the only one who thought that it was a stupid question.

Gaara stared at the blonde girl as the Hokage's personal doctor gently pulled out the weapons out of her. The girl stared back at him. Temari and Kankuro, her siblings, stood a couple of yards behind the red-head watching both of them warily. Unbeknownst to them and the two kages, who were currently discussing the treaty, although the Hokage kept shooting anxious glances at the blonde, the two were communicating mentally.

'Who are you' questioned Gaara, gaze never adverting.

'Uzumaki Naruto, and you?'

'Sabaku no Gaara.'

'You have the same eyes as me.'

Gaara started at that. How could they have the same eyes? Naruto's were a brilliant gold and hers were sea foam green.

Just as she was about to question the girl, she spoke again.

'We both know the pain and loneliness oh having everyone hate you. I can see it.'

At this Gaara felt many emotions but two stood out. Relief and guilt. Guilt at feeling the relief of having someone else like her out there.

'I like you. Wannabe friends?'

The red-head blinked and a small smile crept on her face, freaking out everyone who knew her.

"No-one has ever wanted to be friends with me."

Naruto grinned, even as the frightened doctor pulled out the last kunai before fleeing out the door.

"Well I do. We can be sisters!"

The Hokage and Kazekage smiled. Many outside of Suna believed that the Kazekage had sealed Shukaku into Gaara but in reality his wife had lost her sanity just before she gave birth to their last child and had taken the lamp that had the Ichibi in and sealed it into the unborn baby girl. With so many people fearing her, Gaara had too almost lost her sanity and probably would have if it hadn't been Yashamaru.

"Sisters, huh?"

Sarutobi cleared his throat and gained the attention of everyone in the room. He sighed before speaking, wishing he hadn't left his pipe in that alley. He wanted to get this over with and today he would answer the little girl's questions.

"I suppose that you want to know why everyone hates you, Naruto."

"Nope, not really."

That startled the old man. The Fourth Kazekage had to hide a chuckle at his expression.

"Why not?"

"'Cause I already know why."

"What?!"

The blonde girl blinked in his direction before running her hands through a particularly bloody area in her hair.

"Its 'cause of Kyuubi, right?"

Sarutobi gaped at her and the Kazekage decided that he liked this girl. Gaara focused completely on the girl, whilst the Sandaime struggled for words.

"Y-You… Y-You… H-How?"

Naruto snickered loving the expression on the old man's face.

"Well, I have had it screamed at me everyday. An' Kyuubi likes to chat sometimes."

Gaara stared at her before the smile crept onto her face once more. "You really are like me."

Naruto grinned at her before winking. "Well, of course, sister, Jinchuuriki of Shukaku."

Gaara's smile grew into a large grin.

The Kazekage cleared his throat and smiled at his youngest daughter. His eldest child and son, Temari, and eldest daughter, Kankuro had come back to his side after they had gotten over their fear and were watching curiously.

"Sandaime-dono, I would like to adopt Naruto into the Sabaku family and take her to Suna."

Hey everyone,

This is the new version of Fire Fox in the Sand. I have gender bended a few characters (Temari, Gaara, Kankuro and Naruto) just to be a little different. I hope this version is much better (And more realistic). This will be a Strong!Naru Fic and a Smart!Naru and Sarcastic!Naru (at times). So umm until next time!

Ookami Sora