It was a dark and stormy night in the strongest shinobi village of the Elemental Nations, Konohagakure no Sato. In fact it's the worst storm they have had in years. Everyone was inside trying to stay out of the rain as much as possible, the only exception were the ANBU that would make hourly checks around the village to make sure nothing too bad happened during the storm. Most of the civilians were huddled together in their cellars or bathrooms, some were lucky enough to be evacuated to the shelters in the Hokage Monument when their homes were destroyed by the storm. So essentially everyone was safe and relatively happy that none of their family had died in the storm, at least not yet.

Unfortunately that could not be said for one six year old blond boy who had the brightest blue eyes you had ever seen. This was Naruto Uzumaki. He was an orphan and like all orphans he should be at the orphanage with the others who were relatively safe in the older buildings cellar. This was not the case however as earlier that day, just as signs of the storm were approaching, the matron had kicked him out saying that she hoped he was struck by lightning and killed. Naruto didn't know why everyone seemed to hate him, they just did. The only ones that showed they cared even the slightest were his Jiji, the Hokage, and the owners of the Ichiraku Ramen stand.

As the storm got worse Naruto became wetter, his clothes, consisting of a pair of tattered black shorts, a shirt that barely stayed on him and an old pair of sandals that were two sizes too big for him that he had found in the trash not even an hour ago, were sticking to and rubbing up against his skin, causing a few rashes to begin to form. He had tried going to some of the homes and buildings to see if someone would let him stay there throughout the storm, but , like always, the second they saw him the people inside slammed the door in his face and told him that demons weren't welcome in their house. He had tried to find the Ramen stand but his efforts were futile as he didn't know where to go. The old man had always carried him there.

"Maybe I can find a cave like last time." Naruto thought as he remembered the last time he had been late getting back to the orphanage, well past curfew, and had "accidently" been locked out by the Matron. But he couldn't remember where that cave was either. And so our blond friend continued his searching, turning towards the woods.

About an hour later Naruto, who was without a shirt or the sandals and caked in mud and a little blood, found a cave on what he would later learn was Training Ground 48. He entered the cave and slowly made his way back far enough so that he wouldn't get wetter from the rain. Now normally people, especially children his age, would be complaining about how cold it was. Naruto, however, didn't even realize it was all that cold, he quite enjoyed the temperature. He soon found a nice soft piece of dirt and laid down. It was only then that he realized just how tired he was and soon enough, he was out.

Several hours later our future blond hero awoke to a particularly loud clap of thunder. He jolted up, opening his eyes as he did, and realized it was really dark, darker than it was when he went to sleep. He panicked and looked to where the mouth of the cave was, only to find a, from what he could make out in the darkness, a pile of boulders. Little did he know if he had stayed awake for a few more minutes he would have seen the two ANBU that were assigned to watch him, perform a Doton Jutsu that caused the cave to cave in on itself.

Any normal kid would have immediately started to panic even more, cry and call out for someone to save them. But this was Naruto. He was the demon of the village; scum beneath everyone else's feet. The only ones that would care if he died were the old man and the Ichraku's. Even though he knew nobody would try to rescue him, it didn't stop him from crying at the thought of dying. After he was done, with a few tears flowing down his cheeks still, he got up and started heading in the opposite direction of the mouth of the cave hoping that there was another way out.

For hours he trekked through the cave. He was frightened, muddy, bloody and naked. He had lost his shorts and underwear when he ran from some bats and his pants and underwear got caught on a sharp rock, tearing them from his body and causing a long scrape to appear on his hip. He was hungry and tired, and felt so weak. He was about ready to give up and just resign himself to death when, in the distance, he saw a sparkle of light. He ran towards it with his remaining strength. The light got bigger and bigger. In a matter of minutes he was outside.

He was temporarily blinded by the sudden bright light, but once his eyes adjusted he looked around. There were a whole bunch of trees, bigger than he had ever seen before. To him they were very scary looking, especially when the sun barely came through them. He saw all kinds of weird insects, some almost his size, staring at him, and unknown to him wondering if he was edible. He slowly backed up and into the cave, only to trip on something. When he looked to see what he had tripped on he saw a sword. He didn't know why but for some reason, as he gently reached for it, he felt…a connection to it. Like it was his or something. The second he grabbed the handle he felt a prick on his hand and quickly retracted it and looked at his hand. There were several small cuts on his hand. He would have looked at them better but as he was about to, the sword that caused the cuts glowed a feint red. When he looked at it, it was like he was in a trance. Again he reached for it, this time when he touched it the world blackened and he passed out.

Naruto groggily awoke to a cloudy sky, which confused him because he was sure it was sunny when he got out of the cave. He sat up and looked around. He noticed that he wasn't in the forest anymore. Maybe someone had taken pity on him and at least taken him out of the scary forest. When he looked around him though all he saw was red flowers. They were everywhere; all around him were red flowers. He remembered seeing these kinds of flowers before, and though he didn't know what they were called, he knew they had thorns on them. He looked around more, hoping to find a path so he could get out of the field without a whole bunch of cuts and scrapes. His hopes were answered when he saw a narrow path to his left. He slowly stood up, noticing he was still naked, and began walking along the path.

Several minutes later Naruto came across a fork in the path and wondered which way he should go. He decided to try his luck and went on the path to his left. He hadn't made it more than a few steps however when he heard singing coming from down the path to the right. He quickly backed up and went down that path thinking that whoever was singing could help him back to the village. As he ran the voice became louder and louder. He still could barely make out the words but it still sounded so beautiful.

A few minutes later Naruto came across a large clearing. In the center was a woman sitting on the ground. She was facing the opposite direction he was so he quickly jumped into the flowers ignoring the pain they caused him. He sat watching the woman sing for; well he wasn't sure how long. All he knew was that her voice was the most beautiful sound he had ever heard. After a while she stopped and looked at the sky.

"You can come out now." The woman said, not even looking in his direction.

Naruto was in shock. How did she know he was there? She didn't even see him. Was she a shinobi? He knew that some of them could do that from the stories he heard from around the village. Throwing all caution to the wind, he slowly and hesitantly made his way out of the flowers and towards the woman.

"H-how…did you know I was there? Who are you? Where are we?" Naruto asked hesitantly.

The woman just turned to face him and Naruto just stared at her. She was absolutely beautiful, just like her voice. She stood at 5ft 4 with long crimson hair that went down to her lower back and her bangs framed her face. Her face was slightly round and heart shaped. She had the most beautiful red eyes, and though Naruto wouldn't admit it they were almost the same color as blood. She was wearing an elaborate red kimono that later in life Naruto would say that it hugged her figure accentuating her assets quite well, and tied together with a black obi.

"I knew you were there because I could sense your spiritual power. And I am…" The woman said.

"What's spi…spir whatever you said and I didn't hear your name can you say it again?"

"It seems you are unable to-"

"What's that mean?

"Unable means that you can't do something. Now as I was saying, it seems you are unable to hear my name right now. I would be surprised if you could. It took my last wielder almost ten years to hear my name. Spiritual power is a special power in your family. It allows you to condense, or pack it together, to attack or defend yourself or others."

"I…I have fa…family?" Naruto stuttered, shocked that he had a family. Everyone in the village always told him demons don't deserve families.

"No Naruto. Your family died out many years ago. My last wielder was the only survivor. The fact that you are here means that you must be her son, a direct descendant of the head of the clan, as the clan head or future clan head is the only one that can touch me without my wielders say so."

"Where is my mom? And you never answered my question of where we are." Naruto said, letting his short attention span and six year old patience run out, still not realizing he was still naked.

"She died; though you sort of remind me of her. You have her attitude. But that could also be because you are six. As for where we are this is your soul scape. This is where I live. If you haven't already guessed I am that sword you tripped over earlier." She realized that she hadn't been interrupted and looked down to see Naruto silently crying. She bent down and hugged him, which he flinched at, at first but soon relaxed and just cried into her shoulder. They stayed that way for several minutes; Naruto was crying and the woman stroking his hair trying to calm him down. When he finally did he pushed away from her gently and wiped the rest of the tears from his eyes.

"Can…can you tell me about my family?" He asked, still slightly shaking from his crying.

"Your family was very strong; the village they belonged to was to be the sixth great nation in the world. They were known for their sealing abilities and the head of the family was known for using me. Your mother was, at times very child like, but she was a great Kunoichi. She was a very loving person and she spent months talking to me about you before you were born. She was looking forward to it very much. Her husband, your father, was, from what your mother told me, a very kind and powerful man. They both loved you so much." She said looking at Naruto, who had tears threatening to fall from his eyes at any moment.

"Wha…what were…their….names?" Naruto sniffled through his tears.

"Your mother's name was Kushina Uzumaki. I am sorry Naruto but I do not believe it would be safe to tell you who your father was at this time."

"What why? Naruto nearly yelled at her.

"Because, Naruto, I cannot have you go around the village shouting who he is. When I deem you strong enough then I will tell you. He was a powerful man Naruto and all powerful men have enemies."

"O-Okay." Naruto choked out. "Can you teach me how to use that spirit stuff? I wanna be a great Shinobi, like the ones in the stories I've heard."

"Yes, I can teach you a great many things Naruto."

"Thanks Aka-chan." Naruto said with a fox like grin.

"Aka-chan?" The woman asked.

"Well there's all this red stuff here so since I can't hear your real name, I had to call you something." Naruto said scratching the back of his head nervously.

"Hmm, I like it. You should wake up now, it is getting late."

"Okay, bye Aka-chan." Naruto said and started walking to the path. He was halfway to it when he turned around. "How do I get out of here Aka-chan?"

"Just think about going back to the forest and you can leave." She said, smiling sweetly.

"Thanks. Bye." Naruto said as he faded from the field.

When he awoke he was back in to forest, and from the color of the light coming from above the trees, it was nearing dark. He quickly got up, grabbing Aka-chan, and ignoring his nakedness slowly made his way through the forest. After an hour of walking, well after the sun had gone down, the trees were getting thicker than they were before. In that hour he had realized that Aka-chan could still talk to him when he wasn't in his soul scape. She told him that when the trees got thinner he was nearing the exit. Since they weren't getting thinner like she said they would he had tried to go back the way he came, unfortunately when he tried he had gotten lost.

He had wandered for almost half an hour when he heard a growl behind him. Naruto knew that couldn't be good and instead of turning to see what it was , he started running.

"Help, someone help me!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs. He had barely made it 200 feet before he tripped over his own feet. He covered his head hoping whatever was chasing him wouldn't see him. After a few minutes, and he wasn't eaten, he slowly turned around and looked behind him to see a giant tiger with a kunai between its eyes.

"So what are you doin out here Gaki?" A feminine voice behind him asked. Naruto spun around to see a girl not much older than him, maybe twelve or so with purple hair tied up and brown eyes. She wore a green vest he had seen on many of the villages shinobi, a burnt orange skirt, and blue sandals. "Hello, Gaki, you there?" She said, waving her hand in front of his face.

"I was sleepin in a cave and the storm made it close, so I had to find a way out and I did. Then I tried to find a way out of here and that animal started chasing me." Naruto said.

"And your naked because…?"

"Well I lost my shirt and sandals finding the cave and my shorts and underwear running from really loud birdies in the cave."

"Hmmm, seems like the kid found that old evacuation cave from Training Ground 48 to 44 and it caved in. but it's impossible for it to cave in from a storm, it was built with Doton Jutsu. And then he got lost in the forest. I should probably get him some pants or something." The purple haired woman thought.

"So, I'm Anko Mitarashi. What's your name Gaki?"the woman, now named Anko, asked.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki future greatest Hokage." Naruto exclaimed pumping his fist in the air.

"Oh yeah, blond hair and blue eyes. He's definitely the Kyubi's Jinchuuriki" Anko thought.

"Alright well let's get you something to wear." She said pulling a scroll from a pouch on her vest. She unrolled it and applied chakra, and with a poof of smoke a black t-shirt was in her hands. Naruto went wide eyed at this.

"Woah, that was awesome! Can you teach me?"

"Sorry, Gaki, you gotta be a shinobi to learn this." She said with a smirk, while Naruto just looked dejected. "Come on Naruto, put the shirt on and I'll take you to Hokage-sama." She said tossing the shirt to him. He gently laid Aka-chan against a tree and put the shirt on. It was several sizes too big and went down to his shins. He grabbed Aka-chan again and faced Anko.

"Can we get out of here now, it's scary and I'm hungry." Naruto said and to prove his point his stomach growled loudly.

"Well, you can go get something after I take you to Hokage-sama."She said getting on one knee. "Now get on so we can get outta here faster." Naruto did as she said, holding his sword between him and Anko."Hold on tight now." She warned before they disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

***A few minutes ago: Hokage's office***

Hiruzen Sarutobi was worried. Why you may ask. Well that's quite simple. When he went to the orphanage this morning, after the storm ended, to see Naruto the Matron said that he never came back the day before and she figured that Naruto was with him. After she told him that he summoned Inu of the ANBU and had him begin looking for Naruto while giving him hourly reports. He would be out there looking for him too but he had to do the only job no shinobi could ever finish. The only thing that all shinobi feared, even the Kage's. the one job that never ended; Paperwork. He had gotten a lot of paperwork because of the storm, nearly double what he normally got. So far the casualties had been four destroyed stores, six homes destroyed, 38 dead, and a little over 100 in the hospital; pretty good all things considered if you asked him. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. With a sigh he told them to enter. The door opened to reveal Inu in his ANBU uniform consisting of a black skintight sleeveless shirt and black pants with armguards and armor over his torso and a ninjato strapped to his back.

"Anything?"

"Nothing Hokage-sama. Should I get some help?" Inu asked monotonously.

"Yes, I want-" He didn't get to finish however as a voice behind the door caught his attention.

"Ne, ne, can you do that again? It was so AWESOME" the last word being shouted.

"No, we need to see Hokage-sama. And somehow get you some new clothes." Said a second voice. Both of those voices he recognized. One being the person he has had Inu searching for, Naruto; the other being the newly minted Chunin and former student of Orochimaru, Anko Mitarashi.

"Anko, come in." He said loudly. The door opened again to reveal Anko and Naruto. As soon as Naruto saw the Hokage his eyes widened and with all the strength he could muster, he sprinted at the old man.

"JIJI!" said man was tackled by a flying yellow streak that was Naruto.

"Naruto, where have you been? I've had Inu looking for you all day."

"He got lost in the forest Hokage-sama. I just happened to pass him as he was almost eaten by a tiger." Anko said before Naruto could respond.

"So then what happened to his clothes, Anko?"

"They were torn and shredded during his stay in the forest."She said while signing "I need to tell you something when we're done here." The man gave an almost unnoticeable nod.

"Well Naruto, it sounds like you had an exciting day." He said. He then noticed the sword he was carrying. "Naruto, where did you get that sword?" He said with the faintest feeling that it was familiar.

"I found it in the woods. I'm gonna keep it." Naruto said, after being told by Aka-chan what to say.

"Well, I don't know Naruto swords are very dangerous. Maybe I should hold onto it for a few years." Sarutobi said reaching for it. Only to have Naruto jump down from his lap and grip it tightly.

"No, Jiji, this is the first thing I have that's mine. I'm not giving it up." Naruto said glaring at the old man, surprising said man because Naruto never glared at him. He was also curious about what he meant when he said this was the first thing that was his.

"Naruto what are you talking about? I give you new clothes and toys almost every time I visit you."

"Yea, but the other kids always take them and the lady there says that demons don't deserve toys and then locks me in the basement until you come again." Naruto said looking down. Sarutobi couldn't believe it. The Matron was locking Naruto in the basement. He quickly rounded on Inu.

"Inu, why haven't I been told about this?" he asked angrily.

"It's been in every report I turned in Hokage-sama. I thought you knew."

"Well, while I figure this out why don't you take Naruto to Ichiraku's and to get some new clothes. I don't think he wants to spend the rest of his life wearing Anko's spares. Naruto you be careful with that sword, alright."

"Alright Jiji. Later, come on Inu, Ramen doesn't wait for anyone." The hyperactive blond said as he dragged the dog faced man out the door.

"So tell me what really happened Anko." The old man said leaning on his desk, interlacing his hands, and looking at said woman.

"Sir, when I found him he told me he had been sleeping inside Evacuation Route 17 and that it had caved in from the storm when he woke up, so he had to find another way out. He did and that is where I believe he found that sword. Though what confuses me is that, that tunnel was built to withstand at the minimum high C-Ranked Jutsu. There's no way that storm caused it to cave in."

"Hmm, thank you Anko. You're dismissed." He said and with a quick "Hai!" from the woman she jumped out the window.

"it seems I have some traitors in my midst."

Well that's it. Please rate and review. I will have a poll on who Naruto should be paired with. The only one I'm not doing with him is a Fem Haku, though she will be in it. I will also not due pairings with women more that are way too old for him, like Tsunade and Shizune. And as you can see I also lowered Anko's age a little, I will be doing the same with Kurenai. Most popular three or four will be the pairings.