Summary: Kyuubi and Naruto are the last of their race. What happens when these two brothers try to become ninja, but find friends and love along the way? First story. Bad at summarizing. Any flames will just be doused. SasuXNaru. KyuX?. Will try to follow the manga as much as I can, but some things may be changed.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters and I never will. (sad face L)

Author's notes: Like I said in the summary, this is my first story. It was stuck in my head so I decided to write it down. It works for songs, so I thought it would work with stories too. I don't know how long the chapters will be. Well have fun reading and I hope you enjoy!

Of Black and Gold

Once upon a time in a small log cabin located just a few miles outside of the village of Konoha, a miracle was taking place.

"GOD DAMN IT! GET THESE KIDS OUT OF ME!" yelled a woman with blazing red hair and slightly pale skin. She was squeezing the hand of her husband, a man with hair brighter than the sun and evenly tanned skin.

Watching, with looks between horror and amusement, were three people. The first was the doctor-on-call. She was a woman with pale blonde hair in low pig-tails, pale skin, a large bosom, and a diamond on her forehead. She looked at the new fathers pained face in amusement. The second was holding a blanket, waiting for the children to born. He was an older man with white hair, balding at the top, and a small white beard. His caring eyes showed the many emotions flowing through him. The third person, looking about ready to run, but not wanting to show weakness in front of his student, had spiky white hair with red lines running from his eyes.

Finally, after many grueling hours of screams and cruses, two boys were born.

The doctor and the "nurse" handed the two crying children to their parents. "They were born with the genes." said the doctor. The parents, one who was covered in sweat and had a look of fatigue, beamed at this news, knowing this meant their race still had a chance.

The oldest boy had red hair and pale skin like his mother. He also had a small pair of red fox ears atop his head and a red fox tail with a white tip. The youngest boys had bright blonde hair and tan skin like his father. He had golden fox ears atop his head with a golden fox tail with a white tip. They had yet to open their eyes, so their eye color was not yet known.

"This is great news, my love!" said the man while looking at his wife. "Yes it is dear." said the woman. "It is even better news that one of our children is a red fox and the other is a gold fox! This means both sides of our race continues on."

Let's explain a little bit about the fox race. There are two sub-groups, the red foxes and the gold foxes. It is not uncommon for both a red fox and a gold fox to be in the same family, as long as the genes for the sub-group are present.

The red foxes and the gold foxes have different roles in the fox race. The red foxes are usually warriors and defend their race. Gold foxes are usually healers and peacemakers. It is not unusual for the gold foxes to fight or for the red foxes to learn how to heal, as long as they are accepted into that role by the others they would be working with.

The fox race is the most wanted race in the world. This caused them to become endangered and, many thought, extinct. The red foxes were assassinated by groups who were afraid of their fighting ability and made fake missions for the red foxes just so they could be killed. The gold foxes were known for their healing, peacemaking, and breeding. All foxes can act as either a man or a woman in a relationship. Although this is the case, in order for the functions of the opposite sex to be active, there must be pure love on both sides. Pheromones would be released that activated the opposite sex. This would be how the gold foxes came on the brink of extinction. Gold foxes have the extraordinary ability to have multiple children in a litter, while red foxes are limited to one child per litter. If a red fox was to have more than one child, there is a high risk of death. The gold foxes were kidnapped or forced to marry someone they didn't love because the leaders of the clan were greedy and wanted money. This meant that the gold foxes never had any children and many were killed because of it. This is what caused the fox clan to become almost extinct. If any of the foxes were to find a mate, someone they loved and who loved them back, then their lives interlock. If one feels pain the other feels pain, if one dies they both die. This shows how they truly cannot love without each other.

Now let's learn about the world. In this world there are many animal clans. There are also just ordinary humans. The animal clans are the ones who become ninja. Humans do not have the ability to become ninja, although there are many who have tried and a few who have succeeded. When an animal clan child is born it has the ears and tail or, like in the cases of non-mammal animals, they have other features of their animal clan. As the children grow older and gain control over their chakra, they develop the ability to hide their animal features, although they can still appear in times of stress. When the children are adults and have enough power, they may or may not gain the ability to transform into their true animal form. This form takes a lot of chakra to maintain. Very few ninja ever achieve this level.

"What shall we name them?" asked the woman breathlessly. Her husband looked at her with a worried expression. "What do you think we should name them?" asked the husband. The wife looked at him with a tired smile. "Our red fox shall be named Kyuubi. And our gold fox shall be named Naruto." said the wife. The husband smiled back at his wife and said, "Those are wonderful names dear." The woman handed the child she was holding to her husband and said, "Thank you my love. I am afraid I have to go now. I love you. I will see you in the afterlife." The husband looked at her with an expression full of love and sadness. "I understand my dear. I will see you soon." With that said, the wife took her last breath.

The man looked in anguish at his teacher and friends. "I am sorry I was not able to see them grow up. I can't imagine what I am going to miss. Their first steps, their first words, their first loves. All of it." said the man as tears ran down his cheeks. "But there is one last thing I must do before I join my wife." said the man while performing signs. "HIDDEN FORM JUTSU!" The two children started to glow and their ears and tails started to disappear. "Now they will be safe. No one will know that they are fox. They will smell, look, and act like normal humans. The jutsu will only be released when they find someone they truly love and who truly loves them back, or if they are near death." panted the man as the jutsu finished. "When they get older, tell them we love them and to be happy." said the man with his final breath as he laid down to be with him wife.

The three adults left in the room cried silently as their two friends died, the children whimpering in the background. The three looked at the children and were surprised to see their eyes were opened. Kyuubi looks exactly like his mother with his red eyes and Naruto looked exactly like his father with his sapphire blue eyes.

They all knew that from then on out their lives would not be the same.