Disclaimer: I don't own the any of the characters and probably never will… so there happy now!!!

Note from Me: Please don't kill/flame me for this. The idea came when I was watching Samurai Deeper Kyo and Rurouni Kenshin. Now all I know of Japanese clothing is a kimono I don't know what a man wears that looks like baggy pants. (but if you do tell me so I can fix it!!) It takes place in a fictional world that looks like about 1675-1700 in Japanese history, so I decided to combine some my made up stuff and Narutoish elements to Japan's samurais. So bear with me.

I wrote it, my brother prefected it!

Prologue: A Demon Samurai

Their was a story that fast became legend, of a man with great skill and power. He was a master samurai that had fought and killed many men in the great Gojin war only ten years ago. His strength was incomparable to any other. His sword slashes were compared to that of a fox's claw. His eyes became inhumanly red when he fought to kill. And for those that lived from their battle with him, are haunted by his blood stained red kimono, flapping in the wind making them believe that he had nine tails that of the demon fox, the legendary Red Eyed Kyuubi.

Ch 1: A Blonde Haired Samurai

"But come on I'm hungry! I swear, I'll pay you back, my money just ran away!" A blonde haired samurai named Naruto bargained: he was around the age of thirty and was wearing a kimono with a dark orange top, and a dark blue bottom.

"No money, no Ramen! Now get out!" the hostess shouted, then slammed the door in his face.

"Man, people now a days are rude." He placed his left hand on the hilt of his katana.

Then there came a loud noise in the direction of City Square. The blonde man sighed, "Kono you idiot, don't you know when to stop?" he ran over to find his young companion in a fight.

"Don't treat me like a kid you bastard! This is a all out fist fight!" A brown haired boy of the age of twelve yelled at his opponent.

"A kid should go back to his mother like a good boy. Don't talk big when you can't even hold your own like a real adult." A tall burly man yelled back as he rammed his fist into the kid's face.

Naruto quickly pushed his way through the crowd and pulled the whelp up by the collar of his blue kimono, "I thought that I told you to stay out of trouble for once!"

"Sorry, I couldn't help it if the guy's a bonehead." ("Bonehead!" the man repeated.)

"This is the last time I travel with a child," Naruto sighed as the burly man's fist came racing towards his face.

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)()(Meanwhile)()(

A beautiful, young, noble, woman by the name Sakura was walking down the main road. She had long pink hair and was no more than the age of twenty. And wore a purple kimono that was adorned with white lilies. Her attendant was never far behind. The young woman noticed the ruckus in the center of the City Square.

"Hinata?" Sakura asked her attendant who was wearing a pale blue kimono.

"Yes, Sakura-sama." She answered. They walked towards the fight.

"What do you suppose is causing the ruckus?"

"Most likely another drunken brawl, Sakura-sama."

"I do not believe so, Hinata. I seem to see a samurai."

"How can you tell Sakura-sama?"

"Can you not see the katana? It seems to be a well crafted one." She pointed out to her attendant. They were making there way threw the crowd, many stepped out of the way for the lady to see.

"Oh I see now." Hinata replied.

Sakura saw the blonde haired samurai fighting with his young companion who were in the mists of a brawl. 'Odd,' she thought, 'You don't see many blonde samurais'

Naruto was not paying attention to the enraged man behind him was still scolding Kono, until a large fist met his unsuspecting cheekbone.

"Gezz what was that for?" Naruto inquired while rubbing the sore spot on his face, with his free hand. He still had Kono by the collar with his other.

"For not paying attention during a fight," The enraged man threw another punch; Naruto sensing this caught the man's fist with out so much as a twitch of the eyebrow. Then with lighting speed he kneed the man in the chin knocking him to the ground.

The man spat blood, "What the hell are you?"

Naruto dropped Kono to the ground and the boy ran to his side and puffed out his chest as if he had flatted the man. Naruto opened his mouth, but Kono answered instead, "Why he's none other than the legendary…" Naruto interrupted Kono by slamming down on his hilt of his katana thus forcing the sheathed blade to smash into the back of Kono's head. Which sent Kono face first in the dirt. Naruto obviously had something to hide.

"You bastard! What was that for?" Kono asked, gaining his bearings.

Naruto did not pay attention to the whelp. Instead he looked up straight at the man with ferocious eyes and said, "Get lost before I start to have fun."

The battered man ran for his life. Then the crowd dispersed. Sakura stood there still watching the blonde haired samurai while Hinata hid behind her. "Sakura-sama maybe we should leave."

"You don't know how to keep your mouth shut, you idiot?" Naruto yelled at him and then bonked him on the head. Naruto could have scolded Kono for another five minutes, but Sakura had caught his eye.

"Not this again," Kono sighed noticing Naruto's attention was elsewhere.

"Well what do we have here?" he walked up to Sakura with his sly fox smile.

"Samurai," She inquired as Hinata cowered behind her, "What are you doing in my city?"

"Why I am nothing more than a rurouni, with an idiot that follows me around." He looked down a Kono, Kono huffed and Naruto continued, "May I ask for your name, beautiful lady?"

"Sakura-sama… I don't think this wise to converse with a mere rurouni." Hinata whispered into her mistress' ear.

"I am none other than Genjo Sakura, the daughter of the high ruler Hokage, Genjo Sanzo. Now I ask for your name rurouni." She stood straight up as if to show off her high stature.

"Why I am…" An angry resident of the city interrupted Naruto.

"Get back here you brat! You stole my money!" she yelled.

Naruto picked Kono up by the collar again and ran toward a grove of trees. "Kono why do you always have to get into trouble at each and every city we go to!? Damn it, I was getting somewhere with that girl too!" he hopped up into the branches of the grove nearby and waited till the commotion calmed down. Then he tracked down Sakura to listen in on her conversation from the shadows. Hoping she was saying something about him.

"Sakura-sama are you okay?" the woman asked.

"I am quite fine." Sakura smiled at the woman.

"Are you sure that filthy pickpocket and his samurai friend didn't harm you?"

"Not in the slightest."

"Sakura-sama," Hinata interjected, "I'm sure your father would want you home about now."

"I believe so," she replied and did a small bow to the concerned villager. This may of seemed weird to someone now of this town, but Sakura loved her villagers and felt her power came from them. So, when she felt no one important was looking she humbled herself to her people. Sakura left homeward bound and Hinata tailed close behind.

Naruto having nothing else left to overhear from the beauty went back to Kono in the trees.

"Well that's over," Naruto said sighing looking at Kono who was holding a jade necklace. "Where in this day and age did you get that thing?!"

"The Sakura lady I stole it off of her when you to were talking." Kono smiled slyly.

Naruto smacked Kono over the head and exclaimed, "I knew keeping a pickpocket would end me up in trouble. But did I listen to myself, NO! Anyway getting to the point Kono, what would possess you to tell him who I am?"

"Like anyone's going to believe it you're just a lazy wanderer, who's a bum."

"This bum is feeding you, now shut up!" Naruto covered Kono's mouth. Naruto noticed three very loud, drunk, soldiers. "Hey Kono, I think we found our meal ticket," He pointed to the three men, "You can get there money, right?"

"You have a doubt in my abilities?"

"I have doubt in your life span if you don't, now go!" he threw the boy out of the tree.

Quickly and quietly Kono picked any valuables that the three men had and hopped back into the tree Naruto was hiding in. "Now all we have to do is sell the valuables and well have enough room and board and food for a month!!" Naruto stole the jade necklace from Kono.

"This one where going to return," Naruto said to the boy.

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)()(Later at the Ramen restaurant)()(

"This is the best ramen I've ever tasted!" Naruto grinned at his food.

"Your just saying it cause you haven't eaten in the past two hours." Kono replied staring down at his soup, Naruto knocked him over the head almost shoving Kono's face into his food.

"Shut moron or there will be more than a bruise on your head!" Naruto said as he happily slurped down his noodles.

"So when are we going to find a place to stay for then night?" Kono said finish his food.

"After I return this to the beautiful Sakura-dono…" he held out the jade necklace.

"Hey when did you get that?"

"Right after you stole it back from me this afternoon, for a pickpocket you really need to pay attention."

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"I am home father." Sakura called out as she entered the grand hall where her father sat, Hinata followed. He was a tall, skinny man, with blonde hair and was dressed in a white kimono with a golden pattern print. He was grumpy with an extremely short temper (except with his daughter) and an excessive smoker.

"Hinata your help is not needed, you can go now." Sakura's father told the woman as he but out his cigarette.

"Yes Sanzo-sama." Hinata bowed and left the room.

"Come here, daughter."

"Yes father." She walked up to him and sat at his feet.

"I do not enjoy your little outings into the city. It disturbs me to see you among them. You are a lady of the court, not a wandering fool."

Then Sakura thought of the blonde haired samurai. 'Hmmm, he seemed to say that he was a rurouni.'

"Anyway, Sakura I sent Enma out to see how you were doing and he reported that you were talking to a pitiful samurai with no lord."

"Father!" she protested, "You had me followed! It's not enough sending an attendant with me but now you have to send a spy to follow me. I am not a little girl!"

"I do not want you to end becoming friends or falling in love with the wrong people. You are a princess for goodness sakes!"

"But father!"

"I will not hear another word of it! You are dismissed Sakura, now go." He pulled out a cigarette and lit it, "I am not looking forward to this meeting." He grumbled.

"Yes father." She bowed and pouted then went to her room.

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Kono snatched the necklace from Naruto's hand and began to head out of the shop.

"Get back here you bastard!" Naruto yelled, and jumped after him throwing money on the table. He exited and began chasing him all over the city.

"Never you pansy assed samurai." Kono stuck his tongue out and jumped onto a roof of a house.

"You ingrate!" Naruto yelled as he followed suit, "I took you in off the street and this is how you treat me!"

"Like I care, Dumbass!"

"Get back here knobby knees!!!"

"No! And you only want this necklace so you have another reason to see her again!"

"Stay out of an adult's business! You child!"

"Accept it you pervert."

Naruto's anger tripled with hearing the word pervert and now he was only thinking of ways to kill Kono so, he lost his balance and fell to the ground. What he didn't realize was he fell into the castles courtyard.

"For a samurai you need better balance!" Kono said sitting on the roof and stuck his tongue out.

"Damn you! That's it your dead." Naruto unsheathed his katana and pointed it at him.

All the noise did not go unnoticed. A certain pink-haired princess went to check on what was happening in the garden out side her room. "Who's ever out there, I'm coming out armed!" she yelled hoping that it would scare off the intruder, but only thing she was armed with was a hairbrush. She peaked out side and saw a man yelling at something and pointing his katana at it. 'This is my chance.' she said to herself and went up behind him and smacked him over the head with her hairbrush. "Take that!" she yelled.

Then all of a sudden she heard a little boy's laughter. "Good shot lady!" he said to her through his giggles.

"I guess." she said to him rubbing the back of her head. Then the man jumped up and yelled at her, "What was that for you bitc…" he got smacked over the head again with the brush. The little boy giggled again.

"I demand to know who you are and why you are here!" she said in he sternest voice placing her hands on her hips. Showing off the light purple kimono she was wearing.

Naruto sheathed his katana, and looked up holding one side of his face he turned to face her, and said "Good shot." He smiled with his fox like grin.

"I kn… know… you. You are the samurai from this afternoon." She said pointing her brush at him.

"Kono, give the lady back her necklace" Naruto said looking back at him still on the roof.

"My necklace?" she groped at her neck, but didn't find anything.

Kono threw the necklace towards them. Naruto caught it, got up and placed it around Sakura's neck. "I was just going to pawn it anyway." Kono whined.

Sakura stood wide-eyed, "Who are you?"

"Why Uzumaki Naruto, wandering samurai at your service Sakura-dono." He bowed to show his respect, "And the boy over there is Sarutobi Kono, master thief."

"A Samurai and a thief…" Sakura repeated in shock. "GUAR…"

Naruto muffled her cry and said, "Now, now no need to involve them."

Sakura gave out more muffled cries and struggled violently. "Now I'm going to let go. Promise me you are not going to scream." Sakura nooded.

He released her and she fell to the ground. "But still what are you doing at my house!" she waved her hairbrush in his face as she wass standing up, "Your plans to kidnapped have failed."

"Uhh… yeah. I guess I'll be going now."

With a sudden burst wind the brush dropped to the ground, and Sakura was flying through the air in a masked mans arms. "Samurai, help me!" she screamed.

"If you want her back then come to the Shin Bridge in one hour with a 100,000 Ryo or she dies." And they both disappeared into the surrounding forest.

Unbeknownst to her, her father watched the whole thing while having a smoke, smiling. Naruto was caught be surprise, and stood there in shock, until something smacked him over the head.

"Red Ey…"

"I thought I told you to not to call me that."

"I thought I told you to not to come back to my palace. Now, go get my daughter back or I'm charging you with treason." Sanzo said gruffly while taking a drag of his cigarette. He was holding a fan that he used to smack Naruto over the head with.

"What?" Naruto asked hoping that wasn't what he said.

"Didn't you hear me the first time? I said, 'GO GET MY DAUGHTER BACK OR I'M CUTTING YOUR HEAD OFF!!!'" he said angrily threw his teeth and smacked Naruto once again over the head with his fan.

"Okay, okay, I'm going, I'm going!" Naruto said grabbing Kono by the collar and headed off into the trees.

Sanzo went into a secret pocket of his kimono, "Damn it," he cursed, "I'm out of cigarettes!"

Names, Names, Names…

We all know whom the Hero and the Heroine. Now to introduce Kono and Sanzo.

Genjo Sanzo – Obviously Sakura's father. He's actually based on the character Genjo Sanzo in Saiyuki… okay he's a carbon copy of him. I just like Sanzo so much and I wanted a funny character to be her father so naturally he was my first choice.

Sarutobi Kono – Actually he's just Konohamaru, just not as annoying. I really hate long names so I changed it to Kono, which suits him just fine. Sarutobi came from the Third Hokage since that was what Orochimaru kept calling him I made his last name, his grandfathers name or last name. Well anyway he's obviously the source of Naruto's troubles.

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