Hello, Everyone. My name is Sprinkles. This is a story That I have on Wattpad, but I decided to go ahead and put it on here as well. Fair warning, this is the first time I've ever written a fanfiction, so it may be terrible. Read and review, I will be happy to get some feed back on this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any canon characters. At least, not yet, but I hope to. ^-^

"WHAAAAT?!" the look on Sasuke's face was half admiration, half disbelief. "You have the Nine Tailed Fox trapped in your stomach?! I knew you ate allot but SERIOUSLY?!"

"Keep your voice down, it's supposed to be a secret to everyone under the rank of chunin," hissed Naruto.

They were covered in bandages,scrapes and bruises, walking about twenty feet back from Sakura and Kakashi-sensei on the way back from the Land of Waves. Naruto had just finished telling Sasuke about the night he had learned about the Nine Tailed Fox being imprisoned within him, when Mizuki-sensei had betrayed The Hidden Leaf Village.

"How does it work? Are you able to control it?" Sasuke i asked, having trouble wrapping his mind around the fact that the person he was quickly coming to view as his best friend having that much power. Hell, he was having trouble wrapping his mind around the idea of having a best friend, let alone it being Naruto.

"No, it only happens when I'm really, really angry, like when I thought Haku had killed you, or that Mizuki-sensei had killed Iruka-sensei," Naruto said.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Naruto caught movement. Instantly, his entire team had leapt into defensive stances. Someone was running towards them through the forest. Fast, even by shinobi standards. And behind him, a good bit back, were a whole lot of someones. Sasuke did a quick headcount and announced that there were at least fifteen of them, moving at speeds only achievable by ninja. As they got closer, Squad Seven realized that it was a kid, around their age, being chased by about fifteen to twenty Oto win. He was dressed in ragged shorts, with only a backpack on his torso.

The boy ran straight past without so much as a sideways glance. Sakura called out for him to wait, but he ignored her. Then the sound ninja were on them, and they had no choice but to fight. Naruto and Sasuke immediately stood back to back, working in near unison to fight five of the fifteen nin. Kakashi, being the badass he is, was holding his own against eight of them. this left Sakura to deal with the last two.

The boy looked back over his shoulder, and saw them fighting. He stopped, torn between fleeing the men who had pursued him through three countries, and helping the people that were now fighting his battle. It took a full a full second for him to decide, but he ran back to help the strangers he had joined the silver haired man, chakra already moving through his body. He caught the first man by surprise, his first blow nearly caving in the man's chest. He didn't spare the man another thought, flowing between the combatants, a dancer in the melee, dealing heavy blows whenever a sound ninja got too close. Twice he barely managed to avoid a gruesome death at the tip of a katana, but both times a warrior had his arm shattered.

Kakashi, though still fighting four men, managed to watch the boy, and he couldnt help but be both astounded at the young man's skill, and extremely curious to hear his story.

When a kunai missed his eye by little more than a hair's breadth, he decided that it was passed time to end the fight. he raise his headband, uncovering the sharingan in his left eye, and immediately caught an enemy in the throat with a kunai, followed by three shuriken into the upper thigh of another. He deflected a blow aimed at his head, and countered with a kick to the man's solar plexus. when he looked back up, the only ones on their feet were his team and the mysterious boy.

"Everyone okay," he asked. "Naruto? Sakura? Sasuke?" When he had gotten confirmation that his squad was fine, he turned his attention to the young man. The boy was pale, with glossy black hair and dark, mysterious blue eyes that seemed almost ppurple at certain angles. But maybe tht was just kakashi's imagination. He wore nothing but a half filled backpack, and tattered cargo shorts; nothing to mark him as being a ninja, and no clues as to his place of origin.

The boy looked around, his face set,almost sad. then he looked up, caught Kakashi's eye and said thanks. Then he immediately lost conciousness.

Kakashi ordered Sakura to examine him, then he, Naruto and Sasuke began gathering anything worth having from the sound nin. It was a few minutes before Sakura spoke.

"I'm not certain, but it looks like he passed out from both chakra exhaustion, and starvation. from what i can see, it must have been at least a week since he last ate. His chakra reserves must be massive to have sustained him this long." She had a concerned look on her face as she gazed at the unconcious boy.

Kakashi stepped closer o examine the boy himself. Sakura was right, the kid looked half dead from starvation now that he was still, not to mention the deep circles under his eyes, showing that it had been at least as long since the boy had last slept as it had since he had eaten. it was obvious that the boy needed medical attention. Yesterday. Luckily, they were only a few hours from the village.

~n~

"So, you find an obviously highly skilled fighter of unknown origins, being pursued by ninja from a nation only just starting out, and you decide to bring him...here. Just what the hell is wrong with you?!" Iruka was so furious that Karachi could almost see his head swelling, anime style.

"What would you have rather I did? Left him to die?" Kakashi could see the teacher in Iruka warring with his military sense. He just couldn't stand the idea of a child, most likely an innocent one, being left, helpless, to die in a forest. "I may not give a damn about the kid, but I'm not about to leave someone without a chance of survival!"

Squad seven had returned home with the young boy, delivering him immediately to the hospital before going to report to the Hokage. When they had arrived in the office, Hiruzen and Iruka were talking. Iruka had been permitted to stay through the debriefing, and had listened intently until Kakashi said that they had brought the kid home.

Hiruzen cleared his throat. "When is the boy expected to awaken?"

"I have no idea. I was told to come by the hospital after this meeting to check on him." Despite what he might have said, Kakashi was immensely worried for the young man. There was something about him that intrigued him. He wanted, at least, to hear his story.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Sarutobi called for them to enter, and the door swung open to reveal a medical nin. The doctor strode quickly accross the office to lean in and whisper into the Hokage's ear.

"HE WHAT?!" The sheer shock and slight terror in their Hokage's voice had both Kakashi snapping to attention. "Kakashi, Iruka, follow me. Now." And with that, he left the office at a run, heading towards the hospital. Kakashi was worried. He couldnt see any signs of an attack, but that didnt guaruntee that there hadnt been one. His gut was telling him that something amazingly imortant was about to happen, most likely smething bad.

They arrived at the hospital, and were immediately lead to a room on the fifth floor. When he walked in, the first thing kakashi noticed was that it was the kid who was on the bed. He started to ask what was going on when Hiruzen did it for him.

A doctor stood in front of the three highly respected ninja. "We were running a few basic examinations, and we determined that Kakashi was indeed correct. The boy is suffering from major starvation, a month with no food at least, along with exhaustion. He cant have slept at all since before he stopped eating. He was sustaining himself ppurely on chakra. Only, the chakra wasn't his. when we attempted to revive him, we used a basic healing jutsu that puts chakra through all the major organs, starting with the stomach. as soon as our chakra entered his body, his own chakra flared, and a seal becamee visible on his abdomen. This boy is a jinchuriki, i dont know what it is, but this spitits power make the Nine Tailed Fox look like a genin."-

So, again, please review. If I get enough reviews, I will post the next chapter Monday. I doubt I'll get that many, but who cares.