I just upload the first two chapters of my other Naruto story, but I'm not sure how likely I will update that soon. This one I really like and will try to stick with it... Why do I keep starting new stories?

This is a femNaru story, as for romance I'm not sure if there will be any.

Naruto's appearance is: Red spiky hair, that falls about half way down her back. Her bangs grew to cover most of the left side of her face. A half face mask is hidden beneath her bangs. She has the whisker birthmarks too. Her clothes consist of a orange shirt, that cuts off to show her stomach. Under her shirt she wears a mesh shirt. She wears a black skirt with shorts underneath. She wears a hodded cloak open over her clothes. It cuts off just past her waistline, has long sleeves that hide her hands. It is extremely dark grey, almost black color with orange flames that start at the hem. She wears heeled ankle boots that have a mesh sock connected on each. The left leg goes up to her thigh, while the right only goes to her knee.

As for how Naruto speaks that is Ayame's doing.

I think that is enough for now. Onwards!

*This has been re-edited*

The rain poured heavily on Konoha, the setting sun hidden behind the sea of clouds. Children run, jumping into puddles as they go, on their way home with their parents.

A spot of crimson weaves through the few people still on the street. The spot moves quickly, a head swerves from side to side, searching for shelter. An angry cry makes the small one hasten their movements. More angry cries join the first.

As they get closer the small figure jumps into a nearby ally. A group of men run pass the hiding spot. The figure releases a breath, only to take a sharp intake when a voice interrupts the silence of the rain.

"What is a young girl like you doing out in the rain?" The small girl looks up; standing there was a woman with long dark hair, dark eyes, and fair skin. Unlike all the usual looks the small girl receives, hers was a sad smile. "If you stay out in the rain dressed like that you'll catch a cold."

"I have never gotten sick before." was the girl's reply.

The lady thought for a moment; "Even so, you can't be comfortable in wet clothes." She was only wearing a t-shirt and shorts, already completely soaked. "Why not come with me and we'll get you into something warmer and out of this rain." She held her hand out to the little girl.

The girl stared at the hand, not sure if she should trust this woman. No one was ever nice to her; well except for three people. Searching the woman's eyes she saw no ill intent so she grabbed her hand. They started to walk, now safe from the rain thanks to the lady's umbrella.

"Oh, I never gave you my name. I'm Mikoto. What about you?"

"Naruto, my name is Uzumaki Naruto."

"Well, it is very nice to meet you, Naruto." Naruto gave her a blinding, kind hearted smile.

"I am happy to meet you, too, Mikoto-san."

The duo walked into the Uchiha compound, Naruto trying to ignore all the stares and Mikoto not paying them any attention. They came upon a large old fashion house.

"Welcome to my home, Naruto. I don't think either my husband or my sons are home though."

"You have sons?" Naruto asked. Mikoto smiled at her.

"Two. One who is twelve and one who just turned seven."

"I am also turning seven this year." Naruto informed her.

"Well then maybe you two can be friends." Naruto smiled brighter at the thought of a new friend.

"First let's get you out of those wet clothes. Then we can get you something to eat." The older woman giggled when Naruto's stomach growled, causing the young girl to blush. "Let's hurry then."

Mikoto had given Naruto an old dress of hers to wear. It was a light blue that went down to the girl's knee and has short sleeves. Currently, Mikoto was doing her hair; turning it from the giant knot it was into manageable spikes that she put into two low pig tails, the shoulder length hair resting in front of her.

"Mother, I'm home!" a voice called out from the front of the house. Steady footsteps made their way to the kitchen, where they were seated. A young teen boy walked into the room "Oh? We have a guest?" Naruto stood to greet the boy while his mother welcomed him home.

"Hello, my name is Uzumaki Naruto." She said as she bowed. The boy smiled at her kindly.

"My name is Uchiha Itachi, nice to meet you." Mikoto had left them to start making dinner. They sat at the table to talk while they waited. It wasn't long before loud steps were heard at the door.

"Mom, I'm home!" a loud voice came. A young boy, the same age as Naruto, with black hair and eyes stormed into the kitchen. As soon as his brother was noticed, the boy jumped onto the older boy's back. "Brother! You're home!" He laughed when his older brother hugged him back. It was only then that he noticed the girl in the room. She was smiling at him and his brother.

"I am Naruto. What is your name?" She asked.

"Sasuke." He shook her hand. They all sat at the table, Naruto between the two boys, while Mikoto continued cooking. They talked about anything and everything.

"Do you go to the Academy, Naruto-chan?" Itachi asked. She nodded.

"Yes; I start classes tomorrow." She informed them.

"Maybe you'll be in the same class as me!" Sasuke said excitingly.

"Dinner is ready!" Mikoto called as she placed the food on the table. They talked all through dinner and late into the night. It was when the two youngest of the group of four started to yawn repeatedly that Mikoto sent Itachi to bring Naruto home. Sasuke refused to be left behind so he went with them. Naruto feel asleep while walking and got a piggy-back ride from Itachi. One they had gotten to her apartment he had to carry a sleeping Sasuke back home.

For the month before the massacre Fugaku gave the two friends a challenge (Due to him not liking Naruto) to see if they could fool all those at the academy into think they weren't friend. Mikoto and Itachi both disliked this but Naruto and Sasuke saw it as a challenge. They fooled everyone. The only ones to know that they were friends were Mikoto, Itachi, Fugaku, Those at Ichiraku's Ramen, and the Hokage. At the academy Naruto acted out and was loud, a mask to protect herself from letting anyone see how much the hate from the villagers affected her. She started pranking people for two reasons. One to get back at those who treat her badly and also as training; she was never caught by the shinobi chasing her. The only time she got caught the Hokage had jokingly mentioned that "Soon she'll be pranking ANBU HQ." She saw it as a challenge and did it. The only reason the Hokage knew it was her was due to him giving her the idea. Other than that it remains a mystery. He was amazed at the fact she managed to find ANBU HQ let alone prank everyone there.

Once they realized that the academy teachers were not teaching Naruto properly Mikoto, Itachi and Sasuke would help her after school. On the weekends Mikoto would teach her and her sons to play instruments and how to dance.

Mikoto soon saw Naruto as an almost daughter and Itachi saw her as a little sister.

While training one day Naruto fell and skinned her knee. Both her and Sasuke were amazed to see it heal in front of their eyes. It was one of the first clues that she revived towards the knowledge of the nine-tails. The other clue was when she met the fox face to face. Let's just say that she was more than a little surprised. But the fox actually liked her so isn't trying to kill her. She is more like an overprotective sister. She even taught Naruto a skill that lets her summon a mini version of her to use as a summon animal, but only with her permission before doing so. 'Ku-chan' can forcefully summon herself if Naruto is in danger. This summon form is about one ninth (For only having one tail) her full power. She only told Sasuke and no one else about her though.

While looking through some old papers the two friends noticed that the top shinobi and worse were always put on the same team when graduation comes. This cracked another plan where Naruto would act like she was no good at anything. The Hokage notice it quickly but he found it amusing and decided to see where it went.

The most important thing that happened was when Naruto was walking home one day from the Uchiha compound; it was her birthday so they had thrown her a party. Knowing that there was at least one angry mob forming on this day she was almost sprinting home. She had assured them that she would be fine and refused anyone to walk her home. If they knew what was going to happen then they never would have let her go by herself. She didn't notice the chunin until he was already behind her. She was knocked to the ground and beaten; she braced herself so that she wasn't getting any bad injuries. She was looking for a chance to run and refused for Kurama to be summoned. When she saw her chance to run was when the chunin pulled out a kunai. As she turned to run he ran the kunai across her face, through her left eye. He didn't get the chance to do anything else because Kurama summoned herself and proceeded to claw and bite the man until Itachi arrived, the chunin didn't get a chance to run and was never seen again. Mikoto had gotten a bad feeling just before this had happened and sent Itachi to go make sure Naruto was okay. He found her and took her to the hospital.

Mikoto and Sasuke would visit her everyday; the latter feeling weak for not being there to help her. It was a few days later that they took off the bandages covering her eye. They were not expecting what they saw. Her eye was not the blue that they expected but the same red as her hair with a slash running through it. Kurama had used a lot of her chakra to start the healing from the moment that the kunai had damaged the eye. The amount caused the eye to take the demonic appearance. Naruto could see with it even if something covered it. So when she got out of the hospital the next day she started to wear a mask over the eye (covering half her face but her full mouth is visible.). The cover story that was told to her classmates was that while training at home she fell into a mirror. Most believed it, except Shikamaru and Hinata. Shikamaru did because he was Shikamaru, what do you expect from the lazy genius. Hinata did because she had seen when Itachi arrived at the scene. Since they felt the need to hide the real cause they both left it alone.

Naruto was walking back to her apartment from the academy; it was late, since she had been training with Sasuke. There was no one out on the streets, which was odd for that part of town. A silent noise caused Naruto to stop and turn back towards the way she had come.

"Something isn't right," Kurama spoke into the young girl's mind. The young girl nodded before running towards the Uchiha compound. What awaited her was shocking. Bodies littered the ground; the whole length of the street.

'What has happened here?'/ "What the hell happened?" the two thought at the same moment. 'Mikoto-san, Itachi-kun…, Sasuke' In her sudden worried state she rushed past the bodies straight to her friends' house. Not bothering to remove her shoes she ran into the house. It was so quiet. Her footsteps were the only sounds until she could hear crying. Locating the room it originated from she burst through the doors. She froze when she saw what was in the room. Sasuke was lying on his stomach, crying, with a wound on his shoulder. In front of him was his parents bloodied bodies. Standing over them was Itachi, his sharingan activated, staring right at her. A kunai flew pass her check, cutting her mask.

"R-run…Run!" Sasuke got up and grabbed her arm as he ran from the room barefoot. "He'll kill us!" Naruto was in shock, she didn't even notice herself being pulled along, Itachi stopping them, telling Sasuke that to become like him he would have to kill his closest friend. The nervous look he shot the girl next to him. She just kept mumbling "W-why…?" in a small voice. It was only when Sasuke dropped to the ground unconscious from a genjutsu that she snapped out of it.

Kurama popped into existences growling at the boy before them. He looked surprised. "Stay away from them!" she yelled. Naruto gave him one last look, enough for him to also knock her unconscious. He then apologized to Kurama, and told her that those two were the two he would never be able to kill. She swore never to tell Naruto about that fact, she was too busy trying to figure out what he meant by that. The man had just killed off the rest of his clan!

It was weeks before Sasuke returned to the academy. Every time Naruto tried to talk to him he would avoid her or ignore her. Not only did she want to make sure he was okay, at this point she doubts that though, but she wanted to show him a place she found not far from the compound. She was starting to get fed-up, so she resorted to following him home. He stopped at the lake where he practiced his fire jutsu and sat at the end of the docks. She waited a while debating whether or not to go up to him yet. She was caught off-guard when he jumped into the lake all of a sudden. She ran down to the end of the dock to make sure he came up.

"Sasuke, what are you doing?" She asked once he finally came up. He didn't say anything, just turned his head away. "You will catch a cold if you stay in the water too long." She stated. He got out of the water and sat down again. "You will still catch a cold if you sit there soaking wet." He growled.

"Why do you care?" She was shocked. She turned her head facing the lake; she sat down next to him.

"Why wouldn't I care, you are my friend." She said.

"Just go away." She couldn't understand what was going on at all.

"Why? Why should I leave you alone when I'm worried about you?" He didn't want to admit to her his real reason he wanted her to leave him alone. His brother's words swam through his mind.

"Didn't you hear what my brother said? You were there!" She blinked at him.

"I do not remember anything he said. From the moment I enter the room with your parents and when you collapsed I remember nothing that anyone said. I was in too much shock." She continued to watch him as he mulled over this new information. "What did he say?" She asked quietly.

"The only way I could ever hope to face him in the future was to get the same eyes as him." When she was still confused he went on. "To get those eyes you… h-have to kill your closest friend." Her eyes widened and she gasped.

"That is why you…." She finally realized what his current behavior meant. The next thing he knew there were small arms wrapped around him in a tight embrace. "It is okay. There has to be other way for you to become strong. I will help you in any way I can." And she would too. He nodded and hugged her back.

"I wanted to show you this place I found." The red haired girl had dragged him towards an abandoned area of the village. "I have not explored the whole place yet, though." In front of them was a large stone door with symbols written all over it.

"How do we get in?" Sasuke asked, a little intimidated by the size of the door.

"Like this." She placed her hand on the door inside a circle of symbols. The door opened and revealed stairs. They walked down them to find a large bare room. "This would be a great place to train." Sasuke was amazed at the sheer size of the place. There were a few doors at the back of the room.

"I wonder who built this place and why they built it." She shrugged her shoulders. She dragged him over to where there was writing on the wall.

"Draw some blood on your thumb and write your name under mine." There were a number of names, but there was too much dust on them to be readable. He did as he was told. "There now you can come whenever you want to."

"Let's go see what is in some of the other rooms." Sasuke said. She nodded and they went to the closest door. Naruto put her hand on the door and it opened. Inside there was an office that looked untouched by age. Scrolls lay on the floor, shelves, and were even piled in the corners. Sasuke left Naruto to look at another room.

A scroll left on the desk almost called out to her. It wasn't a relatively large scroll, but not small either. There was a seal on it that disappeared as soon as one of Naruto's small fingers ran across from it. It appeared to be a letter… addressed to Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto….her? She started to read it. By the end of the letter she was sitting on the ground crying.

Sasuke ran into the room, excited about something he found in one of the other rooms. He stopped as soon as he saw his friend. "Naruto?" Her eyes left the page in front of her and rested on him. "What's wrong?" He ran over to her.

"T-this room…. I-it belonged to my parents." She choked out.

"Your parents? But I thought you didn't know who your parents were." She nodded her head and showed him the letter. He was shocked at the words written on the page. "Are you sure that this is really addressed to you?" She nodded her head and pointed to the second paragraph. It said that only one with the Namikaze-Uzumaki blood could open the scroll.

The 'P.S' at the bottom caused both of them to laugh a little. It read: "Oh, and if you didn't know we were your parents before finding this letter, hit old man Third… or do a nasty prank on him. And if you see Jiraiya hit him even harder. –Your loving parents, Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina"

There were three storage seals at the end of the letter. Naruto opened each of them. The first was a framed picture of her parents. The second was a picture that had the names; Jiraiya, Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, Obito, Rin, and Hiruzen, Third Hokage on the back where the corresponding heads were located. Jiraiya had long white hair and red lines running from his eyes. Kakashi was a teen with silver hair and mask covering his lower face. Obito was a Uchiha with orange goggles, and Rin had shoulder length brown hair and purple marks on her cheeks.

"Your father's team you think, with the Hokage, your mother and this other old guy?" She nodded to him and opened the last seal. A book titled 'Uzumaki Clan History- By Uzumaki Kushina' on the inside cover was a note saying "I figured you would want to know all about your family –Your Mother"

They decided not to tell anyone what they knew about Naruto's parents. The Hokage had gotten a strange feeling telling him to be careful at the same moment the two had read the 'P.S' of the letter. In the end it didn't matter how careful he had been, he still got pranked, the first joint effort of Naruto and Sasuke. It amazed them that it worked. They set up a trip wire in his office to throw a pie at his face then dump him in flour. The jounin and ANBU that were present were surprised as well. He couldn't prove who did it, though he had a very good idea who, so they got off with no punishment.

After their discovery of the underground training grounds they trained there regularly. It made a good hideout for Sasuke when he needed to get away from his fan girls. They were the scariest thing that either of them had ever seen. Naruto trained in fuinjutsu and studied the world history to the point that she had it memorized.

When they were ten Naruto discovered a new ability her left eye had. A gold ring had appeared around it, and when she focused hard enough her right eye obtained the ring too. With it she could understand and memorize seals easily. The more complex the seal the longer she had to study it. She compared it as the sharingan for seals. It worked for seals as the sharingan worked on ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu.

She still acted the fool in class and had the lowest grades. She always had trouble with the clone jutsu, but they soon figured out that she couldn't lower the amount of chakra needed for it low enough not to override the jutsu. Her compromise was to make a very large number of them. It wasn't long until graduation came around.

Sasuke passed easily, but it all went wrong when Naruto went in to do the last part of the exam. She could tell right away that someone had done something to the room. It caused her to lose control over her chakra and her jutsu failed….miserably. Mizuki tried to talk Iruka into letting her pass; she noticed that the anomaly in the room originated from one of Mizuki's pockets; a hidden seal. Iruka said he couldn't pass her since she couldn't do it properly. She acted sad, hiding her distrust. When she left the classroom she caught Sasuke's eye. They had adapted this weird ability to understand what the other was thinking sometimes. When she passed him she put a scroll in his hand, he nodded and passed it to the Hokage as he passed him. On the scroll she had written what she noticed in the exam room. Mizuki had picked her up to talk with her.

When Sasuke had handed the scroll to the Hokage he knew something was up. He knew Naruto's skill level and that he could trust her. "I need to talk to you Iruka."

"Yes Sir."

"Iruka-sensei is a serious person. His parents were killed when he was young and he had to take care of everything himself. "Mizuki told her. Keeping to her act she replied.

"But why does he only pick on me?"

"He probably sees himself in you." She was really wondering what he was getting at. "He wants to see you become strong in the real way." At seeing her sad look, fake look, but he doesn't know that. "Try to understand Iruka's feelings since you also have no parents." Her eyes hardened.

"..But I wished I graduated."

"In that case I'll tell you a secret."

"So what did you want to talk about Hokage-sama?" Iruka asked. "And what is Sasuke doing here?"

"You'll find out in a moment." The window opened and Naruto jumped in. "You never use the door do you?"

"Why would I do that? This is much more fun." Iruka did a double take at her change in speech. Her usual loud and brash voice was instead clam and quiet. What happened to the loud brat that was his student? She went on to explain her chat with Mizuki and what she felt in the exam room.

"So that's his plan." Sasuke said.

"Why would Mizuki do that though?" Iruka asked.

"He wants power, and wants to use me as a scapegoat to get it." She said. Iruka was already surprised about her sudden change, but she was also not an idiot like most thought she was.

"How did you know it was him that use that seal? How do you even know that he used a seal?" He asked, hoping that this was a dream.

"I was also wondering that." The Hokage spoke.

"Her left eye." Sasuke stated. She sighed at the confused looks on the two men's faces. She removed her mask and opened her eye. Iruka had never known that she could use her left eye, so cue another double take.

"I still don't understand…." Then realization dawned on the old man's face. "What is that gold ring?"

"I do not know for sure. None of the books I have read have had anything about it. It allows me to locate, and understand seals and then recreate them." The two shinobi before them were shocked.

"Can you prove that you can indeed do the clone jutsu so that you can graduate?" She nodded and eleven clones were soon standing next to her. Iruka fell, wide eyed. The Hokage laughed and handed her the forehead protector.

"So how are we going to proceed?"Naruto asked.

"I'll give you the scroll, and then I want you to head to the location he told you about then capture him." She nodded and started her way to the scroll room.

"Hokage-sama are you sure this is a good idea? She is only a graduate, and has the lowest marks in the class.

"She will be fine." Sasuke got his attention. "She was holding back. She could easily be on the same level as me if not higher." He started walking out. "I'll follow her just to make sure she is okay." The Hokage nodded.

"I still don't know why Sasuke was here." Iruka mumbled.

"No one knows this but they are actually best friends." Iruka did another double take. This was turning into quiet the day.

"'Never would of guessed…"

"I want you to be the one who finds her, since I have to sound the alarm for a break in. I don't want anyone else to be the one to find her or she may be in more danger. Also, Iruka, I don't want Naruto to find out about 'that' so try to keep Mizuki from saying anything." Iruka nodded and left, meeting with the group of shinobi that were summoned by the alarm.

Naruto arrived at the spot that Mizuki had told her to go. The only thing left to do was wait for his arrival. She eyed the scroll. It had belonged to the Fourth Hokage, her father.

"I don't think it will hurt anyone if you take a peek." Kurama whispered into her mind. Naruto wasn't sure what to do, but her curiosity got the better of her. She flipped open the scroll.

"Kage bushin no Jutsu?" Before she started looking at it she looked over some of the other items inside the scroll. There were some seals that her eye saved into her memory, along with any warnings that went with them. She decided to try the first jutsu. She worked on it until she had mastered it. 'Now how to hide the fact that I was training with all this dirt on me…?' Kurama chuckled then flashed a surge of chakra throughout her host's body, all dirt and signs of exhaustion gone. 'Whoa…..' She could tell that Iruka was starting to get closer, as did Mizuki; well that's who she thought they were anyway.

Mizuki appeared on a branch not far from where she was seated. "Naruto give me the scroll." He demanded. She acted clueless, holding the scroll close to her body. "There's no point in someone like you having it." Iruka arrived as he started talking.

"No don't say anything about that, Mizuki!" He was ignored. Mizuki threw kunai and shuriken at him, creating numerous wounds on his body.

"Twelve years ago… you know about the demon fox being sealed, right?" She nodded. "Since that day a special rule was created for this village." She looked confused. "But this rule was never meant to be told to you" he started laughing. "The rule is that nobody is allowed to talk about the fact that you are the nine tailed demon fox." She didn't know that there was such a rule. Mizuki kept talking "You were sealed up by the Hokage you admire and you have been lied to by everyone!" She started to ignore his ranting as he prepared an attack with the oversize shuriken that were strapped to his back.

"Is that what you really think?" Her soft voice halted his ranting. The Hokage had just started watching with his crystal ball. "I still do not know why people keep thinking that I am the fox." She lowered her head. "The kunai and the scroll…" She muttered. "Are you trying to turn me against the villagers?" She asked innocently. Everyone, minus Sasuke who is hiding behind a nearby tree, is completely confused."That will never work." Kurama was laughing in her cage, amused by the young red head toying with their minds. It was interrupted by Sasuke, though,

"You really like your mind games, don't you?" He deadpanned. He jumped to stand next to his childhood friend. "Mizuki, you are a traitor to the village." Mizuki now saw the trap that had been set for him; his only hope was to fight back. He aimed for the most wounded one there; Iruka. He couldn't move due to a kunai in his leg.

"Kit, I am going to give you a present for graduating." She nodded with a smile and noticed the new accessory on her left arm. The attack on Iruka was deflected by her arm. They all stared at the new metallic orange gauntlet. It covered her hand up to her elbow, the fingers ending in points. She tested it by opening and closing her fist a few times.

"I'll kill someone like you in one shot!" Mizuki cried.

"If you threaten any of my friends ever again, I will kill you" Naruto said in a dark voice. "Hey, Sasuke, mind if I take this fight on my own?" He gave her a bemused look but nodded. She put her hands into what will soon become her signature hand sign. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." A good thousand of Naruto appeared in a puff of smoke.

"Great there are even more of her now…" Sasuke mumbled, only to be kicked by the closest clone.

"I heard that teme!" Within the next minute Mizuki was on the ground a bloody pulp. "I may have gone a little too far."

"Well, it looks like you two completed your first mission. Congratulations. Let's go to Ichiraku's after we report to the Hokage."

"Yes! Ramen!" When it came to ramen she was indeed as loud as she was at the academy.

"Iruka, I feel sorry for your wallet." Sasuke said as he passed them and started walking back to the village. Iruka's shoulders slumped; he knew just how right the dark haired boy was right.

There is the first chapter! I don't think many other chapters will get to be this long though. I don't get many opportunities to write due to computer access, school, and life.

Naruto's kekei genkai is new to the ninja world. She is the first to have it. It was caused by the mixture of the DNA of the Namikaze and Uzumaki. She is also able to use chakra chains, or she will she hasn't perfected them yet.

I need a name for it, too. Any idea?

-Lil