An eighteen year old girl sat in the middle of an empty field. She watched as the sun slowly began to set.

"Akane!" A voiced shouted from behind her. She turned and saw her friend Sora.

"Hey Sora. What's up?"

"I thought you disappeared. Don't scare me again."

"It's not like I did it on purpose. You know how much I enjoy watching the sun set and rise. You know where to find me."

Sora shook his head and sat next to her. They watched the sun until it completely disappeared. Akane got up and stretched.

"Wow. My leg are killing me."

The silver haired boy stood up and cracked his back. "That felt good."

Suddenly a black portal appeared next to the friends. Sora grabbed Akane's hand and tried to run away from the mysterious portal but they couldn't go very far. Something reached out the portal and wrapped around Akane's ankle.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

"Akane!"

She was slowly being dragged through the portal. "Sora let me go. You get dragged in too."

"I won't let you go alone." A shadow wrapped around Sora's waist. He hugged Akane tightly as they both fell through the portal screaming.

...

A blond haired boy was running through a village. Behind him was a mass of people carrying anything they could find. 'Why me? Why do they want to hurt me?' Tears fell down the boy's face. The crowd cornered the whiskered boy in a dead end ally. They proceeded to beat the boy. Craving words in his skin. Throwing several jutsus at him. A drunk man walked up to the child and poured alcohol on his wounds. The child cried out in pain. 'Why?' The only thought on the boy's mind. Everything soon faded to darkness.

The blond opened his eyes and found himself in a sewer. "Where am I?" He got up and started to walk down a hall. He soon stood in front of a large cage. "Is someone in there?" The whiskered boy heard something move and a large opened. The child fell onto his bottom.

"My jailer finally comes to meet me." The creature's voice boomed.

"W-Who are you?"

"Hm." The creature moved into the light. The boy gasped realizing what or rather who was in front of him.

"I don't understand. The Fourth Hokage killed you."

"Is that what they tell the children? No child I was not killed. I was sealed away."

"Sealed in me." The blond said in a low voice. "But why me?"

"They never told you? Do you not know who your parents are little one?"

He shook his head. The Kitsune sighed. "Shall I tell you?"

"Please!"

"I see. Your mother's name was Kushina Uzumaki. A hot headed ninja." The beast made an image of his mother appear.

"She's pretty."

"Your father was one of the bravest and selfless man I've seen. He sacrificed himself to save the entire village. Without him the village would not be here today. However the village did not respect his last wish."

"What was his wish Mr. Fox?"

"His wish was for you to be treated as hero for the burden that was placed upon you."

"What was his name?"

"Your father's name was Minato Namikaze."

The blond's jaw nearly dropped. He was the son of the Fourth Hokage yet the villagers treated him like unwanted space.

"I take it then that the villagers don't know my relation to the Fourth Hokage." The child sighed. "What is your name Mr. Fox?"

"What makes you think I have a name?"

"You are a living being right. Everyone has a name." The fox boy stared at his feet. The beast let out a chuckle.

"Yes I do have a name. You are the first one to ask me. My name is Kurama."

"Nice to meet you Mr. Kurama."

The boy began to fade. "What's happening?!"

"You are waking up. Don't worry we can meet again Naruto. Now do not tell anyone you spoke to me."

...

Sora and Akane landed on grassy ground. "Ow." They got up, looked at each other and screamed.

"Why do you look like a six year old?!" They both yelled at the same time. "What?!"

Akane was a look smaller. Her hair was in a ponytail now down to her butt. She had a blue bow in her hair and her usual brown eyes were now blue. Sora was still taller than Akane. His usual purple eyes were now red and his hair looked like it couldn't be tamed. (See image below)

They dusted the dirt off their clothes. "Where are we?" Sora shrugged and grabbed her hand. The two friends wandered in a random direction. "Look Sora! A village gate." She ran faster dragging poor Sora behind her.

"Hold it right there." A voice boomed.

They looked up and saw two men standing at the entrance. "Where are your parents kids?"

"We don't have any. We ran away from a evil man. He wanted to make us his personal soldiers." Sora lied thinking back to the incident from a few years ago.

The two chunin looked at each other for a it. "I'll take you to the Hokage." The older of the two held out his hand for the children to grab but Sora pushed Akane behind him and glared at the stranger.

"My name is Izumo Kamizuki. I mean you no harm."

"Sora."

The silver haired boy took Izumo's hand and Akane's. The chunin lead the two friends to Hokage tower. He knocked on the door.

"Come in."

"Sir I found these two at the gate."

The Hokage looked at the children. "You may leave Izumo." With that the eternal chunin left.

"Are you the leader of this place?"

Akane elbowed Sora for being rude. He rubbed his side while the Hokage chuckled. "Yes I am. What are your names?"

"The rude sliverette over there is Sora Kato and my name is Akane Hiromastu."

The Hokage raised an eyebrow. 'I thought the Kato clan died out a long time ago. Interesting.' "Would you two like to join my village and serve as shinobi of the Leaf?"

Red met blue eyes as they stared at each other for a while. "Yes we would like to join the village sir. Thank you for helping us."

"Now you said you don't have any parents so why don't we-"

"NO!"

"Sora that was rude. Let him finish."

"No he's gonna place us in the orphanage. I refuse to go back there."

"Sora you are too young to live by yourself without a guardian."

"What if they live with me?"

The two friends turned and saw a masked man with gray gravity defying hair.

"Are you sure Inu?"

He nodded. The Hokage sighed. "Demask Inu."

Inu removed his mask and reveal another face mask underneath.

"Kakashi if you are sure about this, sign these."

Kakashi signed the papers to adopt the two friends and then handed them back to the Hokage.

"Kakashi I am giving you an two month leave of you duties."

"Hai Sandaime-sama. Follow me."

The masked jonin led the two 'children' to his apartment. He let them inside and sat in the living room. The kids sat across from him on the opposite couch. "Should we do introductions?"

"Before that, why did you take us in? You don't even know us?"

"I was like you once. I refused to go to the orphanage when my father died."

"Oh sorry I asked. Anyway I guess I'll start. My name is Sora Kato. My favorite color is purple and I love sushi. Akane is my best friend and I like to draw during my free time. I have no dreams for the future."

"My name is Akane Hiromastu. Sora is my best friend since we were born. My favorite color is red and I love BBQ. Well food in general. I like to build things when I'm bored and I want to be a strong ninja."

"My name is Kakashi Hakate. I have a few likes and dislikes. I have a few hobbies and as for my dream..."

The two friends sweatdropped. 'All he said was his name.'

...

Naruto woke up in a hospital room. 'Again.' He saw his jiji standing near his bed.

"Oji-san!"

"Naruto I'm so sorry."

There was silence. "Why do they do this to me jiji? I've never hurt anyone. Why!" Tears fell down Naruto's face. The old Hokage hugged the young boy. "Can I leave?"

"Seeing that your injuries are healed I don't see why not."

The blond removed the needle from his arm and got the bed. The hokage passed him some clothes which he quickly changed into. The two of them walked out the hospital and towards Naruto's apartment which was set up for him a couple of months back when he was kicked out of the orphanage.

"Goodnight Naruto."

"Night Jiji!"

Naruto walked into his trashed apartment. 'Nothing ever changes.'

You have me know kit.

"How are you talking to me?"

Don't speak out loud. People will think you are crazy. Just think your reply and I will heard it.

Like this?

Yes. When are you joining the academy?

Tomorrow I'll ask the Hokage if I can join.

You are very smart for a five year old. Did you swallow a dictionary?

Funny Kurama-san. Very funny.

I thought it was. I'll train you in your mindscape when you sleep. However I suggest you aim for deadlast when you are in academy.

Why?

Think about it. How would the villagers react when they find out their 'demon brat' is actually really smart?

They would beat me a lot more. I understand Kurama-san. Can we start tomorrow night?

Of course kit. I'll guard you while you are sleeping.

You are a lot nicer than they say. You are not a cruel mindless beast. Thank you Kurama-san. Can you be my first friend?

Ok I'll be your friend kit. Now sleep.

Naruto yawned and stalked to his bedroom. He cleaned up a bit before changing into his pajamas. The blond crawled into bed and closed his eyes.

Did you like it? I'm going to try and keep all the chapters this long or longer. If anyone is confused, both Sora and Akane are eighteen. However when they fell through the portal their bodies shrunk to the size of a six year old. So their physical age is six but their mental age is eighteen. Also Naruto is five years old. So a year younger than Sora and Akane but they will be in the same class at the academy. If you like it, don't forget to vote and comment.

Til next time,
●SHADOW OUT●