Guardian Lion

Guardian Lion

Intro:

This is my second Naruto story, and no I haven't stopped writing The Blood and The Leaf I just decided to put a second story out. Okay so yeah, I don't own Naruto and this is an AU, it starts six years after Kyuubi attacked Konoha. Some characters are a little OC so yeah, just thought I'd let you know. Oh, and rated T just in case, rating may go up in the future but I'm not sure yet.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the original Naruto characters. I do own Kaze though and well yeah, that's about it for now in this story anyway.

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Fox's and Lion's - Chapter one

...Naruto pov…

It is October 10, a day most the village celebrated. Most of the village but not all. For this is a day Naruto dreads more than any other, today is his birthday and he is running for his life.

"Get back here demon!" yelled the mob chasing him. Yeah right, he thought to himself, running as fast as his six year old body would allow. He had just gone to get some ramen, but before he was two feet from his home they attacked him. What'd I ever do to them? He thought while panting with exertion. He turned into the training ground on his right hoping against hope that someone would be there and be willing to help him.

...unknown person's pov…

It was around noon and a lone figure was using the training ground. For her today only represents loss. Why do they celebrate, are they happy father's dead? The figure questioned herself while pounding the training log in front of her, then she heard them.

"GET BACK HERE DEMON!" rang out and she froze, her eyes hardened and she turned from the log. Only to see a small blond form racing toward her being pursued by the screaming mob.

...regular pov…

Naruto had managed to find someone, now if only they would help him. He looked up and froze, forgetting the crowd behind him. In an instant their eyes meet, both sets of brilliant blue widened, as Naruto looked at the female before him.

She had shaggy blond hair hanging to her shoulders. She wore a black tank top with flames at the bottom and sleeves. Around her neck she wore a Konoha headband, a short dark golden skirt wrapped around her waist. Under which a pair of black shorts rested. But what made his eyes widen was what her hair framed. She had his eyes, or at least the same shade of bright blue. And she too had the odd whisker marks that he did, but instead of his six she had eight (four on each side instead of three). His mouth hung open in shock, barley catching her whisper. "They told me you were dead," before she rushed around him shielding his smaller form with her own.

The mob came to a sudden halt at this newcomer's action.

"Get out of the way little girl." "Yeah, we got a demon to kill!" they yelled. Her eyes were cold enough to freeze hell over when she spoke in a deadly calm voice.

"You even think about laying a hand on my Onii-chan, and I'll show you what a real demon acts like." The crowd gasped in shock at her and took an involuntary step back.

All of a sudden a group of ANBU appeared along with a very strange looking man… "You have broken the law and as such are under arrest," the ANBU captain said as they rounded up the group, ignoring their remarks of "doing you a favor," and "just let us at him, no one will know."

"Enough," yelled the man with the sword on his back (aka strange man). "Get them out of here," he said to the ANBU, who did just that.

"Thank you, Zabuza-sensei," said the girl.

"Who are you, and why did you call me Onii-chan?" said Naruto looking up at the girl with a curious face. She looked at him with regret in her eyes before sighing and saying.

"Because you are my Onii-chan."

"WHAT?!" he said in shock. "But… where have you been?" he said on the verge of tears.

"I'm sorry, I have been… away for awhile, when I got back they told me you were dead," she said with sorrow on her face.

"WHERE WERE YOU?!" he shouted, now openly crying.

"You're not ready for that yet, but when you are ready I'll tell you," she said with more maturity then a ten year old should have. She kneeled down and wrapped her arms around his smaller form. "Kaze," she said quietly.

"What?" he questioned in confusion.

"My name, its Kaze," she said giving him a small smile. He stopped crying and looked at her before a foxy grin appeared on his face and he yelled.

"I'm Uzamaki Naruto, and I'm going to be Hokage one day!"

"Uzamaki? Well then from this day on I am Uzamaki Kaze," replied Kaze.

"But I thought you were my sister already?" questioned a thoroughly confused Naruto.

"I am but I have not used a last name of any sort in… a long time." she said, smiling at him.

"Why?" the ever queries Naruto asked.

"It's a story for another time," she replied.

"Kaze-chan, we should go see the Hokage," said Zabuza, looking at the young genin.

"Right, Naruto-kun this is Zabuza-sensei, my teacher." Kaze said introducing Naruto to the sword wilding man.

"Hello Zabuza-san, I'm Uzamaki Naruto and I'm going to be Hokage one day!" said Naruto, pumping his fist into the air.

"Nice to meet you Naruto," replied Zabuza, smirking at the child before leading the duo to the Hokage tower.

…Hokage tower…

Before waiting for the secretary to answer their request for a meeting with the Hokage, Kaze marched straight into the Hokage's office looking quite… angry (understatement of the year). "Why was I lied to?!" she demanded of him in a deadly cold voice.

"Kaze, I have no idea what you are talking about, but you are interrupting a council meeting," replied the Hokage.

"I believe she is talking about Naruto here," said Zabuza as he and Naruto entered.

"Hay Ojii-san!" said Naruto before he frowned and decided to ask the question on his mind. "Ojii-san, why didn't you tell me I had a Onee-chan?" The Hokage looked back and forth between brother and sister, a big smile forming on his face.

"I told you they would find each other, now you must stick to our agreement and give them their family home," he said, smirking at the council members who were looking less than pleased. "Oh and you can go now, I need to talk with these two," he added showing the council out of his office.

"Explain!" yelled Kaze after they had all left. With a sigh the old Hokage did just that.

"When you returned Kaze-chan I wanted to tell you of Naruto-kun, and give you both your heritage. The council didn't like that idea one bit, saying that neither of you deserved such a thing. They even went so far as to try and discredit who your parents are. So we made a wager, if the two of you could find each other and recognize each other then you would be given your inheritance. It was difficult to convince the council to go along with this, but in the end it seems to have worked out well."

Kaze had a thoughtful look on her face before she asked in a whisper. "If he's alive… is she?"

"Yes and no, Kaze-chan it's complicated." The Hokage replied causing her eyes to light up and she spoke in a rush.

"I don't care, she's my best friend and I think of her as my sister, where is she?!"

"We have another sister?" questioned Naruto. Before the Hokage could answer Kaze spoke up.

"Naruto-kun I didn't know if she was alive or not so I was going to wait to tell you of her, but… you deserve to know." And so, with a calming breath, Kaze began her story.

"To understand how we meet, you must understand what we are. We are very unique, the two of us. We are a mix of two things that rarely come together peacefully. Naruto-kun, our mother was an angel," Naruto stared at her in disbelief.

"Our Otou-san grew up on the outskirts of Konoha, and he met Okaa-san when she was traveling to a peace conference with the fire dynamo. He was a lion demon and for generations his family had been the guardians of Konoha, and he fell in love with her the first time he laid eyes on her." Kaze continued causing Naruto to gap at her like a fish.

"Soon he found that she returned his feelings and they married. Not long after he became the fourth Hokage Okaa-san became pregnant with you, that is how we came to be… we are half lion demon and half angel." Kaze finished.

"So I am a demon," said Naruto, looking stricken.

"Technically only half, but Naruto-kun, not all demons are evil you know. My best friend isn't… or she wasn't anyway, and she's a full fledged demon," Kaze said reassuring him.

"Wait, the fourth is our father?!" Naruto exclaimed. Kaze smiled and nodded before continuing her story.

"When I was young I was restless. We lived inside Konoha and, as a young demon, I felt the right to run through the forests. I would always slip away from my watchers into the forests around the village. I never thought of the dangers in it for a lone four year old girl… even a half demon one. When I met her it only strengthened my sense of security when in the forest." Kaze said stoping to take a breath.

"One day while walking through the woods, I came across a girl my age. She had long red hair and serine green eyes. On top of her head a pair of fuzzy red ears were perched, and behind her nine red tails swayed in the wind. We soon became best friends and went on to look at each other as sisters. That is when I learned why Okaa-san always scolded me when I would sneak out alone. I was on my way to play with her when a strange man attacked me. It was only later that I would learn he was Orochimaru, and a betrayer of Konoha." Kaze said an edge to her voice.

"He quickly overpowered me and ran off in the direction of Konoha with me. My friend must have gotten worried when I didn't come and went looking for me, she must have discovered some of the blood I shed in my struggle and followed it to Konoha where she… well, lost it. She attacked the only thing she could… Konoha, in her full demon form. My best friend… Kyuubi no Kitsune." At this Naruto looked quite shocked. "On that day Otou-san was forced to fight her to protect the village, and they tell me Okaa-san died of a broken heart after having you." Kaze said finishing.

At this point the Hokage spoke up. "I suppose I should tell you the true story to Kyuubi's defeat." he said, looking at Naruto. "I had planned to wait until you were older Naruto-kun, but I think you need to know. On that day the fourth was unable to hurt Kyuubi, knowing how close she and Kaze-chan were. However, he could not allow her to destroy the village and chose instead to seal her. Knowing that she would look on you, Naruto-kun, as a Onii-chan he gave his soul to seal her inside of you."

"I have her in me?!" said Naruto, looking at his belly.

"Hai" said the Hokage, looking at Naruto.

Kaze seemed to be lost in thought before she said, "Even though she's sealed she's alive, and I know she'll always be there for Naruto-kun when I'm not able to, but still I wish I were strong enough to do the heavenly seal reversal." She sighed before continuing "Oh well, we'll just have to wait a couple of years… are you okay with that Naruto-kun?"

Naruto thought about it for a while before answering. "Since it wasn't her fault, I guess it's okay."

"Yeah we're going after that teme Orochimaru first chance I get and take out his black heart before he can hurt anyone else," said Kaze with a sinister look in her eyes that promised retribution for the snake bastard.

End:

Okay so yeah, you probably have some questions… like how Zabuza wound up as Kaze's teacher… well you'll just have to wait and find out -. In this story you enter the Academy at ten and graduate at fourteen, ya' see I never got how Naruto failed three (or was it two?) times yet still graduated with his age group. And yes, Kaze and Kyuubi are the same age, how did Kyuubi get so large, well you see she's a full blooded demon and even a young demon is deadly, Konoha should just be happy she was only four at the time. Other aspects will be revealed later, but if you have questions feel free to ask them I'll answer them as best I can without giving away the plot line.

p.s. I had to change some info here due to my blunders – Kaze is only an honorary Konoha shinobi who still has to attend the academy eventually…

Translations (now alphabetized for your convenience):

Hai – means yes

Kaze - wind

Ojii-san – means grandpa or old man

Okaa-san – means mother or mom

Onee-chan-okay so yeah I know it means sister… thanks to amin1-2-3 for correcting my spelling.

Onii-chan – means brother

Otou-san – means father or dad

Teme – means basturd

…did I forget some?

Okay parings aren't going to happen any time soon, but I still want to know who you want with who. Okay so yeah, there will be three small harems in this one. One for Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara. Don't worry they will only have three apiece, what I need to know is who should be with who? Only these girls are options as I want to keep them in some sort of age group: VOTING OVER!

Ino

Sakura

Hinata

Kyuubi

Ayumi

Kaze

Female Haku

Ten Ten

Temari

Stipulations-Temari can't be in Gaara's and Kaze and Kyuubi can't be in Naruto's because they are or think of him as a brother. 'Kay let me know what you want, oh and feel free to use abbreviations.

From my beta Ataraninja: yeah good call on that last one. U were serious when u said there were ways to put a female Haku in there on the first story lol. And as for that age group thingy with Naruto, I HAVE NO IDEA! Yeah but I just go with the show u kno.(haa u get it instead of go with the flow its go with the show, cuz it's a show and it…….)

Ok yeah lame joke, :(.

BB2: ;giggles; This is a very unique one, I really like it, sorry it took so long for me to read this, I'm a bad beta. ;fox grin; Loves it!!

I want Gaara! Can I have him??

HNN: ….NEVER! 'raises fist into air' GAARA IS MINE ALONE! 'laughs evilly'….but perhaps we can share -