So, this is my first time writing a Fanfiction… Please take care of me and sorry for my English, it's not my native.

Summary:

Naruto grew up in another village, a non-ninja village, where team Kakashi is coincidently having a mission.

Edited: 13th of August, 2013

Beta: Blackrazgriz


Chapter 1

Walking down the streets, a twelve-year old boy with blonde, spiky hair, plain jeans and shirt was carrying a basket full of fruits. He stopped at a little watermelon stand and stared at some of them. They looked good to him.

"Ah, Naruto-kun, can I offer you a watermelon?" the kind man at the stand asked the little boy, who was now identified as Naruto.

He smiled brightly. "Of course! Tonight I am going to help out at the academy; the parents are coming for a visit and we want to have some refreshments and fruits available for them."

"Well, I'll be there tonight; my youngest son wants me to see what he has done, so I'll be closing early today," the man said as he began looking for a great watermelon to give to Naruto. "By the way, did you hear about hear recent thieving going around in the village?"

Naruto shook his head in the negative. "I haven't heard about that, no. Is it serious?" he asked.

The man nodded. "Indeed, some gold have been stolen from the feudal lord," he said. "There has been a request sent to some Leaf ninja. They'll be here today. They asked me to take them in and be their guide, but I also have that parent night at the academy and so do you. I'm thinking of inviting them."

Naruto nodded. "You could do that. The more the merrier. Besides, since some of the students are orphans, we still have lots of room for some extra."

"Right, you just moved out of the orphanage. How is it living alone?" the man asked.

"It's actually fun, but I hate doing all the chores," Naruto whined.

The man laughed loudly. "Well, you'll just have to deal with that. I offered you to move in with us, but you refused, saying that you didn't want to bother us," the man said. "Anyways, here is your watermelon. Come visit my house any time, Taiga could really use company, with his broken leg and all."

Naruto chuckled nervously. "Ehehe… sorry about that. I tried talking him out of trying to be a ninja and jumping from tree to tree."

"Don't worry about that, my son is just an idiot like that." the man said.

"Yeah, sorry, he really is," Naruto agreed. "Well anyways, I have to go now, I can't be late. See you later tonight, Nakamaru-san!"

*o*o*o*

And with that, Naruto ran off to the academy, where he had to pass by the village's gates. He stopped as he looked at the three walking people outside the village. That must be the ninja Nakamaru-san was talking about, he thought.

"Kakashi-sensei," a girl with pink hair said, loudly, "There is a boy there; we could ask him to find the place we're looking for."

The tall man with silver hair nodded. "We could. He also seems to have spotted us. Wave kids!" he said as he waved to Naruto.

Naruto stared at the three ninjas, who were now standing in front of him. Real ninja, I've never seen one up-close before, Naruto thought.

"Hello," Kakashi said. "We're looking for a Nakamaru Kota-san."

Naruto nodded. "He's the owner of a watermelon stand, not so far away. I was just there, so he's still open."

The boy with spiky black hair stared at Naruto. "You look our age," he simply said.

"Um, I'm twelve…" he muttered. Naruto couldn't help but being a bit shy about this. He had never talked to people from another village before. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, a friend of Nakamaru-san and his family."

"I'm Hatake Kakashi," the silver-haired guy said. "I'm the sensei of these two people. The pink-haired one is Haruno Sakura and the black-haired is Uchiha Sasuke."

"Nice to meet you all. I have to get these things to the academy fast, so I can't show you to Nakamaru-san, sorry," he said.

"Ah, we could help out," Sakura suggested. "We arrived early, so we're in no rush, right sensei?"

Kakashi nodded. "You seem to be holding a lot of things, Naruto-kun. Let me take this basket."

"A-Ah, it's alright, you don't have to," Naruto said politely. "I'm pretty strong, despite my untrained body."

"Just let us ninja do the job, Naruto-kun," Kakashi said as he took the watermelon out of Naruto's hands. "This is such a small village! It's like a quarter of the Leaf village!"

"Um-"

"Sensei, you shouldn't insult the village like that!" Sakura scolded. "Maybe it's a sensitive subject towards one of the villagers!"

"Ah, no-"

"Sakura~" Kakashi sang, "you just indirectly agreed with me."

"No really-"

"Stop talking about it," Sasuke said. "It's obvious that this guy isn't from this village."

"How is that obvious, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke sighed. "By his name, Uzumaki. We learned about that name in the academy," he said as if that was the most basic information in the world. "The Uzumaki clan are supposed to be seal masters."

"But this guy looks nothing like a ninja, look at his arms, they're too thin!" Sakura said. "Even thinner than mine."

"Um, it's true that I'm not from here, but I don't know where I'm really from," Naruto interfered.

"Mah, mah, Sakura you shouldn't be jealous of his thin and formed arms," Kakashi teased.

"What did you just say, sensei?!" she yelled as she punched him, causing him to drop the watermelon.

Naruto paled. That was the watermelon to the academy. 'I bought it with their money,' he thought. "The watermelon…"

"Sorry, Naruto-kun," Kakashi apologized, "Sakura has always had anger managements problems. It's like every day is that time of the month with her."

"Sensei!" Sakura yelled, embarrassed. "I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, I'll buy a new watermelon for you."

"It was for the academy, so don't worry about it," he said. "I'll just go buy a new one, myself. I could show you to Nakamaru-san at the same time."

"I'll pay," she said. "You can't refuse; it was my fault that you dropped the watermelon."

"Which means, that I'll have to pay for her," Kakashi said with a finishing sigh.

*o*o*o*

"Ah, Naruto-kun," Kota said. "You're already back, huh? Oh, and you've brought ninja with you, huh?"

Naruto laughed, nervously. "Y-You see, I kind of stumbled upon them…"

"Let me guess," he said, "you lost the watermelon?"

Naruto sighed. "Um…"

"I know you've always had weak arms, but seriously…" Kota complained.

"S-Sorry…" he muttered.

"No!" Sakura exclaimed. "It was my fault, I'm sorry!"

"Haruno-san, it's alright, he isn't mad at me," Naruto said.

Kota laughed. "Don't mind, don't mind," he said. "Well then, I'll be closing for the day. Naruto-kun, feel free to pick any watermelon and come back to our place, alright? You can go after an hour!"

And so, Naruto agreed and the four of them took their leave to the Nakamaru residence.

*o*o*o*

"Oi, you," a boy with black hair and bright red eyes yelled. "You never visited me after the accident, you bastard!"

"Sorry, Tai-chan," Naruto muttered, as Team Kakashi and himself, were seated around the warm, warm kotatsu.

"Sorry my ass!" Taiga yelled. "You're not the least sorry, you're amused by this! Now, introduce me, you bastard!"

Naruto laughed shortly. "This is Hatake Kakashi-san, the leader of the team, and these are his two students, Uchiha Sasuke-kun and Haruno Sakura-san."

"Sakura-san, ne?" he muttered with a smug smile. "I am Nakamaru Taiga; you can all call me Tai-chan!"

Sakura bowed, politely, to him. "Please take care of us," she said.

Kakashi stared at Taiga's leg. "What happened, Tai-chan?"

"I fell from a tree," he answered plainly. "This guy is at fault," he pointed at Naruto, "If he hadn't suddenly ran up a tree and then jump from there to the roof of the academy, then I would've been fine, but no~! A cat is more important than me!"

Naruto sighed. "You shouldn't imitate me!"

"But you were bragging, as if you were a ninja!"

"I was trying to help the cat!"

"By acting like a ninja?! How come you even ran up the tree?!"

Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke perked up again. "You ran up?" Kakashi asked, with his one eye, wide.

Naruto began trembling under their stare. "Y-Y…" he coughed, "yes…"

"Like, without your hands?" Sakura questioned.

He nodded.

Sasuke muttered: "Sharingan," and two red orbs came into sight, with one black tomoe on one and two on the other. Red met blue, which soon turned to black for Naruto.

"You really think this is the right thing to do?" A person asked.

"It's better for him here, than that village," Another answered.

"If the village finds out that the Uchiha's helped the host, they'll think we're plotting something."

"He's a child!" the person yelled. "We can't leave his legacy in that town, only to get beaten up every minute of the day!"

The two of them ran through the forest as if their lives depended on it, with a little child in their hands. After some distance travelled, they stopped outside a small village. "This is where we'll leave him, Shisui?" The person, beside the one who was carrying the child, asked.

"This is better and calmer for him," Shisui answered. "Now, we'll put him here…" He put the child down in front of the entrance to the village, managing to wake him up at the same time. "Ah, Naruto you're awake," he said and put his thumb on his forehead. "I'm sorry, but you'll have to forget all about Konoha."

The black went away, and Naruto jumped up in shock, whilst Sasuke deactivated his Sharingan. Naruto looked at Taiga and bowed slightly. "Sorry, Tai-chan, I have to get to the academy now, bye!" and off Naruto went in a hurry with all the groceries and the newly bought watermelon.

"That bastard," Taiga muttered. "But hey, Sasuke-kun, you have some awesome eyes you know! I've never seen Naru-pyon like that!"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Naru-pyon?"

He nodded. "Everyone our age calls him that, you know because animals love him!" Taiga laughed, "But he's still a mystery for everyone, since he came to this village. I was the one who found him! He was beaten up at the entrance to the village, and was cold from top to toe! I found him in the morning, on the way to dad's work, and then suddenly, BAM! A five-year old sat there, half dead!"

Kakashi perked up. "He was found, huh?" As he suspected, Naruto really is the Jinchuuriki.

Taiga nodded, yet again. "When he woke up, three days later, he couldn't remember anything but his name and some blurry images of him being beaten up by some unknown people. And then, when he was asleep, he kept on muttering Uchiwa, you know the fan."

(A/N: Uchiha comes from the word Uchiwa, which means fan, which also hints to the Uchiha clan symbol. Nice played, Kishi-sensei.)

"Uchiwa," Sasuke muttered in wonder, "have you found out where he was from?"

"Nope," Taiga answered immediately, whilst shaking his head, no. "But I see the potential of a ninja in him! You should be able to it too, sensei!"

Kakashi nodded. "Trust me; with what I've heard about already, there is no doubt that I have a suspicion for where he is from, and why you see a potential ninja in him."

Taiga blinked in wonder. "What, how come you've figured out where he is from?"

He gave an eye-smile. "Sasuke-kun already explained earlier, that Uzumaki is a clan name, which consists of seal masters. Although, Uzushiogakure, which is where the Uzumaki's are from, has already been destroyed, causing the worldwide Uzumaki diaspora. It's rare to actually see one, now-a-days."

"So he is a survivor from Uzushiogakure?" Taiga questioned.

Kakashi shook his head. "That incident happened before even I was born," Kakashi said. "But let me ask you something. Naruto-kun is an orphan, but how did he live here?"

"Ah, when we found him, we sent him to the orphanage where he got to go to the academy," Taiga answered. "Of course all the kids out there liked him, still does mind you, but I am his best friend! He lives alone right now, but my parents consider him as their own child, so he often eats here. Well, he hasn't exactly visited after the accident…"

They were silent for a few moments, until Kakashi spoke again. "Well, we better get ready for our mission, right?"

"Naru-pyon!" a little boy, with black hair and bright red eyes, called out. He was an exact copy of Taiga, just a bit younger.

"Ah, Yuuki-kun," Naruto greeted as the younger version of Taiga, who came and took some of the heavy groceries out of his hands. "Thank you."

"So, did you just walk out of my house?" he asked.

Naruto nodded. "Your older brother is mad at me…"

"Tai-nii-chan is?" Yuuki questioned. "Ignore that idiot, he isn't worth it."

"Ah, Yuu-chan, you shouldn't call your brother such names," he scolded.

Yuuki laughed. "Like you care, you said it last week!"

I'm such a bad role model, Naruto thought. "Anyways, chance the topic, you're helping out at the academy today, too, Yuuki-kun?"

He nodded, eagerly. "Yes, it'll be awesome! I've heard the ninjas are going to show up, too! It'll be so cool to hear an actual ninja story! I hate legends. They're so boring!"

Naruto laughed. "Though, I really like the one with the fourth Hokage of Konohagakure. The one where he defeats the Kyuubi. I always wonder how he did it."