Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

AN: I wasn't sure what age to make Naruto but I came up with this.

Sasuke: 20 years old

Naruto:18 years old

Chapter 1

Someone was being very rude and trying to wake him up. He ignored it for as long as he could before he turned over to see Anko, a neko, looking at him expectingly.

"What, Anko?" Naruto grumbled.

"You need to get up, Tsunade wants to talk to you about something."

"Can't it wait 'til later?" Naruto asked turning over and snuggling back into his blankets, covering his fox ears with the blanket.

"No it can't, I'm not getting in trouble because of you!" Anko says as she pulls the blanket of the blonde haired male.

Naruto just gave up and decided it would be easier if he just went with Anko while he was still unharmed.

When they arrived, Naruto noticed that Tsunade was all business, which was never good for him.

Tsunade was an older blonde woman who didn't look her age, she and her husband were the only humans Naruto had ever met, everyone else he'd met was some kind of animal.

"I didn't do it this time, I swear!" Naruto shouted.

Not looking amused, Tsunade looked up from her paper work only to excuse Anko and her other guests. After their guests left Tsunade took her time putting away her paper work before acknowledging Naruto.

"Have a seat Naruto." Naruto plopped down across from Tsunade, knowing it was serious for Tsunade to actually use his name.

"Naruto, I won't beat around the bush, so I'll just get on with it. You have to leave here and go live in Konoha."

Naruto registered what Tsunade said but it didn't make since. "Why? Did i do something that bad? Is there not enough funding for me? I could get a job! I could..I could..." Naruto stopped rambling to think, his tail beating against the floor behind him and Tsunade used this time to intervene.

"There is definitely enough funding for you Naruto and you haven't done anything wrong. The administration just thinks that you are becoming to comfortable here and want to send you to Konoha to let you experience things beyond the walls of this orphanage." Tsunade finished her speech and the more Naruto went over it in his head, the more it sounded like they didn't want him anymore. Well he didn't want to be anywhere he wasn't wanted, he guessed he'd just have to suck it up and move.

Heaving a sigh Naruto responded to Tsunade. "That's fine Tsunade I guess I'll just go get my things ready. When am I leaving?"

"Around noon tomorrow. The man you will be living with and watched over by will be here to pick you up, and Naruto do be nice to him, he's a precious friend and hasn't lived an easy life."

With that said Naruto left for his room to start packing.

Naruto was already done stuffing things into one bag and only had one more to pack when Anko showed up to his room.

"Go away. You guys don't want me here." Naruto grumbled, hoping he didn't sound as pitiful as he felt.

He heard noises behind him and turned just in time to see a shoe flying right for his face, smack, he really didn't understand why Anko was mean to him. "What was that for?!" He asked rubbing his sore face.

"That was for feeling sorry for yourself. I'd love to get out of here and explore." Anko replied looking out his window rather than at him. Her cat tail seeming to droop behind her.

"Yeah right, and miss seeing Kurenai everyday?" Naruto asked a rhetorical question and Anko didn't respond. "When are you going to ask her out on a date anyway?" Naruto asked not seeing the expression Anko made at the window.

"Well?" He asked again. Anko sighed, "Look kid, it's way more complicated than that."

Naruto didn't understand that, relationships always seemed easy when he read about them. "Not really. You ask someone out and if they like you, they say yes. And since Kurenai likes you I don't understand why you won't ask her out." Naruto voiced his opinion about the weird attraction between the two women.

"Just finish your packing so I can kick you out of here tomorrow." Anko said half joking and half wanting to change the subject.

It was almost time for dinner when Naruto was done packing. All Naruto could think about through dinner was that when he next saw Anko he hoped that Kurenai and she would be in a happy relationship.

Naruto was heading downstairs to meet Tsunade's friend at exactly 11:58. He'd already decided that there would be no procrastinating, he would go down there head held high and say goodbye to everyone before leaving.

Things usually don't go as planned though, once Naruto made it to the front entrance of the house every staff member he was friends with was there to say goodbye to him. Naruto was fine though until they started hugging him.

"No more hugs!" He blubbered whipping away the tears as fast as they came. After another good ten minutes of tears and hugs, Tsunade escorted Naruto out to meet her friend.

Naruto took in the mans appearance. The man had brown hair, put into a ponytail, he was in ninja uniform, which Naruto found interesting, and he had a scar on his nose, but even with that Naruto could clearly see the man was attractive, if anything the scar added something beautiful to the mans face. This man also appeared to be a white wolf.

"Naruto this is Iruka. Iruka this is Naruto. I want you to take care of each other." Tsunade said. She looked at Naruto, "And you be on your best behavior." Tsunade said in no nonsense tone.

Naruto ignored her heavy stare and acknowledged Iruka, "Nice to meet you Iruka." He stated politely.

Iruka smiled at Naruto, making Naruto feel a lot better about being sent off with a stranger. "Nice to meet you too Naruto. You have very pretty ears."

Naruto blushed under the compliment, before puffing out his chest "Thanks. I groom them myself. I like your ears too! Are you a wolf?"

Iruka chuckled, "Yes I'm a white wolf. And thank you for the compliment."

Naruto beamed at Iruka, he was nice and good looking. Iruka sort of reminded Naruto of the men in his romance novels, he wondered if Iruka was in a relationship.

"Alright boys. I'm glad you are getting along but it's time for you to get going, you don't need to be late." Tsunade said.

Iruka picked up one of Naruto's bags, while Naruto picked up the other and they were on their way.

Naruto looked back after so long to see Tsunade and Anko watching him go. He waved to them and they waved back, after that Naruto didn't look back again.

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Anko and Tsunade looked on as Naruto and Iruka left the only home Naruto ever knew.

"It's a shame that kid has to leave, I was fond of him." Anko said to Tsunade.

"Yeah it is... I just feel bad for letting him go into everything blindly." Tsunade responded as they watched Naruto and Iruka's forms get smaller and smaller.

"You know the administration wouldn't allow it. They want him to be as pure as possible when he meets his mate, which really just means they want to him to be ignorant to everything." Anko said frowning, her cat tail drooping, showing some emotion for the young blue fox.

Tsunade was quiet until the two males were out of sight. "I still don't like this. Just because Naruto is fated to someone who is basically royalty... I also wonder how young Sasuke is taking the news."

The two women walked inside the housing building, noticing even though it had only been a few minutes the place was noticeably quieter and that just didn't seem right to either of the women.