Yoh! This is my second chap! Hope you guys like it!
Disclaimer: See chapter 1 for disclaimer…
Chapter 1: Where Winds Blow and Water flows… Naruto's journey starts!
Naruto had walked for more than 5 hours… It was 1:00 in the morning and he hasn't slept… For a little boy to walk this far with no sleep it was impossible but since he's no ordinary child, he could still walk for an hour or so.
After a couple of steps, Naruto sat down at a small clearing for a little rest.
"I think I had managed to walk through half of the territory of Fire Country. I think I need to find a place to stay if ever I encounter some of the guards the old man sent to retrieve me." Said Naruto as he got up to find a small burrow to sleep for the night. He had managed to find one and went in. When he got in he never expected to find little wolf pups sleeping in the den.
The mother and father wolf slowly crawled into the den, as they smell a different scent in the burrow. They growled and prepared themselves if ever they encounter a predator for their pups. They crawled into the den and saw a small boy feeding their pups with small pieces of meat. Naruto saw them and gave them a piece of meat. The wolves accepted his offer and went over to lick his hand. The wolves had rested after their successful hunt. Naruto also slept in. The next morning, Naruto woke up only to see one of the wolves giving him a small scroll.
"What is this?" Asked Naruto and went to check his bag. All his scrolls were still there, only this scroll was a new one.
"You're giving me this scroll?" Asked Naruto as one of the pups gave a confirming bow.
Naruto gave a small smile, patted the wolf's head and said, "Thanks."
Naruto stood up and started to walk again. He looked back at the wolves' den and waved at them. The wolves wagged their tails and howled as they said their good-byes to Naruto.
Naruto continued his walk through the woods. Soon he had reached the border of Konoha forest and arrived at a desert. A Sand Shinobi, with squinted eyes like Naruto, saw the boy and talked to him.
"Who are you?" Asked the man as kneeled down at Naruto's level
"Uzumaki Naruto." Said the boy
"You shouldn't be going anywhere your age, where are your parents?" Asked the man
"I have no parents but… Could you teach me how to be a shinobi just to survive? Please I need it! I need to survive here!" Said the boy pleading at the Sand Shinobi and bowed his head.
The Sand Shinobi scratched his head and said, "Alright… But just the basics. Handseals, Chakra Control, Henge no Jutsu, Kawarimi, and Bunshin. How's that?"
Naruto nodded his head enthusiastically and said, "Sensei, just teach me chakra control, about the handseals, Henge and Kawarimi. It'll be shorter."
"Alright… Since my mission is almost over, I'll be taking you to Sunagakure" Said the Shinobi
"Ne… I didn't get your name." Said Naruto
"It's Kikuchiyo." Said the Sand Shinobi as they walked towards Suna.
"Yoroshkun (It's nice to meet you), Kikuchiyo-Sensei" Said Naruto as they finally reached the fortress of Suna
Konoha Hokage tower:
"Hmmm… I haven't seen a hair of Naruto all day… Where is the child?" Asked the third as he was still examining his crystal ball. Naruto was not in the village, the third had presumed.
"Send an ANBU to go look at young Uzumaki." Said the third as Genma disappeared in a blur.
10 minutes later:
"Taihenda (Bad news), Hokage-sama!" Said the ANBU bowing down
"What is it?" Asked the third
"Young Naruto is missing Hokage-sama!" Said the ANBU in a dog mask
"This is terrible news Kakashi, I have just heard a grave news from Jiraiya one of my students, and it concerns Naruto." Said the third as he stood from his desk and looked outside his window
"Why is it Hokage-sama?" Asked Kakashi
"A news that has been bothering me for sometime. It seems a certain organization has the possibility to capture Naruto." Said the third as he looked at Kakashi seriously.
Kakashi stood there and said to the third in a clam voice, "Any details about the organization, Hokage-sama?"
"No but he said that the organization's name is Akatsuki. The problems are its members, the members of the organization are composed of the most sly criminals in the Bingo Book" Said the third
"Are there any active movements as of yet?" Asked Kakashi
"No the organization is only doing monitoring missions of villages" Said the third
"Then we should let the other villages know about this!" Said Kakashi
"No Kakashi, Akatsuki is maybe just composed of 9 members, but these people would kill anyone who tells the truth about the organization." Said the third.
"Then what do you propose we should do? By right now, Naruto would have gone either halfway of our territory or he already has made it into the border himself. Also, we don't know were Naruto has gone." Said Kakashi
"Right now, we can't do anything anymore Kakashi, let's just hope that Naruto will be safe from the organization." Said the Third and added, "Oh and Kakashi, gather all the clan heads of every ninja clan in Konoha. They will be saddened by the news."
Kakashi just nodded and bowed. 'Sensei, I have failed you as a student' with that Kakashi had left the tower to gather all the clan heads just like the Third said
Suna:
"Alright we do basics, starting with Handseals and chakra manipulation." Said Kikuchiyo as he taught Naruto how to do those Handseals. At first, Naruto found it hard because he forgets what comes after what. After a hard day's work, Naruto started to scan the village to where he could stay. He had found an inn that charges small but is enough for Naruto since the third had just recently gave him a large allowance.
He started to write down what he had learned on a blank scroll and started doing his handseal speeds. Naruto spent 5 days to fully do the handseals and was time for Chakra manipulation and Chakra control.
Naruto learned it was hard to do chakra control when he was asked to climb a wall without his hands. It took Naruto another month to fully control his chakra on the wall so that he could maintain his footing. The other chakra control exercise wasn't taught to Naruto except, he was forced to write down the exercise and practice it in another place where there is a lot of water. Naruto knew that in Suna, water is very precious that is why he asked Kikuchiyo where does a place usually have a lot of water. Kikuchiyo explained to him that Water Country was the most abundant place where water is usually.
Kikuchiyo was impressed at the boy's growth in a short while and the way he does things so fast. Kikuchiyo taught Naruto how to climb up a wall without using his hands and was then taught how to do simple Henge and Kawarimi. It had taken Naruto 5 months to finish his training with Kikuchiyo, when the time came, he had to leave Suna and go east. Before he did so, he had bumped into a red haired boy with black circles surrounding his eyes.
"Sorry there… I just need to hurry and hey why are you alone by yourself? Where are your playmates?" Asked Naruto as he walked closer to the red headed boy. The red headed boy griped his teddy bear tightly as a stranger his age was speaking to him.
"I don't have a playmate because I am hated by them." Said the red headed boy wiping his tears from his eyes.
"Why is that?" Asked the puzzled Naruto
"It's because I carry a monster within me. I carry the blood thirsty incarnate of Sand, Suna no Shukaku." Said the red headed boy
"Well believe it or not were the same… I also have a monster sealed inside me, the Kyuubi no Kitsune" Said Naruto and then added, "Say, why don't you come with me? I'm going somewhere so that I can be strong! I don't exactly know where I'm going but… You should come along! I bet we could make great friends!" Said Naruto to the red headed boy and added, "Name's Uzumaki Naruto! Yours?"
"Sabaku no Gaara" Said the red headed boy as slowly smiled at the blond haired boy.
"Gaara, go pack your things, where heading of east! Meet me at the east gate of the fortress and we'll be going. Oh and one more thing, I overheard that there will be an assasination attempt on you this night so hurry" Said Naruto as he dashed towards the east.
Gaara wasted no time as he arrived at his uncle's house and packed his things. Like Naruto, he packed his essentials except for a Kunai Set. He didn't need a kunai.
He sneaked out through his uncle's window and went towards the east gate. He didn't care about his uncle anymore. He dashed towards the east gate and the 2 immediately ran towards east.
Wind Country port:
The 2 had reached the seaport in just an hour's walk. There, they sneaked into a ship that will take them to Water Country.
During their stay at the ship, Naruto decided that it was time to read one of the advanced techniques he had copied from the forbidden scroll of seals. He opened the first scroll and read, "Kage Bunshin"
Naruto read the instructions and used his recently found knowledge at a small place where people don't usually gather. He had done what the instructions said. He put up his hands in a middle index cross fashion and said, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Soon, 5 Narutos stood at the smoke. Naruto slapped his hand at the back of one of the clones and felt something.
"Cool! These guys are real! That's better than the Bunshin crap!" Said Naruto grinning.
After his test at the Kage Bunshin, Naruto decided that it was time to sleep. He walked to Gaara and said, "Hey Gaara, we should sleep now you know. We might need the energy tomorrow." Said the young boy
"B-But if I do that, Shukaku's gonna eat my personality." Said Gaara
"Oops, sorry Gaara. Hey I know! Maybe we can find someone to fix up your seal. It should really help!" Said Naruto and the 2 kept on talking until Naruto grew tired at last.
"Sorry Gaara, I need to sleep now. I'm feeling tired" Said Naruto as he fell down asleep. Gaara just stared at the night sky and gave a heavy sigh.
The next day:
The 2 had arrived in Kiri that morning to take a good look around if anyone could fix the seal on Gaara. Almost everyone in the village denied their request because they thought they were still children and didn't know what they were doing. They had stopped at the village outskirts only to see a small child curled up near the bridge. The 2 walked over to the child and asked, "Hey are you okay?"
"Huh? Who are you?" Asked the girl to the 2 boys.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto." Said the blond haired boy
"I'm Sabaku no Gaara" Said the red headed boy
"Hello, my name's Haku." Said the long black haired girl.
"Nice to meet you Haku! So why are you here?" Asked Naruto
"I lived alone for more than 2 years now because of my bloodline." Said Haku as she looked down again and looked at her shoulder.
"It's also because of this. A seal that was placed upon my shoulder when I was a baby." Said Haku
"Let me guess, you have a demon sealed inside of you too right?" Asked Gaara
"How did you know?" Asked Haku, Naruto answered, "Let's just say you have the same eyes as ours. A longing for a reason to exist."
"Why don't you come with us? We are travelling to become strong. Anyway, What's the demon sealed inside you?" Asked Gaara
"A Mizu Ryuu (Water Dragon)… And I'd love to come with you." Said Haku as she smiled at the 2 boys
"Great! So where is your house?" Asked Naruto
"It's just near here. Come on, we have to go." Said Haku
As soon as they reached Haku's home, Haku began to go look for a bag like Naruto and Gaara's. She found one and began to pack her clothing, some food, some money and a scroll that her mother had secretly hidden.
Once she was done, they exited out of the house and began walking southwestward to another port to go to Tea Country. This time the trio paid for their fare and went inside the ship. There, the trio decided to train. It was fortunate that the ship had a small practice area. So the three practiced their skills. Naruto taught them how to use and save chakra and the usage of handseals. Naruto was surprised to see Haku perform one-handed handseals. He was also surprised to see Haku create water out of nothing and see Gaara being protected by his sand. Then Naruto remembered they were supposed to find someone who could contain Gaara's demon and that he was supposed to practice his other Chakra control exercise. So the next day, the trio had left the port and immediately went towards west, to a territory that wasn't conquered by any Ninja village. They had reached that territory for 2 days. There they began wandering around finally seeing a lake and near the lake was a monastery. The three went to the monastery to ask if they could stay.
They had talked to the one that was at the door and pleaded to the head priest of the monastery.
"Please Head Priest! We have no place to stay and we are searching for someone to heal our friend." Said Naruto bowing down to the head priest
The head priest gave a passionate smile and nodded he then asked, "Which one of your friends need the treatment?"
"It's him head priest. His father sealed a demon inside my friend with an incomplete seal. The 3 of us have demons sealed inside us but the seal on our friend was incomplete meaning that he is being forced by the demon to do his bidding." Said Naruto bowing down again.
The Head Priest nodded and said, "Very well, I sense great kindness and strength from the three of you, therefore it is only right to lift some of the weight that you carry within you. Also we will train you on how to fully control the sealed demons so that its influence will never bother you again."
"Thank you Head priest!" Said Naruto bowing down again
"There is no need to call me head priest. Call me Komyo-Sensei instead. Now, bring me the seven sutras." Said the head priest to the monk. The monk immediately obeyed and grabbed the seven scrolls of the monastery.
"Tell me children, what are your names?" Asked Komyo
"I am Uzumaki Naruto from the Leaf." Said Naruto
"I am Haku of the Mist." Said Haku as she stood up
"I am Sabaku no Gaara from the Sand" Said Gaara as he stood up himself
"Thank you Naruto-kun, Haku-chan and Gaara-kun. Please be ready for something I am about to do." Said Komyo as the Sutras and was given to him.
Komyo arranged the Sutras around the 3 children and started chanting. As soon as the chant began, the Sutras began encircling the 3 children and in a great flash of light, the three fell down unconscious.
"The ceremony is a success. These three will be our only hope if ever my visions come true." Said Komyo as he checked the three children. He ordered the monks to put them to their sleeping quarters.
Komyo looked up to the night sky and said, "Tomorrow, tomorrow is the day of your most rigorous training my children."
And so another chapter done. Well, RnR!
