Summary

Beaten up by the world kyuubi desperately turns Naruto into a fox to save him. But his plan goes horribly wrong when a certain red head turns up.

Disclaimer

Kyuubi-kun: lets try something new, meaning new to this story but very old to others.

Naruto: What would that be?

Kyuubi-kun: you do the disclaimer cheers

Naruto: ehhhhhh?!?!

Kyuubi-kun: do it or I will write the next story in a haunted castle with ghosts and vampires and-

Naruto: FINE!! Kyuubi-kun owns nothing in this story apart from the plot, this empty jar of cookies and this… what is this? holds up a remote with a doom button on it

Kyuubi-kun: leave that alone!!

Naruto: oh really… evil grin… and what happens if I do press it traces finger around the button

Kyuubi-kun: horrible things that cannot be described

Naruto: teehee

Kyuubi-kun: jumps for the remote

Naruto:steps back onto a banana peel, conveniently placed, accidentally. Slips. Remote flies out of hand and Naruto smashes his head on hard surface behind him

hand catches the remote

Naruto looks up to see Gaara in cage with that mad man look on his face holding the remote

beep goes the remote as Gaara presses the button

Gaara: heheheheheheehehehehehehehehehehe

Disclaimer to be continued in the next chapter

Chapter 2- Journey's beginning

Naruto silently leaped through the forest. From tree to tree in long graceful leaps that allowed him to bound effortlessly into the sky.

Flash back

After an hour of running Kakashi finally stopped the team to brief them to the particular plan they were going to execute for this mission.

'Gaara is a shifty character and if we all stay together we will never find him. So for this particular mission we are going to split up and look through the forest. You are all Chuunin and above so I trust your actions. We will meet at Hatsuharu Springs in 7 days time. If you find Gaara send an email, bird, whistle, whatever. Just notify everyone where he is and also,' stated Kakashi eyeing everyone with his one eye. 'Under no circumstances are you to engage him in combat by yourselves. This phase is reconnaissance only. In the act of an emergency please do make it a point to scream loud enough for all of Konoha to hear, that is all. Split!'

At once everyone had vanished to their cardinal points to search for the red head.

End flash back

Naruto continued effortlessly through the trees. All the time casting out his senses to find the dangerous red head that posed a threat to the peaceful village of Konoha that had been his home and his dream for as long as he could remember and to protect his precious, 'o' so precious ramen.

Even though he had friends he was still taunted and called bakemono (monster (yes I know Japanese (woo XD))). He knew that it would a very long time before they could let go of the fact that the kyuubi wasn't so bad after all. Besides did they want Naruto to die and let the great demon fox to terrorise the village again? And that's why villagers are poor and are peasants because they really aren't that smart. sigh.

Naruto looked up to see that the sun was at it's zenith and his legs were literally screaming at him to stop and take a break. Reaching a river the blond systematically caught 2 fish and in flash they were roasting over the fire while he sat back and rested on a log with a deep contented sigh.

He had been searching for the panda man for 3 days straight now and even his tatty blond hair was groaning for sleep. He was tired and weary from travelling and desperately needed a break.

No, I need to set up traps first

Just go to sleep kit. I will keep watch.

Thanks…kyuu-yawn-bi

(I can have mental yawns if I want)

Naruto then slowly drifted in the sweet dark oblivion of unconsciousness gratefully while kyuubi was –surprisingly- doing his job.

Sleep well kit. It will be your last chance to do so in a long time.

Did you say something kyuubi.

Sweat dropsuh-uh n-no. That was a bird go back to sleep.

Whateva.

So how was it?

I promise I will get Gaara in on the next chapter, which will hopefully be u and running by tomorrow because

it's Christmas holidays

I haven't already typed it up but I have the plot all set up. Woot.

I think it might be nice to get a review because I have absolutely no idea what I am doing.

Note- completely different from the start scene

Naruto: Because she is to timid I will say REVIEW DAMNIT!

Puff of smoke

Gaara: Do it or I will kill you all

Everyone sweat drops

Kyuubi-kun: But Gaara… who will review then

Gaara: Don't worry. They are not that stupid

glares at the shaking onlookers

Kyuubi-kun: hehehehehehehehehehehehehe… runs away

Gaara: Now it is just me and you Naruto

Naruto: heheheheheheheheeh… WAIT FOR ME!!runs after kyuubi-kun

Gaara: '--