Team 7 was off at their usual training grounds when they hear this cracking, buzzing sound. Everybody looked tword whare the sound came from, including Kakashi-sensei who even put his latest copy of icha-icha paradise away, and took off in the direction of the verry unfamiliar sound.

As they dropped out of the trees they saw this blonde boy around their age laying there. He was wearing a pair of black pants, a black shirt and a red coat with a pair of black combat boots that had metal lining the botom edges around the sole. His blonde hair came down to about the middle of his shoulder blades and it was in a tightly braided ponytail. The red jacket he was wearing looked to have a family crest on it, though nobody reconized it.

After several minutes Naruto was the one who finaly picked the boy up and was heading to the hospital with the strange boy in his arms, unconcious. As he was jumping from roof to roof on his way, Kakashi and the other members of team 7 were on their way to the Hokages tower to report on what happend.


Naruto arived at the hospital fairly quickly with the mysterious boy in his arms and takes him into the emergency room. As he gets up to the desk he says "hey! nurse lady, I think this kid needs some help or something".

The nurse looks up at him, "whose that?" she asks. he looks at her and raises his eyebrow, "well if I knew who he was I'd tell ya, but since I don't I can't. I Just found him laying on the ground all unconcious and he didn't wake up on the way here".

"Fine" she saysin a slightly anoyed tone and motions for a couple of mednins to take him from Naruto and put him on a stretcher to be taken into one of the medical bays for examination. With his task complete, he heads off tword the Hokage's office to meet up with the rest of his team and report in along with them.

Meanwhile at the Hokage's office...

Kakashi, Sauske, and Sakura are reporting in about what has occured.

"Tsunade-sama, sorry to disturb you but not long ago a verry weird event happend", the one eyed juunin started, and after a moment he told the entire storry of what occured.

"I see" she said, staring at him intently. "I suppose I better get an ANBU or two to gaurd his room and make sure he doesnt escape. Kakashi, I want you and your team to keep quiet about this".

"Yes hokage-sama" all three say at the same time. Mere seconds later Naruto bursts into the hokages office out of breath. "Sorry im late Tsunade baa-chan, had to take some kid to the hospital" he said inbetween gasps for air.

Tsunade's eye slightly twitches a couple of times before Sakura smacks him in the back of the head for talking to the hokage like that. "OWWW, damn it Sakura, that hurt!" he said while rubbing the back of his head.

"Naruto, how many times have I told you not to call me that, you disrespectfull lil twerp?" she says with a slight grin on her face. She turned to look at all three genin, "At any rate you three are dismissed, though I need to speak to your sensei" she says while motioning for the three genin to leave.

"Shizune, can you come in here for a moment please?" she says over her desk intercom, "I need you to head down to the hospital and check on our new guest that just arived. Also, I'd apreciate it if you took care of the patient yourself for me".

"yes ma'am" shizune said as she walked out the door.

"Now, Kakashi," Tsunade started "I want you to gather as much information on that symbol on that childs coat as you can. Your directly resposible for questioning him, understood?" "yes Hokage-sama" he said and then poofed off to go about his given tasks.


When Shizune got to the hospital she checked in with the nurses station and then headed down the coridor to her patients room. The ANBU gaurds saluted her and then let her into the room, closing the door behind her. She made her way over to his bed and checked his chart, humming a tune shed heard on the radio earlier that morning. She gasped when she noticed his metal arm and leg.


authors note: yep, a cliff hanger. please read and rate, all criticisms will be usefull. thanks.