Ok So I realize I'm bad at writing but please bear with me. I am trying my best. Any suggestions and ideas are welcome and of course credit will be given to all who have input. Again thanks to my Cousin and sister
Cousin Tony: Sasuke
Sister April: Aki
Me everything else
I don't own Naruto.
Off in the distance the sun was starting to set, two ninja stopped in a clearing and decided to set up camp and call it a day. They searched the surrounding area for any danger setting up traps were they felt one was needed. After the area was searched the two ninja made a fire to keep warm and to provide light and some protection from small animals.
"Well I think we deserve to rest for tonight don't you think Aki?" Naruto said as he sat on a rock near the fire. The sun had set and the sky was now filled with stars. Naruto was looking up at the stars remembering the days he would just lay under the sky as a kid it was the only time he felt at peace without a care in the world. He was thinking of his old teammates and how they would talk late at night about their latest mission or just to get away from everyone. Naruto was soon interrupted by a voice coming from behind him.
"Sensei can I ask you a question?" Asked Aki as she to stared up at the sky.
"Of course you can ask me anything you know that Aki."
"When you took me in and started training me you mentioned I held the fire, what did you mean by that?" A somewhat confused look was on her face, a look that made Naruto smile, something he does rarely anymore.
"The fire is something that is important to you, weather its family friends or in your case the determination to live." Naruto remembered the exact speech word for word. It was told to him many times by several people. He remembered the first time he heard it from his old teacher. Iruka had told Naruto this very same speech after he graduated to genin.
"Is that why you took me in as your student even knowing full well Lady Tsunade would be mad?" Aki remembered the day Naruto found her. She was nothing but a street rat that begged and stole. Living in a village that hated her she was forced to live on the streets. Naruto found her because she tried to still money from him. She remembered the blond ninja grabbing her arm and asking for his money back. Looking into his eyes she realized he was the same as her lost and hurt.
"Yes Aki the fire in your heart burns bright and it's that bright burning fire that led me to you. And lady Tsunade was not mad at me more like annoyed." Naruto said "Lady Tsunade gets annoyed at anything I do she thinks I am too young to understand anything."
"Yea I guess you're right." Aki said with a chuckle "But I was wondering if we're ninja why we don't wear head bands like other ninja." Aki was rubbing her forehead with a disappointed look on her face.
"Our village is new and has yet to provide us with proper equipment. In order to get equipment we need to establish trading and alliances with other villages"
"Is that why we are heading to Suna?" Aki asked remembering the mission they were given to head to Suna.
"Yes I'm going to ask an old friend if he can lend us his support and aide us with a trading route for the future." Naruto said speaking of Gaara.
"An old friend, you mean the Kazekage is your friend?" Aki was more than surprised to hear that the great and powerful Kazekage was friends with her sensei. Growing up Aki heard stories about the Kazekage and how his village loved him and respected him. Before meeting Naruto she wished one day she could meet the Kazekage.
"Yes the Kazekage and I go way back, now get some rest Aki we need to leave early." Spoke Naruto bringing Aki back to reality. Naruto lay Aki down and covered her with his robes.
"Ok sensei sweet dreams see you on the morning. "Turing away from the fire Aki was sound asleep before Naruto even sat back down.
Looking at his student he could not help but smile. To him Aki was one of the few precious people he would die to protect. He also trusted Aki and opened up to her, something he thought he would never be able to do again after Konoha betrayed his trust and tried to kill him. Starting to get angry Naruto calmed himself down not wanting to wake Aki up. Laying down Naruto looked at the sky and thanked the greater powers of above for leading him to Aki. As Naruto finished his thank you he slowly drifted off to sleep.
NEXT DAY
After a night of tossing and turning Naruto awoke with the strange feeling he was being watched. As he stood up he reached over to wake Aki. Naruto put up his guard as he waited for Aki to fully wake up. Watching Aki slowly get Naruto pulled a Kunai out and was ready to fight.
"Well look what we have here seems the demon brat has gotten a little better at sensing danger."
Naruto turning to see where the voice was coming from he then pushed Aki behind him as she too pulled a Kunai out. Naruto felt a chill crawl down his back as he saw a figure emerge from the shadows. He wore a black cloak that covered his entire body and a hood that covered his face. Watching as the man got closer Naruto tensed up as the man began to remove his hood revealing a hunter-nin mask. Naruto noticed something strange about the mask although it was a hunter-nin mask it was missing the symbol telling were the hunter-nin came from. Searching for any type of indication telling Naruto where this guy was from, only to not find anything made Naruto uneasy.
"Who are you and what do you want with us? "Naruto Glared at the ninja becoming even more uneasy after hearing the voice again.
"Me I'm nobody I am just hear to admire the beautiful sunrise." The hinter-nin said in a lazy yet mocking voice.
"Look I don't want any trouble just let us be on our way and we can avoid any confrontation." Naruto took stepped back not knowing if the man in front of them was going to attack or not.
"Well to bad for you because trouble found you." The ninja said pulling out a sword from his back.
"I will ask you again who are you, and what do you want with me?" Naruto started to realize there was no way to avoid a fight, so he got into a fighting stance and prepared himself for a fight.
"Who said this was about you? Not to disappoint you Naruto but this is not about you at all." The unknown ninja took a step toward them causing Naruto to tense up.
Starting to get nervous not for his own sake but because Aki was in danger and right now he needed to protect her. Naruto trying to figure out how to get out of this decided to stall for time so he could come up with a plan. "Then who is this about and how do you know my name?"
"Oh who could forget you? Your eyes and hair may not be the same but you still got those stupid scares on your cheeks. I got to admit Naruto the eyes make you look a little less weak."
The hunter-nin's response made Naruto even more nervous. He needed to get Aki out of here before the ninja in front of them could hurt her or worse. Naruto was Scraping his mind trying to figure out who the ninja could possibly be.
Seeing Naruto struggling to remember the unknown ninja spoke.
"How could you already forget about me? How sad I thought we were friends I mean it's only been 3 years since we last saw each other. So that would make you how old again? That's right sixteen" The hunter-nin began to smile as he knew he was getting into Naruto's head.
"Look I don't know who you are or how you know so much about me but if you will excuse me I will be leaving now." Turning to leave Naruto Picked up Aki only to see the man was blocking their escape route. Naruto stopped shocked at how fast the nin was.
"You're not going anywhere with the girl. Give her to me and I will let you go." The man held his hand out expecting Naruto to hand Aki over.
"I'm not leaving my student I'm taking her with me now if you got a problem with that then to bad."
Realizing that it was not going to happen the man got mad and started to walk toward them.
Naruto Knew he was out of time and he needed to get Aki out of here. Naruto realized he was going to have to fight the guy if Aki was to escape. As he thought of a plan he felt someone pull on his arm bringing him back to the situation at hand.
"Sensei what's going on who is this person and why does he want me?" Aki asked
As Naruto turned to face Aki he saw the fear in her eyes. Not knowing what to tell the young girl without scaring her more he simply said "I don't know who he is and I'm not going to let him take you ok?"
Whoever this man was he wanted to take Aki for some reason. Naruto was not going to let that happen. He needed to protect Aki getting her attention Naruto told her what to do. "I need you to head home and don't stop till you get there, when you get there head to lady Tsunde's and tell her what's going on do you understand?"
"But sensei I can't leave you here alone-"
"I told you to go now hurry and get out of here now. "Naruto cut Aki off with a stern voice that scared Aki and she knew her sensei was serious. Turning to leave she took off running as fast as she could.
Seeing what was going on the hunter-nin ran in the direction Aki was heading to cut her off "you're not going anywhere except with me."
The hunter-nin stopped as Naruto was now standing in front on him. "This is between you and me Leave Aki out of this." Not knowing what the masked ninja was capable of Naruto knew he was at a disadvantage.
"I will have the girl even if I have to kill you Naruto. "Raising his sword he began to channel chakra into it to give it a bluish tint before he attacked he heard Naruto speak. Putting the blade at his side the ninja listened to what Naruto had to say. "stop being a coward and fight me like a man take off your mask."
"Big words for such a little piece of shit, you were always all talk weren't you Naruto." The man was a little more than mad at what Naruto said to him but he kept his cool.
"Look who's talking you claim to know me yet you refuse to remove your mask like a coward. You're hiding behind it because you're too scared to show me your face." Trying to get under his skin Naruto was hoping to see the face of the man he was going to fight.
"Ok fine I'll show you my face it's not like you'll be walking away from this fight alive because one way or another I'm going to kill you."
As the man took his mask off Naruto was in shock at who was behind the mask. Looking into the eyes of his enemy he saw eyes red as blood with three black dots spinning in each eye. Naruto began to feel his anger built and soon he was gritting his teeth as he spoke. "You bastard!"
"Long time no see Naruto now it's time for you to die like you should of the last time we fought."
Looking at the person he once considered his best friend all Naruto could think was how much he wanted to kill the man standing in front of him.
Naruto began to realize if this man was here then that meant more enemies were near. He knew if more showed up he would not stand a chance. Naruto continued to stand in front of the man before he spoke
"I will finish what I failed to do last time-"
Naruto paused as he stared straight at the man
"Sasuke Uchiha"
Please Review and any tips or anything really. Tell what you think anything you want to see happen I'm open to ideas. Aki's Story will be in the next chapter thank you for reading
