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Summary: Naruto is banished from Konoha at a young age, bringing with him a orange haired girl. Along his travels he meets up with an surprising person. Watch as these three go on adventures and journeys across the Elemental Nations!


The next day

The next morning Naruto woke up to a bright new day and Moegi cooking breakfast by the fire. He must have fallen asleep while reading. He sat up and rubbed away sleep. Moegi looked over at him and grinned. "Morning!" Naruto grinned at her before getting up and heading towards a bush to relieve himself.

When he came back, Inari was also up and sitting up on his sleeping bag. He knew that Moegi and Inari had already introduced themselves already. He could hear them when he was taking a leak. The blond sat down and took the offered plate Moegi held up for him. It was tradition for the two, Moegi would cook a first batch and give it to Naruto and then cook for herself. As the elder boy chewed on his breakfast, he wondered what they should do after leaving Tea Country. They could go and visit Suna. Apparently they were having a festival in three months. He really wanted to see it. There was also of course heading to Mist. There was a small festival going on there in two months even though a war was taking place. Naruto was sure though that they would be alright. After all they didn't have any blood limits.

Moegi carefully made some toast using a grate and putting it over the fire. She flipped them over and took them off. After buttering them she handed them to Naruto who shoved one in his mouth and chewed off a large chunk. After putting some more sausages into a plate and buttering another pair of toast she turned to the black-haired boy and said. "Here" The boy looked at her and then to the plate. When he didn't take the plate right away Moegi glared and muttered. "Take the plate or I'll eat it." The boy started and took the offered plate. Now satisfied she went back to cooking her own meal.

While he was eating Inari's voice interrupted him. "Um, Naruto-sama can I ask....um what you do for money?" Moegi looked between Inari and Naruto curiously. The blond took a drink of tea before looking seriously at Inari's curious face. " I'm a mercenary, Mo is my apprentice." Inari blinked. "A mercenary?" Naruto nodded. "We do things in payment for cash." Inari looked between Moegi and Naruto. "What kinds of things?" Naruto replied. "Anything under the sun, if and only if the pay is right." Inari frowned at his reply, knowing that the blond was leaving something out on purpose but nodded at the same.

After breakfast they cleaned up the camp and packed everything away. Naruto lead the way towards Tea Country. Before they left though Naruto had Moegi tell Inari all the rules in which they lived by. It took her half an hour to finish since the boy kept asking questions.

As they walked Naruto reflected on things. His life before he was kicked out of Konoha. His loneliness he used to feel before he met Moegi. He thought back to that part. She was only three when he found her hiding behind a garbage box crying her eyes out. He remembered that day.

Flashback!

Seven you old Uzumaki Naruto hurried down the streets of Konoha trying to get home the fastest way possible. Up above him rolling dark clouds looked ready to pour out their contents. He cursed as he felt a drop land on his head. He took a shortcut through a small alley which led to his apartment building. Halfway through the alley he stopped as muffled crying was heard. He looked around him. He could hear his foot crunching garbage as he turned in a circle listening for the source of the crying. "Hello?" He called out as he zeroed in on a pile of boxes and garbage cans. The crying stopped. A gasp was heard. The blond frowned. Whoever was crying sounded very young. His curiousity peaked, causing him to slowly make his way towards the pile. He leaned down as he shifted boxes and bags out of his way. He gaped when he spotted a small child bound to a pipe by rope.

The child was two maybe three years of age with orange hair tied in a bun. Her clothes were dirty and ripped in places. She had on a small long coat with a curious red cloud pattern on it, underneath she wore black pants and red shoes. A rope was wrapped around her body. A cloth was covering her mouth.

Naruto could see that she had been crying a lot. Tear tracks ran down her face. A bruise was visible on the right side of her face.

The girl stared at him in fright.

Naruto quickly went to reassure her. "It's okay I'm here to help you!" He whispered. The girl sniffled and nodded. Naruto grabbed a kunai from his pouch and went about freeing the child from the ropes. When he was done, he untied the cloth around her mouth. He blinked when she asked. "Do know mummy? Daddy? Where?" Naruto was careful not to frown as the girls question brought up several different conclusions. Was she abandoned here by her parents? Or by someone else? He eyed her. The quality of her clothes told him that she came from wealthy people, but where did she come from?. He shook his head sadly. "I'm sorry I don't know where your parents are, kid." He saw her cover her eyes and burst into cries. Naruto reached over and panted her head. He whispered a little nervous. "Hey come now don't cry!" The girl looked at him. "There don't cry okay? Here you want something to eat?" The girl nodded. "I have lots of food at my place, if you want to come I can make some soup!" The girl gulped and nodded. "Ok" She agreed. Naruto held out his hand to help her up. The girl sniffled and took it. Smiling gently Naruto helped her onto his back and started off towards his apartment. "At my place we can do whatever we want because I live by myself. We can play with my toys and have fun. How does that sound?" The girl giggled and nodded into his shoulder. "So what's your name huh?" He asked as he ducked into another back alley. The girl sniffled and whispered. "Moegi, Daddy calls me Moegi." Naruto smiled and nodded. "That sounds like a pretty name." He said. The girl grinned and whispered. "You name?" The blond grinned. "Uzumaki Naruto" The girl smiled slightly. "Pretty name" Naruto chuckled and agreed.

End flashback

Naruto remembered he had given her a bath, before giving her some of his clothes, and heating her up some soup.

She was a little quiet at first, being in a new environment and all, but slowly she had become used to her new home. Naruto took very good care of her. Whenever the food started to run out he had made sure she ate at least two times a day. When that wasn't enough he started pickpocketing to get more money. He was glad no one ever caught on. He didn't think Moegi would last without him around to care for her.

As the months had passes by Moegi started calling him 'father' He was stunned at first but he allowed it. It wasn't until she got older that he started telling her to not say it anymore. When she asked why, he told her that he wasn't really her father, and that her parents might still be out there looking for her, and that he didn't want her to get too attached if and when they found them. Moegi didn't understand but started calling him Naruto although she did slip up from time to time.

He looked over when Moegi tapped him on the shoulder. "Where's my book?" She asked. Beside her Inari looked confused. Naruto blinked before quickly looking for the next book he wanted Moegi to read. She had finished the last one. He held it out to her when he found it and then grabbed a very used scroll to Inari. "Here read while we walk since it'll save us time." Inari took the offered scroll and looked at it. It was a book on the background of Konoha. He looked up. "What?" Naruto looked back at him. "Since you're going to be traveling with us, you're going to have to learn to be a ninja. I can't have someone who can't protect himself on my team. Mo here already has several techniques down." Inari looked over to the orange haired boy. (Remember he still thinks Moegi is a boy) Mo nodded. "Oh ok." He accepted while opening the scroll.

Several hours later they were still on the road but were almost close to Tea Country. They were maybe two or three days away. They stopped for the night and slept.


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