Jinchuuriki Tales- Chapter Three

~Haku the Yonbi Jinchuuriki~

Yamashita and Naruto didn't have to wait long. Within the hour Gaara had gathered what he needed and together, all three set out for the ports.

"Nee-chan, why are we here?" Naruto asked.

"Shh, the guard will hear us!" Yamashita snapped, hiding behind some crates with Naruto and Gaara within the small docks of Suna. "Boat is the fastest way to travel to where we need to go; we'll stop at Kiri and get off there."

"Why at Kiri?" Gaara asked, watching his comrades.

"Just a feeling I have," Yamashita replied mysteriously. "We're heading for a Priest who is said to have unlocked a way to seal demons properly and 'tame' them within the Lightning Country. There we can get proper seals to stop our demons from trying to take over at any point in time."

"Whoa, you really planned ahead nee-chan!" Naruto whispered in awe, proud of his 'nee-chan'.

"I've been planning to go even before I met you Naruto, that man is our only hope to ever learning how to control the power of our demons." Yamashita murmured without seemingly any care, but underneath, her heart was pounding in fear. What if we get caught? What if the ship didn't stop at Kiri port but into some other country, taking them off course?

Yamashita mentally scolded herself for getting nervous, panicking will get her no-where, she knew that and calmed herself. She felt the need to be strong for the younger Jinchuuriki Hosts, she wanted to protect them. She had no idea where the need came from, maybe it was partly to do with Rokubi. But unbeknownst to her, it was just her becoming attached to the two loveable Demon Hosts.

"Hey Yamashita-san, what's your story?" Gaara asked with a sudden burst of confidence.


Yamashita sat with her back to the crates, watching both with calm yet slightly affectionate eyes.

"My story? There's not really much to tell... I can't remember much because I've tried to forget it, but I lived with my Clan within the Earth Country. My Clan has super-human strength which can only come from a member of my Clan, the Fuuka Clan. Rokubi sealed himself inside me willingly because he had no heir to call his own and there were no female demons to mate with, so he sealed himself inside me so I could continue his legacy...

However, my people feared me for it. My whole Clan, except my father, made sure my life was a living hell. Like I said, I don't remember much from when I tried to forget." Yamashita licked her dry and cracked lips before continuing. "After I recently turned nine, I ran away and left the Earth Country, journeying in hope vain hope that I could find a place to call home or find others like myself. I wondered for a year... and then I found you two."

Yamashita rubbed her skinny arms as the cold of the desert night started to effect her. "What about you, Gaara?"

"My story is like yours, but I had my uncle... my dad is the Kazekage and he never liked me..." Gaara cried softly whilst Yamashita pulled the small red head into her lap, holding the crying boy to her as a way of comfort. She felt good doing it, she never had affection shown to her like that other than her father... she was like a miniature version of him, she looked exactly like him. Remembering her father always made her sad, but she refused to cry, she promised herself never to cry again and she intended to keep that promise.

Naruto snuggled up to her, feeling slightly left out. "Naruto, what's your story?" Yamashita asked, now that Gaara had stopped crying she ran her hand through his short messy locks of red hair, keeping him calm and relaxed as he held onto her clothes with his tiny hands. Her other hand ran up and down Naruto's arm as a way of comfort as she leaned her chin on his shoulder, watching through the gap between the crates to keep an eye out for when the guards take their two minute break to make a mad dash for the boat soon to be heading for Kiri.

"I ran away from Konoha... I found out by some drunk that I was the Kyuubi Host and after this week's beating I decided to runaway. I don't remember my parents or any other family members, no-one wanted to look after me so I was left alone..." Yamashita held Naruto closer to her when she noticed his voice break, barely holding in the anguished cries waiting to escape his mouth.

Humans really disgust me sometimes, Yamashita thought to herself, quickly with both boys in her arms, made a mad dash for the now departing ship heading for Kiri. None of the guards noticed and Yamashita ran belong deck to where the supplies where hidden.

As soon as they found the cheese section, Yamashita set both the boys down and grabbed some of the cheese and devoured it hungrily. She hadn't eaten in three days and never learned how to hunt so she always stole food from pubs and cellars to survive.

Gaara and Naruto stared with amazed expressions [0.o] at how fast she devoured the large block of extremely strong cheese and moving on further down the isle to where the chocolate was and consumed some of the bars of sweet chocolate. Quickly going back and taking some strips of cloth from her sleeves she wrapped it around some cheese and pulled out a wrapped up and worn old brown bag she put the wrapped up cheese inside it.

"Supplies for our journey," Yamashita answered their unspoken question. "Gather up as much food and water as you can, we'll need it for our journey." Both boys immediately set into action, gathering any foods into their bag and filling up spare water canteens with water and red wine.

If Naruto was told he would have met other Jinchuuriki a week ago, he would have laughed in their face.

If Gaara had been told he would be going on an adventure with people who understood him to get his seal set properly he would have turned his back to them, hiding the glimmer of hope in his eyes.

If Yamashita had been told she would be looking after two young boys who understood her and actually going out of her way to help them she would have snorted and walked off, thinking said person was bonkers.

But now that the three friends considered it, nothing was expected in their lives. Yamashita wasn't sure if the rumour about the Priest was true, Naruto wasn't sure if he was strong enough to keep going with his goal and Gaara wasn't sure if his dreams would come true.

It was a fool's hope, but all three were willing to risk it.


Four days later in the early morning, Yamashita jumped out the docks of Kiri, catching Naruto and Gaara as they jumped into her awaiting arms onto the next part of their journey. The three walked through the city, Yamashita easily stopping anyone who tried to steal anything from them, via punching their head which exploded under the force. It was snowing and cold, Gaara, not used to feeling this cold, was shivering terribly, as was Naruto because there was no snow in Konoha. Yamashita had managed to steal some warm cloaks for the three, keeping a spare in case Gaara or Naruto ruined theirs.

They stopped once at midday to eat some cheese, bread and chocolate and drink some red wine and water, after a ten minute break from eating they set off again.

As they walked across one of the many bridges they saw a small child on their own and immediately Naruto walked over to the child, Gaara following suit. I sweat these two will be the death of me. Yamashita thought to herself with a sigh before moving beside them as Naruto started a conversation with the homeless child.

The child had dark brown hair and eyes, incredibly beautiful and although the child looked feminine, Yamashita could tell the child was actually a boy. His clothes were rags and couldn't really be called clothes, they barely covered him and was so thin it wouldn't keep him warm.

"Hey, I'm Naruto! How come you're on your own?" Naruto asked, Gaara standing shyly beside the blond boy and Yamashita silently standing beside them with her arms crossed and watching the scene boredly. This is de ja vu all over again. She thought to herself.

"You three have eyes like mine," the dark haired boy replied with a smile on his face. Yamashita's eyebrows rose as Gaara gasped and Naruto grinned.

"You're a Jinchuuriki too?!" Naruto exclaimed, causing a look of slight panic on the dark haired boy's face. "I'm the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, Gaara here is the Ichibi Jinchuuriki and Yamashita, the scowling girl is the Rokubi Jinchuuriki!" Yamashita bopped Naruto on the head. "Ow! What was that for!?"

"Yell it out to the whole world why don't you? In case you forgot, not everyone likes Jinchuuriki, luckily no-one else is around." Naruto giggled nervously, feeling like a baka for not realizing that earlier.

"I'm the Yonbi Jinchuuriki," the dark haired boy interrupted, now standing as he smiled kindly, easily putting Naruto, Gaara and Yamashita at ease. "I'm Haku, I'm one of the last with a Kekkei Genkai here, everyone thought that people with a Kekkei Genkai were cursed so we had to hide, but my father found out that my mother hid the secret of my Kekkei Genkai and he killed her, I lost control and... killed everyone in sight." Haku finished his story with a sad face.

"Hey, why don't you come with us?" Naruto offered, surprising Haku. "Yamashita's taking us to this Priest in the Land of Lightning where we can get proper seals to control our Demons, maybe he can help you control your Kekkei Genkai too!"

"...I'd like that," Haku answered with a smile. "Arigato, I owe you everything."

"Feh, don't worry about it midget." Yamashita replied, waving her hand in a dismissive manner. "Here, take the spare coat, you're skinnier than me and that's saying something!" Haku accepted the coat gratefully.

"Let's get going!" Naruto exclaimed with a fist in the air, jumping in excitement, only to fall over on a patch of ice.

"Dimwit," murmured Yamashita as Gaara and Haku helped Naruto up. The boys followed the older girl as the four set off on their almost impossible journey.


Hey there peeps! I won't be back for another four days, I'm on a camping trip! ^_^ Lucky me! After that I have to go to my step grandfather's funeral. -_-

So I most likely won't update for five days, four in the least. See ya until then, MatsuoChiaki