I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.

Pairings: Naruto x Sakura and others

Info: This story follows after Sasuke left leaf to join Orochimaru. Naruto and gang manage to get him back and I'm taking it from there.

English is not my first language; please inform me if there are any mistakes I'll correct them.

The moon was high above the sky as Naruto made his way out of the village with Itachi. He took one final look at Konoha, as it would be six long months before he would return to his home. Naruto was also wondering if anyone other than Tsunade and Jiraiya would miss him, if sakura would miss him.

"Heh, Sakura chan I bet your happy with Sasuke now right? But don't worry I'll come back stronger and then we'll go out on a ramen date."

"Did you say something?" asked Itachi

" Ah no, nothing. Just thinking about all the ramen in my house that's going to waste."

"Don't worry I'll buy you all the ramen you can handle, so just shut up and follow me."

Meanwhile in Konoha hospital, sakura felt than something was not right. She could not place a finger on what it was, so she chose to ignore the feeling and continue to look after Sasuke.

"Oi freak where are we going? We have almost been traveling for 8 hours and I have yet to see any of the ramen you promised me."

"The names Itachi and you'll get your ramen when we get to the next town which is about 1 hour from here."

A very long hour later, Itachi and Naruto found themselves in an average town looking for a ramen stall to eat. Naruto yelled as he found one and practically dragged Itachi to it. They found a place to sit and Naruto started to order every kind of ramen on the menu.

"Are you sure you can eat all of that?"

"Since your paying I'll make sure I eat it. I'm not going to waste a chance like this." Said Naruto with a grin.

Itachi the true sharingan master, the shinobi who became an Anbu at the age of 13, the person who even Orochimaru hates to cross, was now smiling at the little blonds innocence.

"Hey Itachi the old hag said that someone was going to join us, who is it?"

"Its me" Naruto turned around to see whom the voice belong to, as it sounded very familiar. Naruto fell on from his chair while choking on his ramen.

Before Naruto's ramen could touch the ground a hand made out of sand grabbed the bowl and set it back on the table.

"It's nice seeing you again Uzumaki Naruto." Said Garaa in an emotionless tone of voice.

"Gar.aaa.. what do you mean you're the one!!! How can you be the one? And why is it I keep getting stuck with freaks!!! The old hag is gonna pay when I get back!"

"Calm down Naruto. The Akatsuki also wants him because of what's inside of him. Plus he has been made a leaf genin effective of now." He was not given mush of a choice when he attacked Konoha. I have sealed Shukaku in him, The seal is not as strong or powerful as yours but since Shukaku is not as strong as what resides in you, so its more than sufficient to hold him. He no longer has trouble controlling his anger and killing intentions. But he still has to work on his emotions."

"Heh this coming from a sharingan freak" Naruto laughed as he said it.

Garaa on the other hand was wondering what Itachi was talking about when he said "Shukaku is not as strong as what resides in you" resides in Naruto? 'Does this mean naruto also has a demon or something inside of him? That would explain a lot of things. But by looking at Naruto I would not have guessed something like that.'

"Garaa eat up. We will leave as soon as you finish eating" said Itachi

Garaa just nodded and ordered some food. He finished his food just as Naruto cleaned up his 15th bowl of ramen. The trio left the town and headed north to begin their training.