Hey everybody! As it turns out, I got the third chapter written already. I have some stuff I'm saving for the next chapter that was supposed to go into this one, but I realized that's what's taking so long on this. Well, enough with my talking. On with the story!

It's a beautiful morning in Konoha. The birds are singing, the shop owners are opening their stores, and a blond seven year old boy was beginning to wake up. This boy is Uzumaki Naruto, who lives with the Sarutobi clan. His grandfather, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third Hokage, was sitting at the kitchen table and eating his breakfast.

"Ah, such a wonderful morning, eh Rin-chan?" asked Hiruzen brightly.

"Yes it is Hokage-sama. Nothing could ruin this peacefulness." Rin answered with a smile. However, she was proven wrong as Naruto ran through the kitchen with a blanket stuck to him.

"Jiji! Rin-neechan! Help!" yelled Naruto as he threw the blanket down, only for it to start chasing him again. The adults smiled and laughed as they watched the blond. Naruto grabbed a skillet from the countertop to beat it away, but his plan failed as he was shocked. "Ouch!"

"Come here, naru-chan, I'll hold the blanket for you. It seems that you've got alot of static electricty this morning. Go take a shower and it'll help get rid of it." Rin giggled as she took the blanket and held it.

"Okay Rin-neechan." answered Naruto as he quickly ran upstairs. As the two adults turned to look at each other, they exploded into laughter. "It's not funny you guys!" yelled Naruto. As the adults heard him, their laughter resumed with even more force.

When Naruto came back down ten minutes later, he was dressed in dark blue shorts and a dark blue shirt with the Konoha symbol in gold on the front. "Hey Jiji, is it ok if I go to see Sasuke?" asked Naruto.

"Of course it is Naruto-kun. Sasuke-kun needs your friendship now more than ever. Just make sure you eat your breakfast before you go in case you decide to go train." answered Hiruzen.

"Poor Sasuke-kun, having his entire clan killed and forced to witness it over and over." thought Rin as she took Naruto a plate with some bacon, eggs, toast, and a cut up apple. "Naru-chan, you tell Sasu-chan that he can come over anytime, okay?"

"Okay Rin-neechan, I'll tell him." Naruto smiled as he finished his breakfast and took his plate to the sink. "I wonder if Sasuke will blush when i tell him what Rin-neechan said." thought Naruto as he left the clan compound.

~Uchiha clan compound, clan head home~

"Yo! Sasuke! Open the door, will you!" shouted Naruto as he knocked...er...hammered on Sasuke's door. As the door started to open, Naruto ceased knocking and grinned.

"What do you want, Naruto?" asked the young Uchiha, his face a look of stoicness.

"Just wanted to see how you're doing, Sasuke. Oh, and Rin-neechan wanted me to tell you something." the fox boy answered as he smiled.

At hearing Rin's name, Sasuke's stoic look vanished and a light blush took it's place. "W-what did she say?" Sasuke asked, remembering his crush on the older woman.

"Hook, line, and sinker." Naruto thought as he smiled. "She said that you can come over anytime. Hey, you want to go get some ramen? Ichiraku's is hacing a sale on your favorite, miso and chicken."

As Sasuke thought of the delicious noodles, his began to drool a little bit. With a quick shake of his head, Sasuke came out of his daydream of him being fed ramen by Rin, who was wearing a very skimpy maid outfit. "Uh, maybe later Naruto. I need to do some training first."

"Okay Sasuke. I'll see you later." shrugged Naruto as he smiled. With a wave, Naruto and Sasuke went their seperate ways, Naruto to Ichiraku's and Sasuke to finish his training.

As the young blond walked to his favorite restaraunt, he took a right into an alley as a shortcut. Unbeknownst to Naruto, he stepped on a hidden switch that opened a hidden door on the ground. "Ichiraku ramen, here I co-AHH!" yelled Naruto as he fell down through the door, which closed as soon as he disappeared from sight. "AHHH-OOF!" grunted Naruto as he landed on the ground. Moaning, Naruto sat up slowly and tried to gain his bearings. As the young boy opened his eyes, he realized he couldn't see anything because of the darkness, even after his eyes had adjusted.

Thinking quickly, Naruto started to form some handsigns. "Inu, tori, saru, hebi, tori. Ninpou: yoru genzou no jutsu!" Slowly, Naruto's entire eyes turned green, and just as slowly, he could see everything in the hallway he was in. "Okay, now let's see where this leads." muttered Naruto as he started walking.

As he walked, the fox child saw nothing but more and more hallway and some spiders. After walking for what seemed like hours, Naruto found a door and proceeded to open it. Upon seeing what was inisde, the fox child looked confused. In the room was a few large tanks. "What the hell?" As he walked in, he failed to notice how rusted they were and looked ready to fall apart at any moment. As his curiosity got the better of him, he turned the knob to take a sniff of the tanks contents. when he turned it, the knob broke out and a strange purple gas billowed out. "...crud."

Going as fast as his feet could carry him, Naruto ran from the room and didn't notice he stepped on a seal, activating it and causing others to appear in the other rooms and along parts of the walls. Without warning, the seals began to explode, causing the tanks to explode and more purple gas to appear. "Crap! I need to get out of here!" coughed Naruto as he ran, panting and breathing in the purple gas. Before Naruto could find an exit, the explosions caught up with him, sending him flying upwards and out of a hole in the ceiling made by an explosion. As he flew through the air, Naruto saw that he was in the forest outside the walls of the village and canceled his jutsu. When the fox boy landed on the branch of a tree, he lost consciousness.

~Next morning~

"...and that's what happened, Jiji." said Naruto as he recounted his tale, laying in his hospital bed as his wounds healed at an alarming rate.

"Hmm. It seems that you found a lab of my old student, Orochimaru. Well Naruto-kun, it doesn't seem like the gas has done anything life threatening, you can come home tomorrow morning. Rest tonight, and don't sneak out of the hospital again, okay?" Sarutobi joked, his eyes twinkling. Naruto laughed and grinned his fox grin.

"No promises Jiji."

~Forty-five minutes later~

When Rin and Kakshi walked into Naruto's hospital room, they noticed one crucial thing was missing: Naruto. "Looks like Naru-chan got stir crazy again." Rin sighed. With a soft snicker, the ex-ANBU captain did his patended eye-smile. "Well, of course he did. From what I can sense of his chakra signature, he left about forty minutes ago. It also seems like Hokage-sama left forty-five minutes ago."

Shaking her head, Rin let out another sigh. "Knowing him, he went to go train somewhere." Kakshi couldn't help but laugh at that as they walked home, knowing it was true.

~Training field seven~

Slicing through the air, a shuriken and kunai flew towards a training post, both missing by an inch. The two weapons flew farther and joined the others that littered the ground and trees behind the post.

"Dammit! Why cant I hit that damn post! Wait, what did Rin-neechan say about aiming?"

~Flashback~

"Remember Naru-chan, if you get frustrated, your aim and focus will only get worse." lectured Rin with a smile, showing Naruto how to throw a weapon.

"Okay Rin-neechan."

~End Flashback~

Taking deep breaths, the fox boy focused on hitting the post with his ninja tools. Unknown to him however, a light purple glow formed around his kunai, small sparks coming off it. With a smooth and fluid movement, Naruto threw his kunai, noticing the purple glow around it. "What the-?" But before Naruto could finish, the kunai hit the center of the post with a light purple flash, catching the post on fire. Wide-eyed, Naruto looked down at his hands and saw the electricity surrounding his hands as it began to fade away.

"What did that gas do to me..."

Okay, here's Chapter three everybody! I hope you enjoy it. Read and review please! I know it's not very long but I had to make it short so that i could get it posted.

Jutsu list

Ninpou: yoru genzou no jutsu = Ninja Art: Night Vision Jutsu