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Chapter 9: Water and Sand

Naruto only sighed as he reached his apartment door and opened it, after Anko was done threating his teammates and friends, they sat down and talked about things.

Sasuke and Sakura cornered him about Hinata and Shikamaru but thankfully the lazy nin answered their questions as Hinata stuttered out hers. Haku and Zabuza spoke with Iruka, Ayame, and Teuchi who happily answered things, Haku liked Iruka the most because he was a kind hearted man that would do anything to protect his loved ones even Zabuza was eying Iruka a few times.

Naruto was surprised when Haku told him that he had asked the Hokage if he and Zabuza could stay in Konoha, when Naruto asked why, all Haku did was smile and Zabuza roll his eyes for a moment. Then Kakashi had asked him how on earth did Iruka find out before he did, then Naruto had to tell Kakashi the story behind that.

After hours of talking and explanation about the others, they had all decided that they needed to go home and rest. Naruto reached his room and opened the door with a sigh, he walked in and took off his shoes, he then took off his shirt and flung it to the ground, he stepped near his bed and flopped down on it.

He was ready for sleep, that was until he heard "So, Kit, how's things been since I took my nap and after I healed you?…"Naruto mentally glared at the voice but thought 'Kyuubi… I want sleep… Go check my memories if you want to know… Also, Anko was using the 'I'm going to kill you' aura again, I'm warning you now so you don't come crying to me later okay…'

He could hear a sigh of relief in his mind as he heard "Thanks Kit, that Anko lady scares me sometimes, ME, the Kyuubi! The demon that killed many men and others in one night!" Naruto chuckled before thinking 'I know, that's why I'm warning you… Night…' all he heard next was "Night Kit…"

-x-x-

Naruto woke up to the sun hitting his face, he blinked a few times before sighing, he slowly rose from his bed and stared outside his window. He looked to the blue sky and closed his eyes letting the sun warm him up slowly. He opened his eyes when he heard a knock on the door. Blinking a few times he rose from his bed and walked to the hallway, the knocking grew more.

When he reached his door he opened it and stared into brown eyes that blinked a bit at him "Naruto?" asked Haku surprised, Naruto was surprised too and said "Haku? What are you doing here?" Haku blinked a few times again before saying "Oh, me and Zabuza got a room in this apartment from the Hokage yesterday, we are living right next door. I was just coming over to ask my new neighbors if we can borrow some eggs, I just didn't expect to see you at the door…" Naruto was listening and when he heard the answer he smiled and said "Oh, I see. I was wondering why there was noises next door last night since no one has been living in that apartment room for years…"

Haku blinked but nodded understanding, but soon heard from Naruto who opened the door all the way "Oh, come on in Haku-Kun, and I'll go get you guys the eggs…" Haku nodded and walked into the room, Haku looked around as he stepped inside the hallway, he looked to his side and saw a open living room, he walked into that and saw the kitchen to his left. Naruto smiled sweetly and walked into the kitchen.

Naruto searched his kitchen fridge for a moment before finding the eggs in the back. He smiled and walked to the front and saw Haku staring at a picture, Haku didn't notice Naruto walking back into the living room but then he heard Naruto ask right behind him "What are you looking at Haku-Kun?"

Haku nearly jumped in the air by the surprise and nearly hit the shelf the picture was on, he looked back to Naruto and said "O-Oh Naruto, I didn't…" but stopped when he noticed the smile on Naruto's face, he smiled too and heard "I got the eggs Haku-Kun…" Naruto held up the eggs to the young ice user, he smiled at him before taking them from his hands, Haku and Naruto talked for a while before Haku had to leave, Naruto only said "Come by anytime and bring Zabuza over when you can…"

Haku smiled and nodded before leaving as he said "Okay, bye Naruto…" Naruto waved goodbye to his new friend and watched Haku walk to the next room and opening the door.

Naruto closed his door and sighed softly before heading to the living room to sit on the couch, he stopped and looked to the picture that was on the shelf and smiled softly at the red head who gave a small rare smile, the blonde haired girl that grinned, and the boy with brown hair smile at the picture, standing in the middle and next to the red head was himself and by the looks of it him and red head was about eight years old while the other two looked about a year or two older than them.

He smiled at the picture before closing his eyes to daydream for a while…

-x-x-

A month almost flew by for Team Seven, and each day always brought something new for them. Now that Naruto wasn't so tense around his teammates he finally calmed down and had control of himself and of his Chakra, when Kakashi asked him how did them not knowing his secret affect his Chakra Control, Naruto told him that his Chakra was more connected to his emotion than any other people around the world, he told them when he got mad his Chakra would flare and spark, when he was sad his Chakra would dampen and fade, as for fear, his Chakra would jumble around and act crazy.

Naruto told them he was afraid of what they would do if they found out about his power so his Chakra would run around crazy always giving him a hard time. Kakashi wanted to see what the blonde could really do so he had both Sasuke and Sakura test him.

The result, amazed Kakashi.

Right when Sakura was going to punch Naruto, Naruto dodged and created a water ball that captured her, when Naruto asked her to give up, she refused and passed out in the water ball from lack of air, thankfully Naruto released her before she could die in the water ball.

As for Sasuke, he put up more of fight, he tried to keep up with Naruto, but the young Uzumaki was very fast, soon enough their battle started to take place on the lake they were near and Naruto had no trouble water walking, but what shocked Kakashi the most was the fact that Naruto didn't need Chakra to stand on the water, Sasuke couldn't get to Naruto so he tried to hit him with some fire Justus, sad to say that didn't work, Naruto moved the water up from the lake and that would make the fire vanish into steam.

Suddenly, during the match, Naruto placed his hand on the water and out of the water was his Water Dancers, the Water Dancers turned to Ice Dancers and would attack Sasuke many times, in the end Sasuke was pinned to the ground by strong and huge icicles, so, Kakashi called the match, making Naruto the winner, much to Sakura's protest, Sasuke annoyance, and Naruto's wonder.

Naruto sighed a little as Kakashi left them and suddenly Naruto was seeing green eyes in front of his sky blue ones, he 'epped' and nearly jumped out of his skin by the sudden closeness that Sakura was. She seemed, annoyed, wondering, and questioning. She then said "Naruto, why aren't you as hyper as you were before?" this seemed to question her for a while, the Naruto she was used to was loud, crazy, and just plan idiotic.

Naruto raised his hands up and said "S-Sakura-Chan, I told you before that, the Naruto from before was like a mirage, now that I don't have to hid my secret from you guys anymore, I can finally calm down, I do like to get hyper Sakura-Chan but I do have a calmer side…" Naruto watched as Sakura thought about it and nodded accepting it, but both stopped when Sasuke walked passed them.

Sakura watched Sasuke before running off to follow him in hopes of getting a date, Naruto only chuckled before heading into the village, away from their training grounds…

-x-x-

Naruto noticed how some villagers were staring at him with strange looks, and he titled his head not understand why they were staring at him like that. Was there something on his face?

Some villagers, mostly girls around his age, seemed to blushing and giggling at his new looks and many of the older ones did a double take. It had been going on like this for a month, ever since Naruto returned to Konoha…

He sighed a little but stopped when he heard something behind him, he sighed again and behind only to see a box painted to look like a rock only thing was that it was square and it had two holes for eyes on it. Naruto sweat dropped and said "…Konohamaru-Kun, Moegi-Chan, Udon-Kun… Rocks aren't square and they don't have eyes you know…" suddenly the box was up in smoke and Konohamaru said with a triumphant voice "Ha-Ha! I knew making you our Boss was the best idea ever, because only you could see pass this great disguise!"

Naruto sweat dropped at this and suddenly heard coughing from the kids and Konohamaru saying "Ack! Udon you used to much smoke in that smoke bomb!" when the smoke cleared the kids smiled and got into their Konohamaru Crops. pose. Naruto laughed a little at how they were trying to act cool after what had happened in the smoke but said "Okay, what do I owe this visit today huh guys?"

The kids giggled and Moegi asked "Naruto-Nii, come play ninja with us please?" Naruto was going to answer that but stopped when Sakura, who was looking like a zombie, said "What's the point of a ninja playing ninja?" Sakura seemed annoyed, and depressed after being told by Sasuke that she was lower than Naruto when it came to power and that she should just stop trying to get him to like her because he didn't like weak people.

Naruto was going to answer to that too but suddenly Konohamaru glared and said "Shut it Haruno, your just mad because your not as cool as Naruto-Nii!" Naruto gave a irritated sigh at Konohamaru as him and Sakura got into a glaring match, Moegi looked back-and-forth from Sakura and Konohamaru like it was a tennis match, while Udon gulped at the lighting surrounding the two.

Soon enough Konohamaru and Sakura got into a yelling match with each other, and Naruto, Udon, and Moegi sat down to watch it with wonder. Suddenly, Konohamaru yelled out "Your nothing but a flat chested girl that's no where near or even close as cool or strong as Naruto-Nii!" That was it for Sakura, she suddenly hit the poor by on the head with her punch sending him to the ground, in a huff she turned around and stomped away.

Moegi and Udon ran to their friend in a flash and Naruto hanged his head with a sigh at this, but looked up to see Sakura still walking away, he shook his head but froze when Konohamaru got back up and said as he held the bump on his head "That ugly wide-forehead girl… Is she really a girl?!" he too froze when he saw Sakura stopped and start to look back at them with a evil aura as her teeth looked snarled at them.

"Konohamaru, Udon, Moegi… Run…" Naruto said as he paled, they were a little bit froze for a moment before jumping up and running down the street with Sakura chasing after at fun speed.

The kids and Naruto ran down the streets and turned sharply just trying to get away from Sakura who charged at them at full speed, Naruto looked back for a second before hearing Konohamaru bump into someone. He turned back and stopped. Standing in front of him and the kids was a boy wearing all black and looking like a cat, and blonde haired girl with a large fan.

Naruto watched the boy glare down at Konohamaru who was on the floor looking up to him, the boy in black spoke "That hurt you brat…" and before anyone could do anything, the boy in black picked Konohamaru up his scarf then the girl next to him said to the boy in black "Stop it. We're going to get scolded later…"

Sakura, who had stopped her chasing, had to think fast and she said "I'm sorry! I was joking around, so…." she thought in her head 'Who are these people ?…' she turned to Naruto for help but noticed the look on his face, it was a look of wonder and question, she nearly hit her head on the fence as she thought 'What the heck?! He's just standing there with a lost puppy look! Why isn't he helping Konohamaru?!'

Naruto kept watching for a moment before his eyes widened, a smile went on his face and he said with almost glee "Temari-Nee! Kankuro-Nii! I knew I recognized that messy hair and painted face!" suddenly all eyes were on the blonde boy and both Temari and Kankuro yelled out in surprise and happiness "NARU-OTOUTO?! Is that you!?"

Konohamaru was now confused as much as his friends and Sakura "Boss?" he asked out before Konohamaru stopped and looked down to the kid asking "You know Naru?" Konohamaru nodded and said "Yeah he's my boss! My rival and leader!" Konohamaru blinked a few times before saying "Shit kid, you should had told me sooner, if you're a friend of Naru's than your okay in my book."

Right when he put Konohamaru down, Temari ran over to hug the other blonde who smiled at the hug, Temari happily hugged him and said "My god, look at how much you grew kid! The last time I saw you were as small as those kids! And look at your cool outfit, I would had thought you would be wearing an orange jumpsuit that screamed "I'm right here" you know!" Naruto chuckled at that before Kankuro walked over with a grin saying "She's right kid, you grew… But your still smaller than me you know…"

Sasuke who was watching from a tree near them jumped out and landed near Sakura who didn't notice him, he folded his arm and put the rock he had in his hands on the ground and watched this scene.

Naruto rolled his eyes a bit but smiled at Kankuro, but stopped when he looked up to a tree near them and smiled, suddenly he said "Gaara-Nii! Long time no see!" suddenly everyone looked to the tree and true to Naruto's words, standing upside down on the tree was Gaara of the Sand himself.

((AN: Gaara is older since he was born in January and Naruto was born in October, so Naruto calls him Gaara-Nii, also unlike Temari and Kankuro, Gaara calls Naruto Otoutosan, it means the same thing as Otouto but I guess it's a sign of respect or something?))

Kankuro froze for a second and thought 'Fuck… He saw me picking a fight with that kid didn't he?' Temari grinned to herself and thought to herself as she started to hug the daylights out of Naruto 'Kankuro is so going to get his ass kicked for what he did… Aw well, at least Gaara will be in a good mood since he's going to see Naru-Otouto today…' the kids thought 'How on each does Naruto-Nii know these guys?!' while Sakura thought 'What the hell is going on here?!' and as for Sasuke 'What?… I was just up there?! And I didn't sense that guy at all, and yet Naruto just glanced up there and saw him?!'

Gaara's arms were folded and he looked at them before saying "Kankuro… I will deal with you later…" Kankuro mentally cried at what 'dealing' Gaara was going to use. Gaara glanced at his sister and said "Temari let go of him… He's turning blue again…" she did as she was told. Naruto smiled gratefully at his redheaded friend before suddenly being picked up and sitting on a wave of sand.

Naruto blinked a few times before finding himself in front of Gaara who said with no expression on his face "Its been far to long since we have last spoken to each other… Naruto-Otoutosan…" Naruto smiled brightly at Gaara and said "Yeah it has, its great to see you guys again! I haven't seen you guys since I was eight!"


What do you think? This good so far? :D

Also to let you know, Gaara is still his same old self only... not so crazy... He's still very scary to his brother Kankuro, just a little toned down a bit... I'll explain in the next chap kay...

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