Story Summary: This story starts a month after the failed Sasuke Retrieval mission and follows the life of the Leaf the loss of Sasuke the Konoha 12 needs a replacement. Luckily a young boy named Zishi Shiranui comes along. How will he change the world or Naruto?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any extent and am not taking credit for any of Kishimoto's hard work. This is just a story by my own creation involving his characters.

A Naruto Tale: The New Kid in Town

Chapter 10:

Zishi opens his eyes to find himself in a familiar room with a familiar bright light above him. There is something missing though. Zishi thinks back to the first day he came to Konoha and blushes as he remembers the Hokage's breasts looming over his face.

"Well how did you sleep,?" a new voice asks from the corner of his room.

Zishi sits up and looks over to see the masked Jounin that made him fight Kiba. He blinks a few times and responds, "Great. Your Kakashi, my new sensei, right?"

Kakashi closes his book and replies, "That would be correct."

"Where is everyone else? I am hoping to get to know everyone a little better."

Kakashi sighs and then replies, "Well, they are all on a mission to save Shino," Kakashi sees Zishi's worried face and expands, "Shino took some organisms out of your blood stream and is in a coma. The only person who can save you is being held captive, so they are going to save him."

Zishi drops his head and says, "Oh..."

Kakashi leans over and pats him on the shoulder and says, "It's not your fault. Shino did it willingly to save his comrade. Shino is one of the wisest shinobi I have seen and if he didn't think you were worth saving, he wouldn't have."

Zishi simple slumps over as he nods. Kakashi turns his head to the nurse in the doorway and nods. She scurries away with a smile on her face and a spring in her step.

Kakashi estimates that she will be back in about ten minutes so he takes up the opportunity to question Zishi.

"So...where's your family?"

Zishi smiles weakly and says, "Well my uncle, Genma is here, but the Hokage says he is on a mission. I haven't seen my father in years, so he's all I got."

Kakashi nods and says, "Why didn't you come to Konoha sooner?"

Zishi's face becomes even more solemn as he explains, "I was held captive and tortured. They experimented on me and injected me with a lot of fluids."

Kakashi scratches his chin and asks, "Who is they?"

"They had headbands like yours, but with a different marking. There was one with glasses that did most of the work, but the leader was a taller man with long hair and a really long tongue."

Kakashi takes a pencil from the desk next to him and draws man different symbols on a juice carton. One for every shinobi country. When he finishes he points to them and asks, "Which one did you see?"

Zishi looks for a moment and then points to the one symbolizing Sound.

Kakashi stands up and walks out. "I knew it. Only Orochimaru would be capable of something like that."

Zishi begins to ask why Kakashi is leaving before he notices another figure outside talking to him. The man has brown hair and a hi-ate like a bandana on his head. Zishi grins from ear to ear as he jumps out of his bed and rushes over to his uncle, Genma.

Genma looks and sees the boy move before running over himself and hugging his nephew, his only family left.

The embrace in a hug as Kakashi walks away, a smile clear behind his mask.

Tears stream freely down Zishi's face. Any composure he planned on having was immediately thrown out of the window. Genma squeezes one last time and says, "I'm sorry."

Near a large mountain three young Genin stand in the ruffles of the trees as they look on into the horizon. Birds chirp happily, the winds blows freely, all is relatively happy, well...not everything."

"CHA!" Sakura yells as she punches Naruto in the top of his head.

"What was that for, Sakura-chan? I only said that the food needed more flavor. You should really eat ramen more, it helps define your palette."

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A PALETTE IS, YOU NUMBSKULL."

Naruto opens his mouth in protest only to be hit again. He withers away as Sakura screams even more. Hinata sits to the side, worried about Naruto's safety, but still not wanting to get involved.

She looks out into the distance and sees a small shine off of the mountain. She puts her hand over her eyes, to block the sunlight, and squints. She jumps happily and grabs the other two members of her team as she rushes off.

"Where are we going, Hinata-chan? I didn't get to finish my food."

"Oh so now you want to eat it?"

Hinata stops suddenly at the a base of the mountain and points upwards, "This is the base."

Both teammates scream in glee. They have been looking for the base for well over thee hours now and it is good to be done.

Hinata activates her Byakugan and then turns to her friends, "It's empty."

Naruto and Sakura's previously happy expressions turn to stone at the Hyuuga's last statement. They all drop their heads to the ground and slowly walk away.

"I hope the others are having more luck finding Jugo."

As the three shinobi walks away into the trees, a small light is seen in side of one. Suddenly a growth emerges to show a plant-like man. One side of him is white and the other is black.

"Hmm...Jugo eh. This is most interesting. I should report this to Pain. This will definitely affect his meeting with Orochimaru."

Approximately a hundred miles to the East of Naruto and friends, a meeting of evil powers is taking place. Deep inside the forest, a massive tree stands straight and tall. Inside, two men discuss strategy to the coming events.

"Yesssss Nagato. I believe it would be mutually beneficial for ussss to join forcesss," the tall pale man hisses out.

The red haired man is attached to a large machine and is flanked by his most loyal comrade and friend, Konan.

"You bring up good points Orochimaru, but you betrayed us before, so what tells me you won't do it again?"

"I may be a Sannin, but I highly doubt I could defeat the entire core group of the Akatsuki. Many of the members may be able to take me on alone, so to answer your question. If I betray you, I will die and we both know that I value my life very much."

Nagato scratches his chin in thought as Konan walks over to him and whispers in his ear. Orochimaru stands off to the side patiently as he he watches as Nagata nods to his friend.

"Bring him in here."

"Are you sure, Nagato?" Konan looks towards Orochimaru in concern before whispering, "Can you trust him?"

Nagato nods as he replies, "Orochimaru may be power hungry, but he isn't stupid. Go and bring him in, I'm sure Orochimaru will want to hear this as well."

Konan bows as she runs out as Nagato turns back to Orochimaru and states, "One new member will not help us as much as you think. I can make as many Pains as I desire. You would make a strong ally, but I cannot trust you and your ideals. While I desire peace in this world, you desire destruction. I will not help you to conquer Konoha, but I will keep Konoha from conquering you."

Orochimaru stares menacingly at the Akatsuki leader and replies, "How will Konoha conquer me?"

At that moment a growth spurts out from the ground in front of the Sannin. The plant-like man twists twice around before addressing them both.

"I have some disturbing news for you Orochimaru. It would seem that your prized possession, Jugo, is being targeted by Konoha. It would seem that they have already discovered some of your hidden bases."

Orochimaru twitches in anger before rushing off out of the tree and into the forest, where he summons a small snake.

Nagato shakes his head, "His anger and lust for power will be his undoing. He will never meet his goals if he continues to be so selfish."

Outside of the last base, Shikamaru stands. This base is not hidden in the least bit and his a large stone building covered with Sound ninja.

"I think this is it."

Neji activates his Byakugan and scans the building. He looks for a few minutes before turning back to his leader and saying.

"I'm not sure if Jugo is in there. I saw many chakra signatures that were different, but I am not positive if one of them is him or not."

Ino steps up and declares, "Well let's just sneak in and find out."

Shikamaru grabs her wrist and pulls her back, "We can't go in there."

Ino breaks free and says, "Sure we can. Just sneak in with a transformation and spot him, scope the place out, and leave to find the others."

Neji nods and says, "Yes, I couldn't see through many walls for some reason, so I think it would be wise to investigate further."

Shikamaru sighs as he stands up and transforms into a Sound ninja.

"This is so troublesome."

The three casually walk over to the front gate of the building and walk right through like they own the place. Even though, on the inside, they are all shaking with fear.

They walk in and Shikamaru addresses the first guard he sees. The tries to act as collected and confident as possible.

"Do you know where Jugo Mitsudomoe is?"

The guard looks up and points the his left without even looking at Shikamaru.

"Are you new here or just stupid? Go ask the jailer?"

The three nod and rush off into the nearest cell room. Neji turns his head to the side away from the other guards and secretly activates his Byakugan. He scans the room and sees a cluster of odd chakra signatures.

Neji points and runs down the hall to the three cells. They each look into the tiny peek hole on each one and Shikamaru points to his.

"This one has orange hair, I think. Ino keep watch to make sure no guards come. Neji help me with this door."

The two follow orders and as they open the door the all gasp in shock. Inside they see a battered, broken body covered in gashes and chains. Jugo looks up and and they see one yellow eye and one orange eye.

Shikamaru and Neji both rush over and break the chains on Jugo. Neji then puts his hand on Jugo's shoulder to help him up, only to unleash a horrifying, blood curdling scream form Jugo.

In a flash, Jugo punches Neji and he flies back and threw the wall and into a giant, pitch black room. Shikamaru pulls a kunai out , but is too slow, as he get kicked into the room as well.

Neji grabs his head in agony as he helps Shikamaru up. Ino runs in through the hole and checks them both.

The team looks to the far end of the room. What they see makes them all freeze in place, partially in fear and partially in surprise. Though the room is dark, they all see an outline of an image sitting in, what looks like a throne. Neji blinks a few times before composing himself and standing.

"Turn on the lights, Uchiha."

Author's Notes: The next chapter will probably be the last one for this story. I have thoroughly enjoyed writing it and I hope you have enjoyed reading it.

Some of you may have gotten the impression that I was giving up on the story, but I only meant that it was ending soon and that I wasn't going to be working as hard for it. Sorry for any confusion.

My new story is out and I hope that all of my readers will read it. It is called Before They Were Legends. Only one chapter is out now, but I think it is good and I will update it soon. If you liked this one then you will enjoy it.

Review as always. Bye