(A/N: Hey guys.. And girls, here's another chapter! I am glad you liked the last chapter, because I enjoyed writing it. This is the chapter where I introduced my own character. Hope you guuys like the new character! Even though you don't get to see what its jutsu's are, and good it is. Anyway, enjoy!)

Chapter 14

They soon met up with an excited pink and red Sakura. Naruto cringed at her attire, it practically screaming out kill me! He gave Sakura her training clothes and waited for her to get back. Sasuke and Naruto were already in their training clothes consisting of blues and blacks. Naruto was wearing a black muscle shirt and black pants, held up by a simple cloth belt. His arms were bare, which showed his weights off, but to anyone else who didn't know what they were, they looked like black rings.

His hair was a blond knotted mop on his head, but he had a black bandana around his neck if he needed it to cover his hair. He wore black combat shoes with some black painted metal as the soles. His pouch was located on his left hip and he had a weapon pouch on his right leg, and left forearm, just underneath the weight placed there.

Sasuke was dressed the same, but he had his Konoha bandana on his forehead. He had blue designs on his black pants along with a baggy dark blue shirt. He wore his pouch on his right hip and a weapon pouch on his left forearm. He also wore the same shoes as Naruto was, but less metal on the bottom.

When Sakura arrived, she was wearing a black long sleeved shirt that was cut on each shoulder to show some skin. Most of her hair was hidden underneath a black bandana with her Konoha bandana on top of it. She wore black capris with women's combat shoes. She also wore a loose, cut on both sides, skirt over her capris that came down to about an inch over her knees. She looked noticeably deadlier and, somewhat unearthly.

She smiled to Naruto and Sasuke before he gave them their weights. They put them on in their designated spots and Naruto had them put some weight into them using their chakra. Sasuke made all his weights weigh twenty-five pounds each. Sakura's weights were slightly lighter, about twenty pounds each. Naruto gave them a small smile before putting an extra twenty-five pounds on his. Then he motioned for them to start running and they made their run to the clearing they were in yesterday.

Yet again, Naruto made two Shadow Clones and used them against Sakura and Sasuke as sparring partners. Naruto himself went through his regular training exercise program, minus the sparring part. They made some improvements today but Sakura needed to form some more muscles and improve on her taijutsu technique. Sasuke only needed to improve his growing speed. They were both exhausted by the end of the day, but Naruto made them jog all the way back to Konoha.

When they got back, Sakura asked, "Naruto-sensei, how come we have to leave the Village to train?"

Naruto caught his breath and replied, "For several reasons, but I am only going to tell you two of them. One; by leaving the Village, you are forced to be on constant alert of any approaching chakra signatures. This will allow you to heighten your basic senses the hard way. Two; I don't want anyone spying on my training with you two if I can help it. This will give you the element of surprise to your enemies."

They both nodded, finally understanding. They began their training, this time, getting more and more battered and bruised. Several hours later, when the sun was about to set, three figures came in view, running tiredly. They were let in without trouble and Naruto spent another night at Sasuke's house. In the morning, they did the same thing, except Naruto began to teach them advanced taijutsu, something they worked at, non-stop. Sakura finally put her crush for Sasuke aside to focus on training. Was Sasuke ever pleased about this.

Time skip: Three months later.

Once again, they were out in the same clearing, sparring against Naruto's advanced clones. They had gotten increasingly better. Sasuke had gotten the second level of his Sharingan, and Sakura is finally getting respect from Sasuke. All she really needed to do was to leave him alone and not be a 'fan girl'. Naruto conversed with Kyuubi a lot. The nine-tails finally revealed some of his past to Naruto, but kept a lot back. He was contemplating on when he would take over the boy's body, but Naruto has gotten increasingly interesting. He actually has feelings for the pink-haired girl named Sakura. This brought forth an ominous chuckle from Kyuubi, but no matter how hard Naruto tried, he could not get the reason behind the weird chuckle.

The chunnin exams were coming up soon, and Naruto was not all excited. All he wanted to do was to learn the jutsu from the perverted ero-sennin, and take his leave. But every day that he is with these two, he can't bring himself to even think about leaving. They had become the friends he never thought he would have. Now he was going soft and he beat himself up for it.

One day, Naruto told his 'students' to train in one of the training grounds inside the Village's walls, because he was going somewhere. They looked at him suspiciously, but complied. Naruto turned back and headed outside the gates, making sure to make it clear to the guards of his purpose. Him not being officially part of the Village, they had no choice but to let him do what he want.

Naruto left Konoha in the dust as he moved with impossible speeds. His current weight was now over two-thousand pounds. This meant that he had two-hundred and fifty pounds on each, plus his growing weight of one-hundred and sixty pounds. That came up to a grand total of two-thousand one-hundred and sixty pounds. He was going to a fast little bugger when he decided to take them off, that's for sure.

He soon came up to another Village, but that wasn't his stop. He continued on, straining his senses as far as they will go. He soon caught the unmistakable scent of blood. He veered to his right and made his way to the battle scene. There were at least fifty bodies and about a hundred more men surrounding a teenager, who was badly beaten. No tears on her face, just gashes and bruises. No part of her body was good enough to pass over if someone was to heal her. The men laughed menacingly and some where beginning to unbuckle their belts.

"Why are a bunch of cowardly men taking on such a small, innocent girl?" Naruto asked to no one in particular, catching the men's attention. They looked over at him and sneered. None of them were shinobi, by the way they held themselves, and all of them had a pitiful amount of killer intent leaking out of them. They tried to surround him, but he was too fast and appeared beside the girl. She looked up hopefully before passing out.

Naruto reached into his leg pouch and drew out a bunch of senbon. He threw them with unbeatable accuracy and speed that in mere seconds, they were all dead. He kneeled down beside the girl and began to heal her, careful to not mess up. After that was done, he made a small fire and laid her down beside it. She looked to be about ten years of age with long, red hair, the color of blood. Her clothes were torn and ripped in several places and both her shoes were gone. She looked really cute in a way, but he had just saved her, and he needed to know if she was going to be okay.

A while later, she woke up with a start, only to find her savior cooking some delicious looking fish. Her stomach growled loudly in anticipation and she gave an embarrassed smile at his raised eyebrow. He gestured to the fish and looked away, on watch. She gave another small smile and began to carefully eat the fish. It was delicious.

"What is your name?" She asked, after she was done. He looked at her then and gave a small smile.

"My name is Naruto," He replied. "What is yours?"

"Kira Axle of the Axle Clan." She answered, a sad smile on her face.

"Is your Clan still alive? Do you want me to bring you back to them?" Naruto asked, his bright, clear blue eyes were watching her.

"Yes, they are alive. But I don't want to go back. Those men who attacked me were some villagers that work for my family. My mother ordered me dead, because my father is no longer alive and no one to protect me. I ran and fought them off, but was about to get…. Raped, "She shuddered at the thought. "Until you came along and killed them. I humbly thank you."

Naruto nodded and studied her, "Well then. Where will you go?"

"I know not. Nobody wants a clan less street urchin in their homes."

Naruto only nodded, understanding. He was in the same predicament before, but not now. He thought for some time, until he came to a decision, "Come back to Konoha with me and the old man there will definitely give you a job and someplace to live… It's your choice, and I cannot force you to do something you don't want to."

She smiled a bit, and nodded. Naruto nodded back and stared into the flames, deeply in thought. She finally lay down and slept.

Naruto was racing through the trees, Kira's limp form on his back. He was finished with his business earlier on, and now he was about an hour away from Konoha. She probably wouldn't wake up for a while, so he decided to carry her. Her wounds were all healed, thanks to him, and she was sleeping peacefully.

He wondered why she was hated by her own mother. If she was truly from the Axle Clan, she should have a fearsome Blood-Line Limit. He'll ask her later, when she wakes up.

"Kit, you need to hurry. I sense something is wrong. There might be an attack on that worthless Village. Hurry up."

"Yes, Kyuubi-sama."

Naruto picked up his speed greatly and raced for Konoha. It only took him fifteen minutes to reach the gate, and another two seconds to jump onto the wall to see what was going on. There were a few fires, but only minor, and several battles were going on. Naruto made sure that Kira wasn't going to fall off and he took off towards the Hokage tower. Once there, he entered the office and set Kira down on a chair.

"What are you doing here, Naruto? Who is that?" The Third asked, looking extremely disheveled.

"Hi to you too, old man. She is an Axle. They banished her when her father died, and I saved her from a hundred men from raping her. Will you please take care of her until I get back?"

"Okay. The attack that is going on is by Orochimaru, I think. You'd better be careful, he is one of the-" He didn't get to finish because Naruto jumped out of the window. He sighed and rubbed his forehead, a migraine coming on.

Naruto landed on the ground with grace and stretched his senses as far as he could. He stood there for several minutes and finally found a huge chakra signature coming from the eastern side. He smirked and ran towards them.

When he got there, the pervert Jiraiya, Sasuke, Sakura, Orochimaru, and several unknown shinobi were facing off against each other, or rather, staring each other down. Naruto entered the training field and everyone looked at him.

"Why did you start the party without me?"

(A/N: Well, not exactly a cliffhanger, but the real action starts next chapter. Do you like my character? Her special qualities will be introduced either next chapter, or the one after it. Anyway, you know the drill, read and review! Later!)