Konnichi wa Minna-san!!!

Genki desu ka? Ojochan desu!!

A/N: This is my third fic, and also my first Naruto fic. Please tell me what you think once you're done. This fic will be on-going. This fic will be Shounen-ai, so if you don't like the idea of boy like boy, you may leave now. I hope this chapter is not too OCC. I tried my best to put them IC. Sorry if it seems OCC to you.

Thanks so much to all my reviewers of "A Glimpse of Hope". You people RULE!!!

Ikyutakei- GOMEN!! For the extreme OCCness. I just wrote whatever popped into my head. Well, I sort of put them that way. GOMEN again. Please don't think anything of it, and please continue to support me. Doumo!

Lala-Thank you. I think it is cute too. Thank you for reading and reviewing. Please continue to support me.

Fujiki-chan-WOW! Do you really think so?? AWW I'm so honored. That is the nicest thing anyone said about my fic. THANK YOU! You've had past experiences?? Well, I hope all goes well for you. I love FUJI/TEZU too. Hope you enjoy this fic. Thank you for reading and reviewing, and please continue to support me.

Ochibi-chan- Hey hey! Glad you read my fic! Thank you so much for reviewing. It's so great to see familiar names reviewing. Sorry, this fic is not a PoT fic, but I promise next one will be PoT. ( - )

BabyTeaRs- It is a lovely fic isn't it? Thank you so much for thinking so. I'm so flattered. Yes, Eiji found out that Fuji like Tezuka. He knew all along that Tezuka liked Fuji. Thanks so much. I will write more PoT fics, and fics in general. Please continue to support me with you reviews!! ARIGATOU!! Please enjoy this fic.

My past fics: "Normal Day Janai" - Pairing: Tezu/Fuji, Eiji/Oishi---PoT

"A Glimpse of Hope"-Pairing: Tezu/Fuji ---PoT

Chapter 1: Naruto meets a woman who fell into a trap and helps her. He helps her home. Naruto almost used the newly learned forbidden jutsu while fighting Sasuke.

The pairing is not apparent in this chapter but it will be next chapter. It will be Naru/???? Please read this fic and review and most definitely, please look forward to next chapter. It should be out soon; maybe next Wednesday.

Disclaimers: I do not own Naruto. They, the plot and the characters rightfully belong to their rightful owners.

The Fated Red Ribbon

Douzo!!

"sigh" Naruto sighed as he hopped from one tree to another. He had just finished his training with Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura. After a long and hard day of training, Naruto headed home to where his comfortable and waiting bed laid.

The day of training was like always. Kakashi was late as usual; Naruto had tried to impress Sakura with his newly learned jutsu, but failed to get her attention, like usual. Her attention was once again glued to Sasuke, who had leaned back to a tree and acted indifferent to the world. 'He and his cocky attitude' Naruto thought as he hopped across more tree branches.

Flashback

Naruto arrived at the regular training site where he usually met his team and sensei. He saw that Sakura and Sasuke have arrived earlier than him. He approached Sakura. "Ohayo! Sakura-chyan!" he sung.

Sakura turned to him and glared. She turned her attention back to Sasuke without a word to Naruto. Naruto ignored the glare and went over to Sakura as if she had greeted him. He saw that her attention was glued to Sasuke. He stalked over to Sasuke. He stood in front of him and glared at him. Sasuke glared back. "What do you want?" But Naruto continued to glare at Sasuke.

Suddenly Naruto was whacked from behind. Naruto rubbed his sore head and turned around to see who the hell would punch his head. "Tem-" Naruto cut himself off when he saw Sakura. "Nani Sakura-chyan?" Naruto said, softening his voice.

"Naruto, stop bothering Sasuke-kun. Leave him alone," Sakura yelled giving him a cold glare.

"What? Nande Sakura-chyan? What is it about this bastard," he pointed at Sasuke, "that makes you so...protective..." Naruto trailed off.

"What do you think, Naruto? He's strong, smart, handsome, and a lot other things. He can do anything. He can learn any jutsu that comes across him," Sakura said to Naruto with a smile on her face. "He can beat you any time that he wants," Sakura said with not a hint of kindness. Sasuke smirked.

"No he can't! I'll beat him any day." With that, he turned to face Sasuke. "Sasuke, I challenge you."

A sudden poof of smoke indicated Kakashi's arrival. "Yo! How's everyone doing...?" Kakashi let his question trail off as he looked at his students. Sasuke now stood straight up and faced Naruto. He smirked, "Aa. You're on, Naruto."

Kakashi looked from Naruto and then to Sasuke. "Oh I see," Kakashi said after Sakura had filled him in on what just happened. "This should be interesting."

It has been over 6 years since Kakashi became the sensei of team 7. They are now 17 years old teens who can do anything imaginable; yet they bicker like children. Though their ages might have matured, sometimes their behaviors have not.

Naruto stood at the clearing and faced Sasuke; Sasuke faced Naruto. Sakura and Kakashi stood on the side and watched. Kakashi read his favorite book while facing his two students.

"You're going down, Sasuke." Sasuke smirked. Naruto bent to his stance while Sasuke to his. Naruto charged Sasuke and formed numerous seals with his hands. Sasuke recognized the seals and prepared himself.

"Kage Bushin no Justu," Naruto yelled. Four copies appeared by his said. The four split into different directions and charged Sasuke.

Sasuke blocked a punch on the side of his face. He caught the hand and threw the clone across the clearing. It landed on its back and disappeared in a poof of smoke. Sasuke blocked more punches and kicks. His hands quickly formed seals. Four Naruto appeared on all four sides of him; their arms and legs preparing to punch and kick at Sasuke.

Sasuke completed his seals and yelled, "Katon Ryu ga no Jutsu." (A/N: I hope that's right) Flames shot out of his mouth. He spun his head in a circle aiming the fire at the four Narutos. All four Narutos were knocked back. Three of them disappeared in mid-air, while the other crashed into the ground.

Sasuke smirked as he saw Naruto in lying unmoving on the ground. His smirk widened as he saw Naruto getting to his feet. Naruto was not one to be beaten easily with just one blast.

Naruto breathed in air trying to calm himself on his shaking legs. 'I'll show you' Naruto barked in his mind. His hands came together to form seals yet again. Sasuke looked at the seals that Naruto was forming. Naruto was chanting something with his mouth. The seals were unfamiliar to Sasuke. He had never seen Naruto form those seals before.

To the side, Kakashi had looked away from his book and to Naruto. Kakashi did not recognize the hand seals that Naruto was forming. He looked at Naruto then to Sasuke. Sasuke was surprised too. 'What are you planning to do Naruto?' Kakashi asked in his mind.

Naruto smirked inwardly as he saw the surprised look on Sasuke's face. 'I'll get you now'. Chakra now visible, surrounding him. Light blue chakra danced around Naruto. Light blue became dark blue as he formed the seals.

"Earth Wind Water..." he suddenly stopped as he remembered Jiraiya's words. 'Never! Never use this jutsu if you do not have to. Never use it if you life or anyone you love is not in danger' He stopped his hand in the middle of his seals. Sasuke looked at Naruto in surprise. 'Why'd he stop?' Kakashi was surprised too.

For just a second, Sasuke found himself fearing what Naruto would do. He shook himself off the thought.

Naruto's arms came to rest at his sides. "Nah! I'll let you win today, Sasuke," Naruto said loudly. This shocked all three people.

Naruto, the never giving up Naruto, the prideful Naruto, was giving his victory to Sasuke, the one he had vowed to defeat. Naruto walked over to Kakashi, who was quite surprised at his behavior. "Kakashi-sensei, can we start training now?" that jerked Kakashi back to reality.

"Aa. You three will team up and fight me today."

Naruto smiled. "Hai," Naruto said in reply.

"Aa..." came a response from Sakura, who was still shocked at Naruto's weird behavior. Sasuke nodded eyeing Naruto.

And they began to fight Kakashi; Naruto's behavior still on everyone's mind. Naruto, however, felt very happy. He knew he could defeat Sasuke any time if he wanted to, but knew that it was not the times to use it. After all, his newly learned jutsu was a forbidden jutsu.

End of Flashback

Naruto hopped and hopped, tree after tree. Suddenly, a scream caught his ear. He stopped and listened intently. It came again, but this time it was lower in volume.

Birds flew from their nests and away to the sky at the disturbance in the quite forest. Naruto jumped to where he heard the scream.

Naruto jumped from his position in the tree and viewed the area. "Hello? Is anyone there?" Naruto yelled.

"Hello? Is there someone up there? Can you please help me? I'm trapped in a whole," a person yelled. Naruto turned to where the voice came from. The voice was of a woman's. He spotted a big hole next to a large tree. He ran over. "Hello? Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine, except I sprained my ankle while falling to this hole. Can you help me up?" the woman asked out loud. The whole was pretty dark because it was already late in the afternoon and it was getting dark. Naruto couldn't quite see the woman's face, but was able to see the outline of her body.

"How deep is the whole?" Naruto asked. "I think about 12 feet deep," the woman answered.

"Okay. Now, I'm going to jump down there and carry you up, so stand against the wall so I won't land on you," Naruto yelled inside the whole. "Wakata."

Naruto jumped on the tree next to the whole and cut down a long but strong enough vine and carried it as he jumped down from the tree. He tied the vine to the base of the tree tightly. He tied the other end around his waist securely. "I'm jumping!" Naruto yelled. With that he jumped. He landed gracefully on his feet. He let his eyes time to adjust to the dark. He was able to see the person against the wall of the whole after a few seconds.

He approached her. She leaned on her able leg and tried to walk over to him. Soon she was on his back as he carried her up. He climbed the wall of the whole with the vines. As soon as they arrived at the top, Naruto set the person he was carrying down. Naruto stood up on his full height and looked at her. She was a woman of about 20 to 30 years old. Her hair was blond just like his. Her hair lay loosely on her shoulders. She had shoulder length hair. Her face was shadowed by the darkness of the forest, but he was able to see her eyes. Her eyes were a color of deep blue. She didn't wear a band that showed if one was a ninja or not. Her outfit was normal and seemed pretty comfortable.

Naruto brought his gazed back to her eyes and saw that she was looking at him too. She smiled at him and said, "Arigatou for helping me back there. I think I would've been stuck in there for the whole night if you didn't come." Naruto smiled back.

"Nah. It's nothing. I'm glad I could help. Can you walk?" Naruto asked, worriedly. She stood up on her feet and tried to walk to show that she was okay, but almost went sideways if not for Naruto's quick reaction. "Where do you live? I'll carry you home," Naruto said with a smile, totally forgot that his waiting bed was at home.

"It's at the end of the forest," she said and smiled back. Naruto picked her up and carried her home.

"You're very kind. May I ask you your name?" she asked happily. "Aa. It's Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto."

"Aa. Naruto-kun. I like you name. It has a nice tone to it," she complimented. "Thanks."

"What's yours?" Naruto asked as he walked farther along the forest. "Naruto- kun, can I tell that some other time?"

"Aa. Sure." Naruto was puzzled. Why couldn't she give him her name now, but later? Who is she?

"We're here," she said.

A house not too big and not too small came into view. The house looked like any other house in the village. Naruto carried her over to the door and let her down.

"Are you going to be okay by yourself?" Naruto asked still a bit concern. Naruto didn't know why but he felt that he needed to get to know her. She nodded and limped over to her door.

"Thanks for all your help, Naruto-kun." Naruto nodded. "Well, it's getting pretty dark. I'll be going now," Naruto said and turned to leave.

Naruto walked half way from her house and the forest. He stopped when he heard his name. "Naruto-kun, my name is Kei Ai," Kei said, smiling widely.

"Hajimemashite, Ai-san," Naruto bowed politely.

"Just Kei would be find, Naruto-kun."

"Hai. Ja, Kei-san." Naruto turned and walk into the forest heading home.

TBC...

A/N: Well, that's all for now. Please look forward to next chapter.

A clip to next chapter: Naruto will be given a box. The box is sealed with no way to open it; but his name is written on it. What will happen when he opens the box? Can he open the box? What will he find once he opens the box? Please stay soon.

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Ojochan over and out!