DSlifer: 2nd chapter. I'm currently requesting Beta Readers. Send me an email if you wish to be my Beta Reader.

To chibi-onna1: The reason I didn't put Iruka in was because I made Iruka, not know Naruto yet. Since Naruto isn't in the academy yet. He left before he started to be in the academy. Also Iruka will have a role in the future.


Chapter 2: Naruto, Itachi, and the Shadow Clan

The wild animals circled an unconscious young boy, with a hungry look in their eyes. A man in a big cloak jumped down and snatched the child from the ground as the animals were about to pounce.

The man carried Naruto away and set up camp right outside the Forest. The man looked over the child he rescued and saw in surprise, as he recognized him. "Uzumaki Naruto, the vessel of Kyuubi, my mission was to capture you. I guess my job is done before I even reached Konoha."

Naruto, still unconscious, heard the name Konoha and began talking about getting revenge on the village.

The man stared at Naruto and smiled. "So he wants revenge... this might prove to help the Akatsuki.

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The next morning, Naruto woke up and noticed that he was still alive and unharmed. He also noticed a man staring at him. "Who are you? Are you the one who saved me?" asked Naruto.

"My name is Uchiha Itachi. I'm taking you away from you village for now."

Naruto smiled happily. "Yay! Where are we going?"

"Follow me. But first put these on." Itachi gave Naruto a new set of dark colored clothes.

"Why? What's wrong with the ones I'm wearing?" asked Naruto.

Itachi smirked a little before he answered. "First of all, your clothes are too bright. I don't like fighting every single idiot who decides to attack a kid. Second of all, the clothes you're wearing, if you haven't noticed, are ripped."

Naruto stared down at himself and remembered that his clothes got a bit destroyed by the wild animals attack.

Itachi turned away while Naruto changed into the separate set clothes. "Itachi-san! Why are these clothes so heavy? I can't move with these on."

"Calm down Naruto-kun. Those are the only set of clothes I carried along with me. Normally I wouldn't even have clothes so small, but I was expecting you. Also, you want to get stronger don't you? Wearing lots of heavy clothes will improve your stamina, speed, and strength a lot faster than simple training."

Naruto smiled faintly at that, and he starts walking slowly. "I think I could manage if you walk slower."

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The two travelers walked at an even pace, until Itachi had a visitor one night. Itachi after getting Naruto asleep sensed an enormous amount of Chakra.

"What is it Kisame?" asked Itachi to the man who was behind him.

Kisame, a powerful man whose face bears a resemblance to a shark and has a huge Chakra Absorbing Sword, revealed himself. "How did you know it was me?"

"I'm not sure, must be that fish smell around you," Itachi said laughing.

Kisame laughed loudly with Itachi, "I don't smell."

"Well truth is, only an S-Class Missing Nin will have chakra as high as yours. Also, among all the S-Class nin's, you're the only one who goes and finds me. So, let's get down to business. Why are you here?"

"The Akatsuki wants to know about the boy you were sent out to capture. I see you were successful but now the question is what should we do with him."

Itachi smiled happily, "No problems there, he came along peacefully. It seems like Konoha has been treating him pretty harshly. He appears to have obtained a sense of hatred toward the village."

"That's good, though what should we do with him for now? The Akatsuki still wants to use the Kyuubi's power."

"Don't worry. Tell them that I'll be leaving him with a couple of people I know. They'll teach him everything he needs to know. Also since they travel a lot, Naruto will be able obtain a wide variety of Jutsu's. I'll also be teaching a couple of stuff. Not to mention I've already been preparing him for my plan. Tell the Akatsuki to not interfere if they want the Kyuubi's power's!"

"As you wish, Itachi." Kisame vanished in a puff of smoke.

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The next day, Itachi and Naruto finally arrived at a village. "Naruto-kun, this is where we will part."

"What? Why? Where are you going?" asked Naruto frantically.

"I've got some business to take care of. I'm leaving you with a clan I know. I want you to learn all you can from them and since they wander throughout the world, I want you to learn every Jutsu you can. Also, I'll give you something as a parting gift."

Naruto looked up hopefully, then his hope fell as he saw the 'gift'. "More weights? But I already have these..."

"You're moving normally with those already, now I'm doubling the weights you have on right now." Itachi said while he started to replace the weights in the pocket's of Naruto's clothes. "Don't worry, it's just 60 pounds now."

"Itachi-san... will I ever see you again?" Naruto asked hopefully. "These few days' has been the best for me. You don't mind if I be your adopted brother do you?"

"Sure, from now on, you're my little brother. And don't worry, we'll see each other again. I'll visit you from time to time. Make sure you change the weight's every once in a while. Come along, I'll buy you a meal, I know you don't like eating those canned foods we had during out trip here."

Itachi brought Naruto to a nearby Ramen Stand and ordered ramen for the both of them. Itachi slowly ate his ramen as he thought about his other brother... Sasuke. Naruto on the other hand, once he had his first bite of ramen, quickly ate the rest of his ramen and ordered bowl after bowl of every type of ramen in the stand.

Itachi after getting over his thoughts stared at Naruto in shock as he finished his thirteenth bowl of ramen. "God Damn! Where does he put all that food?" thought Itachi in surprise. "Good thing I save all my money.

Naruto finished eating and patted his stomach happily. "I'm all done, Itachi-niisan."

"Then off to find the Shadow Clan." Itachi paid the bill and left with Naruto.

"Shadow Clan?" questioned Naruto.

"The leader of the clan will explain when we get there."

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After a few hours of searching, they finally found the hotel that the Shadow Clan was staying in. "Stay out here Naruto, while I go and explain some stuff."

Itachi went inside and found Hotame Shadow, the leader of the Shadow Clan. He explained to Hotame about Naruto and about the Kyuubi inside him. He asked Hotame to take care of Naruto until he is 12.

"Don't worry, my friend, you helped us in the past so this is our chance to repay the debt. I'll be sure to teach him all the Shadow Clan's techniques and help him in any other Jutsu he wants to learn."

"Thank you. Let's go down now, and you tell Naruto all about your clan."

The two people went outside and found Naruto practicing a Jutsu. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" yelled Naruto. Five Naruto's appeared in a puff of smoke and Naruto cheered happily. "I did it! I finally used this technique."

Itachi and Hotame walked up to Naruto. "Naruto, when did you learn this technique? How did you get it anyway?" Hotame was wondering the exact same thing.

"Itachi-niisan! Did you see me? I finally found the Jutsu I copied back in Konoha. I forgot I had it until I looked through my old clothes. Good thing you didn't throw them out, brother."

Itachi and Hotame stared in shock that this young child, barely 7, had used a Jounin Level Jutsu. Not to mention that he had created a total of 5 Clones and wasn't completely exhausted yet.

"Itachi-san, you have just handed me a great treasure. This child may one day become one of the top ranked Shinobi's in the world," thought Hotame.

Itachi gestured Naruto to follow him into the hotel.

Inside the hotel, Itachi left after telling Naruto that he'll visit him from time to time. Hotame called the rest of the members of the Shadow Clan to the lobby. After waiting a few minutes, 4 girls, 5 boys, 5 men, and 5 women came to meet Hotame.

"Naruto, these are the members of my clan. The 4 girls are Kyrani, Hantina, Ayana, and Mirama from left to right. The 5 boys are Inote, Marik, Honame, Gau, and Mahu from left to right. The 5 men are Unaki, Gymai, Tyrue, Yormu, and Kile from left to right. The 5 women are Ganua, Trane, Kilana, Matta, and Haemi from left to right. You got it?" Naruto nodded his head.

"Ok. All the Adults are Jounin's and of the children only Hantina, Marik, and Mahu are Genin. Understand?" asked Hotame. Naruto once again nodded his head.

"Ok, on with our clan's history. Our clan used to have more members than this. We originated from Konoha and were known as the ShadowNara Clan. But the Shadow family wanted to explore the world, while the Nara family just wanted to lay back and enjoy life. Because of this, the clan separated into the Shadow Clan and the Nara Clan. Both of the clan's techniques deal with shadows but over the years, our Jutsu's have slightly altered a little."

"Then who's is stronger?" asked Naruto quickly.

"We don't know. Our clan's haven't seen each other for a very long amount of years."

"Okay."

"Anyway, now that you are part of our clan, you will be trained in our Shadow Jutsu's. Also, I hope you do what Itachi told you to about learning every Jutsu you see. Also, I know you may not agree on me about this, but I'm going to try to get you to lessen your grudge against Konoha."

Naruto frowned at this. "But they treated me horribly!"

"Did all of them treat you horribly?"

Naruto briefly remembered about Kakashi and the Hokage.

"Also the villager's just treated you badly, because they don't understand you. Try to get them to acknowledge you and then you might find that you actually not want to harm any of them. Now get ready, we're going to be leaving this village tomorrow. Prepare for your life's greatest training."


DSlifer: Finally done with this chapter. Itachi is about 16 right now. Sorry for all that dialogue, but I don't find anything wrong with them. Also, I hope I explained about the Shadow Clan enough. If I haven't and you think I should include something, tell me what I should change in a review. Also any guesses on Naruto's Bloodline Limit?