Chapter 1

So it begins…

Uzumaki Naruto has been living a poor life for 6 years. Everybody he looked at they always glared at him, saying "Get out of here" in their eyes. He just wanted to run away, to avoid all the hateful glares that were upon him. He didn't know where to go, or what to do. Maybe he'll ask the hokage to go on a trip to get away from the hidden village for a while or forever. So on that day he went to the hokage office.

"Hello Naruto, what can I do for you?" ask the hokage pleasantly. He felt sorry for the boy, he wanted the village to see him as a hero, but didn't quite work out as the way he planned. So he acts more kindly to Naruto than anybody else.

"Hey old man, I just want to know if I can go on a trip for a while"replied the young Naruto. "I just want to go away for a while to see the outside world" Well, that's not entirely true, but it has some truth in it.

Sarutobi looked at him for a while, wondering if he should allow him to go on a trip with Jiraiyi, since Naruto can get some training, and so that Naruto can get away from the village, before Naruto can no longer take the villagers and commits suicide. "I will allow you to go on one condition, it's that you go with a shinobi named Jiraiyi, and do not worry he won't treat you like how the villagers treat you."

Naruto was a bit scared going on a trip with somebody he doesn't know, but if the hokage says that that's the only way he can go, then he'll take it. He was also a bit less scared when hokage said this person won't act hateful towards him, he knew the hokage won't lie to him. The hokage was the only one that showed kindness towards Naruto. "Sure, I trust you, so when do I meet him and when can I leave for the trip?" asked Naruto.

The hokage then called the ANBUs and told them to find Jiraiyi in the bathhouses. After 5 minutes Jiraiyi enters the room.

"Yo, what do you want me for?" asked Jiraiyi. He then looked at the little blond boy sitting near the hokage's desk. He hoped he didn't have to do anything revolving around the boy, he didn't like immature kids.

"I want you to take Uzumaki Naruto, this you boy, to a trip outside of this village, to let him see the outside world. Since he doesn't have any parents, I'm asking you to take him." Responded the hokage.

Jiraiyi looked surprised that this young boy is the container of the nine-tailed demon fox. He thought about all the things he can teach the boy, knowing the boy's father was a true genius. He thought about it for a while and asked "Why are you asking me to take this boy to a trip, why not another ninja. This can seriously cut into my 'information gathering'."

"I trust you with the responsibility of taking care of the boy, other ninja's of this village would not like the responsibility of taking care of the boy, and also, you can teach him the basics of ninja. You can go as long as 6 years, he just needs to be back for the genin exam." Explained the hokage. He wanted Naruto to spend as much time as possible away from the village, so that he has enough time to recover from the damage the villagers have given to Naruto.

Naruto was sitting there the whole time, listening to the conversation, he was happy that this man that was suppose to take him on the trip didn't give him the hateful glare. He was also excited of having a personal teacher, teaching him the basics of ninja and he was thrilled that he can stay up to 6 years away from the accursed village.

Jiraiyi agreed to go with Naruto and thought if the kid was as half as good as his father, then he would be a truly amazing shinobi. "So when do we leave to go on this trip?" asked Jiraiyi.

"I'll give you two 3 days to pack up. Naruto, if you need to buy anything for the trip you can come see me later. I can give you the money to buy, and Jiraiyi can show you where to buy your stuff." Said the hokage, he wanted to aid the boy, he knew the boy doesn't have a lot of clothes, since almost every store he went into gave poor service to the boy.

After that Naruto and Jiraiyi left the place to get ready. Naruto was happy that he can leave this village and see more in the world. Hmm…I think I'm going to do what the old man told me to do. Before Jiraiyi started to take off, Naruto asked if he can go shopping with him tomorrow. Jiraiyi said "Sure, I'll meet you at the hokage office after lunch tomorrow"

Finally, the third day was arrived. Today is when Naruto and Jiraiyi leave for their trip. Naruto lost respect for the man, after he knew Jiraiyi was the creator of the perverted books, Icha Icha Paradise, now Naruto gave him the name ero-sennin.

They exited the gates of Konoha, and started to walk away. Naruto couldn't be more relieved to leave the village. Now, his dream to be greater than any other shinobi has begun.

Jiraiyi told Naruto what he'll be teaching him. "First, I'll be teaching how to mold charka to do ninjutsus. Then, you're going to learn the Kawarami, the Bunshin No Jutsu, and the Henge. After you can successfully perform those techniques, I'll start your taijutsu training. Oh yeah, and you'll be wearing this suit that puts 10 pounds on your body when we start, and when I feel you're ready, I'll add an extra 10 pounds on the suit. We'll be gone for 6 years, and it's going to be hell." Said Jiraiyi with a smirk, trying to scare Naruto.

Naruto didn't care, as long as Jiraiyi doesn't give him "the look", then he'll be ok. "Hey, since we're gonna be gone for 6 years, where are all the places we're going to go?" asked the curios Naruto.

"I'm not entirely sure, but I'll think of somewhere to go, if we cant find anywhere, we can always go back to my place at the top of the mountains in Fire Country." Responded Jiraiyi. That's where I can do some of my research. Hehehehe, thought Jiraiyi.

Jiraiyi showed Naruto the hand seal to do the Bunshin No Justsu first and all the hand seals of the 12 animals. Naruto is new to hand seals, since the academy doesn't teach hand seals during the first year. Naruto practiced the hand seal all day, trying to be smooth at doing the hand seals.

Finally, they've reached Wave Country, Jiraiyi and Naruto went to search for a hotel to stay for the night. After they found one, Jiraiyi told Naruto to stay in the hotel by himself, while he goes to the bath houses.

Naruto tried to sleep that night, but found it strangely difficult, it felt like something, or someone was calling for him. Since he couldn't sleep, he thought he could get some training done, so he got up, got dressed, and exited the hotel.

Naruto practiced the bunshin no jutsu for an hour, he's exhausted now, and was about to go home, but he stopped when there was a man in front of him. Naruto was kind of scared.

"Hey what are you doing here?" asked Naruto, hoping that he was just walking by, and would leave him alone.

"I'm here to help you."

a/n: who's this mysterious guy, find out next chapter!