Hello all! This is Shawn bringing you another wonderful chapter of my story!
DISCLAIMER – I don't own Naruto… I wish I did… So, I'm wondering if I should always put a small story in this section, or should I completely remove it because iu'm sure from the past nine chapter's you know I don't own Naruto... But... whatever!
Sorry this took so long to come out, I got a little bored with writing this story, so I decided to wait a while until coming back to it.
Enjoy!
"Speaking"
Thinking
Koga speaking in Kyuubi mode
(Koga's Hotel room.)
Kankuro took another sip of his tea. He sat on the bed, next to the sleeping forms of both Naruto and Gaara, his sister was on the other bed in the room, and Koga was sitting besides him. According to Kankuro's meters, this was a very strange day.
For one thing, he just learned from Koga that Gaara was cured from being a… murderer for lack of better terms. Secondly, his younger brother became friends with another demon carrier, but the difference was that apparently his demon he was in control of. Kankuro finally took another sip of his tea…
Yeah… Today is really strange… He told himself for the thousandth time.
"So do you understand Kankuro?" Koga finally asked after the long silence.
"Yeah…" He muttered. "I guess I should be thanking you actually…" Kankuro muttered.
Koga smiled slightly and said, "No need to, Gaara is a good kid, and I wouldn't want him to be insane any longer than he already has been."
"Yeah… Sadly though I think he's scarred this village for life… No one will want him around even with the demon sealed properly within him." Kankuro sighed.
Koga looked out the hotel room window. He noticed the children down in the park Naruto had been playing at only days before, how all the children were kind to him at first, but as soon as he became Gaara's friend, they all turned on him and disliked him.
Human children can be so stupid… Koga thought.
Another voice spoke in Koga's mind saying, still referring to things as if you were still a demon… Even so, I have to agree with you for once…
I wonder if Naruto was treated like this when he was a child… Koga muttered.
Arashi sighed and said, It's human nature to blame something on a person, in Naruto's case most fingers pointed at Naruto because he had the demon that destroyed the entire village sealed within him…
"Stupid village… They'll pay someday…" Koga said out loud.
"What was that?" Kankuro asked.
Koga looked slightly confused when Kankuro asked that, but then realized that he had spoken aloud. "Nothing Kankuro, just some thoughts."
Before Kankuro or Koga could get any further into their conversation, a loud knock could be heard from the door. "Yo Koga! I need your help with something here!" Ayumi shouted.
"It's that god forsaken girl again…" Koga cried out in grief as he went over to the door.
Once the door opened, Ayumi bashed it down with her leg, and rushed in. She had a huge box, and a huge grin on her face. Koga knew that face from the last three days and it always met one thing… Naruto is in trouble…
Not the kind of trouble where you do something bad, but it was more like the trouble when your grandma just bought you some very ugly new clothes. Speaking of clothes, Ayumi had changed her attire from the green dress she wore to now a blue dress, and her brown hair was curled up in bun. Very creative… Koga thought sarcastically.
"I hope Naruto can live through this…" Koga sighed as he helped Ayumi set the box down on the ground with a loud thud.
Fortunately, Naruto and Gaara were still sleeping. Unfortunately they had awakened Temari.
"Wha-? Kankuro! My fan! Where is he? Did I win?" She said in a rapid succession as she stood up.
"Fan's over there, Koga's right here, and no you lost." Kankuro answered her as he began to back away from her. She's going to explode any second now…
She looked at her brother straight in the eye and asked, "Did you team up with him? How dare you!" She shouted and ran for her fan, which was leaning on the wall. "I'm going to kill you Kankuro!"
"Te- Temari! No you don't understand!" Kankuro shouted as he ran across the room.
Temari had a look of rage in her eyes as she screamed, "Don't understand what? You teamed up with our enemy! The one who killed Gaara!"
Kankuro had a vein pop in his head as he was cornered. He looked frightened as he said, "Gaara is alive Temari!"
"No he isn't Kankuro… did you see his body? He can't do that or else the demon will control! The only logical answer is that he is dead!" She cried.
"Or…" Their attention turned to Koga, "I could have fixed the seal so he can control the demon within him and he could get some proper sleep."
"Is that true?" She asked in disbelief.
Koga sighed, I finally have her attention! He smiled as he said, "Yep, did it three days ago, your brother has been acting very well for the past couple of days, and I was about to ask him something important soon." Koga explained.
"Thank you!" Temari shouted as she warped her arms around a stunned Koga, and she earned a sour look from Ayumi.
Ayumi finally approached the two and said, "Hey! Did you forget I was here?" The look the people in the room told her that they had indeed forgotten about her. "Koga let go of that poor girl!"
"Poor?" Temari repeated, "I'm not poor you bastard!" She shouted.
Koga took this time to slide out of Temari's grasp and ran over to hide behind the bed with Kankuro. "Is she always arguing?"
Kankuro looked over to his companion and let out a bitter laugh, "Arguing is only a quarter of the annoying services she offers." He answered.
Suddenly Kankuro handed Koga a helmet. "What is this for?" Koga asked clearly confused.
"When Temari gets too angry, she'll use her fan, when she does, she send razor winds everywhere. When that happens to hit your head it hurts like hell when you're washing your hair in the shower." He explained.
"…. I see." Was all Koga managed to say as he accepted the helmet.
Before Temari could begin the fight a slight shuffling sound could be heard on one of the beds. "Temari… Do you always have to talk so loud?"
"Who said that!" Temari shouted as she turned over towards the bed. When she noticed who it was she was stunned, and a smile crept on her face. "Gaara!"
"Yeah, who else did you think it was?" Gaara muttered as he rubbed his head.
Suddenly Temari had wrapped her arms around her younger little brother saying, "I was worried so much about you Gaara! When I saw that sand storm outside the city and then Koga coming in with you in his arms, I could have sworn you were dead!"
"Well…. I'm alive and right here…" Gaara managed to say.
Temari rolled her eyes as she walked over to him and gave him a bone-crushing hug. "I'm so glad you're all fixed so you won't be on anymore murderous rampages!"
"Thanks?" Gaara asked more than meant it.
"Welcome!" She shouted as she began to make Gaara run out of breath.
The other occupants in the room lessen their aura's of distress, and walked over to Temari and her younger brother.
(Konoha, Hokage Tower.)
"This is very troubling…" Sarutobi muttered as he looked around the room.
He was at a round table, where he and several other people sat, of those few, sat Itachi and the Hyuuga leader, Hiashi.
"Indeed it is, the children in my clan have began to tell each other of this so called rumor…" Hiashi sighed and continued saying, "This is changing many of their views of the child."
"All of them?" The Hokage asked.
Hiashi grimly looked at the Hokage and said, "Yes, even my daughter Hinata won't look at him the same way."
Itachi noticeably sighed and muttered, "This is bad… Naruto has stayed sane so far because of his father and friends. If his friends are reduced to simply Sasuke, I think he might adopt my brother's darker personality."
" This isn't good… I wish Koga hadn't said all of this in the presence of some of the children." Sarutobi muttered again.
Itachi seemed deep in thought until he finally muttered. "It was my fault Hokage-same."
"Please explain yourself." Sarutobi stated.
"When I heard Koga speaking in the forest that day, I figured that he was just teaching his son something, so I allowed the children to listen along with me, and before I had a chance to do anything, Koga had told Naruto's secret to the children in my care." Itachi explained.
Hiashi sighed and said, "I can make a rule in my clan to not mention this anymore within the clan, but that will make it obvious that the rumors are true…"
"They aren't true!" Itachi shouted. "They state he is a demon, which he is far from!"
"Itachi!" Sarutobi muttered, "Please don't shouted within here, even if you strongly disagree with him."
Hiashi looked to the Hokage and back at Itachi and muttered, "No… I was wrong… Naruto is human… He just has a ability no one in the village could possibly have."
"Indeed Hiashi…" Sarutobi muttered. Finally after a little bit Sarutobi asked, "Did Koga mention anything else?"
"Yes Hokage-sama." Itachi muttered right away.
Sarutobi bit his tongue, there is more to what has already been said? He wondered to himself.
Itachi glanced at Hiashi and said, "If this affects your look upon Koga and Naruto, I will never view you as the same again, Hiashi-sama."
Hiashi noted the sarcastic sound of the Sama at the end of his name, and knew this must be something of much importance. "I swear I will not change my views of Koga. He is an honorable man that I… I myself would follow."
"Is that so?" Itachi muttered half to himself.
"Itachi… It may not be wise to spread this information… I have a bad feeling of what it is." Sarutobi warned.
Itachi simply held up his hand and stated, "If he thinks he trust Koga this much than I will tell him."
"This sure seems… urgent…" Hiashi muttered as he looked at both the Hokage and Itachi's face.
"It is…" Itachi mumbled. He finally seem to figure out what to say and began to speak saying, "Hiashi… You know how Kyuubi was sealed inside of Naruto, right?"
Hiashi looked at both men in the room before saying, "Yes, I know of that…"
"Apparently though, the fourth put a… special seal on him." Itachi muttered.
"What does this seal do?" Hiashi asked slightly uneasily.
Itachi sighed as he looked down for a second, and quickly back up and stated, "It allowed the demon to act as a guide for the child, or in this case, a father."
It took Hiashi only seconds to put the pieces together, and what he figured out frightened him. After a little bit of thought, he quickly stood up and left the room, leaving behind no comments.
"You shouldn't of told him that Itachi." Sarutobi murmured.
"He was Koga's friend, he will soon see that Kyuubi and Koga are practically two different things."
The Hokage sighed and asked, "Are you sure of this?"
Itachi looked a little surprised and asked, "Do you doubt the wisest clan in the village?"
"No… I just hope he can make the correct decisions, and I'm sure he is intelligent enough to know that none of what we said in here can be said to anyone else."
Itachi chuckled slightly as he said, "You wouldn't really think he would spread any rumors as well? Someone ranked as high as he is?"
"Itachi, rumors can sometimes be a very powerful weapon…" Sarutobi muttered as he leaned back and closed his eyes for a few seconds.
After a little bit, Sarutobi got back up and stated, "Now that that is all aside, we have some bigger problems. The Adults in the village that know of the cursed seal on Naruto are beginning to abuse the law. They praise their children for believing Naruto is a demon…"
"I could personally go and tell them to stop." Itachi stated as he cracked his knuckles.
"Itachi… I… I don't think it would be very wise for you to do that. It could possibly ruin your reputation in this village… What little you have amongst the villagers that is."
Itachi noticeably sighed, "I wish they would see that Sasuke and I are not crazed like the rest of our damn clan."
"Itachi, it will take a while to gain this villages trust again… you have already my trust within you, so that is a large step in the right direction."
"Yes Hokage-sama, but you knew that I was against my family when they attacked… Even the Hyuuga clan knew, but they still treat me and my younger brother like garbage."
The Hokage shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Is that so?"
"Yeah… even after I assisted them by killing my own clan members… and my father."
"I will have to see to that someday… As for the topic we were on before." Sarutobi said as he straightened up, "I suggest we just observe the villagers right now. If they decided something to much against Naruto, then we will go warn them."
"I agree Hokage-sama." Itachi agreed.
The Hokage nodded and muttered, "You're dismissed."
(Konoha, Ninja academy.)
I hate this… Sasuke cried to himself in his mind.
In the classroom right now, Sakura was sitting next to him, chatting about something, and most of the girl's were again in the back sending Sakura hateful glares. Ino though, stood out as she had a look of envy on her face. On to the other side of the room, Hinata seem to still be in very deep thought about Naruto, and finally most of the boy's in the room have cooled down and talked about more casual things.
Of these boy's, two were fulfilling the role of being completely lazy.
"Shikamaru?" Choji asked as he popped another potato chip in his mouth.
"What is it?" He asked lazily as he got up from the desk he was leaning on.
Choji looked around nervously before he asked, "I was just wondering if you'd like to train with me after classes today." He added hastily.
He's hiding something… Shikamaru thought, but he instantly pushed it aside, whatever, it's too troublesome to find out what it is… "Sure Choji, I'll be there."
"Thanks Shikamaru!" Choji shouted in joy.
Sasuke had been listening to this entire conversation, and felt a little envious. I wish Naruto were here so we could train as well…
"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked. After a short pause she shouted louder, "Sasuke-kun!"
"Eh? What is it?" He asked as he got out of his daze of thoughts.
Sakura looked at him with some disbelief and asked, "You were ignoring me the entire time?"
"Well… I was sort of… um…" Sasuke muttered.
"Some friend you are." Sakura huffed as she looked towards the front of the class room.
Sasuke sighed and mumbled, "Sorry."
Sakura's face instantly brightened up as she said, "It's no problem Sasuke-kun!"
What did I get myself into? Sasuke began to cry to himself in the inside. Finally Iruka appeared and began to teach class once again.
I hope Naruto gets back soon… Sasuke silently prayed.
(Suna, Hotel room.)
In the Hotel room, sat six individuals. Kankuro and Gaara were both sitting on one of the two beds, and Temari was sitting on the other. On the floor, sat both Ayumi and Koga, who prepared to serve the tea to everyone.
"Everyone, we're leaving tonight to head back to Konoha." Ayumi announced.
Gaara and Naruto both had a look of disappointment on their face. They didn't want to leave their newest best friend alone.
Gaara finally spoke up saying, "I wish I could go…"
"Yeah, me too." Naruto added in.
"Ayumi, can you please pass the tea?" Koga asked kindly.
"Why'd you asked her to pass it to you?" Temari asked, a hint of aggression in her voice.
Koga quickly noted the aggressive tone and stammered, "W- well you see! She is closer to it and all!"
"Yeah! Butt-out Temari!" Ayumi muttered as she handed to the teapot to Koga.
While the two girls were glaring daggers at each other, Koga, Kankuro, Gaara, and Naruto all began to speak.
"Gaara. I'll be blunt." Koga stated, "Naruto and I want you to come with us back to Konoha."
Gaara's eyes lit up so much that Kankuro was about to faint at the sight, a extremely happy Gaara was an incredibly rare sight… To Kankuro at least.
"I'd love to!" Gaara shouted.
Koga smiled as he watched his child cheer and hug Gaara. You know Koga; they're basically like brother's, Arashi stated.
Yeah, I noticed that… He answered.
Before any more celebration could go on, Ayumi came with some pretty bad news… "Guys…" She began, "He is the son of the Kazekage, there is no way he is going to let his 'secret weapon' get out of this village. If his son is found in Konoha, it could… no… would start a war between these two nations."
"But…" Naruto started, but was quickly cut off by Koga who put his hand on the child's shoulder.
Gaara looked heartbroken, which made Kankuro and Temari both feel sorry for the child.
"Wait…" Kankuro stated. I don't know why I am helping you Gaara, but seeing you so helpless like that… Gah! He shook his head a little and said, "You know how people are always trying to kill Gaara?" He waited for everyone to nod before he stated, "What if we made it look as though we kill him?"
"Kankuro that is the most…" Temari paused in the middle of her rant when she absorbed most of what had been said. "You're a genius!"
"Indeed… There is only one flaw." Ayumi muttered.
"Yes." Koga also agreed, "They would need a body as proof of the deed."
This time it was Naruto who interrupted by saying, "We could make it look like we crushed him into the ground, and there is no way to get his body!"
"That may work…" Koga muttered.
Everyone in the room became a little unease by the smirk that now showed on Koga's face…
(Several hours later, Suna.)
Gaara wandered down the alley alone, his emotionless face scaring anyone who came near him. Finally a figure with a fan stood within his path.
"Who're you?" Gaara asked in a cold voice.
Temari looked a little shocked at her brother's question.
"Gaara! I'm your sister! Stop killing the innocent people here!" She cried out some more, "I don't wish to kill you!"
Gaara snorted and asked, "You think you can defeat me… sister?"
Temari backed up a little, but soon charged at Gaara. She waved her fan at the child, who just had it deflected with his sand, and allowing some of it to attach to his latest victim. It slowly moved up her arm and around her body, and after only a minute, her whole body was covered with sand.
"Gaara! Please don't kill your sister!" She begged.
Gaara let out a small muffled laugh and stated emotionlessly, "I have no family, my purpose in life is to kill."
Before Gaara could kill his sister with his desert coffin attack, she suddenly burst, showing a puppet. What is going on? Gaara asked himself as the display went on in front of him. The puppet broke out of the sand and slowly walked up to him.
"You're just a puppet! You cannot defeat me!" Gaara shouted as he sent his sand in to attack the puppet.
Hm, fell for it just as planned. Kankuro thought as he got his other puppet to attack Gaara from behind.
"What the!" Gaara screamed out as the puppet suddenly pulled him in with multiple strings. After a short bit, blades from the puppet that acted as Temari shot towards Gaara, effectively killing him off.
"Good job Temari." Kankuro muttered he sighed and leaned against the wall.
"You as well Kankuro." Temari muttered as she jumped from the top of the building, and sat on the right side of Kankuro.
Kankuro looked around to make sure that no one was around before he asked, "Do you think they made it out alright?"
"Lets hope so…" Temari muttered as she leaned back against the wall.
(Outskirts of Suna.)
Naruto, Koga, and Ayumi all ran as fast as they could out of the desert so they could be in the trees and travel faster across the land… The other reason for their quickness was to get Gaara out of the box he was currently held up in as soon as possible.
After a short while, and deep within the borders of the Fire country Naruto sighed and said, "We made it without his father figuring out that we actually took his real son while Temari and Kankuro were dealing with his sand clone."
"It was a good plan." Koga admitted. "Though I'm sure I could have come up with something better."
Ayumi though, opened the box that Koga was carrying to quickly let Gaara out. "Hey Koga!" She shouted back to him, "Go get some water from the stream nearby!"
"Why do I have to?" He whined.
"Because I said so!" She threatened him with swinging her fist around. Koga sighed and did what she told him to do.
Naruto rushed over to Gaara and asked, "Are you alright?"
Gaara slowly looked up to Naruto and let a smile loose. "Yeah, it was a little rough, but I think I made it."
Ayumi headed back into the forest to quickly gain some wood for a fire, right when Koga arrived.
"Naruto… Gaara." He stated as he looked at both of the boys "Take a small rest, I am guessing we're going to be stopping here for the night… So please be on your best behavior."
"Yes Koga." Gaara said.
"Yes Dad!" Naruto shouted.
Before anyone could do any other moves, a voice from behind the two children spoke saying, "I believe you have taken something that I still have interest in."
Gaara broke into cold sweat, while Koga and Naruto both turned to the voice. Both of them grew shocked when they found the Kazekage standing right there with some of his bodyguards.
"Give it back to me, or I may choose the option to go to war with your village." The Kazekage warned.
Naruto noted the 'it' that the Kage used to refer to Gaara with, and that made him shouted, "He has a name! It's Gaara you bastard!"
"Naruto, don't speak like that to a Kage, it is a huge offense, and you may get killed because of it." Koga quickly muttered into Naruto's ear.
"Heh, think nothing of it." The Kage said, "He's just a child who knows nothing of… politeness."
Naruto simply glared at the guy, while Gaara stood with a shocked expression on his face. Koga had a disgusted look on his face, but wasn't handing over Gaara anytime soon.
"I was hoping it wouldn't come to this…" The Kazekage sighed.
Suddenly from behind the Kage and his three bodyguards, another man appeared, holding Ayumi hostage, with a blade up to her neck.
"This goes against your code!" Koga shouted.
"Ha, there is no code of honor for a Kage, we're simply the strongest ninja in the village. We're the ones that lead our village into war and out. Basically we're just… dictators."
"I- I don't want to go back with you!" Gaara finally shouted after a little bit.
The Kazekage sighed and wave his hand a little over his head, and the blade got closer to Ayumi's neck. "Come now, son…" He spat out the last bit, and it was evident to the others as well.
Before he could say anything else, Ayumi elbowed the person holding her hard, probably using chakra to improve her strength. Once the person that was holding her was down, she quickly ran over to Koga's side.
"We have to turn in Gaara. There is no way any of us are stronger than a Kage… Even if we did beat him, more people in Konoha would die because of the war that would follow." Ayumi explained.
Gaara looked as though he was having an internal war with himself; luckily Koga and Naruto both knew that the demon within him couldn't influence his choices anymore.
"Fine…" Gaara muttered. He turned to Koga, Ayumi, and Naruto and said, "I'm going to miss you guys…"
Naruto looked as though he was going to have tears welling up in his eyes in any moment and he stammered out, "I'm going to miss you too Gaara."
"Indeed Gaara… You were a fine kid…" Koga muttered.
"Don't worry Gaara, you can visit us in Konoha sometimes!" Ayumi said, trying to brighten up the moment.
"Yeah… I guess so…" He said as he walked over to his father.
The Kazekage had a pleased look in his eyes as he said, "I cannot wait to see all of you in Konoha as well…"
Before anyone could ask what he met by that, he was gone with Gaara and his bodyguards. The three remaining people all sighed and at down. Naruto had tears freely falling down his face, while Koga was lost in thoughts. Ayumi was the only one doing something productive by creating a fire.
"I wish we could have brought him with us…" Naruto muttered.
Koga nodded and added, "I was thinking of adopting him as well…"
Ayumi decided to just stay silent as she finished the fire and just sat to look at the flames.
(Suna, Gaara's home.)
Temari and Kankuro were both sitting on a couch that was near the front door. In front of the couch was some stairs that lead up to all of their rooms, and to their left was the kitchen and some other rooms. Finally after a while, Temari and Kankuro saw through a window a dejected Gaara walking back…
" Too bad it didn't work…" Temari muttered as she and Kankuro both saw Gaara enter the place with a sadden expression on his face.
"Yeah…" Kankuro muttered.
Gaara walked pass both of them, with a expressionless look on his face, but before he could go pass both of his siblings, Temari got a grip on him and said, "I'm sorry… Gaara."
She quickly grabbed him into a hug, knowing he wouldn't kill her or anyone anymore because he wasn't insane. Gaara clearly tried to break the embrace, but eventually just accepted it while saying, "I wish I could have been Naruto's brother…"
After saying that Gaara simply began to cry on his sister, while Kankuro watched the scene from his position. I'm sorry Gaara, He muttered in his mind.
CHAPTER TEN – ENDSorry that took so long to get out! I was just too lazy to write this chapter, mostly because it was a part of the story that I just wanted to get pass so I could begin the time jump to when everyone is twelve.
Oh, did I mention that the next chapter is none other than the Genin exams?
No matter, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
Now for some Q&As!
Q1 – Why is Shukaku's chakra red? Shouldn't it be yellow?A1 – Yes, it probably should be yellow, but to make this easier in this, I have decided that all demons have red chakra, I may go back and change it though.
Q2 – Will Gaara go with Naruto and co?
A2 – Not sure why I decided to put this here, but you all probably know the answer, if not, then it's – NO.
Q3 – Why isn't Gaara going with them?
A3 – For the most part I plan to keep the Genin teams the same, I may change a few things and tweak it here and there, but I loved the sand trio, they were so awesome!
That's all for now! I'll see you in chapter eleven!