Destiny of a Shinobi

By: Lord Myst

Chapter 2

Bonds and Discoveries

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; I only own any original characters

A/N: Please remember that this is an AU. Characters will be a bit OOC, and one character in this story will be different from canon, even though he is dead in canon (hint, hint). Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter, for it was fun to write. This chapter is also longer than my first one to! Enjoy the story!


"Sunagakure?" questioned Naruto. Naruto looked up at the gruff looking guard, "I was supposed to be going for Kirigakure." The guard looked down at the kid with a bemused expression on his face. Naruto thought this looked out of the place on the guard. "Sunagakure is not that bad. You will like it here. Plus as a bonus, you won't get pale."

Naruto followed the guard through the streets of Suna. Idly wondering where the Kazekage tower was, he watched the civilians here go about their business. The first thing he immediately noticed was that he did not receive glares or anything. A few people were looking at him kind of oddly because of the mask though. Oops, I really should have gone with out the mask, ah well the whisker marks are to dang noticeable.

After being lost in his thoughts for a little bit, he noticed the large tower at the end of the city. The spiral of a building actually had twists in it. To Naruto, it reminded him of the ice cream on an ice cream cone. Its color was sandy white, with glass bubbles as windows. It seemed to tower over all the other buildings. What Naruto did not understand, is why he heard seagulls, and saw the said animals on top of the tower.

Looking behind the tower, he saw his answer. Naruto stared at what he saw in awe. There was a port behind the Kazekage tower. The port seemed to stretch across the entire city. The docks were loaded with men working, small businesses and obviously ships. Dozens of ships were docked into the docks, with their captains' and crew working on them. He saw many more ships coming and going between the sea and the village.

The markets that were along the sides the walls were quite interesting. There were fish markets, with quite the selection of fish from tuna to salmon. There were herb shops along the docks, selling all kinds of herbs needed to create healing lotions and liquids. Many trinket shops seemed to line the docks as well. Places selling jewelry, pottery, silverware and other odds and ends that seemed to litter the place.

What Naruto smelled was a different story. It smelled like there was a lot of sushi bars along the area. He smelled a hint of dango and even some ramen. This place looks so cool! I can't wait to explore it.

"Ano sa, ano sa. Guard-san, why is this village a port city?" Naruto looked up at the guard and added on to his statement. "We are in the desert, why is there water?" The guard chuckled for a moment, looking down at the kid he answered back, "Well kid, we need water to live don't we?" Then the guard smiled for a bit, which to Naruto looked a bit like seeing that scarred faced dude who likes to talk with people at Konoha smile. It was a creepy sight. "This is also a major source of our income. Besides having ninjas and their missions, this helps bolster our economy, and you do know what that is right?" At seeing Naruto nod he kept replying. "If we go into a shortage of ninja missions, this will help the village stay alive."

Naruto took in this information, as they walked into the Kazekage's tower. Naruto seemed a bit nervous as he was shaking in fear. 'Kyuubi, What should I do? Should I respect the Kazekage, manipulate him or something else?' 'This looks like he'll be one tough flesh bag, and especially I hate the ones with extra skin. Those ones are hard to eat. Anyways, respect him but do not give any information about me. They do not need to know that I exist.'

Naruto agreed with the Kyuubi on the information, but not the eating part. Naruto was lagging a little behind so Naruto speed up to the guards pace and followed the guard up the winding stairs. They eventually came to a pretty looking secretary. The guard walked up the secretary and muttered a few words. Naruto watched the secretary go into the big wooden double doors. Deciding that this may take awhile, Naruto sat down on the chairs in the waiting area. He took up some conversation to take up some time, with the Kyuubi.

'Hey Kyuubi, what kind of jutsus should I learn? Katons? Fuutons? Hell Raitons would be awesome!' 'Settle down brat. I planned on teaching you mostly Suiton and Doton jutsus. These were my specialties. I know a few Katons you can have though. You will not learn many if any at all of the Raiton kind. You need near perfect control for those, and this you will never have.' Naruto hung his head in shame; he thought not being able to be perfect sucked. 'Taijutsu is something that will take you years to learn. It's not your thing, but it is needed to get anywhere. You will also learn kinjutsu later on in your life. Flesh bags may suck at fighting, but the katana is a lovely killing weapon they invented.'

'I get to learn how to fight with a katana? That is so cool, when do I start?' Naruto was quite exciting at the prospect of being able to fight with a sword. 'Not until you are at least 7 years old brat, you are too small. A katana is taller than you!' 'Damn furball, taking all the fun out of training,' grumbled out Naruto.

Naruto was jerked out of his thoughts by a sudden voice, "The Kazekage will see you now." Naruto gulped and walked into the room. Once inside, he saw sitting at the head of the table was a man with the blue Kazekage robes on. He had his hat and veil off, which revealed his red hair and teal colored eyes. Naruto knew that this guy was powerful. He could feel it radiating off of him.

"Welcome to Sunagakure young one, what is your name?" The Kazekage finally spoke, looking down at the child with kindness in his eyes. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, what is your name Kazekage-sama?" Naruto answered the question politely. "Naruto is a very nice name to have, as for my name, I am called Soriyu Satoru. You can call me Kazekage-sama though. Now why are you in Sunagakure?" 'Kit, tell the sand monkey the truth. Tell him where you are from. Mention me as a bloodline that will be helpful to your plight.'

"I used to live in Konohagakure sir. I ran away from there, looking for a better place to live. I have no parents. I lied to your guard to get in, I am so sorry!" 'Konoha? This is useful. I can turn one of their potential nins into my own. He seems strong. I can sense chakra just oozing out of him. Hopefully he meets my son Gaara, whom is mistreated here in Sun because of that blasted seal. I should have never done that, how foolish of me. His seal is hard to keep under control; hopefully this boy can help calm him down. I will need to get a seal specialist in here soon,' the Kazekage thought to himself.

"It's okay Naruto-kun. I am not angry at you. I will get you an apartment, since you do not have any parents and you look like you can take care of yourself. It will be in the Suna Living District. This is a middle class area, so it is not so bad," replied the Kazekage after much thought. Naruto looked really happy at this. He was dying to hug the man, but refrained himself. Naruto looked up when he noticed Kazekage-sama began to talk again.

"Now, please tell me about anything special. This will be going on your record as a ninja. All kids are put in the Academy, but not everyone makes it. Anything you would like to add?" Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment and replied. "Kazekage-sama, I have a bloodline, maybe a limit I think. I have two types of chakra. One is normal, which is blue and the other is red. The red chakra heals me when I'm hurt. It also supplies more chakra when I'm out. Is this special enough?"

The Kazekage was stunned. This kid had a bloodline, which the leaf-nins just dumped him like a commoner. Oh yes, this kid would be useful. He is very useful to Suna, to much potential to waste. The Kazekage realized the kid had finished talking and told him, "Yes that is special Naruto-kun. You will be strong, I am sure of it." Naruto smiled at the praise, it is something he rarely got.

"Now, I will have a chuunin escort you around Sunagakure to get used to the place. He will answer any questions you have. He will also show you to your apartment after the tour has finished. Is this acceptable?" The Kazekage asked the kid after the long winded response. "Good, thanks for getting me out of paper work by the way, I hate the stuff." Naruto grinned at the thought of easing this mans work load. "Sadly, having you in the village requires more paper work, ah well." Naruto bobbed his head down after hearing this. The Kazekage continued to speak, "The chuunin that will be escorting you around is named Hatisaki Ikasu. Just call Ikasu-sensei, for he will be your Academy teacher in a few years."

Ikasu appeared from the door and greeted Naruto, "Yo, I will be your tour guide this evening. Fasten in your shinobi wire, its going to be a bumpy ride!" Naruto laughed at the man's antics. Naruto turned around, bowed and thanked the Kazekage. With a smile on the faces of Naruto and the Kazekage, Naruto followed Ikasu out the door and onto the tour.


"Alright Naruto, I guess its time to go on the ride. I will be taking you to all the districts, explaining the major clans along the way," Ikasu said in quite the lecture mode. Ikasu put on a smile and began to shout out, "Please keep all hands and feet, as well as shinobi equipment inside the ride at all times. Thank you." Naruto laughed at the weirdness of this guy. He assumed it was to help kids pay attention in class.

The first place they stopped at was the Training District, as loads of people were sparing here. "This is the Training District," started Ikasu. "This is where you train most of the time. You can come back here, lets move along now." Naruto was sadden that he didn't get to watch the sand-nins spar more, to get more jutsus out of it.

Naruto followed the chuunin into what appeared to be the Market District. Many civilians and shops lined the streets. He noticed stores that sell shinobi gear, house gear and other miscellaneous items. These stores seem a lot hell more trustworthy than the crap at the docks.' 'The crap at the docks is for poor flesh bags. The stuff here is for the middle and upper class flesh bags. In the end you are all flesh bags, why classify yourselves. Foolish mortals.' 'Ahh can it fuzz ball, there is no need to be sarcastic now.'

"This is the Market District Naruto. Here you can buy everything you need. Luckily, you will not be living poorly so do not worry about money. Kazekage-sama will be covering your costs until you are a genin," explained Ikasu-sensei. Naruto perked up at hearing this. "Why would he do that Ikasu-sensei? I'm just a little child." "You are a little child with a bloodline. You are valuable to any village you are in," answered Ikasu. Naruto looked kind of put off at the thought of being used, but he tried to hide it form Ikasu-sensei. Ikasu caught this look though and added on to his thought, "The Kazekage still cares for you. He would offer this to any child, but don't be surprised if you have a little bit of extra ryu than normal." Naruto seemed placated by this information.

They continued to walk down the street. They walked up another gate and went on through. When they emerged, Naruto noticed the most obvious thing. This place was for the rich. There are two large luxurious manors, apparently held the clans of Sunagakure. Each manor had a training ground, gardens and a lot of other things. He watched as shinobi were sparing. His eyes widen though when he heard a jutsu being called out. "Garasu Sohen no Jutsu (Glass Chips Technique)" Narutos eyes were amazed when glass chips were summoned out of the air and launched at the enemy. What the other guy did amazed Naruto even more. The other shinobi called out "Garasu Tate no Jutsu (Glass Shield Technique)." This caused a slate of thick glass to form around the shinobi which caused the glass chips bounced off of harmlessly.

Naruto looked over to Ikasu and asked, "Who are they and why can are they able do glass jutsus?" Ikasu looked down at Naruto. "As you may have noticed, this is the Bloodline District. Most major bloodlines live here." Ikasu looked thoughtful for a moment and began to speak, "That clan over there has the ability to do glass jutsus. This is only a bloodline and a not a bloodline limit. They are the Haryuko clan. They tend to fight usually using only their glass techniques. Most of them are actually fairly nice, for they are a newer clan in Sunagakure."

Naruto looked thoughtful for a second spoke, "Does that mean they are horrible against fire jutsus?" Ikasu chuckled and thought to himself 'This kid is really smart. He will be a great ninja one day.' "Yes Naruto, that means they are weak to fire jutsus, you catch on quickly." Naruto beamed at the praise.

"Allow me to explain the other clans in this district Naruto," explained Ikasu. Naruto nodded his head, eager to learn information about his new allies. "We have a clan here that has jutsus that affect the temperature. These guys are quite skilled in using wind jutsus to in combination with their temperature jutsus. They are called the Kikorusi clan. They are a very team oriented clan, so you would be lucky to get one of them on your genin team."

They kept on going a little bit farther until they got to the next manor. He watched as these shinobi would fight, using a form of genjutsu that confused him. Why is a clan like this using genjutsu?' After letting Naruto soak in that information he began to speak again. "This manor houses an interesting bloodline. These guys specialize in mirage jutsus." Naruto looked confused for a moment and asked, "Isn't a mirage just a genjutsu, like a normal one?" Ikasu chuckled and answered back, "Well these mirage jutsus only work if there is heat. Also the normal command kai, to cancel and disrupt genjutsus, does not work on these genjutsus." Naruto looked shocked at this. That is a power bloodline he thought.

"They are the Shikyrou clan. They work really well together with the Kikorusi clan because their bloodlines correspond with each other. Often times you will see them on the same teams," explained Ikasu. Naruto took in this information. It was useful to him. He could learn how to defend against these clans and beat the crap out of the most likely quite arrogant clan heads and council.

They walked a little farther until they got to a large house with an odd smell. What is that I smell Kyuubi? 'Smells like a cat, I hate cats, as they are almost as bad as flesh bags.' Naruto chuckled at the Kyuubi, when he saw two people fighting. His eyes widen when he saw lions along side the fighters. He watched them turn into a beast like form themselves, that of a lion. They grew a mane and began to attack each other using interesting taijutsu that seemed to require impressive speed.

Naruto would have kept gawking, but stopped when Ikasu began to speak again. "This is the home of the lion users. They use lions as companions in battle as well as use special jutsus that correspond with the lions. These guys tend to be really good at tracking things down." Naruto was wide eyed at that, the thought of using lions in battle was a bit scary. Ikasu added in afterthought, "They are the Raizuka clan. They tend to be brash individuals and not so good with stealth."

Naruto watched as the next manor showed a bunch of people, who all looked the same fighting. They had grey eyes with sandy brown hair. Naruto watched in amazement as he saw wind being forced out of their palms and hit their opponents. He watch them trade blow for blow is a style with much fluid and grace. Ikasu began to explain who these people were.

"This manor is the largest and houses the most powerful clan in Sungakure, the Hyrojuga clan. They practice a wind type taijutsu called Fuikygun. The clan has a main house and a branch house. The branch house has a seal placed on them. It's kind of like the seal the Hyuuga use. The Kazeinshou (Wind Seal) locks the bloodline away when they die. It is placed on their hand, and they can even torture them using the seal." Naruto looked horrified that anyone could do such a thing to their family. Ikasu looked sad and began to speak. "The main house controls everything. Right now though there is a dispute in the family because there are two possible heirs to the clan head. They are twins. The girl is named Kaori and she is very aggressive, and considered stronger than her brother. While the boy, is named Kouya, who is more passive and considered weaker. They both are actually your age, 6 years old. It is sad that they are fighting over who should be heir already," droned Ikasu sadly. Naruto could tell he did not like this clan much.

"That clan is also very arrogant. They only use their taijutsu and their special jutsus. They have other jutsus that help them, which only they can do. Never do you see one use something that is non Hyrojuga."

Naruto just stared at him. This clan sounds like a bunch of fools. He intended to fix this later on his life. Naruto turned around and saw an empty manor. This seemed suspicious to Naruto, so he turned around and asked Ikasu-sensei, "Ano, sensei, why is that manor empty?"

Ikasu turned around and looked at what Naruto pointed at. 'He's pointing at THAT clan's manor, I won't tell him it's a secret, just say that it is for sale.' "Mmh... Naruto-kun, that manor is just for sale," answered Ikasu.

'Brat, he's lying, I can smell that from even in here, that's pathetic.' 'He's lying! It is probably a big secret then. I will respect it I guess, but I should pester around to learn about it, that would be cool.'

Naruto and Ikasu left the Bloodline District and entered to what Naruto thought was the Living District. It was filled with nice houses, all lush with colors and people. Nobody here seemed poor or rich either, it was like a middle class. "Naruto-kun," began Ikasu. Naruto turned his head to look at Ikasu. "This is the Suna Living District. This is also where you will reside. You will spend a lot of time here, as there are various training grounds in here as well playgrounds for you to play at." Naruto was happy at this information, for he didn't want to go out into the desert to often to train.

"I will take you to your apartment now, and thus concludes the ride." Naruto followed Ikasu to a building with around 10 doors. Walking up stairs, he noticed that there was a hallway of doors with a ledge on the other side, each with a label on it. They stopped at a door labeled Apartment 2C. Naruto thought to himself 'Damn it. Am I doomed to live in apartment 2C all my life?' "This is your apartment Naruto-kun. Here is your key. Inside the apartment you only have appliances and a bed. You will need to buy everything else, and I wish you a pleasant day." With that, Ikasu left Naruto in a cloud of smoke. 'Man I wish I could do that awesome jutsu!' 'In time kit, for now lets go inside and see your new accommodations.' With that thought in mind, Naruto put the key in the lock and opened the door.


Inside the apartment, there were several things that he noticed. It was completely bare and it was bigger than his old one at Konoha. The apartment had a fairly large living room. Stepping in, he walked down the hallway. The walls were made of wood, with a dark brown coating on them. The floors were a nice beige wooden floor. There was one bedroom in the house, as well as a kitchen and dining room combo. The only bathroom in the house was connected to the bedroom. It had only the basic appliances. He dusted a fairly large layer of dust though. Damn, I am going to have to clean this place up. I don't want to do that. 'Haha, puny little kitling is going to have to clean. Boo hoo, are you are going to cry?' 'Shut up fuzz ball, I just don't like cleaning. Don't make me come in there and throw plushy toys at you.' 'Plushy toys? The horror! I concede, I concede, please don't come in here and do that.'

Naruto snickered at Kyuubi for being afraid of little harmless plushy toys. After getting out of the awe of having a better home, he decided that now was a good time to shop for furniture. He set down his bag on the floor with various scrolls. Grabbing the one labeled money, he unsealed it using the command kai. With that a crate popped out. He opened it up and took the entire contents. He now had enough money for various things he will need to run an apartment. With that in mind, he walked out the door and his lock his new home. Jumping over the ledge, he landed on his feet and burst to the Market District.

Arriving at the Market District, he searched for a furniture store. After finally finding one, he walked in and went up to the salesclerk. "Salesclerk-san, I need to get tables, chairs and couches for my new apartment, can you point me to the right direction?" asked Naruto. The salesclerk nodded and pointed to the correction section.

Walking over to the said section, Naruto picked up the tags he planned to purchase. He picked out a TV and a sofa tag. He also got a small coffee table for the living room. He pulled out two chairs and a small square table for the dining room. For his bedroom he selected the tag required for a dresser and a mirror.

Taking the tags up the salesclerk, he pulled out an empty scroll. The salesclerk told him that the price was 1,542 ryu. Paying the prices, he went to the back to collect the buys. At each item that he bought, he performed the item sealing jutsu, Ninpou: Kajou Chouin. After sticking the scrolls in his bag, he left the furniture store.

Looking around, he tried to find a grocery store. After finding one he went inside and got the necessary items. He picked up some milk, bread, fruits and vegetables as well as rice balls. Leaving the grocery store, he stopped at the accessory store to get pots, pans and other much needed items to live. After around three hours of shopping he was tired and done for the day.

Leaving the store, he walked home. After getting back to his district, he accidentally bumped into a kid. "Hey gaki, watch we're you are going. Turn around, so I can kick your ass." Naruto turned around and saw the oddest thing he has yet to see in his short life. It was a kid in a black hooded jumpsuit with odd markings on his face, as if he tried to draw them on himself. Naruto asked the kid his name. "Who are you?" "I am Kankuro. I am the best ninja ever! Since you bumped into me, this requires me to kick your little scrawny ass."

Naruto jumped him and got into a fighting stance, ready for anything. What he was not ready for was when Kankuro pulled out a one foot tall doll. "What the hell? You are going to fight with a doll? That's not going to do much damage!" Naruto realized he spoke to soon when said doll started to move on its own and pulled out kunai and other various sharp objects.

"You were saying dobe? This doll is going to kick your ass," yelled Kankuro confidently. The doll sounded shot forward at average speed with a sharp kunai in its hand. Naruto dodged out of the way as the doll struck, rolled on the floor and pulled out a kunai. 'Hey kit, that boy is a puppet fighter. He uses Chakra strings to control the puppet. Just aim for the puppeteer.' Naruto agreeing with the Kyuubi fired four kunai at the kid. All four kunai impacted their target, the hands of the kid. Kankuro screamed in rage, and the doll dropped from his hands and stopped moving as it lost it's life at the sudden pain in Kankuro's arms.

"Never bully me punk, I don't take kindly to it." Naruto sneered this at the boy. Kankuro looked up the kid and noticed he was dead serious. He picked up his doll, while wrapping up his hands in cloth and went running while screaming for his daddy.

Naruto thought it served the punk right and continued on home. Once arrived home, he unsealed everything in his bag. Moving them to the spots needed in the house, he ate a rice ball to sooth his growing hunger.

After this was done he sat down on the sofa and had a chat with the Kyuubi. 'So fuzz ball, what should I do about my training for the next six years?''You will continue to run laps around the Suna wall. Also, I will be teaching you various jutsus. I can't teach you any Doton jutsus, because there is none here. I will teach you Fuuton, Katon and Suiton jutsus. I will also teach you various nitpicks and tricks of the shinobi profession.' 'That sounds cool. Hopefully, I will become strong. What should I do about genjutsu and taijutsu?'

The Kyuubi thought for a moment and replied, 'Taijutsu is something you will need to find an instructor for. I have paws and obviously have no taijutsu training. Find a Kenjutsu trainer to. A katana is something that every shinobi should be well skilled with, but they are not.' Naruto nodded, just dying to learn how to kill people with a katana. 'As for genjutsu, I will help you learn how to counter some of it, but it will always be a weakness for you.'

Naruto knew he couldn't be perfect. He looked at the clock and noticed it was late. He thanked the Kyuubi and walked into the bedroom. He put on his pajamas and walked over to the bed. Climbing into the bed, he could not wait until tomorrow. His first real day in a village that does not hate him really sounded exciting. Training starts tomorrow he thought and he quickly, fell asleep.


Waking up before sunrise, Naruto put on his training gear. He noticed that more weight was added to his body. 'Eh? I must be getting used to it at a faster than I thought.' He went into his kitchen and prepared a good breakfast. Well to him a single muffin was as good of breakfast as any.

After eating he took a quick burst outside and jumped over the rail. Landing on his feet, he jolted to the ramp that led up to the wall. Luckily for him, the wall was very wide, which allowed shinobi to run laps on it. Naruto started at the north end. He ran to the south end, than back up north.

While running, he would practice his hand seals, do flips off the stone slaps attached to the wall and most importantly, play the game of chess with Kyuubi in his mind. Naruto moved his queen in front of the king and called check. 'Hah, take that Kyuubi. I am going to win this time!' Kyuubi simply moved his bishop and took the queen. 'Gaki, you rush in to much, actually try and think up a strategy.' This game went on for hours as Naruto ran laps. This also helped his ability to multi-task while doing things. He could plan in his head, fight and even do something meaningless, like a read a book.

After around two hours of running, Naruto slowed down to a stop. He jumped off the wall and landed on the roof of a building nearby. Jumping at fast as he could he started to perform jumps, flips and other acrobatic things in the air to help train himself. Finally arriving in the Training District, he selected a vacant training area and began to have a conversation with the Kyuubi.

'So Kyuubi, what jutsu am I going to learn today?' 'Today kit, you are going to learn three jutsus.' Naruto was excited on hearing this. He then proceeded to ask what jutsus,'Which ones will I learn, I hope they kick ass.' 'You will learn the other two basic academy jutsus, Bunshin no Jutsu and Kawarimi no jutsu.' Naruto nodded, realizing the importance of both of those jutsus, and the Kawarimi is a very crucial skill for any ninja. 'I will also teach you a Katon jutsu. You will learn Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Grand Fire Ball Technique).' 'That jutsu will be helpful for you in this part of the world. Sadly, the Fuuton jutsus many sand-nins use will null the fire. But there are a good number ofclans outside here that are vulnerable to fire and not many sand-nins use fire.'

Naruto was exciting at learning his first real jutsu, but first he had to learn the other two basic jutsus. Naruto had an abrupt thought and expressed it out to Kyuubi. 'Hey fuzz ball, how did you learn about human jutsus and how do you know the correct hand seals?' Kyuubi was shocked that the brat actually asked him this question. Kyuubi then began to explain it to Naruto. 'When I was only a few hundred years old, I stumbled upon a group of humans that worshiped foxes. Me being a big nine tailed fox took advantage of this. They would give me gifts, for protecting their village. I did this for around 100 years. The village was struck with a terrible epidemic at that time. The ones left alive, gave me all their scrolls on the human jutsus.'

Contrary to popular belief, Naruto loved history. This was interesting stuff to learn, as long as it was about war. He oohed and ahhed at the correct places. He just thought history on politics was boring.

Kyuubi began to speak again. 'Knowing that I would most likely fight or be with humans in the future, I memorized the hand seals as well jutsus used. I can just flash the memory of the seals to you, than you can do them.' 'Wow that was a sweet history tale. You can send me the memories now.'

Once receiving the memory on how to do the Bunshin no Jutsu, he went through the seals practicing them. As soon as he got that done he attempted the jutsu. After a small puff, he looked at his clones. Well to be accurate he looked down at his clones. "What the hell is that? This thing looks dead!" Naruto screamed. The clone had a sickly looking face and looked fairly lifeless. 'It seems to be that this jutsu takes too little chakra for you to do. To get this jutsu right, you would need to create around 100 clones.'

Naruto attempted the jutsu again, forcing as much chakra as he could, but he still felt it fail. 'Kyuubi, can you tell me what is going wrong?' 'Sure gaki, I will check your tenkutsu.' 'I've looked into your chakra to see where this disruption is coming from. There is a single tenkutsu in both of your hands that need fixed. This will only take a moment, but will cause pain. I am so going to enjoy this.'

Right away, Naruto felt the pain coarse through his body and up to his hands. He seethed in agony as he dropped to the ground, trying his best not to scream. Succeeding in not screaming, he felt the pain finally go away. While getting up and he questioned the Kyuubi about the pain. 'Damn it Kyuubi, did you have to make it hurt so much?' 'Yes.' Naruto sweat dropped at such a straightforward answer. 'Get back to work; you can probably do that Bunshin jutsu now.'

Naruto nodded while grumbling and did the jutsu again. To his surprise it worked, as ten regular clones fazed into existence and they looked exactly like a healthy Naruto. Kyuubi then explained the jutsu to him. 'It creates illusions of the caster, in other words, clones. These are basic clones that aren't real. If they are hit by something, they automatically disappear. Also they cast no shadows, thus are easy to detect.' Naruto was about to dismiss the jutsu as worthless when he thought about it for a second. 'Using this jutsu, along with another clone skill would become deadly, this is actually quite useful.'

'Now it is time to teach the Kawarimi no jutsu. I will send you the hand seals for them now. I want you to summon me for a while. I will through stones at you and you need Kawarimi out of being hit.' Naruto got the hand seals slashed into his brain and he summoned the Kyuubi using Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Kitsune. A small puff of smoke appeared and of course when it cleared the tiny Kyuubi stood in its prodigious grandeur. Naruto still couldn't resist and laughed at the puny size of the puff ball.

"Kit, stop laughing and get ready, I am going to start throwing stones now." Naruto got ready and watched the Kyuubi. He began to do the seals for the jutsu but was to slow. He was already hit by a rock. "Get faster kit, do the hand seals faster!" Naruto went through the hand seals as fast as he could and whispered, "Kawarimi no Jutsu." A small puff of smoke appeared and he switched with a log near by, causing the stone to hit the log. "Good kit, you are getting better. Let's practice this for an hour."

Naruto spent about an hour dodging rocks using the Kawarimi no jutsu. He was become so good at it; he nearly did it without second thought when he needed to. They also practiced plan old dodging as well. Naruto was getting quite skilled at detecting Kyuubi and dodging the rocks and other things that were thrown at him. By then, the Kyuubi had puffed away.

It was around one in the afternoon and Naruto took a lunch break. After words, he began to question the Kyuubi on the Katon jutsu he will be learning. 'What is it like and how should I practice it fuzz ball?' 'You see that pond over there? I want you practice it by blasting the fireball into the pond.' 'Now the jutsu is like this, it is simple a jutsu where the user blows a large ball of fire from his mouth.'

Naruto sweat dropped at the simple answer. Walking over the pond, while receiving the hand seals for it, he began to get ready to work on it. Gathering chakra to his lungs he went through the seals, ending on the tiger seal. Calling out "Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu," he proceeded to blow out. He then started to wonder why he did not feel heat. Even though he did not feel heat, he watched a giant fireball spew out of his mouth and hit the pond. The fireball was about the size of a wagon. 'Sweet, I did the jutsu on my first try!' 'Good job kit. I want you to set up piles of sand all around you. Make each a different size. Practice the jutsu while moving as well as practicing the amount of chakra needed for the right size of fireball.'

Naruto nodded and began doing as the Kyuubi instructed. At first he was having trouble creating the right size fireball for the job, but after twenty minutes he got it down. 'It is around six in the evening now. You are only six, and there is no reason to over work you. You still need to fight a taijutsu and kenjutsu trainer.'

Naruto was happy that training was done for today and went in search for someone to teach him taijutsu and Kinjutsu. Along the way he met a bunch of kids playing a game that involved a ball. He noticed one kid who seemed to not as included with the others. He was staring at the kids as if he was not allowed to play. He had red hair and he was holding a teddy bear. Naruto went over to the boy and said, "Hi, my name is Uzumaki Naruto, what is yours?"

Gaara was startled that someone was talking to him. "No… go away… the sand will hurt you. Please I can't have friends." "Heh, another pathetic twerp is walking up this kid. I can finally kill someone. Wait a second… what is that I feel? Kyuubi? No no no, I will be good. I promise! I'm sorry Kyuubi-sama!" thought Shukaku. Kyuubi felt the familiar chakra signature of the one tailed demon, Shukaku and informed Naruto. "Kit, this kit has the Shukaku sealed in him, with a faulty seal. That is the one tailed demon. He likes to mess with his containers minds, but it can be fixed if someone is a master at seals."

Naruto was surprised at this information and bluntly told Gaara, "I have a demon to, his name is Kyuubi." Gaara's eyes widen and he felt as ease, knowing there was someone else just like him. "Now I ask you again, what is your name?" asked Naruto. Gaara looked thoughtful for a moment and answered, "My name is Soriyu Gaara, will you be my friend? My demon is afraid of you." Naruto smiled at the thought of his new friend and said, "Yes, you can be my friend, we will be best friends. Your father is the Kazekage eh? Want to spar?" Gaara looked up at him, and smiled for the first time in a while and thought to himself? 'Is this what it means to have a friend, I hope I make more.' "Yes my father is the Kazekage as he is the only one nice to me until you came along. Okay Naruto, lets spar," answered Gaara. The two walked to the Training District, with smiles on their faces.


Once they arrived at the training grounds, both of them got into a fighting stance. Well Naruto got into one, Gaara just stood there. "Ready to fight?" asked Naruto. At seeing Gaara's nod, Naruto shouted, "BEGIN!" Naruto moved in for the attack with a punch. His eyes widen when sand was instantly brought up to defend Gaara. 'He has an automatic defense? Damn it how am I going to break it?' Gaara then lashed out his sand at the unsuspecting Naruto. He cried out, "NO, Mommy, please don't harm him, please just stop. Please just stop NOW! He is my friend."

Naruto finally noticed the sand coming at him, but noticed it was slowing down somewhat due to the outcries of Gaara. He was confused as to why Gaara was screaming this but he snapped out of his thoughts. Forming quick hand seals he whispered out, "Kawarimi no Jutsu." Replacing himself with a log, he watched as the log got crushed with over whelming might. 'That would have sucked to be in the middle of that, geesh this kid is good.' Quickly deciding on another form of action, Naruto went through a set of seals as fast as he could and cried out, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu."

A large fireball rushed towards Gaara, and his sand instantly went up to protect him. Naruto was horrified, thinking that he used too much chakra, but as the smoke cleared saw that Gaara was still there, completely unharmed. What he did noticed was that some of the sand had turned into glass. 'So there is a weakness, interesting. I need to learn strong Katon jutsus.'

"Gaara, stop, you won. I can't do anything else." Gaara nodded, finally he thought himself, and he would not to have to kill his new friend.

Gaara and Naruto started to walk on to their respective homes, chatting about subjects like jutsus, being a ninja and going to the future Ninja Academy. They both could not wait to go the Ninja Academy at age 7. Naruto had learned through Gaara that his siblings were Temari, who was 10 and Kankuro who was 8. They were both afraid of him. Gaara learned that Naruto just came to Suna yesterday. He also told him about his encounter with Kankuro and Gaara just laughed at the stupidity of his own brother. While walking down the street they noticed a white haired guy being chased down by screaming, toweled girls. Taking pity on the old man, Naruto and Gaara saved him.

Jiraiya was running away from angry women after he was caught peeking. He was suddenly hoisted up into a tree and noticed that his saviors, were two little kids.

He bent down and looked at the kids. Decided to thank them for saving him, he asked, "Hey, kid what's your name?" pointing at Naruto. "Uzumaki Naruto, this is my friend, Sabaku no Gaara, what's your name mister? Why were those girls chasing you?"

Jiraiya's eyes slightly widen at the two kids names, realizing them as the demon containers. 'Why is Naruto out of Konoha, this is interesting two jinchuuriki in one spot. I will have to keep an eye on Suna because of Akatsuki.' Jiraiya decided to introduce himself using his famous dance. "I AM THE FAMOUS AND LEGENDARY SANNIN, THE TOAD HERMIT, JIRAIYA!"

Both Gaara and Naruto sweet dropped at such a stupid dance. Naruto got the bright idea though, remembering what sannin where from when the old man Hokage would talk to him. Naruto thought to himself, 'I cant let him get away without helping my friend, knowing him, he would run away if he wandered out of my sight.' Naruto grinned and began to ask in an awed vioice, "Jiraiya, I have heard of you. You are a powerful ninja, one of the three legendary sannin. Can you help my friend? His seal is faulty. Can you fix it? It affects his mind. I just want my friend to be treated normally."

Jiraiya looked at him, grinning at the praise and said, "sure thing kid, I'll fix his seal, in fact I can do it right now." Jiraiya went through a series of hand seals and said, "Omnigokuin (Mind Seal)." This placed a seal, were Gaara's existing one was, which was on his forehead, the kanji 'Ai' was his seal.

Gaara instantly fell asleep at the sealing being placed on him, for he could finally sleep. "There kid, that should do it. That sealed away the Shukaku from affecting his mind. You should take him home kid, for now I am going to go. I am sure we will see each other again, some other time."

Naruto watched Jiraiya jump away, while grabbing Gaara. He took Gaara back to the Kazekage tower and went to look for him. He saw the Kazekage walking around the lobby, as if he his day was done.

The Kazekage turned around and asked Naruto, "Why did you attack my son, Kankuro?" in a hasrh voice. Naruto shuddered at being found out and answered, "I accidently bumped into him. He pulled out a puppet and began to attack me, as if it was such a big thing that I bumped into him." The Kazekage began to speak again but noticed, "Why is my youngest son, Gaara, in your arms? Answer me now!" He seemed to have forgotten about the Kankuro incident.

Naruto gulped and replied, "Kazekage-sama, I found your son Gaara. He fell asleep." The Kazekage turned around, wide eyed at the fact Gaara was sleeping and no Shukaku was coming out. "Naruto, how is he sleeping? When he sleeps, the monster Shukaku comes out," asked the Kazekage in worry. "Well you see, I met Gaara at the playground. After a spar, we saved this pervert from being beaten by these women in towels. It turned out it was Jiraiya. He fixed his seal for me cause I asked him to for payment."

Kazekage sweet dropped at the thought of anyone saving that pervert from being beaten. "Alright, I'll take my son, you can go home now." Naruto nodded and went on home, ready to face a new day.


In the middle of the desert, Jiraiya was traveling at high speeds towards Konoha. He thought to himself, 'Why did Sarutobi-sensei allow Naruto to live in Suna? How did he get here?' 'I will need to ask him myself. To Konoha I go for the first time in nine years.'
A/N: Well that is the end of Chapter two of this installment. Hopefully it was good. With all the families I created, it should get interesting. Don't work about the age thing. Next chapter, about half way through, I will time skip to age twelve. The first half will be training and Academy stuff. Second half will be graduation and stuff. By the way, I realize the Yondaime Kazekage did a 180 with Gaara's treatment, but it is needed for this fic. Please remind yourselves that this is AU.

Also, I will not be doing a Harem. I do not feel I could do it justice. It will stay Naruto x Kin. Gaara may or may not get a pairing, you guys can still vote on this. Hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Until then, Ja ne!


Naruto knows these Jutsus:

Henge

Ninpou: Kajou Chouin (Item Sealing)

Bunshin no Jutsu

Kawarimi no Jutsu

Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu