Koharu: the chose has been made! To tell the truth I was hopping to use Gai anyway, he weird but I have respect for the guy. So far we have a tie between Ten-ten and Temari keep those voted coming in I could bring those two in anytime
Poll 1
Gai: 13
Jiraiya: 5
Tsunade: 5
Itachi: 8
Iruka: 0
Or
Kakashi: 3
Poll 2
Romance
Sasuke: 7
Ino: 9
Ten-Ten: 13
Temari: 12
Kiba: 0
Neji: 1
Gaara: 3
There will be a few changes but not many; I love Kakashi too much to write him out!
Disclaimer: I don't own nothing
Dragon's Voice:
Strength in my Heart
When Naruto opened his eyes, he was looking at his own ceiling; slowly he sat up and looked around. A noise from the kitchen peeked his interest, rolling off his bed he crept out of his room to see who was stirring, move close to the floor, the smell of fresh tea drifted to his nose; turning a corner, the sight before made he swear to never wear green again. Their was a man wearing green spandex moving about his kitchen, he seemed to be looking for something "goodness poor youthful child has nothing!" Naruto cringed at his voice and decided the green weirdo might not be so dangerous after all, standing up Naruto spoke "excess me sir what are you doing?" The green man turned around and smiled brightly at Naruto "oh your awake young one!" the green man jumped over the counter top and walked over to Naruto "I am the green beast of Konoha! Maito Gai!" striking a strange pose his teeth seemed to gleam unearthly, Naruto's eyes widened "I found you in a hidden trap badly injured; I a Jonin of Konoha, took it upon myself to see you home safely!" Naruto felt himself blink, stepping forward "Gai-san I…" before he could finish Gai began talking again "So tell me youthful spirit why where you in the restricted training ground?" Practically shouting Naruto replied "I was looking for someone to tech me Taijutsu! I have to get stronger; but, no one will teach me" the blond looked straight at Gai "I heard you were a Taijutsu Master, I went searching for you every where" Naruto bowed in respect toward Gai "please! Gai-san please train me! I promise I'll listen to what ever you say!" Gai smiled before kneeling down to the five year olds level, he took Naruto's left hand and inspected the silver marking "if I hadn't seen it for myself I might not have believed it, what did you name it?" Naruto looked at Gai for a moment "named what I don't know what your talking about Gai-san" Naruto desperately hopped that Gai didn't know about Aidan; this was a Jonin, if he thought Aidan was a threat he could possible…no he didn't want to think that. Gai looked strait into Naruto's eyes "What did you name the Dragon, I saw it when I brought you home; Naruto I want to help you, but first you must trust me, tell me the dragon's name" Naruto turned his head away "Naruto its ok, you can tell him, his sent is nice" Aidan's voice reassured him, smiling he turned back to Gai "Aidan, it mean tiny flame in Eleven, it was also the name a dragon from years before" Gai stood up and looked around the apartment "you know Naruto Aidan is going to get very big, too big for your tiny apartment" Naruto look scared of those words "However since I'm going to train you, both you and Aidan could come and live with me and my other student Rock Lee, their a cave in the backyard that would be perfect for a dragon to live in" Naruto blinked "live with you?" he was scared that he hadn't hear right, Gai just nodded "Besides a young youthful child shouldn't live on his own! You don't even have vegetables, you'll never get strong with out your leafy greens!" Naruto's face turned a shad greener then Gai's clothes at the thought of vegetables and having to eat them. Without a word Gai picked Naruto up and placed him on his shoulder "Come! Let's be off! I've already taken Aidan to the cave in my backyard; tomorrow, we shall begin you training with Lee! YOSH THE FLAMES OF YOUTH SHINE BRIGHT IN BOTH OF MY WONDERFUL STUDENTS!" Running toward the open window Gai jump leaped out, landing on his feat and proceeded toward their destination, Naruto clung into Gai praying to any Kami that was currently listening to him, to survive what ever was going to be sent at him from this crazy guy.
Naruto kept he eyes closed during the trip fearing what he might see, when he felt Gai-sensei stop, he slowly cracked open his eyes, and saw the biggest house he taught he'd ever seen before, yelling at the top of his lungs Gai called out to the house "LEE MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT COME OUT AND MEET YOUR NEW TRIANING PARTNER AND ROOM MATE!" Clad in green a miniature version of Gai came running out of the house, the boy was only a year older then Naruto; smiling brightly he ran up to the two "Gai-sensei I have done all you have asked! The dragon is safe in the cave out back and the top bunk is ready for my new youthful room mate!" he turned to Naruto and grabbed his hand "You must be Naruto! From today onward you and I shall be inseparable! You like me an orphan with no family" Twin Rivers of tears fell from his face as he shouted "I SHALL BE YOU NEW BIG BROTHER! AND WITH MY YOUTHFUL SPIRIT SHALL TRAIN DILLAGENTLY EVERY DAY TO MAKE YOU STRONGER!" Lee dragged Naruto off happily explaining the daily training routine.
Lee showed Naruto around the house, where the kitchen was, bathroom, their room, and the backyard; Naruto ran out the back door, looking around; backyard was more like a whole forest near the cliffs of Konoha, he easily spotted cave, not wasting a moment ran over to see Aidan. Upon reaching the mouth of the cave, Naruto peered in "Aidan? Are you here?" the blond really hopped he had not been tricked "Yes Naruto" the voice rang in his head as a scaly head rested in his shoulder "Do you like it here Aidan?" the red dragon nuzzled into Naruto's shoulder "yes Naruto I'm fine, this man is very kind; I know, he will train you well" Naruto smiled "If you say it's fine then I know it is" the little boy hugged the dragon as best he could. Lee came into view "Naru-chan Gai-sensei wishes to talk to you! You must speak with him immediately!" Lee turned and left, Naruto followed behind.
The two entered the house to see Gai-sensei standing their, waiting for them, the older man smiled at the two "Naruto, because you have a dragon, I'm going to teach you the Taijutsu art of Dragon style kun-fu! This style will allow you to work with or without Aidan in combat, as for Ninjutsu, and Genjustsu you'll have to find someone else for that" Flashing a smile at the boy Gai then pulled out a set of weights "also you'll be wearing these from now on to help build stamina, speed, and strength!" before Naruto could protest Gai-sensei placed the weights on him. Naruto's body felt too heavy to move, he pleadingly looked up at Gai-sensei "you'll get used to them, and when that happens will add heaver one!" Naruto's eyes widened at the thought of those heavy weights, but said nothing; he had promised after all. The young blond walked back outside, when he was out of sight, a shadow appeared behind Gai-sensei "Thank you Gai" the shadow said turning Gai smiled "It will be an honor to train Naruto as the next Konoha Dragon Keeper! I will gladly take any request you have of me O legendary one!" The shadow stepped into the light revealing a young women in her twenties or so with honey colored eyes, pale skin, and light blond hair "Yeah whatever, it not like I could take him, I have things to take care of" she retorted Gai's eyes sparkled happily "oh A top secret mission Tsunade-sama?" Tsunade just laughed all the while think "if you call running from debt collectors a mission then yes" she flipped her hair back and smiled "of course why else would I leave Konoha for such a long time" turning she said one last thing "maybe someday…I'll train Naruto, right now I can't look at him without seeing his face; you know, Jiraiya would freak out if knew Naruto was still alive…" she began to walk away "Just…take care of him Gai ok" Gai simply nodded "ok Tsunade-sama" with that said Tsunade walked out the front door, leaving the green beast to his new charge.
The weeks went by, which soon was followed by months, Naruto's was following all of Gai-sensei's instructions as best he could; however no matter how hard Gai-sensei tried, he could never get Naruto to wear the same green spandex suit as himself and Lee. Naruto's academy grades steadily falling, as much as he loved being a ninja, he loved his study of dragons even more, every three to four weeks he had a new dragon book in his hands. Aidan had grown even bigger, Naruto had even tried to ride her one day, he remembered begin able to see though her eyes, and the warm wind through his hair; however, he didn't take into account was Aidan scales and how painfully rough they were on both clothes, and skin. Gai had come up with a solution for that and bought him a saddle to put on Aidan for flying. Lee had kept his word, he had been nothing but brotherly toward Naruto; he even stood up to some villagers that were going to hurt him, he loudly declared "If anyone tried to hurt my little brother Naru-chan even a Konoha citizen will feel my wrath!" Naruto had hugged him right on the spot, Lee already him to even cry on his shoulder as he returned the hug.
As for Naruto's training, everyday he would get up, run four or higher laps around Konoha; Gai always seemed to increase the number of laps each day, followed by sit-up, and then the Gai would have him work on his dragon kata either with or without Aidan. Lee would help him with his weights each day, and run laps with him as well, he and Naruto also would take care of Aidan, when he had the free time.
Years seemed to fly by, Naruto was now nine years old and waiting on the swing outside the academy for Lee; who was being assigned to a genin team, Naruto wanted to meet Lee-aniki's new teammate. Pulling out his new book "Reading The Dragon Wing" he began reading up about wind currents for flight, or hunting, it wasn't till a shadow loomed over him that someone had snuck up behind him, turning around he saw a girl with blond hair put up in four ponytails, with blue eyes, and wearing a Suna headband around her neck, a white dress that hung off her shoulders revealing a chain shirt underneath it, and red sash tied around her waist was looking over his shoulder rather broadly "so are you training to be a Mythologist or a ninja?" Naruto's cheeks puffed out in anger "I'm training to be the best Ninja ever! I'm going to be Hokage someday!" the blond girl seemed to find him amusing "yeah right if you ever become a ninja from reading useless book that won't help you at all, I'll call you my damned boyfriend! Reading about dragon is useless to a true Ninja little boy as you'll find out" the voice of an older man called out to the girl "Temari! Our business in Konoha is over we're heading to go home now!" Temari smiled and turned toward the man "Ok papa!" turning back "I'm Temari from Suna, see ya later dragon boy!" as she walked off smiling leaving Naruto very in raged "I'm Naruto! Naruto Uzumaki! Not only will I become a ninja I'll make you keep that promise and torture you forever but dumping you in a vary embarrassing scene!" This only made the sand girl laugh as she walked away. At that moment Lee walked out with two new people, one that looked like a girl with long black hair and pale white eyes with no pulps in them, the other one was a girl with brown hair put into two buns on top of her head, and brown eyes, Naruto noticed Lee and leaped at him knocking him to the ground "Lee-aniki! Is this your new team? How come their both girls? Why does one of them not have pulps? What are their names?" Lee laughed at Naruto, while the girl with no pulps growled at something, and the other girl just giggled, Lee spoke "in order yes, only one of them is a girl, the one with no pulps is a Hyuuga its his bloodline limit, their names are Neji and Ten-ten" Naruto happy with his answers hoped off Lee, and bounded over to Neji and Ten-ten smiling happily "Sorry I thought you were a girl Neji-san, but you looked really pretty!" Neji let out a growl slight red in the face "Ten-ten-san is really cute! Are you Lee-aniki's girlfriend?" Ten-ten found the blond antics rather cute and giggled once more "No I'm only Lee-san teammate; you know my name but what yours?" Naruto smile seemed to get bigger "I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" a snort came from Neji "I've heard of you, you're at the bottom of your class and all you read about is dragons! No wonder you look to Lee as an older brother, your both dobes, reading about creatures that don't exist will get you no where in life your destiny if failure!" Lee and Naruto glared at Neji and were about to retort; when, Gai-sensei appeared in a cloud of smoke "Hello all my youthful students! Ah Neji, Ten-ten I see you met Naruto or Naru-chan as Lee calls him remember to wake up early tomorrow for your Genin test!" with that he 'poofed' away in a similar fashion. Naruto tugged on Lee's arm in a motion to drag him away; as they reach out of Neji and Ten-ten ear shot Naruto clear not happy stated "I wish I could show everyone Aidan! Then they'd believe me!" Lee chuckled "maybe someday you and Aidan will be able too"
Two years went by, Naruto stood in front of the academy, twelve years old; ready too take the exam for the third time. He was wearing a black tank top; with a silver colored kanji for dragon printed on it, underneath it he wore an off the shoulders short-sleeved chain mesh shirt, black cargo shorts, on his left leg he had a bandage wrapped around it, on both hands he wore black open fingered gloves, black ninja sandals, on his head he wore black goggles, and around his neck he wore an orange leather choker with spikes on it; ever since he moved in with Gai-Sensei and Lee-aniki, he had developed a decent sense of fashion, his look had gotten him a small fangirl club.
Taking a deep breath he started walking toward the academy; when suddenly, something loud reached his ears, it sounded like a dying pet of some sort, but Naruto knew that sound very well, he turned to see the scariest sight ever…his fan club, without hesitation he turned and ran for all he was worth! Over the course of his Academy years, three things have happened, the first being those dragon book had earned him the nickname Dobe Ryu, the second being when he changed his look, he had gotten many fan girls, and the third thing was when he invented Sexy no Jutsu and gave Iruka a bloody nose. Opening the door to the class room, Naruto took his normal seat in the front row and pulled out his old favorite book, as he waited for his name to be called.
To be continued…
Koharu: For those wondering why Temari was their, her father the Kazekage was in Konoha on a political business. Also since so many people have made it clear they don't want this as yoai I'll take out the male names in the poll; however, for those who like yoai I might write a side fic for them. The current score in thus Ten-ten has taken the lead followed by Temari and in third place Ino! Also Sorry if Lee isn't really an orphan, but for this fic he is.
Ino: 9
Ten-Ten: 13
Temari: 12
Next Chapter I'll have Mizuki and team 7 come into the picture
Omake #1: Naruto's first flight
Naruto stood in front of Aidan smiling "Hey Aidan, I read in my book, that…I… well" before he could finish "yes Naruto you can ride on my back" Aidan kneeled on her front legs so Naruto could climb on, which he did. Aidan leaped into the air, Naruto yelp in surprise as they took off the sky! "WOW! THIS IS AMAZING!" Naruto shouted "Close your eyes" Naruto did as Aidan said. Closing his eyes he saw the most amazing thing ever, he saw through Aidan's eyes! The world seemed so different, brighter, and sharper, through her eyes Naruto saw the whole village from the sky, he saw the clouds that flew by her, and he saw the Hokage monument never had he seen anything more beautiful; sadly, for Naruto, they had to land, dismounting Naruto noticed the area near his knees were wet, looking down he saw that he was bleeding "ah man I forgot how rough your scales are" pouting he walked inside to get himself mended