Chapter 1: To Suna

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"So what's your name, mine's Uzumaki Naruto?"

"My name is Sabaku no Gaara."

"Can I just call you Gaara? Oh, and will you be my newest friend?"

"I guess you can call me Gaara and what is a friend?

"Well, a friend is someone who will go out of their way to make sure that their other friends are happy," responded Naruto.

"Okay, then I except your offer for friendship," said a slightly happy Gaara.

Right when they finished their talk Itachi and Sasuke came up to Gaara and Naruto. They told Naruto it was time to go and they walked off, but what they did not know was that Gaara was following them. He was tired of the villagers trying to beat and hurt him.

"Hey Naruto do you think I could travel with you guys to wherever you are going. I'm tired of being ignored, feared, and beaten by these villagers," said Gaara.

"Sure just let me ask Itachi. Hey Itachi can Gaara travel with us?"

"I don't see why not, besides we need a third member for our group."

The group set off to the nearest Ninja Store to buy new clothes and weapons with Itachi's most recent payments from his S Rank missions in ANBU. He bought three katanas, a new one for himself and two others for Naruto and Sasuke, 1000 kunai, 1000 shuriken, 50 smoke bombs, 300 explosive tags, and new sets of clothes for his group ninja. While he was doing this Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara were having some fun of their own. Gaara saw his sister Temari and his brother Kankuro so he went to them to tell them of his leave. Naruto was following Gaara until his attention span gave out and he walked away.

Naruto crept into the back of the Ninja Store and found a bunch of technique scrolls.

"I'm gonna take these scrolls. It's not like they're doing anything sitting around like this," stated Naruto.

So he took the scrolls but just before he left Naruto spotted a big dusty scroll that he attached to his back. Meanwhile, Sasuke was meditating outside when some crooks were taking off with some bags of full of something that looked like Ryo.

"They don't look friendly maybe I should go teach them a lesson about stealing. Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique," said Sasuke.

The attack caught the thieves off guard and blasted them away. Sasuke was rewarded the Ryo as a gift for beating the thieves.

"Well I guess that's all I need to buy for the trip that I have planned for Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, and myself. Now I'm going to have to find them," said Itachi.

Suddenly Sasuke and Gaara walk up to Itachi. Sasuke showed Itachi his reward and Gaara stated that his siblings would tell his father of his trip. But Naruto was nowhere in sight.

"Hey Sasuke, Gaara where is Naruto?"

"I haven't seen him since he ran off when I was going to see my sister and brother.

"HEY GUYS LOOK OVER HERE," shouted Naruto.

"N-Naruto where did you get the scrolls you have in your pack?" asked Itachi.

"I found them," replied Naruto.

"That's a good enough answer for me, Naruto," said Itachi.

Itachi took the scrolls and through them in the bag with the ninja gear making it weigh about 600 pounds but that is easy to carry for Itachi, the ANBU, to carry. Right before they left, Itachi, Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara went to the Ramen Emporium to eat. After hearing where they were going Naruto started jumping for joy. After eating they made their way outside the gates and they headed off. Soon, when they made their way through the desert Itachi pointed out some mountains that they would train in. Itachi handed out the two katanas to Sasuke and Naruto. He also gave new sets of clothes to each of them; one size fits all black ninja suits. Then he dumped all of the technique scrolls on the ground and pulled the big one off Naruto's back.

"Before we begin I need to see what your preferred types of jutsu are. So take this card and push some of your chakra into it," said Itachi.

Sasuke ended up being Lightning, Naruto had a wind affinity, and Gaara's was engulfed in Sand.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Meanwhile in Sunakagure

"Do you understand that I want you to kill Gaara, Yashamaru, said the Kazekage, also known as Gaara's dad.

"Yes Lord Kazekage I understand."

Yashamaru made his way around town but never found Gaara. He told the Kazekage that Gaara was gone.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Somewhere in the World

"We accept you into the Akatsuki, Uchiha Itachi."

"Thank you Leader," said the evil Itachi.

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End of Chapter 1