Ch.2: The journey starts and the past is revealed

Naruto Uzumaki was looking at his map his mother gave him before he left. Kyuubi was walking a few centimeters ahead of him with his head raised high like he was the leader of the group.

"Let's see. It says that we have to go to Dewdrop Town to battle the gym leader their," Naruto read. He stopped and started to read more info on the town.

Kyuubi turned around and growled. 'Come on idiot! Stop standing there like a freaking statue and move your lazy ass!'

Naruto stared at Kyuubi. 'Did he just talk or was it just my imagination? Yep, definitely my imagination. I should stop watching those horror movies,' He thought shaking his head.

Kyuubi looked at him strangely then shrugged it off. 'Idiot,' He thought. Naruto read the information on the gym and paled.

"Damn it! The first gym leader is a water-type and I have a fire-type!" He shouted. He may look a happy-go, idiotic, energetic kid but he is very smart and can come up with good strategies for hiding from other people since he was the King of Pranks.

Naruto shook his head and had a determined look on his face. "I'll find another pokemon and try to catch it. Dattebayo!" He said pumping his fist in the air.

Kyuubi rolled his eyes. 'Why am I stuck with an idiot?' He thought angrily.

(Nighttime)

Naruto set up a sleeping bag on the floor that was red with an orange flame on it. The fire was crackling quietly and sparks were flying out. Naruto sat on a log in front of the fire and was eating his ramen. He prepared pokemon food for Kyuubi and enjoyed seeing the pokemon eating it.

His mom was a pokemon coordinator and taught him how to make pokemon food and pokeblocks.

"So Kyuubi, want me to make an introduction about myself?" Naruto asked.

Kyuubi just growled. Naruto took it as a yes so he began speaking.

"My name is Naruto Uzamaki ('I know that Captain Obvious,' Kyuubi thought, sarcastically) and I'm 12 years old. My likes are ramen, my mom, her companion Raiden (Her Pikachu), Ero-sennin (You know who he is. If you don't then you're idiots), Baa-chan (Again you know who she is), Old Man, and Iruka-sensei. My dislikes are the 3 minute wait for my ramen to be cooked, people who treat pokemon like tools for their own selfish needs, and people who always look down on people and judging them before knowing them. My hobbies are training my Pokemon's so they can become strong, and making new inventions (I couldn't think of anything else.). My dreams are to become the greatest Pokemon master and to…" He faltered a bit and looked down at the floor.

Kyuubi looked at him with a confused look on his face. Naruto grinned sheepishly but then it faded. "My other dream is to find my father so I can make Kaa-san happy again since she always stare at a picture with tears in her eyes," Naruto whispered. (He's so SWEET!)

Kyuubi looked slightly sad and guilty. 'So his father left him, huh? Must be tough,' He thought. (Wow! Change of heart.)

Kyuubi wanted to know a little more and nudged at Naruto's leg with his nose to continue.

Naruto looked at him and smiled sadly. "Okay, I'll continue."

Kyuubi had an approved look on his face.

Naruto started to speak again. "My Kaa-san told me that Otou-san was a great man and loved her with all his heart. She always avoided the topic and I know very little about him. But I don't blame her. What kind of father abandons his fiancée with his kid? Why?" Naruto had tears coming out of his eyes.

Kyuubi noticed this but didn't move. He was the type to just stay out of people's business and let them be. (Cold isn't he?) Naruto quickly wiped his tears away and smiled sheepishly.

"I must look like a baby right? Okay, my Kaa-san said that Otou-san was a great pokemon trainer and always cared for everyone around him. Enemy or not. She also said that he was brave and never showed fear to anyone, that's why everyone idolize him. But then, he learned that Kaa-san was pregnant. Then when I was born, on October 10th, he vanished. Poof! Just gone. Not leaving a trace of evidence behind. I was usually lonely when I was a kid since there weren't many kids my age. (The other characters in Naruto lives in Konoha. He lives in the Whirlpool Country) But then when I was 5 years old, my mom noticed that I had a very creative mind when I started to sketch some very difficult stuff about some pokeballs that I created when I was 7 years old. She started to keep me in the house because she was afraid that I would be taken away since 5 year olds with brilliant minds can't just appear out of the blue. I remembered when I was 6 years old that Kaa-san told me I'm like my Otou-san. Appearance and mind alike, but I had her personality," Naruto said smiling sadly at the memory.

Kyuubi listened to every word he said and became a little protective over the boy for some reason.

Naruto yawned and crawled into his sleeping bag.

Kyuubi curled up next to him and started to think before he drifted to sleep.

'I'll always be here, Naruto. I won't let anything happen to you. I'll be the best friend you never had,' Kyuubi thought before drifting on to dreamland.

(Whirlpool Country: Uzumaki Residence)

Kushina stared at a picture in her hands while tears slid down her cheeks. The picture showed a man sitting down on a bench in a local park with her in his arms. He looked young, about 25 years old. He had a goofy grin plastered on his face with his eyes closed. He had blonde spiky hair, a handsome face, a muscular body (Not that MUCH!), looked tall, and—well, handsome. He wore a blue sweater with the Konoha symbol on his right shoulder, black pants, and black shoes. Kushina was smiling like a woman should on her first date. She wore a red tanktop, a black skirt with red leggings, and black flats. Kushina smiled at the picture and put it back on the picture frame next to her bed. She changed into her red silk pajamas and lied down on the bed.

'Why did you leave all of a sudden? Am I no good for you?' She kept on repeating the question in her head. Her heart ached so much that it could've exploded.

More tears slid down her cheeks as she cried quietly.

'Why?' She thought before drifting off to sleep.

Awww…That made me sad.

Okay… I know that all of you hate the mystery man right now for leaving Kushina and Naruto and it's so obvious who he is.

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