Out of the Shadows Chapter 4, a naruto fanfic

A/N: Hey everyone! Time for chapter 4! I'm not going to tell you the results of the first poll. But you'll realize it by the end of this chapter. The poll of the pairings is…

NaruTema: 4

NaruHanabi: 2

NaruHina: 5

NaruSaku: 4

NaruIno: 2

NaruTen: 2

NejiTen: 1

ShikaTema: 2

ChojIno: 1

SasuSaku: 1

GaiAnko: 1

HinaKiba: 1

Vote for which ever one you want. This poll will be left open for one more chapter!

Now to give you more information on what you should notice in this chapter. You should of or might have seen the hint on who Naruto's dad was. In this chapter, you will get a more definite yes on that and find out which clan Naruto's mother was in. You will also find out why the Uchiha's were behind Naruto's captivity.

Disclaimer: Hey I found this on my answering machine the other day… here it is.

"Hey you reached Mel, except I'm not here right now. Please leave a message after the beep!" "Hey this is Kishimoto. I would just like to say that I own all rights to Naruto NOT rain alchemist! Thanks bye!"

Chapter 4

Kakashi sat in Naruto's hospital room. It was late but he couldn't bear to leave the boy. 'Just one night. Then I can take him home. Just one night!' Those thoughts should've calmed him down and make him want to leave, but down in the depths of his gut he knew that something was wrong. He couldn't force himself to leave this boy's side, not now that it was so close.

The boy then moved. He started to curl himself up into a tightly formed ball, with his arms hugging his legs. It looked like the small boy was trying to protect himself from some unknown enemy. Kakashi though had seen the boy every night form that same pose, it actually meant that the boy had gone to dreamland. Seeing that pose made Kakashi realize he was being irrational. He would need his rest if he was going to be there for the boy tomorrow. So he left the hospital and headed to his new home, the home of his former sensei.

Kakashi got to the hospital early the next day. He quietly walked into the boy's room and saw him in the same curled ball position as the night before. He hadn't even moved. Kakashi slowly reached forward and put a gentle hand on Naruto's shoulder, "Naruto time to wake up."

The boy instantly woke up and started to cower under Kakashi's hand. Kakashi took his hand away and smiled, though Naruto only saw his eye go into an upward v.

Naruto and Kakashi were just walking out of the hospital, when the boy noticed all the people outside. He quickly hid behind Kakashi. Kakashi stopped walking and gently picked up Naruto and held him to his chest.

Naruto shyly looked out at the people as they walked by until he saw the Uchiha crest on the back of some man's shirt. As soon as he saw that he buried his face in Kakashi's vest trying hard not to be seen.

A couple minutes later…

Kakashi stopped walking in front of a gate. He looked down at the now almost asleep boy clutching on to his jounin vest. Kakashi gently shook the boy just enough to rouse him.

The boy opened his bleary eyes and looked up at the masked face of Kakashi. "Naruto, welcome to your new home!" Kakashi said. Naruto unsure of what to do slowly and cautiously started to look around. He saw a big gate with a weird spiral at the top. Kakashi removed one of his hands to open the big gate. What Naruto saw inside the gate was the coolest site the young boy had ever seen.

Inside was a big courtyard with three buildings surrounding it. The building straight ahead of them was huge. It had three stories and dozens upon dozens of windows. Behind these three buildings, Naruto could see a small forest area and fields and ponds, every type of terrain for training grounds. Naruto also saw more buildings only these weren't nearly as big as the main three.

Kakashi watched as Naruto's eyes got bigger and bigger. He just stood there until Naruto's eyes had quite having the growing affect. "Y-y-you l-l-li-ve h-here?" Naruto asked still in shock.

Kakashi nodded and said, "Now you do too, Naruto." With that said, Kakashi started heading to the house straight ahead of them. In that house Naruto would grow and learn the shinobi way.

Kakashi walked into the house, mansion, and gently set Naruto on the ground. Though the outside looked extravagant, the inside of the mansion was just like any normal home. It had a comfortable vibe to it, not like the Uchiha's or the Hyuuga's that tried to show you how wealthy they really were. No the Uzumaki clan was actually very modest. Their homes would've made anyone feel comfortable in. Too bad Naruto had never been in any nice place like this, so he was automatically surprised and shocked.

"Your room is up these stairs and the first door on the right," Kakashi told him. "My room is at the end of the hall."

"W-w-whi-ch way i-is ri-g-ght?" stuttered the now confused boy.

Kakashi gently took Naruto's hand and motioned for him to follow him. "Let me show you." Kakashi slowly took Naruto up the stairs and turned what must have been right. He then opened a door and gently pushed Naruto in. "This is your room. Everything in here is yours. Have fun! Explore!" With that Kakashi left the boy to the wonderment of his room.

A couple months later…

Kakashi had just started taking missions again after adopting Naruto. Their bond was still one of stay away I'm scared of you and the world. Or at least that was how Kakashi thought Naruto felt. Kakashi was still trying to figure out what to do now. How do you open up to a boy that is terrified of you?

These were Kakashi's thoughts as he walked towards the huge house on the Uzumaki manor. Kakashi right as Kakashi was about to step on the porch he got the feeling of foreboding. Kakashi threw away caution and quickly entered the house. He ran into the living room where he could sense an unknown chakra signature. The sight that met his eyes would've have led him back to the time in the cell not that long ago if it wasn't for his training.

What he saw was Naruto cowering in a corner, with bruises, some small cuts, and scraped up knees. Naruto was cowering from a man in black wearing a black mask. The man, unknown to both Naruto and Kakashi an Uchiha, was standing over Naruto ready for the final stroke when he started having second thoughts. 'I can't kill a child, even if he is the demon child himself. He's about the same age as my nephew.'

Kakashi took the man's sudden hesitation as his chance to act. He quickly aimed and threw a kunai into the distracted man's arm. The man growled and turned around. When he saw Kakashi, he started making quick hand seals knowing that it was pointless to stick around; he then disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Kakashi ran towards Naruto, who had closed his eyes tight for fear of the final strike. As Kakashi got closer, he noticed that the boy was shaking in fear. He knelt down next to Naruto and gently started to raise Naruto's chin.

Naruto slowly opened his eyes when he felt a hand slowly raise his chin. His fear filled eyes gazed into the worried eye of Kakashi. Now that he no longer had to worry, Kakashi's mind could bring up that sight of Naruto in the cell. To tell himself that that wasn't going on, Kakashi pulled Naruto into a tight embrace. Naruto was at first to shock to cower, then he realized the warmth of the embrace and tears started to fall as his small hands grabbed a hold of Kakashi's jounin vest.

They just sat there like that until Kakashi realized that Naruto had cuts and scrapes that needed attending. After that they spent the rest of the night together.

One year later…

Kakashi was making breakfast (scary site!) and Naruto was starting to head downstairs. Kakashi was beginning to wonder how he was going to tell Naruto that he was going to start his ninja training and that he had personally selected a tutor for him. He knew that Naruto would freak out about having to have one more person, but Kakashi couldn't train Naruto and still do Anbu missions. He would find some way to make it up to him, eventually.

Naruto then arrived breaking Kakashi's thoughts. "What's for breakfast, Kakashi-san?" Naruto not stuttering around him was a fairly new development. Kakashi still had to check to see if this was the same boy he had adopted.

"The usual scrambled eggs and toast."

"Uhhh, can't you make anything besides that?"

"Truthfully?" Naruto nodded. "Nope! I've had people ask me how I've survived. I still don't know." Kakashi sets a plate of scrambled eggs and toast in front of Naruto and a plate in front of an empty seat. 'I have to tell him now. Itachi will be here in an hour.' Kakashi took a deep breath knowing that he was going to become an enemy of the boy in just a few moments, "Naruto-kun, we need to talk about your future."

"What about it?"

"Well, a month ago you told me you wanted to be a shinobi. So I started looking for a sensei for you."

"What? Why can't you train me?"

"You know I'm really busy right now, Naruto-kun. I wouldn't be able to give your training my full attention but this sensei I found you is probably just as strong as me even if he just became chuunin awhile back."

"Fine! Who is it?"

"His name is Uchiha Itachi." Kakashi noticed that Naruto flinched when he said Uchiha but just figured that he had had a bad run in with a member or members of the clan. Naruto would soon figure out that Itachi wasn't the same pompous arrogant jerk as the rest of the clan.

For the rest of breakfast, Kakashi tried to have a conversation with the now scared back to stuttering boy.

One hour later…

Itachi showed up at the compound thinking that this place looked awfully familiar, kind of like he'd been there before. The boy gently shook himself from that thought as he headed to the main building. 'What was this kid's name again, Naruka, Narcissi? Doesn't matter. I'll soon find out.' With that thought Itachi knocked on the door of the house.

Kakashi soon answered and invited the young Uchiha in. Itachi's first impression of Naruto was, 'Why does this boy look like a blonde blue-eyed Uchiha?'

A/N: Haha! I'll be evil and leave ya here. I'm sorry about the late update but you guys wanted longer updates so here it is. There will be no update next week seeing as it is Homecoming at my school and I'm going to be very busy. I will leave you with an idea of what's going to be in the next chapter.

Next Time: Itachi looks into Naruto's background to find the shocking truth. Sasuke meets Naruto. Who is this lady that Kakashi is hanging out with? What? She's pregnant!