Bloodline: Radiance

Authors note: Well not much to say but here's a new chapter. I explained the reason it is still team 7 and not team 1 in my last chapter in the bottom authors note.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. This applies to all past chapters as well as future ones.

Chapter 5

Naruto sat atop the Hokage monument overlooking the village. It was early in the morning and the sun had yet to rise. He waited there calmly waiting for when he would set out to meet his team. He sported a black track jacket over his orange tank top, wearing dark black ninja pants with many pockets. He was leaning forward so his swords remained off the ground.

"Naruto!" shouted out a small figure from behind him. A boy probably around eight at the time with brown hair ran up to him. Naruto looked over at him and gave a small smile.

"What is it Konohamaru?" asked Naruto.

Konohamaru shuffled around on both his feet and looked down. It was clear to the blonde that he wanted to ask for something. "Ummm…do you think you can take me flying again?" asked Konohamaru.

Naruto let out a sigh. The boy had caught him some two years ago when he was in the forest. The young brown haired ball of energy was running away from his personal tutor when he saw Naruto fly.

Naruto had told him it was a secret and no one could know. Konohamaru had agreed but only under the condition that Naruto take him into the sky. Naruto had done so, and the boy had been addicted ever since.

"I'm sorry, but I can't today." said Naruto. The boy looked down at the ground sad and defeated. "I'll let you know when I can though."

The young lad instantly brightened up at that. Naruto got to his feet and patted Konohamaru on the head. He then jumped off the Hokage monument to head towards the training ground. He landed with a loud crash creating a small crater. Nobody was up at this time so he was not worried about being seen.

He began to walk away but looked back at the crater. It amazed him to no end how he could fall from heights far greater and still only feel the smallest of tingles when he landed. His body seemed to be built for that sort of thing.

He waved to Konohamaru who was jumping for joy and shouting out to him in excitement.

Naruto arrived at the training ground and awaited his teammates. Both of them weren't there yet, so Naruto practiced going through his sword steps. He was there for about an hour before Sasuke and Sakura finally showed up.

All three of them waited there, Sasuke looked like he was sleeping, Sakura was trying to scoot closer to him, and Naruto just continued to practice. This continued for about three hours before Kakashi finally showed up. Sakura and Sasuke sent him glares for being late; Naruto just expected it. He had never met Kakashi before but the man was often talked about by Gai, as his hip rival. His tardy record was one the many things that Gai would tell him about.

"Alright lets get started." said team seven's sensei. "Sakura I want you to spar with me, show everything you know to me…don't hold back."

Sakura got up and nodded at the Jounin. Kakashi pulled out his perverted book. She took the academy taijutsu stance, and Kakashi began to study her looking for flaws. "Hmmm…her stance is full of flaws, but not anymore then is expected from someone fresh from the academy." Thought Kakashi.

Sakura ran towards him throwing kunai as she went. Kakashi lazily caught them and waited for her to get closer. He studied her movements as she threw a punch; he easily caught it. Suddenly he saw Sasuke jump up from behind her his eyes widened only slightly as he let go of her.

He sent a kick at Sasuke only to see it go right through him. He looked over at the tree and saw Sasuke still sitting there. "Oh I see pretty clever…creating a bushin and using Genjutsu to make it look like one of her teammates." thought Kakashi. "Pretty impressive…to weave an illusion around a normal bushin, she defiantly has talent in Genjutsu."

Kakashi decided he had probably already seen all she could really offer. "Okay Sakura that's enough. Sasuke your up."

The young Uchiha came forth and took his own stance. Unlike Sakura's it was not the academy style, instead it was the classic Uchiha style. Kakshi put his book away deciding to take this fight more seriously.

Sasuke ran towards him at an evenly fast pace, just a little quicker the Sakura's. "hmm…by his slow movement I say he is wearing weights." thought Kakashi. His eyes wondered to the white armbands and leg bands with the Uchiha fan on them. His eyes widened. "I don't believe it Mikoto gave him the Uchiha weights already. If he doesn't take them off he should definitely be at Chuunin level by the time of the exams."

Sasuke jumped in the air and threw a spin kick at Kakashi. The Jounin caught the leg with one hand. Sasuke spun around the other way to use his other leg for another kick. That leg was caught as well, Sasuke was hanging upside down in Kakashi's hands. The boy smirked and quickly formed seals.

Kakashi's eyes widened. "No way…" he said to himself.

Sasuke finished forming the seals and sucked in air. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu." said Sasuke as he blew out a large fireball. Kakashi let go of Sasuke and backpedaled away. He jumped in the air and completely avoided the fireball. Sasuke was about to throw some kunai at him while he was in the air but before he could blink. Kakashi was behind him with a kunai to his neck.

"Very impressive Sasuke." said Kakashi. He sent a look towards Naruto signaling him to come for his turn.

Naruto walked into the field a good distance away from Kakashi. Before he could even get in his stance he saw Kakashi blur. He immediately tried to turn around but the Jounin was to fast for him with his weights on. He looked in Kakashi's visible eye and saw it narrow.

Naruto felt the grip tighten and knew Kakashi was trying to break his arm. Naruto slapped the front of his belt, which was attached to the switchblade holders. The blades flung backwards being propelled through the air as they unfolded as if on springs. Kakashi was forced to let go and jumped back.

The blades were still coming at him, he was about to jump up more to avoid them when he saw two clones appear and grab onto a blade each. Kakashi's eye narrowed. The two clones engaged him and he was forced to dodge. He tried to throw a punch to make the clones disappear but the clones used the flat of the blades and blocked the blows, because they were real swords and not some shadow-copied weapon they were able to take the blow preventing the clone from disappearing.

Kakashi saw three more clones appear and take a sword each from Naruto's back. Naruto himself took out the main blade. The clones surrounded Kakashi each brandishing one of the weapons. Kakashi's eyes widened yet again that day as he saw them take a familiar stance.

"Mikazuki no mai." said Naruto and his clones. The illusion took effect and they all charged forth-hitting Kakashi simultaneously. Fear went in the blonde's eyes, not that anyone could see it with the sunglasses, as he thought he killed his sensei however Kakashi poofed into a log.

Naruto felt something sharp pointed at his neck and he canceled out his clones. Naruto put the main blade away and looked up at Kakashi.

"Where did you learn that technique?" asked Kakashi accusingly.

"The Hokage gave me a scroll that he wanted me to learn from." said Naruto. "That was one of the jutsu."

Kakashi's eye narrowed. He looked at his team and put on his mask of indifference. "You all did rather well." said Kakashi. "Meet at the bridge tomorrow for you first mission. "

"So Kakashi I hear you got Uzumaki on your team." said Kurenai in a cheerful voice. "I heard that he is actually quite good."

Kakashi looked at the woman and narrowed his visible eye, an action that surprised the Genjutsu user greatly. "Kurenai…don't ever talk to me about him again." said Kakashi.

There was actually quite a few Jounin around them as they were all awaiting the Hokage to arrive. All of them raised their eyebrows at Kakashi's attitude towards the boy. He always seemed so layed back and to see him like this was surprising.

Kakashi walked to the other side of the room and pulled out his perverted book and began to read. Even if it made him look lazy, the affect of it was taken away by the aura he was giving off. Asuma walked up behind Kurenai.

"The Kyuubi took his sensei…I guess he is one of the many that hates the boy." said Asuma.

"I'm just surprised is all." said Kurenai. "I thought someone as great as Kakashi would have been above such prejudice."

Asuma let out a sigh. The majority hated the boy with a passion, but most Jounin respected what the Fourths dieing wish was and viewed the child as a hero, Asuma was one of them.

"I just wonder why the Hokage gave Kakashi Naruto." said Asuma. "A sensei that hates his student can't truly be called a sensei, and thus the student can not learn."

At that moment the Hokage entered the room. He walked up to the front desk and cleared his throat. "As you know only three teams worth of Genin passed the Academy." said the Hokage. "It is because of this that the final test was unnecessary. However I would still like a full report of your student's skills. I'm sure that you have already tested them."

The Jounin in charge of the teams all nodded. "Now for the reason you are all here." said the Hokage. "The Kazekage is coming to Konoha sometime today, and bringing his son with him."

Everybody listened intently at what was to come next it was most likely something quite political. "Like our very own Uzumaki Naruto the Kazekage's son has a demon sealed in him as well. It is because of this that the Kage is coming, I am supposed to fix the boys seal as he has been very unstable and continues to grow as so."

Most of the shinobi were shocked at the fact that the Suna had a demon container as well. However a few had heard some rumors about it, one of those people happened to be Kakashi. "I heard the boy is blood thirsty, and his demon awakens when he is asleep." said the Copy-nin.

"Yes that is one of the things I am supposed to fix." said the Hokage. "Now I would like some volunteers to watch the Kazekage and his son."

A few raised a hand for the protection of the Kazekage. The Jounin nodded. "Is that all?" asked a Jounin in the back.

"The boys name is Gaara, you are all to escort him into the forest later tonight so he doesn't hurt anyone." said the Hokage. "You are then to leave the immediate area and leave Gaara to himself."

A few shinobi raised an eyebrow. "If people are around he'll want to kill them." said the Hokage flatly. They all nodded. "Well you all have the orders."

Konohamaru ran through the village at top speed towards the one place he was certain his hero would be. Ichiraku ramen stand, was what the sign read as the little boy entered. And sure enough at the counter next to a tower of ramen bowls was, in the boys opinion, the single greatest shinobi to ever walk the planet.

It was no small secret that the boy worshipped the ground Naruto walked on, well at least not to Naruto. To him Naruto was everything the boy wanted to be.

Naruto was the first one not to laugh at his dream to be Hokage. The blonde helped him whenever he didn't understand something and more or less tolerated his presence. It was because of all these reason's the boy was close to the blonde whenever possible.

Konohamaru hopped up onto a seat next to the blonde boy. "So Naruto when are you going to take me flying?" asked Konohamura acting all serious.

Narutro let out a sigh. "Tonight…meet me in the forest." said Naruto. He gave a grin and ruffled the boy's hair. "Think of this as payment."

Konohamaru gave him a confused look as he began to leave. "Wait what do you mean? THINK OF WHAT AS PAYMENT!" shouted out the brown haired boy.

He heard the ramen chef clear his throat and he looked over at him. "I'm assuming you will pay for all those." Said the old man pointing to the huge stack of dishes.

"ah crap…." whispered Konohamaru. "NARUTO!"

"Gaara…these people are going to help you." said the Kazekage as he sat in the carriage with his son. The boy known as Gaara just stared out at his father with cold eyes. "Don't you want it to stop…the voice calling for blood?"

Gaara did not answer he just looked out the carriage window as they entered the gates of the new village. They met with the Anbu as they got out of the carriage, that meeting had been very brief as they were rushed to the Hokage's office.

Gaara could sense many shinobi placed around them as they walked through the village. All of them were at least Jounin. The pair slowly made there way up to through the tower that belonged to the Hokage.

They entered through the large doors and on the other side sat an old man in Kage robes. He gave a smile to them. "Welcome Kazekage." said the old man. Gaara took a seat beside his father and looked around.

There were a few Jounin outside watching threw the window on guard.

"Kill!" shouted a demonic voice. "Kill them all give me their blood!"

Gaara shook his head to get rid of the voice as he felt the demon making him excited. The demon always did this, he altered his adrenaline and made him enjoy the thrill of killing. However Gaara did not delude himself, he liked killing all of the people. Its what they all deserved in his opinion for doing to him what they did.

'Love thy self and only thy self '. That was his modo. He would of killed his father long ago if not for the mans strength.

"GIVE ME BLOOD!" shouted out the voice in his mind.

The old man looked at the boys seal and sighed. "I can fix it but it will take some time." said the old man. "I shall have everything ready by tomorrow…your son will have to stay in the forest tonight for his safety and our own."

"Killllllllllllllllll himmmmmmmmmm….Killlllllllllllllllll himmmmmmmmmmm…" sang the demon in his head.

Gaara nodded. But everyone could see the insane look in his eyes. He was ready to kill at any moment and would take any chance. They exited the office and walked down the street with his father. He looked around and saw people whispering.

Naruto slowly walked out of an ally when he heard some people talking. They were pointing at a boy with red hair who walked beside the Kazekage. "They say he has a demon sealed in him, and he has already killed over a hundred people in his village." said a woman.

"Filthy monsters there all the same." said another. Naruto looked at the boy with something akin to pity.

"He's like me…" said Naruto to himself. However it was obvious that unlike Naruto, the boy with red hair had given into his insanity.

The Anbu Special Forces deposited Gaara in a deep part forest. Upon arriving he instantly killed a deer and fed it to his sand. After seeing such a display the Anbu quickly left the demon container to himself.

"What are you doing?" shouted out the demon in his mind. "Kill those mortal fools before they get away."

"Father is here…I'll be hurt." said Gaara.

"Kill kill kill kill kill kill." The demon repeated that word in his head long into nigh fall.

Naruto wore the black hooded cloak that he had the night of the Uchiha massacre. He always wore it to hide who he was when he did something like this. He carried a large wrapped bundle over his shoulder, and his glowing blue eyes were the only visible part of him on his face.

He found if anyone saw him like this they would not recognize him. When he walked around normally he had sunglasses that covered his eyes, and he kept his sword in its separate pieces.

He walked to the edge of the forest and sure enough there was Konohamaru waiting for him. The little boy was about to say something but Naruto beat him to it.

"Lets go deeper in the woods." said Naruto. The little boy nodded. They walked for a good few miles or so before they finally stopped.

"Here will be fine."

Konohamaru nodded and watched the boy. Naruto reached over his shoulder and pulled some cloth that was at the back of his cloak over his shoulders. When he moved it, it revealed two rather big holes in the back of the cloak.

The younger of the two knew that the older boy's wings would sprout out of the holes on his jacket.

Naruto stood there and prepared to summon his wings when he felt it. A massive amount of killing intent directed entirely at the two of them. He turned around to find the source only to see a disfigured shadow standing behind Konohamaru. The shadow raised one large claw like arm, preparing to strike.

Naruto wasted no time and ran to the boy. He brought his large bandaged sword down and blocked the attack. Naruto was more then a little surprised at the strength behind the blow as he was nearly taken off his feet.

"Konohamaru run!" shouted Naruto. The little boy looked on not knowing what to do, but eventually ran towards the village. Naruto turned his gaze back to the shadowed form. His blade still blocking, what closer inspection revealed to be a demonic looking arm.

Naruto then focused on the face of his opponent and his glowing eyes widened. Half the face was that of a raccoon that appeared to be made out of sand, and the other half was that of the red headed boy he saw earlier.

Inside Naruto's mind a redheaded figure looked out at the scene and smiled to herself. "Shukaku….this could work to my benefit." said Kyuubi. The demon stared at the blue field that surrounded her cage, preventing her from doing anything that would affect Naruto in any way. She couldn't even heal him, thus giving a higher risk to her own life ending.

She made herself comfortable on the ground and waited.

Naruto parried blow after blow holding his sword with one hand while he dug through his kunai pockets with the other hand. Gaara was only attacking with his giant sand hand.

Naruto took out and kunai with an exploding tag on it. He threw it directly at Gaara's feet. The demon boy looked down and immediately brought his large arm up to guard himself from the explosion.

It blew sending Gaara back a couple of feet. "Give me more control! WE will kill him then!" shouted out Shukaku.

More of the sand wrapped around Gaara and now his whole body resembled that of a raccoon. Sand spikes shot from his body all towards Naruto. He grasped his sword firmly and began slashing with speed and grace destroying all the sand spikes.

Gaara appeared beside the boy and it took all he had to parry the attack in time. Gaara's chest puffed up and he blew out a breath of chakra-laced air at Naruto. Naruto dodged to the side but was caught in his right arm. His sleeve was completely torn off revealing his diamond shaped gravity seal. Blood leaked from several cuts made by the attack. Soon whitish blue chakra swept over it and it was healed.

Naruto brought his hand up to the seal on his right shoulder and it began to glow. A small burst of energy was given off and Gaara halted his attack in confusion. Naruto brought his sword back up in a ready stance faster then before.

Gaara blinked and the boy was beside him slashing down across his chest. It connected and Gaara was sent hurtling back by the force of it. Naruto was beside him in a blur that Gaara could not even see. Naruto kicked him in the back sending him skyward

Gaara flipped in the air and extended his arm towards the black-cloaked person. He fully expected to over power the man like he did a few times already. However it appeared that not only his speed had improved but his strength as well. He took the attack with his sword and summoned chakra to his blade. He slashed at the arm and a blade of chakra energy was sent along it, using the arm as a path to Gaara.

"How?" shouted Gaara as his sand arm was destroyed. He landed a few feet away from his opponent.

Naruto raised an eyebrow, not that it was seen threw his hood. He didn't think Gaara could really talk in his current state. "Why did you attack me?" asked Naruto.

"Kill…I must kill you I need your blood to satisfy him!" shouted out Gaara. "But you are strong…how are you strong…why are you strong…why can't I kill you yet?"

"I don't want to fight you." stated Naruto.

"Fight you…I must fight you….kill you…I must kill you…to prove my existence." said Gaara as he clutched his head. Shukaku was currently sending him memories of his childhood against his will. "I WILL KILL YOU!"

A huge wall of sand erupted around Gaara going higher and higher tell it was close to the size of a small mountain. The sand slowly started to take shape into a giant sand raccoon demon.

The Hokage stood at the edge of the village with the Kazekage as well as several Anbu and Jounin. They all saw the large figure in the distance. Konohamaru had reached them and told them what was out there. The Hokage had cut him off before he mentioned Naruto.

"Hokage-dono, why do you not let your forces engage it?" asked the Kazekage.

"The problem is being taken care of." stated the Hokage with a cheerful smile.

"By who?" asked Kakashi coming forward.

"By the same person who saved Miss. Mikoto and young Sasuke from the Uchiha massacre."

Everyone fell silent and stared out at the distant figure of the sand raccoon. There was no way any of them could see anything from such a distance. Heck they could barley make out the sand demon.

"I hope you know what you are doing." said the Kazekage. The Hokage just continued to smile.

"Let us see what you do…Naruto." thought the Hokage.

Naruto looked straight up at the giant figure. He bent over and clutched his arms, soon white wings erupted from his back. He gave a small grunt at the pain they brought when coming out.

He looked back up at the giant and sighed. "No holding back." thought Naruto. He could sense from here that the boy's own power was near its limit and that he hadn't started using his demons yet. Naruto needed to stop him before he could.

Naruto's body started to course with his special whitish blue chakra. His whole body was glowing with the power. He flapped his wings once and he was sent rocketing towards Gaara.

Gaara threw his arm in a straight thrust at the flying form of Naruto. Naruto flew around the arm in a straight path towards the shoulder. Spikes of sand began shooting out of the arm as he circled up it. He dogged them with grace; finally one erupted in front of him. He gave a powerful flap forward to stop himself from crashing into it. He hovered there in the air for only a second, but that was all it took for more spikes to erupt forward at him.

He folded his wings in and dived down towards the legs. Gaara then began to kick at the ground in an attempt to hit Naruto. Naruto flew under them and ended up behind Gaara. However he looked up and noticed all the spines on the tail as it angled pointing towards him. Hundreds of thousands of sand bullets flew at him. He brought his wings around his body; his sword towards the ground, and his chakra began to form into his wings and around his body.

They glowed as he was struck. He was hurtled towards the ground, his wings protecting him. On the other side of the shield that the boy's wings created, Naruto was panting as his chakra and wings shielded him.

"Crap." was all he thought as the bullets rained down upon him.

In Naruto's mind the Kyuubi sat smirking as she observed the boys field around her cage begin to fade. This was her chance and she knew it. She looked out at the boy and said the words that she didn't even know he could hear. And for the might of her she wished he hadn't. "Pathetic just like the rest." She whispered.

Naruto layed there panting heavily as the sand continued to rain on him. His eyes felt so heavy and he knew he was draining all of his chakra. His eyes slowly began to close until he heard it. It was a whisper from the dark demon that plagued his mind. With it, it carried all her evil intentions and thoughts. "Pathetic just like the rest."

Naruto's eyes snapped completely open and he felt all his strength returning to him.

Kyuubi stood on the other side of the cage shocked as it began to glow with the same white chakra field it always did. "Noooo!" she shouted. "This can't be, he couldn't have heard me. Where is all this power coming from?"

His body surged with his chakra and he pushed his wings outward. Instantly a bright chakra field shot out destroying all the sand bullets that were coming towards him and cause the huge demon to take a step back.

Naruto wasted no time, as he didn't know how long all his power would last. He flew up the creatures back at unimaginable speeds. He separated the hollow blade from the rest of the sword so that he now had two. Spikes shot up from the demons back trying to stop him. He cut threw them all not stopping as he continued forward. His swords slashed around him destroying the sand and blurring speeds.

He flew at the base of the creature's neck and landed on the shoulder. He turned in a half circle and put the hollow blade back, making the complete sword once again. He then spun fully around as his blade pulsed with almost all of his chakra.

He slashed the air at the sand neck of Gaara. The giant raccoons head was taken clean off by the glowing energy blade that shot out of Naruto's sword. The effects were instant as the entire body crumbled. Gaara slammed into the ground, and Naruto gently landed as he flew down.

Gaara stared at him, Naruto's face completely hidden, and all that showed was his intense eyes. He spread his wings out and walked forward. Gaara wanted to do something anything. But he had used up all his chakra, he couldn't even summon his demon because he didn't have the energy to do his forced sleep technique.

"How?" asked Gaara. "How could you beat me?"

"Because I wouldn't allow myself to lose." said Naruto. Gaara just stared at him. "I needed to protect this village, so you wouldn't destroy it...I to bare a demon."

Gaara's eye widened in surprise then in anger. "That doesn't make any sense, don't they HATE YOU…WHY WOULD YOU DEFEND THEM?" Gaara shouted in pure rage.

Naruto looked at him in pure silence for what seemed like an eternity. His glowing lightning eyes bore into the boy as if judging his worth. Seeing what lied in the boys heart. It affected Gaara greatly and he didn't like it.

"ANSWER ME!" shouted out Gaara agian

"How many…" said Naruto. Gaara looked at him confused. "How many have you killed Gaara….with your demon how many hundreds died?….How many thousands do you think my demon killed? How many husbands, wives, families have they taken Gaara?"

Gaara sat there in silence staring at the hooded stranger. "They have every right to hate us…the most we can do is live with it and do all we can to repent."

"BUT WHY! WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS WHY MUST WE REPENT!"

"Because Gaara if we don't who will?" Gaara looked at him again tears started to form in his eyes at all the pain he had suffered in his life." If they hate us and we hate them, all there is, is an endless cycle of pain. But if we end it, if we love them and help them…then maybe…it might become easier to bare…"

"I can't… the pain…its to much." said Gaara clutching his head. He remembered it all, the fearful stares, children being pulled away from him, the children who called him a monster. It all hurt him so much.

"Then maybe you should just die here." said Naruto as he picked up his sword and walked over to Gaara. Gaara stared up at him tears in his eye. He closed them and awaited death, but it never came. Gaara opened his eyes and looked behind him and saw the black clad figure walking away. His wings still extend to his side making him look holy.

"Why don't you kill me…you said it yourself…I should just die." said Gaara. Naruto looked back at him and smiled, not that Gaara could see it.

"Because I got a feeling that things are going to change for you…that is if you let them." said Naruto. He then flew off away from Gaara. Mere moments later both Kage's appeared with Anbu and Jounin.

"Gaara." said the Kazekage as he rushed over to his son. He stopped a couple of feet away from him knowing that Gaara wouldn't let him get to close.

"Dad…you said my seal could be fixed…when can that happen?" asked Gaara in all sincerity. The Kazekage took a step back in surprise, but then a small smile crept on his face.

"And then what happened? You know after you cut off the giant raccoons head?" asked Konohamaru.

"I went home and went to bed." said Naruto.

"What? That's all how…anti-climatic." said Konohamaru with a pout.

Naruto just smiled at this.

Authors notes: Well there you go sorry it took me so long. I know the scene with Gaara near the end might have been unrealistic, but you know what I don't care. This is my fic and I can have Naruto have any opinion I want. And come on you can't tell me his personality and mindset isn't a nice break from those fic's that have Naruto either hating the village completely or going for acknowledgement when questioning if he even wants it. ANY WAY hope you enjoyed it. Next one will hopefully be longer