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Warning: this fic includes a smart Naruto, maby slash/yaoi in later chapters

The pull for Naruto is like this… oh and I added some girls because if I don't, I would be biased. Now who do you want him with?:

Sasuke: 1

Neji : 0

Gaara : 0

Itachi : 6 someone's got more attencion

Hinata : 0

Tamari: 0

Ps. The paring poll only has a working on Naruto's life.….oh and I'm not sure I can work Itachi in so most likely you would have to have a second choice, sorry

Tales of a snake and its fangs

"Ah yes, Gabriel you see there was, I mean there is, what I mean " Gabriel lifted on eyebrow and opened his mouth " if you got something to say then say it you old monkey". That made Sarutobi sputter and while he was busy recollecting himself, Gabriel let his eyes go thru the jounins until…

"Gai its good to see you again" he said with a nod as he stood up from the window sill and walked over to the green clad spandex wearing ninja. Gai smiled, not the 'normal' shiny smile he used to do but one more reserved and, dare they say it? Motherly "Gabriel, its been quite some time sins last time we spoke" he said. Gabriel just shrugged, a ghost of a smile on his lips "did you do as I asked?"

Gai nodded "ah, but I cant keep him from hearing Gabriel and there are very few that took matter into there own hands, they mostly only whisper and glare" Gabriel was going to respond but got cut of by Sarutobi "Gabriel, Gai explain" he said in a slightly calmer voice. The looked at one another before shrugging " we train, we meet, he tried to beat the crap out of me, we talked and became friends" Gabriel said in a friendly voice and Gai snorted " you mean I was a fool and you decided to beat the crap out of me to get me to think twice about attacking" he said dryly, Gabriel just shrugged and then fixed Sarutobi with a hard stare.

" As much as I like to talk to people I knew, old man I would also like to know why you summoned me here…I have to talk to Naruto soon and I would like to get this over with if you get my meaning" Sarutobi sat back in his chair as he looked at him with unnerving eyes, Gabriel looked right back.

Sarutobi let lose s stream of smoke and leaned down in one of his drawers and pulled forth a crystal ball " you know I did not let you go without looking for news about you, right Gabriel? And Naruto's summoning said you ran into some….snake problem" Gabriel stiffened whit each word he said before he lowered his head, like in defeat "you know" it wasn't a question but a statement.

The old hokage looked at him evenly " I know you went with Orochimaru, I know you stayed with him for a year, I know he marked you and I know you ran…will you tell me the rest?" he looked at him, the eyes of a kage and not a grandfather was in his place.

The young boy, for that was what he was even if he played the role of a adult and had blood on his hands he was a boy that had just seen to much and lived thru it, he took the crystal ball that Sarutobi was handing to him " what do you wanna know…how we meet or how he betrayed me?…I guess the beginning is always a good start" Gabriel sighed "it was about a year after I left, and I was beginning to lose hope…I was becoming desperate" the boy was looking out the window, the sun making shadows on his face.

" I was….depressed and I had stopped for the night at a village in water country and with what little money I had at that time I rented a room for the night" he channelled chakra into the ball, a image appearing over it to show them all. It was a smoky pub, it didn't really look to shabby but not that good either to be honest, but it wasn't the room that drew there interest, it was the person in the corner. A black clock with a hood hid his identity but peeks of golden hair fell out of it before being pushed back by its owner. "ah, that is me…rather short wasn't I" Gabriel said "but I was only 9 at the time so I think I was allowed to be" he mused as the Gabriel in the memory read a scroll and wrote something down on it.

Suddenly another person sat down on the other side of his table, a man with pale skin and long black hair, clothed in white. Both of them where looking at one another, observing the other " I heard about the man said and the younger boy tensed "my condition has nothing to do with you…Orochimaru" the boy took of his hood, showing shoulder length blond hair, a smooth slightly tanned face and blue eyes, the innocent still present in his eyes.

Orochimaru chuckled " so you know my name, impressive not all do even if there from Konoha…Konoha prefers to bury the past that doesn't suit it" he leaned back in the chair, his yellow eyes on the young Gabriel. The boy sneered at him " Orochimaru the snake summoner, one of the Sannins, missing nin from Konoha, former team mate of Jiraiya the toad summoner and Tsunade the slug princess, sensei of Mitarashi Anko " the elder male leaned forward with each word, his eyes narrowed at him " former also a member of the group akatsuki but ran from it, reasons unknown but from it he has his ring and a book of the organization secrets, later he took over rice country where he has now established a village… Otogakure"

The Gabriel holding the crystal ball cocked a eyebrow at his memory self " you know…I never did get how freaky that looked with how informed I was but I do now, cause that looks farley freaky" the hokage and jounins couldn't help but agree with him as some of that information was either highly guarded or not told to one so young.

"very good gaki, you know much about me it seems…I have a business proposition to you" he said, but the boy stood up " I make no deals with traitors" and walked away but Orochimaru grabbed his wrist, stopping him in his track. " your sickness is spreading and you haven't found a cure…are you really going to blow me of without hearing what I got to say? " he hesitated "it might save your life so you can learn new things" that made the boy sit down if slowly.

The crystal ball stopped glowing, leaving Gabriel watching them " he knew what to say to get me to listen , knew what I wanted and how to get me to go with him even if I knew what and who he was" Sarutobi stood up and walked over to him, laying one aged hand upon his shoulder before taking his left arm, shoving the coat and the shirt up to revel navy blue bandages, the kanji for seal on it. He slowly began to unwrap it, the boy only making a vague sound of protest in the back of his throat.

And there on his forearm was a black mark, looking very alike a ANUB nins tattoo with only minor changes, such as it seemed more arched in the ends, the hokage held his arm up to se the mark " he must have taken you by surprise or else you would have been able to run from him, I remember your speed " he sighed and sat down heavily behind his desk.

The crystal ball started glowing again bringing forth new images, this time Gabriel was dressed in a lose blue shirt and a pair of black trousers, he was training and looking stronger and a little better then what he had last they had seen him. His bare forearms showed no marks on them. The boy moved slowly often stopping, correcting his stance.

Then he stopped totally as a voice sounded thru the room "I see your training" it was Orochimaru, standing in the doorway looking at the now 10 year old Gabriel "hai, Orochimaru-san I am" the snake like man hummed as he studied the blond boy " your sickness seams to be spreading" he said as he walked closer to the him, Gabriel keeping his eyes on his moves and ignoring the other person totally.

Gabriel, the real one shook his head "foolish" he muttered "rule one in the handbook: keep your eye on the enemy". Orochimaru smirked as he came closer and closer to the young boy stopping a feet away from him and made two hand seals, one looking like a cross between the snake and tiger seal and other was the dog seal. Orochimarus neck enlonged and shoot towards Gabriel, who spun around with wide eyes bought up his arm to protect himself…to no use as his teeth's sunk into his arm.

Gabriel fell down, screaming and convulsing as he clutched his arm, Orochimaru stood over him smirking at the painful yells. He leaned down and grabbed the blond boys chin " soon you will be under my command, Yondaime son and yes" he looked into the wide blue eyes " I knew about who you are and I also know that soon you will be my tool, my weapon against Konoha" he let go of his face and stood up laughing " its ironic that I'm going to use HIS son to destroy the village he have his life for"

He looked at him with a screwed expression " I might not be able to take over your because of that sickness of your but that dos not mean I will just let you go for you see" he grabbed the arm and held up the mark "this is a cursed mark, is a prototype that will bring you under my control but… your sickness will perhaps further it and make you even more weak but oh well" he turned and was about to walk out but stopped in the door way "oh just so you know….there's a one to teen chance of you surviving that mark" he waved his hand and disappeared leaving the shaking child in the dark with only his pain.

The globe went dark again leaving the office in silence, all looking at one another horrified. Gabriel put down the ball and began wrapping the mark up again with the blue bandages that the old hokage had taken of "and there you know, happy old man?" he said in a scratching voice obvious remembering the pain he had felt and the humiliation at the snakes words.

Sarutobi was looking at him "part ways yes but I have something to show you" he picked up the blank ball " about 4 years ago some of Konoha's ANUB's where on a mission to Earth country. When they came back they had more then just a report for me…they had a memory to for me " the ball started to glow again.

And there was Gabriel again, this time he looked a little older and he was standing on a lake. He was dressed in a big blue almost white shirt that was tied to his waist with a black stash and lose dark purple almost black trousers, on his arm was the blue bandages that Sarutobi had removed earlier and around his neck was a silver necklace shaped like a roaring lion. Tears was running down his face as he moved on the lake.

The moon glittered over his tears as he moved and the leafs from the trees around seemed to swirl around him, as if forming a protective cocoon before they fell and shatterd to the four winds.

He wasn't training nor was he dancing…he was just moving, like the flow of the lake or the wind through the leafs, or like the moon light dancing in a gland. He looked peaceful even with the tears, he didn't look like one that was forever plagued with his dreams nor did he look like a cold killer that you could see in his eyes. He looked eternal, like one that would last forever and forever be beautiful.

And then the picture shattered as his shirt slipped of his shoulder reviling scar after scar, all shining silver in the moonlight showing that he had been thru pain. He stopped moving, the tear tracks on his face shining like rivers in the moon and then he began coughing, landing on all four on top of the lake. Blood stained the lake like small rivers as the golden haired boy crawled to the shore only to collapse on the green grass the, his legs not fully up from the water.

He clutched his arm, and curled together "I'm not weak, I wont be controlled, I'm not a weapon" he was repeated in a mantra as the blood and tears seeped into his shirt, staining it as he struggled to stand only to fall to his knees again. He looked down his eyes shielded by his shoulder blade long hair, his whole body shivering wither from cold or from something other they could not tell. " I AM NO TOOL!!!!!!!" he screamed as he jumped up his eyes shining in the dark, purple chakra spinning around him like in his battle with Dosu. His eyes slitted themselves as the chakra shoot towards the sky and then it dissipated leaving him panting with his hands on his knees before he fell forward onto the ground.

And there the memory ended, leaving them watching Sarutobi as he looked at Gabriel and Gabriel looking back at him "what is the chakra Gabriel…I never seen one like it…and never before on you, what happened to you?" Gabriel looked out to the sinking sun " I will tell you Sarutobi but…not yet, the first to know will be Naruto and that is only when I'm ready to tell ANY one at all" and before they could object, the blond puffed out of the office. "well….that went good" Anko said and everybody glared at her.

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AN….: TADA!!! THE 6th chapter!!! Now what could have happened to Gabriel chakra?…and the scars :o

well anyhow here's a few hints to what happens next

- Naruto and Gabriel talk

- Kakashi talks with Gabriel

- Gabriel tests Naruto

- AND KISSES!!!!!!! WOHOO!!! someone's gonna get kissed!!!...but I'm not telling who :P