Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor it's amazing character. Also, I've read a couple fanfiction (don't remember their titles) and picked up a FEW a idea. Most of this is my original idea, but you know, Sasuke is emo and cuts himself, Naruto was an abused child, Ino is popular, ect., are not my original idea. But then again, who can really claim it's theirs?????

Rating: M for slight hints ot mature themes, strong language and some major character deaths.

Pairing: NaruSasuNaru

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Chapter One: Welcome to the Hurricane

I walked down the dirt road. Well, it wasn't really a dirt road, but it was covered in so much of it, might as well call it one.

I didn't know why I was going this way, but I had nowhere else to go. No family, no friends, no house. I had decided last week, after leaving my fifth shelter, that I would go live in the country, or as close to it as possible

So now I'm walking down this 'dirt' road heading somewhere, the things I owned in a bag on my shoulder. I passed a sign about an hour ago saying: "Shi-----en 3 Miles". (I couldn't see the whole word, since it was coated in dirt.) In the distance, I could see a new sign. I smiled.

"Finally! I'm beat!" I shouted, running towards the sign. As soon as I reached it, I stopped. I looked at this sign, which wasn't coated in dirt and said, "What the hell! 'Shippuuden'! What kind of a name for a town is that!"

I looked around, then back at the sign. I just stood there, staring at this welcoming sign in shock. Now, I know most people would get on with life and just forget about it, but I couldn't. For some reason, this sign bugged the hell out of me, but I didn't know why.

Because of my intent staring, I didn't notice the three boys coming my way.

"Hey, who's the blond?" One of them said. I turned to see who had spoken. The speaker was the tallest of the three, with long dark brown hair in a pony tail.

"Dunno. Traveler, I'd say." Another, shorter with spiky black hair, said. The third male was in the middle. He had 22222222222222222222222222222222222black hair in a coconut hairstyle.

Sighing, I readjusted my bag on my shoulder and walked down the road again. The three boys, well teens my age, continued their path ahead of my. I decided to follow them, figuring I'd get to the town soon.

It took a bit longer than I thought, maybe thirty minutes, till I saw the town, I smiled. This town was perfect. I could tell by looking it was one of those towns where everyone knew everyone.

The three boys were now heading down a side road, while I stuck to the main one. I looked around. I saw one apartment building and a few dozen houses on this street. Farther in the distance, I could see two more apartments. Also on this street, I saw a small, two-story building. Walking past it, I saw a sign saying 'Konoha Elementary School'. I tried to smile, thinking about when I was in elementary school, but all the memories were cold. Shaking my head, I continued down the street towards the apartment. I was there in a couple of minutes.

Walking in, I smiled as the cool air hit my face. It felt nice after a long, long walk in the sun. I walked through the lobby, over to the office. The door was closed. On it, it read 'Orochimaru'. I knocked slowly and heard a voice call, "It's open."

I opened it and saw a man, well, I think he's a man. "Uh, hi…"
Smiling at me, it pushed it's long black hair behind it's back. "Come on, sit down."

I moved to the chair in front of the desk and sat down.

"So, what's your name?"

"U-Uzumaki Naruto." I replied.

"So, Uzumaki-kun, what do you need?" Orochimaru asked, straightening a pile of paper on his desk.

"Well, a room would be nice, if you have one." I said, sounding stupid.

"Always do! Never have left someone on the streets. Now, all I have to offer are the cheap ones, but for a kid by themselves, I'm sure it'll do."

"Yeah." I looked down. I guess I did have the whole 'I've been on the streets more than a year' look, but there was no need to point it out. "It would."

"Great!" Orochimaru said, with great enthusiasm.

After a few more questions, filling some forms out, and a friendly conversation, I got the key to my room. I said my thanks and left Orochimaru's office.

I walked over the elevator, and then pressed the up button. As I waited, a fairly tall, grey haired man came and stood beside me. I eyed him carefully. His hair covered half of his face while one of the cloth thing those gangster girls wear, covered his mouth. With that look, the man was pretty mysterious.

While I thought about this, the elevator arrived. We both stepped in. I pushed the button for the fourteenth floor and looked at the man. "What floor?" I asked him,

"Seven." He replied.

I pushed the '7' button and waited for the elevator to start moving. I watched the numbers rise, hoping it would reach seven.

"So, what's you name, kid?"

"Huh?" I looked towards the man. Great… he had to ask and make this more awkward. "Um… Uzumaki Naruto"

"Naruto? Like the food?" His only visible eye was glinting, like he was smirking.

"Yes… Like the food." I muttered. We stood there in more silence. I looked at which floor we were on and saw we were only at the fourth. Fourth! Only the fourth! How slow is this elevator, honestly? "So, what's yours?"

"Hatake Kakashi."

I grinned. "Kakashi? Like the scarecrow?"

"Yes, like the scarecrow." He looked away from me at the doors of the elevator. Then it stopped. Finally! "Well, see you later, kid." And he walked out.

Sighing, I leaned back against the wall and waited for my stop. Seven floors later, which seemed to pass a lot faster this time, I stepped out of the elevator.

I walked down the hall, looking at number on my key again, '1407'. I looked up at the doors again. "Fourteen-o-three, fourteen-o-five, ah, fourteen-o-seven." I put the key in the door and twisted it. Hearing the click, I opened the door and walked in.

I entered a small hallway, which led to a small kitchen. There were two doors, which led to the bedroom and bathroom. I noticed that there was everything a kitchen should have in this one. I opened one of the doors, which was opposite to the only window in the room. Behind it was the bathroom. There was a toilet, sink, mirrior and a small shower. I walked out and headed to the other door.

This room was small. There was a bed already there. A small dresser, about the same size of the bed at the end of the room, by a closet.

I left the room and went back into the kitchen, dropping my bag on a chair, confused.

Sitting on the chair beside the on my bag occupied, I tried to figure out what was going on. Did someone already live here? Getting up, I headed to the front door. I pulled it opened to see Orochimaru standing there and shouted.

"Fuck…" I muttered, letting my land lord in.

"Is something wrong, Naruto-kun?" He asked.

"Uh… no." I said, nervously. "So, what do you need, Orochimaru-san?"

Orochimaru sat down in the opposite of my bag's chair. I sat beside him.

"Well, I wanted to see if you had anyquestiong about the room and if you were settling in nicely. Are you?" he asked, smiling.

"Uh, yeah. I'm fine." I said. "But… what's up with the funiture and everything? Does someone live here? Did they get arrested or something?"

Orochimaru laughed. "No, no. You're the only one that lives here. You see, the fourteenth floor is for kids like you, ones without a roof to live under, living on the streets. So, I decided to make this floor for them and buy evertying so they don't have to worry too much about money."

I looked down. I didn't know why, but I felt like crying right now. I've never met anyone who really wanted to help kids like me.

"Thank you." I whispered.

The long haired man smiled. "It's no problem. I hate seeing kids on the street. Now, Naruto-kun, would you like to come with me for dinner? I'm making a western dish tonight."
"Wah! Oh, no! I couldn't. You've already done so much for me! I have some packaged ramen I can eat." I said, not wanting to bruden my landlord more.

"Nonesense! I would be delighted! I want you in front of my office at six o'clock, don't be late!" He ordered and stood up. He said his goodbyes, then left me sitting there, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"Great… What have I gotten myself into…?"

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I woke up early the next morning. It was Monday. I had planned to go to the school and register. I sat up and looked around my new bed room. I didn't when I'd get use to walking up in my own room, I rolled out of bed and slowly made it to my bathroom. I took I kept shower, (with warm water!) and got dress. I went to my kitchen and grabbed a piece of bread from the loaf Orochimaru forced me to take.

I grabbed my wallet and empty bag, putting it on my back. I walked out of the apartment, key in hand and bread in mouth. I locked the door behind me and put the key in my pocket.

I walked over to the elevator and pressed the down button. The doors opened amidiatly. I stepped in and pressed the 'L' button. The elevator was going at it's normal speed until is stopped at the seventh floor.

"Ah crap! Don't be him!" I muttered.

To my luck, It was him. Hatake Kakashi walked into the elveator.
"Oh! Naruto! What a lovely surprise." He said, sounding surprised.

"Sure, lovely." I mumbled.

The man chuckled. "SO, where off to, Naruto-kun?"
"School. I need to register."
"Well, I'm off to the school as well." Kakashi said. The doors to the elevator opened. We both stepped out and I watched the doors close behind us. "I'll give you a ride there."

"Uh… Why?" I asked, staring at him.

"I'm a teacher there!" He said. "English teacher."

"If I take the ride, I'm not taking English." I said, glaring at him/

"That's not nice, Naruto-kun." Kakshi whined.
Sighing, I followed the man to the parking lot. There were many cars. Walking past I saw an empty spot that said fourteen-o-seven. We walked passed it and went farther into the lot. Soon, we were by a grey car, which looked fairly expensive.
"Get in."

I nodded. After he unlocked the ar, I sat down in the passenger seat. He started the car and pulled out of his parking pass. Soon, we were heading down the steerts of Shippuuden in silence, only the car seemed to want to talk. I stared out the window, watching house zip by.

"Naruto, I need to pick up a colligue and his daughter. Alright?" Kakashi said after a couple minutes.

I shurgged. I didn't really matter to me. He probaly picked them up all the time. I was the new one, even if Kakashi acted like I wasn't.

He turned onto a street called Kunoichi Rd. I sighed, thinking this was a very weird town. He pulled up to house fifteen and parked.
"Naruto, you're going to have to move to the back. Also, would you like to come meet them?" Kakashi asked, unplucking his seat belt. I shurgged and did the same.

We stepped out of the car, and I follow Kakashi up to house fifteen. He pressed the door bell and we waited. Soon, the door opened.

It was a man. He had brown hair in a high, short ponytail and was about an inch shorter then Kakashi. The most disguising feature he had, though, was the lager scar across his face.

"Oh, Kakashi. hang on a moment." He said, turning back into the house. "Sakura! Kakashi is here! Hurry up!"

I flinched as I heard a crash coming from the second floor of the house.

"Another on of her days?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah. She woke up late this morning. So, who's this? Did you adopt one too?" The scarred man asked.

"No. He just moved into my apartment yesterday, so I offered him a lift, since there was still room in my car." Kakashi said. "He name is Uzumaki Naruto. naruto, this is Umino Iruka. He's the history teacher at the school."

"It's nice to meet you, Naruto-kun." Iruka said, sticking his hand out. I took it and shook hands with him. Then a pink hair girl appeared at the door.

Her hair was short, falling and inch above her shoulders and was pulled back by a red hairband. Her forehead seemed large, but it only made her green eyes look bigger. She had a ivory complex. To be put simply, she was the prettiest girl I've ever met.

"Hi, Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura said, with a cheerful smile. "Who's this?" She asked, glancing at me.

"Uzumaki Naruto. He moved into my apartment building yesterday. He's going to register at the high school today." Kakashi said for me, as if I didn't know how to talk. I glared wuickly at him, then looked back at Sakura.
"Well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Haruno Sakura." She said, place her hand in front of me. I took it quickly and shook hands with her as well.
"Well, we need to get going. Come on. Everyone to the car." Kakashi said.

The four of us walked down to the car. I opened the back door for Sakura and got in after her. Soon, we were heading down the street. Sakura talked the whole way about the school, the teachers, and classes. I didn't mind, her voice was beautiful. Soon we were at the school.

"Okay, you two get out here." Kakashi said.
Sakkura nodded and got out on her side, and I got out on mine. The car pulled away once we stood a bit away from the car, and drove over to the parking lot. I looked at Sakura.

"Come on. I'll show you to the main office." She said and turned and walked towards the school. I followed.

The school was a bit smaller than the average shool, but was the perfect size for this town. It was a white school with green trimming, if that's what it's called on a school. As we walked towards the front door, I noticed that there were only a couple students. This didn't seem to pahse Sakura, and she kept walking. When we were inside I saw the the inside of the school was much nicer than the outside. Everything was so clean. We continued walking and soon we were at the main office.
"Alright. You go in there. I'll meet you later. Hoepfully we'll have the same classes." She said. Then she left me there. I turned the door and braced myself for the next thing to come at me.

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A/N: Alright! First chapter is done! For those who didn't realize, this is now in Naruto's point of view, and it'll be in his POV for the rest of the story. I hope you guys like this, cause it took me forever to type up. just how long is was on word… 10 PAGES!!! RAWR! So long… I didn't even know it was going to be that long… it just happened. Oh well. I don't know when the second chapter will be up, but I'll try hard to get it to you a.s.a.p. Please, R&R. .