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Darkflash-
Naruto let out a groan when he slowly regained consciousness. The last thing he could remember was being tied up and hung from a tree and thinking he was going to die. Instead, he found himself lying face up on a hard surface with a small source of warmth coming from somewhere to his right. Looking straight up and opening his dull cerulean eyes, he saw what looked to be the roof of a cave, a dark cave. Sitting up, he saw that he was actually in a large cave sitting by a fire while lying down on a pile of large leaves and torn out grass made into an uncomfortable bed.
He looked outside and saw a raging sand storm. 'I'm in the desert.'
Suddenly, a shadow was cast over the cave and whipping his head around, he saw a strange…thing. It was hunched over, seemingly in a crouch with a black bandana covering his face. It had white eyes that were staring at him silently while the rest of its large body was covered by a black cloak with red scorpion on the back.
"You're awake" he commented in a dull voice. It sounded deep and rusty yet with no hatred or no other emotion either.
Naruto just nodded, looking at the weird looking man suspiciously. The man just nodded and shuffled over to the fire and placed a large turkey; probably for them to eat.
"What's your name?" asked the man, taking off his cloak to reveal the most peculiar body Naruto had ever seen. On his back there was an orange mask like shell with a large metal scorpion like tail protruding from the mouth while his left arm had some sort of gauntlet on it. After he removed his hat, he revealed braided hair that really made him look weird and creepy.
It was what he did next that nearly made the young and impressionable boy faint. A click sound came from his chest area as a small latch opened to reveal a door as a boy of no older than 15 or 16 stepped out. This boy seemed to be less weird, having good looking pale features and messy red hair. He was also wearing the same black cloak with red scorpion on it.
"Well?" he asked again in a much more regular voice, losing that robotic edge it previously held.
"Naruto Uzumaki " he answered, without much emotion in his voice either, before he pulled his legs up to his chest and hugged his knees, huddling by the fire for warmth.
The red haired boy slowly walked to the fire so he could cook the wild turkey he caught. The smell it gave off as it cooked made Naruto's stomach grumble, showing his hunger, but he didn't say anything about it.
"W-who are you?" asked Naruto, with a slight hesitation in his voice letting Sasori know that he was still upset about what happened.
"I am known as Sasori Akasuna, I am a ninja" he answered satisfying Naruto's curiosity for the moment.
"What did you just do before…with your body?" asked Naruto, after a few more moments of silence.
Sasori thought about whether he should answer or not, "As a shinobi, I am a puppeteer, I use my techniques to control puppets to fight my enemies. Over there," he said, pointing to the body he came out of "is Hiruko, one of my puppets that I control from the inside. It allows me to protect myself from attacks while being able to attack at the same time" answered Sasori honestly, not thinking the boy would understand anyway.
Sasori was shocked to say when Naruto spoke up anyway; giving his own thoughts "You use chakra to control your puppets and the tail then? That way you can control your puppets without worrying about getting attacked yourself while doing so right?"
Sasori was shocked, though you wouldn't be able to tell from his facial features. This boy was what? Five? Six years old? And he easily understood the reasoning for Hiruko after just one small explanation?
"Correct."
Naruto, still hugging his knees though now looking at the puppet Hiruko and spoke up again, "Why doesn't anyone in Konoha uses puppets as a shinobi technique. I mean, it is a better means of assassination than loud, flashy nin jutsu. I don't see why there are not more puppeteers…"
If the situation wasn't so sad, Sasori would have burst out laughing. Trust a child to see the advantages and wonders of using puppets so easily.
"You are interested in the ninja arts?" asked Sasori, with a curious tone.
"I read a lot, it's all I was allowed to do…" answered Naruto, Sasori didn't interrupt, wanting to hear the whole story "I spent a lot of time in the library, but I wasn't allowed to take any of the books. I like reading the stories about the first hokage, the second hokage, the third hokage, the fourth hokage and kages of other ninja villages. They are really interesting."
"Do you know who I am?" asked Sasori, genuinely curious, and his curiosity was peeked even more when Naruto nodded.
"You're an S rank ninja from the village in the sand. You are said to be the only person in history to ever master the human puppets. You are the ambassador of Suna."
There was a moment of silence between the two that lasted for at least 10 minutes as Sasori served the food to the now starving Naruto and a cup of water from a bucket near the entrance of the cave which was collecting clean drinking water.
"You're not scared?" asked Sasori, while they ate their meals to which Naruto just snorted in amusement.
"Of what? You could beat me, try to kill me, spit on me and you would probably still be kinder then the villagers back in the leaf village. No, I'm not scared. I got over being scared a long time ago" answered Naruto truthfully, sounding much older then he really was.
Sasori nodded and continued to watch Naruto eat not eating anything himself. When Naruto was full, Sasori took out a scroll, painted some kanji on it with a sealed brush before applying chakra to the scroll which then enveloped the leftover food in a blue light and made it vanish.
"What did you do?" asked Naruto suddenly and Sasori understood.
"It is a storage seal. It can be used to seal lots of items or large items away so they are easy to carry. It also takes away the weight so it feels like your only carrying a scroll. And when you seal something like food it won't spoil."
"Why are you helping me?" Naruto asked.
"Well, when I was young I lost my parents. I know how it feels to be alone. Of course, I had still had my grandmother. You have no one. And you are hated for something you had no choice over while I had some respect since my parents were good ninja. I also cannot stand to see a young child be beaten and abused." Sasori said.
Naruto looked confused, "Why do they hate me?"
"Because they are idiots who can't tell the difference between a container and what it contains." Sasori explained.
Seeing the confusion on Naruto's face Sasori continued "From your reaction, it's to my understanding that you did not know you contained the demon inside you. The story your village teaches its new shinobi is a lie. The Yondaime did defeat the Kyuubi, but he did so by sealing his soul into an infant's body, yours."
Impressed that the child hadn't broken down crying by now, he was about to continue when Naruto snorted "I guess it's better than thinking I was hated for no reason, they hate me because I'm the Kyuubi."
Sasori showed his first sign of emotion by sneering "Don't be stupid boy. The Kyuubi was a demon of infinite power, one no mortal could kill. You are not the nine tailed fox, but merely its jailor. Just like a scroll that has a sealed kunai in it is not a kunai, but a scroll. There is a name for someone like you; it is a Jinchuuriki, power of the human sacrifice. It is fitting if the condition I found you in two nights ago was anything to go by."
Naruto sat in silence, soaking in all the new information he was given by Sasori while staring into the cackling fire with emotionless eyes.
It was a relief to know that at least he was hated for a reason out of his control. He had assumed that he had done something unimaginable that he could not remember.
"Where are we?" asked Naruto finally, after several moments of shocked silence.
"Well I was taking you to the sand village with me, but we got caught in a sand storm. Luckily, I found this cave or else you would have died, weather you had a demon inside you or not." he answered.
"Why are you taking me to Suna?"
Sasori nodded "Well, I was hoping to bring you to the sand so you can live in peace without getting hurt. Unless, you want to do something less?"
Naruto looked at this man thinking why he was so kind. Should he go with what Sasori said? It's obvious that if he went back to Konoha by force or by will, he would most likely be mobbed again by the villagers.
He then had images of the Sandaime Hokage and the Ichiraku Ramen family flash through his mind as he thought of the only kindness he was shown in the village.
"I want to be a shinobi…" answered Naruto which made Sasori raise an eyebrow in amusement.
"Then let Konoha capture you again, they'll let you become one eventually." he answered, wanting to goad a reaction out of him which he did. Naruto's cold eyes met his own shining with fierce determination.
"I don't want to go back to Konoha. I want to be a Suna shinobi. I want to be strong to protect myself and to find people who won't hate me."
Sasori picked up a stick and poked the fire while thinking about this last predicament. He decided to train Naruto personally. He would make sure he was strong enough to protect himself.
"I will train you if you truly pledge yourself as a ninja of the village hidden in the sand." He watched as Naruto's face lit up. "But, I will leave often, for days, weeks, maybe even months for missions. If you want me to train you, will you listen to my every order in regards to it or will you be an insolent child whining about not wanting to work for strength?" questioned Sasori. Naruto starred at him still listening.
"My training will not be easy, in fact, it will be grueling and taxing on you at the best of times, but to learn what I have to teach you, you will need precise control of your chakra, excellent stamina, high speed and high intelligence, all of which will require a lot of work on your behalf, are you prepared?"
Naruto smiled a small smile for the first time since Sasori took him from the leaf which made him smirk back.
"Yes…Sasori sensei" answered Naruto which made Sasori look up to the cave ceiling with a vacant look.
'Sasori sensei? I like the sound of that…'
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