Yet another (hopefully) unique and (probably) confusing story coming right up! ...Yes, I was bored. Again. Hope you all like this idea though!

DISCLAIMER FOR THE WHOLE STORY: I don't own Naruto, moron! (Was that mean? ;P)

A nearly newborn baby opened his cerulean blue eyes in astonishment, as he saw a blonde man with a sad smile look down upon him.

"I'm sorry, Naruto." The man said, and then fell. The baby blinked. 'What are you talking about? What are you sorry for? And my name is Youko!' He thought, ignoring the fact that he was rapidly falling together with the man towards the ground.

The baby, Naruto or Youko, winced when he felt a searing pain on his stomach. He looked down, and his eyes widened as they saw a black spiral pattern with strange symbols around. 'A seal! And it's very advanced too…just what happened? And why the hell am I a baby?' He thought, and then his eyes slowly shut down to slumber, just as an old man with armor and the kanji for fire on his back arrived.

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Water dripping awoke Youko. He opened his eyes and blinked a few times, accustoming himself to the light, and then looked around. "Hoh? Is this my mindscape?" He asked, satisfied that he at least could speak here, before crawling towards a red pulsing light.

"…Uncle?" He asked, surprised at seeing a large red fox with nine tails pace back and forth in a cage. "Huh? Youko? Is that you?" It blinked. "Hell yeah it is! Now mind telling me just why I'm a baby, and you happen to be sealed…probably inside me?" Youko snarled, though it didn't seem very intimidating.

"…" The large fox seemed to shrink into a human form. He had shoulder-length red hair, red eyes with black around, and an elaborate black and red kimono. "First things first. You and your friends have been missing for a lot of time! About 80 years or so, I'd say. The baby thing? I have no idea. You seem kinda…reborn. And was it just me or was it Minato out there?" He sounded curious.

"Yeah, it was. That's REALLY weird…he's just a human. Oh well, I have other stuff to think about. For example where Hou-chan, Shu-kun and Koneko are!" Youko sighed. The fox-turned-human shrugged. "Well, you can't do lots like you are now. You'll have to wait, brat." He said offhandedly.

"…I do hate you, you know that?"

"Ah, that's very nice."

"Hmph. Just you wait…by the way, as soon as I'm allowed to actually run around, I'll be trying to bust you out…about that, why were you sealed in me?" Youko blinked.

"I attacked Konoha. You know, the little farming village. It's a ninja village now. At least they thought I was attacking. I was looking for lil sis." The Kyuubi explained. Youko nodded thoughtfully. "I haven't seen her…but then again I woke up with dad saying he was sorry, and then I went asleep again…being a baby is a pain in the ass."

Kyuubi chuckled. "Too bad, you'll be one for quite some time. I'll be going around in your mindscape meanwhile, do you mind? No? Good."

"Hey, I didn't say yes, you moronic uncle…oh forget it."

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About six years later, a certain red/blonde was darting past trash cans and other rubbish lying in his way as he ran away from a couple of, as he called them; moronic numbskulls. With his much smaller stature he was easily able to evade traps he had put out, while the much bigger, and clumsier civilians went into each one.

Growing tired of the chase, Youko jumped onto a trashcan, grabbed hold of a light pole and swung onto a roof and then down on the other side, landing in a big puddle, splashing himself and another person.

"Ah, sorry." Youko said, not sounding sincere the least. "…I know only one person like that…so carefree…and not at all caring when he ruined my clothes…YOUKO, YOU IDIOT!" A female voice raged. Youko blinked, and turned to see a girl his age, with dark blue hair and faint lavender eyes with no pupils.

"Ah, Hou-chan! I've been looking for you!" Youko grinned nervously. The girl narrowed her eyes. "I might guess why. But call me Hinata, that's my supposed name." She sighed. Youko nodded. "Will do. I'm Naruto. Strange, I know. You know anything about this rebirth thing? Uncle has no idea…yet. Stupid fox, he didn't know anything six years ago either." He scowled.

"…Is Kyuubi around?" Hou-chan blinked. "Err, he's inside of me. In a seal. That's why all adults in this place glare when I just walk past them." Youko scratched his head. "Oh. Well if we're…rebirth-ed, as you put it, then maybe Shukaku and Koneko are too?" Hou-chan asked.

Youko shrugged. "Probably. But Shu-kun originated in the desert, didn't he? Maybe that's where he is. And Koneko used to like Lightning country. Say, I preferred Fire country, but where did you come from?" He blinked, curious. Hou-chan sighed.

"Water, Youko. Water. I am Houkou, daughter of Gobi, who just happens to reside in Water country, moron." She pointed out. Youko shrugged. "Oh. Well, you look like one of the stuck ups, so I bet they'll be coming for you soon. I'll see ya sometime else, right?" He grinned.

"They're called Hyuuga. And yes, we'll see each other soon, if you come to this park each day, and no skipping! Now move, moron." Houkou sighed.

"Quit calling me moron! That's my favorite word!"

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"You wanted to see me, Old man?" Youko asked, stepping into the Hokage's office. In the chair sat an old man with white and red robes, not to forget a strange hat. "Ah, Naruto! Yes, you see I have found something from your parents. Here you go." He said, and gave something to the boy with blonde and red hair.

Youko's eyes widened. "This…belonged to my parents?" He asked, seeing a necklace with four bars in front. He already knew what it was, having been the one to make it a long time ago. 'It must've been found and passed down.' He thought, reaching out to take the necklace. As soon as he touched it, it flashed crimson before going silver again. The Hokage narrowed his eyes.

"…Thank you, Old man. It means a lot to me, you know?" Youko grinned, fastening it around his neck. The Hokage smiled warmly. "I know. Now, we also have one other thing to discuss. How would you like starting the ninja academy in a week?" He asked.

Youko's eyes glimmered, and her grinned even more. "I'd love it! Will you really enroll me? Please do…and could you put my name as Youko?" He asked. The Hokage sighed with an amused smile. "No, I'm afraid that it will have to be Naruto. That is who you are, even though I know you prefer Youko." He explained.

"Fine. Well, I have to go now. I promised Hou-chan that I would be at the park every day." Youko pouted. The Hokage chuckled. "So you finally found a friend? That's good. Off you go."

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"Y-Naruto! You're late!" Houkou growled. Youko waved his hands. "I was with the Hokage! I can't really run from the leader of this place, can I? It would be rude."

"…You ARE rude. Anyway, isn't that your necklace? I thought you lost it?" The dark-haired girl asked. Youko nodded. "I didn't lose it per say. Just didn't find it. But apparently it's been passed down in my family, and I got it from the Hokage." He explained. Houkou nodded.

"Tell me why I should stay here a whole day again?" Youko questioned dryly. Houkou glared at him. "Because I said so. While you might think isolation is fun, I certainly don't. I'm looking for friends." She explained calmly. Youko huffed. "I don't think isolation is fun. Besides, I have you. And Shu-kun and Koneko."

"Shush now." Houkou admonished him. The boy pouted. They sat down on two swings, swinging gently back and forth, looking for children. There were mostly civilian kids, who were ushered away by their parents when they saw Youko.

Finally, after some time, ninja children began coming. Most of them ignored the two children on the swings, until a boy with red marks on his cheeks approached them. "Hi! You wanna play ninja with me?" He asked, grinning. Youko blinked as he saw sharp canines.

"Sure. How do we do it?" Houkou smiled. Youko sighed. "It's easy, really! There are two teams, bad ninja and good ninja. The good ninja hunt the bad ninja, but the bad ninja can fight back. Though we're not allowed to really fight, just slight brawling, my mom said." The brown-haired boy explained.

Youko looked up. "That your mom?" He asked, pointing at a woman with wild brown hair and the same red marks on her cheeks. The boy nodded. "Yeah! I'm Kiba Inuzuka, by the way." He introduced himself with a grin. A small puppy trailing after him barked, and he started. "Oh, this is Akamaru! My nin-dog!" He grinned.

"A nin-dog? That's cool. Wish I could get one, but dogs don't like me a lot, cuz I smell like fox." Youko wrinkled his nose. Kiba blinked and sniffed in the air. "Yeah, you do smell like fox. Weird. She smells like dog though." He pointed at Houkou, who nodded.

"I'm…Hinata. That idiot is Naruto." She pointed at Youko who twitched. "Though I prefer being called by my name. It's Youko. Even though YOU may not care about your name, I think Naruto sounds downright stupid." The blue-eyed boy huffed.

Kiba shrugged. "Me and Akamaru can be one team, and you can be the other!" He said. Houkou lifted an eyebrow. "Wouldn't that be unfair?" She asked. Kiba shook his head. "Nah, I've got ninja training!" He boasted. "I've got ninja training too. I'm from one of the largest clans in Konoha, after all." Houkou smiled smugly.

"Hmph, clans. I'm an orphan, and I pretty much like it that way. Well, not entirely an orphan, cuz I've got an uncle, but he's kinda…gone, at the moment." Youko blinked. Kiba blinked too. "Huh." He said.

"Hey, can we play with you guys? We overheard you talking about playing ninja, and it is more fun if we are more people, right?" A blonde girl pulling a pink-haired girl asked. Kiba nodded. "Yeah! That'd be awesome! Then Hinata can be on my team, while you two go on Youko's team." He said.

Youko shrugged and grinned charmingly. "We'll beat dog boy fast, right?" He said. The blonde nodded resolutely, while the pink-haired girl smiled nervously. "I'm Ino, and this is Sakura. You guys are Youko, Hinata and Kiba, was that right?" Ino said. The others all nodded.

"Let's start already! We'll be the good team, so you have to be the bad team!" Kiba said. Youko grinned. "That's great! No one has more experience in running away than me! …I'll watch out for you guys too though." He added, looking at the two girls at his team.

"Hmph. Girls. We're girls. You can't call us guys." Ino huffed. Youko rolled his eyes. "Fine, girls. Either way, I'll watch over my teammates. You better do the same." He pointed out, and then began running as Kiba began counting. Ino and Sakura followed, though neither were as fast as Youko.

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The children had spent most of the afternoon playing, and were now lying in the soft grass, simply relaxing. They were just waiting for their parents to come get them, really.

The first to come was a red-haired woman. She was clearly a ninja, even though she was clothed like a civilian. Her eyes were unreadable as she looked at Youko, and then smiled as she looked on Sakura. "Come now, Sakura. It's time for dinner." She said calmly.

Sakura nodded and stood up, then timidly waved to her new friends. "Bye. See you some other day." She smiled. They all waved too, and Youko gave her thumbs up. "We'll be here, whenever you need us!"

Sakura's mother smiled slightly, and they left. After that came Ino's father and picked her up, looking with a smile at all her new friends, as well as surprise seeing the Hyuuga and Inuzuka heirs, along with the pariah of the village.

Then came Kiba's mother, grinning. She dragged him away by his collar, while he waved to his new friends, and they waved back. Lastly was a Hyuuga branch member, for Hinata.

The Hyuuga glared distastefully at Youko, who simply stared back. "Hou-chan, your family is a bunch of stuck-ups." He stated. Houkou sighed. "I know, alright? That's Getsu." She said. The Hyuuga, Getsu simply narrowed his eyes. "Come, Hinata-sama. You should not be around ruffians like this – this fool." He said.

"Are you insinuating that my choice of friends are wrong? I am ashamed to have thought you to be a caring individual, Getsu." Houkou smoothly narrowed her eyes. Getsu shook his head intently. "No, no. But…that boy is no good." He tried to explain.

"No good? Wow, I wonder how many have told me that. I think it was about a hundred at last count." Youko said dryly. "Besides, I ain't doing anything else than running away from people wishing to harm me because of a certain idiot stuck in my gut." He added.

Getsu looked wide-eyed at the boy, he should not have known, and he didn't seem to bother about saying it with the girl there. Houkou shrugged. "Well, you get training, don't you? And he's not that bad." She disagreed. Youko huffed. "You're not stuck with him for the rest of your life. Only six years so far, and he's already driven me nuts. I swear, he ain't got no sense for music either."

Getsu was simply looking back and forth the two, looking as confused as he could possibly get.

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About a week later, Youko was seen dashing from hiding place to hiding place in the schoolyard. He was carefully avoiding any teachers, and looking for his friends.

"Hey, Youko!" A boisterous voice yelled, and Youko quickly sidestepped a lunge from Kiba. "Kiba! About time you found me!" He chuckled. Kiba huffed. "You're just saying that because you couldn't find me!" He exclaimed.

"Somewhat. But it's kind of hard looking for you while avoiding others." Youko replied dryly. Kiba raised an eyebrow. "Who're you avoiding?" He asked. Youko shrugged. "The teachers. Most grown-ups don't like me very much. That's an understatement." He deadpanned.

"Why?" Kiba wondered. Youko shrugged again. "Eh, I'm not allowed to tell you…but I'll do it anyway. Just don't run away screaming, mh? You see, many people think I'm the Kyuubi, because he was sealed into my gut when I was a baby." He explained calmly.

"…What? That's kinda stupid." Kiba said, twitching. Youko nodded. "Indeed. And seeing as I think you're my friend, and you didn't run away yet…the Kyuubi is also my uncle, as my mother was a demon. I'm a half demon, and the son of Yondaime Hokage. Nice to meet you." He added.

"…Are you joking with me?" Kiba said seriously. Youko shook his head. "Not at all, really." He said casually. Kiba adopted a deadpanned expression. "I think I'm going to talk to Hinata. Don't worry, I'm not running away from you." He said with a strange mix between a deadpan and confusion.

Youko chuckled. "Do that."

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"Yeah, that idiot is a half demon. I am one too though. But I don't have a single idea who my father, my real father, is. My name is Houkou by the way." Houkou rolled her eyes. Kiba twitched. "I got myself some weird friends, didn't I? Oh well. It's soon gonna call in! You coming?" He asked.

Houkou blinked, and nodded. "Sure. Let's go."

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"Everybody find a seat!" Their teacher, a young man with a ponytail and a scar over his nose yelled. He looked quite strict, but nice, until he laid his eyes on Youko.

Youko sighed. "Look, you clearly hate me, like everyone else, but PLEASE don't mess with my grades!" He said lowly. The teacher pressed his lips together but nodded. "I will not. I am here to be a teacher, not to be unfair to people." He said.

Youko blinked. "That…is a really good philosophy. I think I kind of like you." He grinned before dashing up to sit beside Kiba and Houkou. The teacher looked somewhat surprised, and shrugged.

"Today we'll mostly introduce ourselves to each others, and go trough what you'll be learning. Now you have one hour to get to know each others!"

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"Wake up, lazy-ass!" Youko yelled at a boy with pineapple-like hair. The boy started awake. "Wha-! Geez, you don't have to yell. Troublesome." He sighed. Youko rolled his eyes. "Get over it. Who are you?" He asked. The boy yawned. "Shikamaru. Shikamaru Nara. You?"

"Youko. Though you'll probably call me Naruto like every other moron." Youko dismissed him. Shikamaru blinked interested. "Which one is your real name?" He wondered.

"Both." Youko smirked. Shikamaru frowned. "Hm…" He murmured and went into a thinking pose. Youko chuckled silently and passed by some more desks to get to the teacher. "Yo, again. I'm Youko." He waved cheerfully, and the teacher blinked.

"…Iruka…What is that around your neck?" He asked. Youko shrugged. "Family heirloom…it's a necklace. I'm sure you've seen it before. Anyway, nice to see your opinion of me being a monster is slowly fading! Bye!" He grinned and ran back to his friends. Iruka blinked. 'I have seen that necklace before…but that's impossible! I have to talk to the Hokage…' He thought.

Youko went over to a dark-haired boy. "Hi. I'm Youko. Who're you?" The boy seemed surprised. "I'm Sasuke Uchiha." He said with a smile. Youko nodded. "Cool. Though I don't really like your eyes." He said bluntly. Sasuke frowned.

"Why not? Sharinghan is awesome!" He exclaimed. Youko shrugged. "That might be, but it's dangerous, you know? It corrupts. Don't interrupt, I know a lot about those eyes of yours." He warned. Sasuke looked confused.

"Well, the hour's up! Talk to ya some other time!"

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After school, Youko and Houkou were heading towards the Hyuuga clan compound.

"See ya tomorrow…and the day after that…and after that…" Youko teased before pushing the dark-haired girl at the guards. "Youko! Don't push me you moron!" She yelled angrily, waving a fist threateningly. The guards were surprised at the outspoken behavior of the normally placid girl, but didn't say anything.

"Yeah, yeah. You know you love me, even though I'm rude." Youko laughed and disappeared into the alley. Houkou sighed. "Idiot." She muttered under her breath and went in.

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Strange friendships...and if you think Kiba's taking it too well, do remember that this is my story, things WILL be changed, and Kiba is utterly confused even though he doesn't show it.

Please review, and do tell if you have an idea for a story NAME! ^.^