Whiteicewolf: I do not own Naruto
"Hey Kimimaro wake up" Gaara said as he shook him awake
"What" Kimimaro said still half asleep
"We need your help" Gaara said
"With what" Kimimaro said as he rubbed his eyes
"To wake up Naruto" Gaara said
"Why can't you guys wake him up" Kimimaro said
"Well, we are, but as you can see, I don't think he's going to wake up anytime soon" Gaara said as he pointed to Haku who was trying to slap Naruto awake.
"WAKE UP NARUTO!" Haku said as he repeatedly slapped Naruto
"If this keeps on going on, Naruto will have too much brain damage" Gaara said as he looked at Haku slapping Naruto
"So how am I supposed to help you guys" Kimimaro asked
"Do you remember when Naruto screamed when he saw the skeleton" Gaara said. Kimimaro nodded
"So are you thinking we can scare him awake" Kimimaro said
"Yeah, basically" Gaara said
"So what do you want me to do" Kimimaro asked
"Since none of us want to touch the skeleton, can you make a skull, so we can scare Naruto" Gaara asked.
"Sure" Kimimaro said then he started to use his bloodline limit and started to make a skull
"No offense, but it's kind of creepy when I watch you make bones" Gaara said
"None taken" Kimimaro said as he held the skull that he made
"So what are we going to do now" Kimimaro asked as he held the skull
"Haku" Gaara said as he walked towards him
"Yeah" Haku said as he kept on slapping Naruto awake
"Stop slapping Naruto" Gaara said
"Okay" Haku said before giving Naruto a final slap
"Hey Naruto" Gaara said as he shook Naruto. Naruto only opened his eyes a little bit only to come face to face with a skull
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Naruto screamed and hugged the closest thing to him, which was Hinata
"Um, Naruto" Haku said trying to get his attention
"What" Naruto said as he stopped screaming
"You might want to let go of Hinata" Haku said
"Huh" Naruto said then he looked at hinata who was now as red as a tomato and was passed out.
"AAAAHH. HINATA DON'T DIE!" Naruto said as he shook her
"She's not dying she just fainted" Haku said
After they got Naruto to calm down and once Hinata finally regained consciousness they started to get ready to leave.
"Hey, Haku" Naruto asked
"Yeah" Haku said
"Can you see if Hinata's ankle is better" Naruto asked
"Sure" Haku said then he walked towards Hinata to see if her ankle was better.
"It seems to be in good condition" Haku said as he examined her ankle
"So do you think she's going to be able to walk" Naruto asked
"Yep, she should be able to walk with no troubles at all" Haku said
"That's good" Gaara said
"Good? IT'S GREAT!" Naruto said as he hugged Hinata
"Um, Naruto" Kimimaro said
"Yeah" Naruto asked
"You might want to let go of Hinata" kimimaro said as he pointed at a really red Hinata who was on the verge of fainting, again
"Oh, sorry, hinata" Naruto said as he let her go
"I-It's o-okay" Hinata said
"Come on let's go" Gaara said
"Ok" the others said
"Did you guys really have to do that" Naruto said as they exited the cave
"Do what?" the boys said innocently
"You know what! Did you really have to scare me to wake me up" Naruto said
"Well we tried slapping you, but that didn't work out" Haku muttered
"Well, anyway let's just see if we can get anything to eat in that village we were in the other day" Kimimaro said
"Ok" they said as they walked towards the village.
"Hey, Hinata" Naruto said
"Y-Yeah" hinata said
"Can you put on the sunglasses I gave you the other day, I don't want people to recognize you" Naruto said
"O-Ok" Hinata said then she put on the black sunglasses
"So where do you think we should go first" Haku asked as they walked into the village
"We should probably go visit the market first. You know to get food" Naruto said as he rubbed his stomach which was now growling
"Ok" they said as they started to search for the market
"We should just ask for directions" Haku said
"I agree with Haku" Gaara said
"Me too" Kimimaro said
"Yeah, we should" Naruto said followed by an agreement by his stomach
"Um, excuse me sir" Haku said to a middle aged man. He was bald and was wearing farmer clothes
"Yes?" the man said
"Do you know where the market is" Haku asked
"I'm sorry the market is closed today" the farmer said
"Aw man" Naruto said, his stomach growling
"Say, I haven't seen you guys around here. Where are your parents" the man asked
"Um" they all said
"A long story isn't it" the man said sensing the children's hesitation
"Yeah" Naruto said
"Say, since my daughter says I should take it easy since my back gave out about a month ago. How about you kids help me with my farming, you can have some of the food that you harvested" the man said
"Really" the kids said
"Really" the man said
"We'll do it" the kids said
"Come on, I'll show where you'll be working" the man said and led them to a rice field, and different field which had vegetables growing in them.
"Tsuki" the man yelled and a young woman with light brown hair and brown eyes wearing a green kimono came walking out of the small house right next to the fields.
"Father, you're back" the woman said as she ran up to them
"Oh, who are these kids" Tsuki asked as she looked at them
"These kids are going to help me with my farming today" The man said
"In exchange for some of the food that we harvested" Naruto added then Naruto's stomach began growling again
"How about we give you something to eat before you guys go work in the fields" Tsuki said
"Um" naruto said unsure of how to respond then Naruto's stomach responded for him with a loud growl.
"I'll take that as a yes" Tsuki giggled then she invited them into the house
"So what are your names" Tsuki asked
"My name is Haku" Haku said
"Kimimaro" Kimimaro said
"H-Hinata" Hinata said
"Gaara" Gaara said
"Naruto" Naruto said
"Well, it's nice to meet all of you. My name is Tsuki. The old man over there is my father and his name is Ken" Tsuki said as she pointed at her father
"Tsuki! I'm not old!" ken said
"I would believe that, only if you weren't complaining about how your joints ache everyday and if your back hadn't given out a month ago" Tsuki said
"That doesn't mean I'm old!" Ken argued
"Dad, I know it's tough to admit, but you have to accept that you're not as young as you used to be" Tsuki said
"You're just like your mother" Ken said
"Whatever" Tsuki said then turned her attention towards the kids
"Hey, I was wondering. Where are your parents?" Tsuki asked
"Um" they all said
"A sticky subject, huh?" tsuki said
"Yeah" they all said
"Let me get you guys something to eat" Tsuki said before leaving to get some food.
"So where do you kids come from" Ken asked
"A place very far away from here" the kids said being very vague. Which caused Ken to sweat dropped
"Well this is what we have, on such short notice" Tsuki said as she walked in carrying a plate of rice balls
"Thank you Miss Tsuki" the kids said as they took a rice ball
"Just call me Tsuki." Tsuki said as she watched the kids eat the rice balls
"Ok" they said as they ate their rice balls. Once they were finished Ken took them out to the fields.
"So what do you want us to do first" the kids asked
"Do you see that empty part of the rice field over" Ken said as he pointed at the rice field
"Yeah" the kids said
"I want you to plant all of these rice plants in that field, understand" Ken said, they all nodded
"Good, now get to work" Ken said as he gave each of them rice plants to plant.
"Ok" the kids said as they took the rice plants and started to plant them in the rice field. After the kids finished they took a short break before going back to work.
"Man, this work is tiring" Naruto said as he stretched.
"Come on Naruto it's not that bad" Haku said
"I know, but it's still tiring" Naruto said as he finished stretching
"Come on let's get back to work" Gaara said
"Ok" the others said
"So what do you want us to do now" The kids asked Ken
"I want you to harvest the vegetables on the right side of the field, okay" Ken said
"Ok" they said as they started to get the vegetables
"Hey guys can you help me pull this carrot out" Naruto asked while struggling to pull a carrot out of the ground
"Sure" They said as they walked over to Naruto
"Here let me try to pull it out" Gaara said
"Sure be my guest" Naruto said as he stopped pulling the carrot. Gaara then tried to pull the carrot out of the ground but the carrot didn't budge.
"Here let me try" Kimimaro said then he tried to pull it out, but the carrot didn't budge
"How about we all try to pull on the carrot together" Gaara said
"Okay" Naruto and Kimimaro said and then the three started to pull on the carrot together, but the carrot didn't even move.
"That must be one strong carrot" Haku said as he looked at the unmoving carrot
"Y-Yeah" Hinata said
"Hey Hinata how about you try to pull the carrot out" Haku said
"Um, o-okay" hinata said then she walked over to the carrot and started to try to pull it out
"Do you think she'll be able to pull it out" Gaara asked
"Probably not, I mean even when the three of us all tried to pull it out it didn't even move" Kimimaro said
"Hey look the carrots moving" Haku said
"What!" the three boys said then they ran over to Hinata who was still pulling on the carrot
"The carrot must be really big" Naruto said
"Hey she pulled it out!" Haku said
"Really" the boys said then they ran over to see how big the carrot is. To their surprise the carrot was really, really, really small.
"Wow. Who knew this small carrot couldn't be pulled out of the ground by three boys" Haku said as he looked at the really small carrot
"It's so tiny" the boys said as they looked at the carrot
"Come on let's just go and harvest the rest of the vegetables" Haku said
"Ok" the others said and they started to pull the other vegetables out of the ground
"Hey Naruto" Gaara said
"Yeah" Naruto said as he looked at Gaara
"Do you see that little house on the hill over there" Gaara said as he pointed at the house on the house
"Yeah, what about it" Naruto asked
"Do you think anyone lives there" Gaara asked
"I don't know why do you want to know" Naruto asked
"Just curious" Gaara said
"We can ask the old guy once we're done" Naruto said
"I'M NOT OLD!" Ken yelled
"How did he hear us" Naruto whispered
"I don't know" Gaara said
"Come on let's just finish our work" Naruto said, Gaara nodded in response and started to get back to work
Later that day
"Wow you kids did a really good job collecting all those vegetables" Tsuki said as she looked at all the vegetables they had gotten
"And just like we promised we'll give you some" Ken said as he gave them a basket full of vegetables that they harvested
"Thank you" Haku said as he took the basket of vegetables
"Hey, Mr. Ken" Gaara said
"Just call me Ken" Ken said
"Okay, Ken do you know if anybody lives in that house on the hill over there" Gaara said as he pointed in the direction the house was
"Oh, you mean that small old house on the hill" Ken asked
"Yes" Gaara said
"Well something lives there" Ken said
"Something?" Gaara said
"Well a kid lived there he was abandoned there and his arms and legs aren't strong enough to help him move around, so the people in the village took pity on him and gave him food so he can live. It was going fine, until a villager came back saying that the kid can see us from his house somehow, which got all the villagers angry and they all stopped giving the kid food hoping that the boy would die of starvation." Ken said
"Are you one of those people who wish that boy would die" Gaara asked
"Well, how would you feel when someone is spying on you" Ken asked
"So are you?" Haku asked
"Well, yeah. That kid isn't human. That kid is a monster" Ken said
"We're sorry for troubling you Ken. We'll take our leave now" Haku said as began walking off
"Good-bye" the others said before leaving
"That was weird" Ken said as he saw them leaving
"Hey guys" Naruto said once the farm was out of sight
"Yeah Naruto" haku said
"How about we go see if that kid is alive" Naruto said
"Huh? Why" Haku said
"Haku. If we just ignore him then we'll be no better then those villagers that are just leaving the kid there to die" Naruto said
"N-Naruto" Hinata said
"The kid is alone. Think about it the kid was abandoned by their parents and can't even walk. The villagers took pity on the kid, but once they found out that kid has a special ability they immediately hate the kid and call the kid a monster. Doesn't it sound a little familiar to our stories" Naruto asked
"Yeah" Haku said
"So I'm guessing we're going to go see if that kid is alive, right" Kimimaro said
"Believe it!" Naruto said before running off
"NARUTO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO LEFT TO GET TO THAT HOUSE!" Haku yelled. Then they saw Naruto stop running and started running in the left direction.
"We better go run after him" Gaara said. The others just sighed and started to run after Naruto.
"Hey Naruto!" Haku said making Naruto stop running
"The house is over there" Haku said as he pointed at the house
"Wow. This house is smaller then I thought" Naruto said as he looked at it
"And more run down then it looks like from the farm" Gaara said as he looked at the house
"Come on let's go see if the kids alive" Naruto said as he started to walk into the house
"Naruto don't go into a house that you aren't familiar with" Haku said as he walked into the house
"You say that, but you went inside the house as well" Gaara said
"Whatever" Haku said
"Well when you guys were talking Naruto has been having a nice chat with the kid over there" Kimimaro said as he pointed at Naruto who was talking to young kid.
"So how long have you been here" Naruto asked
"Ever since I can remember, I guess" the kid said
"So when was the last time you ate" Naruto asked
"A couple days ago" the child said
"Wow. Even I can't last that long without food" Naruto said
"So who are you guys" The kid asked
"Just travelers" Naruto said
Well we are basically travelers Naruto thought
"So why are you here" the kid asked
"We just wanted to ask you something" Naruto said
"And what's that?" the child asked
"Do you want to travel with us" Naruto asked
"What?" the kid asked
"Do you want to travel with us" Naruto repeated
"Why?" the child asked
"Why? What?" Naruto asked
"Why are you asking me? I can't even walk. I'll just slow you down" the kid said
"That's bullshit" Naruto said
"Huh?" the kid said
"It doesn't matter if you can't walk we'll be your arms and legs" Naruto said
"Huh" the others said not getting what Naruto was saying
"You can depend on us when you need to get around" Naruto said
"Oh" they all said
"So are you going to come with us" Naruto asked
"Um, I'm not sure" the child said
"Come on, if you don't you're going to die of starvation" Naruto said
"I guess if you guys don't mind, then I would love to go with you guys" the kid said
"GREAT!" Naruto yelled
"So what's your name" Haku asked
"Ranmaru" the child said
"Welcome to the family Ranmaru" Naruto said
Whiteicewolf: I don't know how old Ranmaru was when he met Naruto in the anime so I'm just going to make him 5 years younger than him so Ranmaru is about 3 years old. A reviewer was asking some questions so I'm going to answer them. Yes, there will be time laps in the story. For the second question: I'm still debating whether or not to let Naruto learn seals. REVIEW