This story will not be yaoi so you do not need to worry about that. Naruto will have a pairing I am just not sure who it will be at this moment in time and if it will be one or a harem. I am leaning more towards one girl. If you have any suggestions about who you think Naruto should be paired with let me know. I am more inclined to pair him with someone who he isn't always paired with. Im not against Sakura, Hinata, or Ino but I just don't want them as pairings.

I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I will be trying to update as quickly as I can. I am still trying to map this story out in my head and figure out how far I want this story to go.

I do not own Naruto

It had been two days since Kabuto-sensei had shown him how to tree climb without his hands and Naruto still wasn't reaching the top of the tree. He had made some progress but he still couldn't get the amount of chakra right. Naruto was hoping that Kabuto-sensei would soon arrive to help him with this exercise so that his control would be better.

(Underground cave near the Valley of the End)

"Ku ku ku… Kabuto nicely done on bringing me the notes you have on Sasuke Uchiha. Our plan is still a year or two away from being acted upon but he is coming along nicely." Orochimaru said to his right hand man.

"Thank you master. I am here to help you. I was wondering if I may, could I ask you a question?

"What is it Kabuto?"

"Have you given anymore thought about also trying to get the Uzumaki boy I had told you about earlier this week to join us as well?"

At the mention of the name Uzumaki Orochimaru let loose some killer intent right at Kabuto, who found he was having trouble standing while in his presence. "What did I say before about that boy? We will not touch him as long as Sarutobi is alive. He is more important than the Uchiha is to that village and I cannot yet risk a full blown war with the leaf over him."

"I understand master. Forgive me for asking."

(Flashback)

"Naruto Uzumaki. That name sounds oddly familiar Kabuto. Tell me what he looks like." Orochimaru

"Well he is very short, looks malnourished, and has bright blonde hair and blue eyes. Has a set of three whisker marks on each cheek as well as endless amounts of energy it seems as well as Jonin level chakra and what I believe to be is a kekkai genkai that we have not come across before of advance healing."

'Blonde hair…blue eyes… whisker marks… large chakra capacity at such a young age… advanced healing' Orochimaru knew this boy sounded familiar and this description gave him all he needed to know. Naruto Uzumaki was the Kyuubi Jinchuriki, and also the Yondaime's son.

Orochimaru continued to think about trying to get Naruto into his ranks. In his mind if he was to somehow convince Naruto to come to him it would be disastrous for the Leaf Village. Not only would they lose their jinchuriki, but also the Yondaime's son. This could work in his favor and even possibly escalate the newly formed Hidden Sound Village to become one of the great villages. But he would need to be careful about getting to Naruto. Know that Sarutobi would not want to lose someone as special as Naruto, he knows that Sarutobi would send his best to get him back if something were to happen. For now Orochimaru would bide his time and see how Naruto develops and then approach him when the time is right.

"Kabuto we will not approach him until the time is right. He is very important to the village as well as Sarutobi. If we were to take him too soon we could be risking a full-fledge war with the Leaf and that is something I am not prepared for at the moment. Maybe in another year or two but not at this moment. I will have to try and make new plans for the boy."

"I understand Master, but wh-"

"No Kabuto! We will not try anything yet. I will need to think this over. I am not sure I will be able to get a curse mark onto him to control him."

"But how is that possible Orochimaru-sensei?"

"Sometimes I forget you were not always part of the Leaf. Now think back to what happened 11 years ago when the Kyuubi attacked."

Kabuto recalled hearing about the Kyuubi attacking the Konoha and how the Yondaime came to fight the Kyuubi and ultimately killed him.

"The Yondaime killed the Kyuubi did he not?" asked Kabuto, wondering about why Orochimaru would bring up the Kyuubi.

"No he did not. Minato sealed the Kyuubi into a child, Naruto Uzumaki."

Kabuto was dumbfounded. He had heard about jinchuriki in the past. He thought most were blood crazed monsters only seeking to kill and murder. This didn't sound like Naruto. If anything Naruto wanted friends and to be accepted. Not to kill.

"I will not go after the boy until after I have secured the Uchiha and I am sure we can get away taking him as well. This is the last I want to hear about it until I have made proper plans to get the boy."

"Understood Master" Kabuto slowly walked away from his master with a lot on his mind.

(Flashback end)

Kabuto stood in front of his master awaiting his next set of orders. The conversation from a few days ago still fresh in his mind.

"I know want you to go back into Konoha and act as you normally would while still trying to gather intel on Sasuke and the defenses of Konoha. Soon that village will burn for not making me the Yondaime."

"I understand Master." With that Kabuto sunk into the ground and left the cave.

(Training grounds by the school hours later)

Naruto was about two-thirds the way up the tree. He was so sure he had it that time. As soon as he was getting closer to the top he got excited in increased the chakra output and was expelled from the tree. Naruto luckily landed on his feet.

"I can see your getting better Naruto"

Naruto spun around so fast he thought he almost broke his neck. Somehow someone had gotten close to him without him realizing. He must have been focusing too much on the training.

"Kabuto-sensei! You're back. I was worried you wouldn't actually come back."

"Now why would I do that? I offered to train you did I not?" Kabuto wasn't sure how he felt now that he knew about Naruto's status as a jinchuriki. He could tell by looking at the boy he wouldn't hurt anyone intentionally. He wasn't sure why everyone was afraid of him.

"That's true Kabuto-sensei. So do you have any advice for me to help me with the training?"

"I guess I can give you a few pointers Naruto." Kabuto jumped into the clearing and walked toward a tree. "Now Naruto when tree climbing you must always have a constant output of chakra. The trick is to find the right amount. If you use to little you will fall off the tree, too much and you will break the bark and fly off like you did last time."

Naruto nodded as he was trying to grasp what was being told to him.

"Now Naruto please come here. I want you to getting a slight running start to the tree and apply chakra to your feet."

Naruto stood facing a tree and started jogging towards it. Right when he was about to step onto it he began applying a steady stream of chakra. He soon found himself about halfway, then three quarters of the way, then he found himself at the top. Naruto was shocked. When he was doing the tree climbing before he wouldn't apply the chakra constantly or he would apply too much and be expelled from the tree.

"Congratulations Naruto. It looks like you have it down. Now I will not teach you the next chakra control exercise until you can show me that you can stay on that tree for an hour."

"What? Are you serious Kabuto-sensei? I just got up here. I know how to d-AHHHH"

As Naruto was speaking he lost his grip on the tree and fell off. Kabuto looked on as Naruto hit the ground. Kabuto laughed a little to himself before going over to the crater that was Naruto Uzumaki and making sure he was ok.

"Ok, maybe I don't have it down fully Kabuto-sensei" Naruto said as he slowly got up off the ground and began to wipe himself off.

"Naruto I will stay with you for an hour while you continue this exercise. After the hour if you have stayed to the tree for the time I will teach you another exercise."

"I will get this done Kabuto-sensei! Believe it!"

(Clearing 1 hr later)

Kabuto looked on and had to admit he was impressed. Naruto had stayed stuck on the tree for an hour using only chakra. He was ready to move on to the next chakra control exercise.

"Ok Naruto come down here" Naruto landed in front of Kabuto with a huge grin on his face. "How was that Kabuto-sensei?" Naruto asked.

"I was very impressed. Now I believe you are ready to move onto a more advanced exercise. Water walking."

"What! You are going to teach me to walk on water? Awesome! I can't wait to show everyone that I know how to do that."

"Now Naruto I don't think that would be a good idea to go around telling people what you can do. You must remember a ninja is all about deceiving your opponents. The less your opponent knows about you the better. Understand Naruto?"

"Yes sensei I understand. But I just don't see why I can't show them that I can climb trees without my hands and soon walk on water." Naruto said

"Think of it this way Naruto, if someone thinks you can't do those things they will view you as weak and eventually underestimate you and you can use that to your advantage. Being underestimated in a fight can help you win."

"Ok sensei I understand, but that doesn't mean I have to like it."

"It's ok Naruto. Lets head to a pond so I can explain water walking to you.

(Timeskip)

A month had passed and Naruto had mastered water walking as well. It took him a bit longer than tree climbing, but once Kabuto-sensei had threatened to have him walk on the hot springs water Naruto soon mastered the exercise for fear of falling in the hot water.

"Kabuto-sensei now that I have been able to show you that I can walk on water as well as climb trees with just my chakra do you think I can make a clone now?"

"I am not sure Naruto. Lets try. I want you to only use a small amount of chakra and try to make three clones ok?"

"Ok sensei I will try my best!"

Naruto stood near the pond they were practing on and slowly started to gather chakra. He knew he didn't want to use a lot like he used to. He decided to cut the amount he would normally use in half. Naruto yelled out "Bunshin no Jutsu".

Smoke appeared as well as 10 Narutos. Naruto looked around. He was ecstatic. He had actually made a clone. A full on clone. Not one of those sickly looking ones he used to make but an actual clone. Granted he made 7 more than he was supposed to but he figured he could work on that later.

Kabuto had to admit he was impressed. He didn't think Naruto had it in him to complete the exercise. As a bonus Kabuto decided he would train Naruto more. This would work out well in the end he concluded because if Orochimaru decided to get Naruto to come join them some of the training could be skipped over.

"Now Naruto I'm very proud of you. Granted I did ask only for three clones and not ten, but we can work on reducing the numbers later. As a treat for completing both chakra control exercises and the bunshin, I will have a little spar with you so when the academy starts up soon you will be able to at least hold your own."

"Really? You mean it sensei? You're the best" As Naruto was saying this he got into the stance he was taught at the academy.

"Naruto what is that stance? I have never seen a style like that."

"This is the style they showed me at the academy. Am I doing it wrong?"

'The instructors are intentionally teaching him wrong. They must want him to die on his first mission. Well this must be corrected immediately. If Naruto is to be of any help to Orochimaru then he needs to have a workable taijutsu. I won't show him the hebi-style because I don't want them to recognize it. Hmm maybe I will teach him my personal style.'

"Alright Naruto I decided that since you are my pupil I will teach you my personal style. Sound good?"

Naruto looked at Kabuto and was teary eyed. Naruto had never had anyone outside of the Hokage and old man Teuchi and Ayame be so nice to him. Naruto could only nod his head.

"Ok the style I want to teach you is called Desert style. This allows you to act defensively and also offensively. It works well for Earth types because the moves are more rigid. Once we get further along we can find a style better suited for you but for now Desert Style should work just fine."

(One week Later)

Kakashi was returning from a three month long ANBU mission. He was ordered to go Iwa and spy on the Village. Word had gotten out that one of their Jinchuriki had escaped and the Hokage wanted to see if it was true. Kakashi was able to find out that Han, the container of the five-tails had indeed escaped the village. Kakashi was also sent there to scope out Iwa's defense. As Kakashi was heading towards the Hokage's tower to give his report he noticed his favorite little blonde a top the water sparring a silver haired teenager with glasses. Kakashi decided to get closer and see if Naruto was in any trouble.

As Kakashi got closer he noticed the smiles the two boys had on their faces. They were just sparring. 'Where did Naruto learn to walk on water? And just who is this mysterious teenager. Are they friends? Well I am glad someone realizes Naruto isn't the Kyuubi.'

Kakashi was truly happy that someone had finally recognized Naruto for who he was, just a young boy who wanted to become a ninja, not the Kyuubi incarnate here to wreck the whole village. Kakashi could not wait to have all the villagers realize their mistake.

Kakashi arrived outside the Hokage's office as he waited for the meeting to conclude. Kakashi saw the door open and Danzo leave the Hokage's office. Danzo seemed pissed off about something so he wasn't sure what kind of mood the Hokage may be in.

"Ahh Dog-san please come in and give me your report" Sarotubi ordered.

"Hokage-sama. The mission was a success."

"Kakashi-san when it is just us in this room you know you can refer to me as Sarotubi-sama. Hokage-sama gets old."

"Very well Sarotubi-sama. I found that Han has indeed escaped Iwa and I found a few holes in their defenses as well. If we were to ever go to war with them again I am certain we would emerge victorious."

"I'm glad to hear that Kakashi-san. If there is nothing else you may leave and report back here tomorrow at 9 for another mission."

"Sarotubi-sama, there is one thing I would like to talk to you about if I may?"

"Of course Kakashi-san. You may speak freely."

"Very well Sarotubi-sama. I noticed on my way back here that Naruto was sparring with a young teenage boy who had silver hair and glasses. They were sparring on top of water as well. I was under the impression that Naruto had not passed this year's Genin exam from the intel I received when I was on my mission."

"Naruto did not pass this year. I know how much you want to train him next year when I am sure the council will force you to train Sasuke because of the Sharingan. This will require some looking into. Kakashi I want you to follow Naruto for the next few days and see what it is he does during the day. He only has about a month left until he starts back up again at the academy. I will put the mission for tomorrow on hold until this one is completed."

"Hai Sarutobi-sama. I will keep an eye on Naruto." With that Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Sarutobi leaned back in his chair and smoked more of his pipe. 'So Naruto finally made a friend it seems, and looks like he has been training hard after he failed this last time. I will have to keep an eye on him'

A/N: So there is chapter two. I am going to be introducing more characters shortly and Naruto will be attending the academy next chapter.

Like I said before this will not be a yaoi story. If you have any ideas about who Naruto should be with let me know. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I will try to post another one today or hopefully tomorrow. I will try to have the chapters be longer. If you feel I can improve on anything or you want to make a few suggestions I am all for it. Just let me know.