For all of you, the story will continue to go slowly. Until his shinobi graduation exam will the story start to get more action.

Last time, Naruto had met the Raikage, who told Naruto about him and the kyuubi. It wasn't until later that Naruto met Killer Bee, who told him more clearly, that he was the jinchuriki of Kyuubi no Yoko. After talking for a bit, Naruto felt better since he found someone who understood him and was now going back to the Raikage office.

Kumo

Naruto was walking with Killer Bee towards the Raikage's office, which for the 1st time, he was actually looking at Kumo. He saw the civilians and ninja that were walking around. The civilians smiled nicely at him, while the shinobi looked at Killer Bee with respect and admiration.

As he looked at everyone that was looking at Killer Bee, he remembered that was he wished for, to earn everyone's respect and not look down on him. It was then that he remembered that he wanted to be Hokage.

Naruto stopped thinking when Killer Bee said to him that they were here. Naruto returned back to the Raikage Mountain, where the Raikage's office was located at the top.

It took a bit until Killer Bee, led Naruto back to the top of the Mountain. Once they reach the top, Naruto was once again greeted by Mabui, who was surprised to see Killer Bee with him. Killer Bee told Mabui that he brought him back here so the Raikage can figure out on what to do with Naruto.

Killer Bee said his good-bye to Naruto as he had his own thing to do. Naruto then followed Mabui, who took inside the Raikage's office. The Raikage was doing some paperwork when Mabui came inside with Naruto with her. A was wondering when Naruto came back, which Mabui walked next to him and told him that Killer Bee brought him back.

The Raikage nodded in understanding, since he figured that Bee must have done something since he can see that Naruto has somewhat come to terms about himself. Once Mabui finished explaining to the Raikage, she took her leave, which left Naruto and the Raikage alone.

"It's seem now that you have somewhat comes to terms on finding out that you have the Kyuubi sealed inside you." Stated the Raikage, which Naruto nodded in agreement

"So… what do you plan to do now?" asked A

"I don't know… after finding out about the Kyuubi I just don't know. I could always go back to Konoha…" A mentally frown when he heard that, but decided to wait on what Naruto said next to see what his chooses 1st, "… but thinking about going back to Konoha, makes me remember all the times the people were happy to see me get hurt, or plainly look at me in disgust. The truth is, if it wasn't for the old man, or Ayame and Teuchi there, I won't want to be there." Finished Naruto

A nodded, since this was going good for him, whom his thoughts stopped when Naruto continued, "… those 3 are the only people that look at me as a person, while everyone else thinks of me as just a monster, nothing more. But even so I don't know where else to go since Konoha has been my home for all my life."

"Well if you want… you can always stay here in Kumo since you don't feel like going back to Konoha." Said A, which surprised Naruto on being given a chance for a fresh start in a new village.

"If you decided to stay, you can live here in Kumo and if you wish to become a shinobi for Kumo, I will allow you to join. How does that sound?" A asked Naruto

Naruto was thrilled since not only does he get the chance to start out new in Kumo, if he wanted to, he can also become a shinobi as well. But of course, Naruto thought about the 3rd Hokage, Ayame and Teuchi and how sad they must be, but he remembered them saying that they wished he had a better life than the one he has now. With this, he can.

Naruto looked at the Raikage before saying, "Yes… I'll like to stay here." Answering A question

A was pleased since he saw Naruto having a few moments of thinking it over, but was pleased with the results. Now, A has decided to let him be by himself for now, and if Naruto decided to become shinobi, he knows just the type of motivation that he knows that would get Naruto to become a strong shinobi as well as seeing how strong the legacy that he carries really is.

With that, A had Mabui come back to his office, where he instructed her to get things ready for Kumo's newest citizen, which she nodded in agreement. With that, the Raikage told Naruto to go around Kumo to see what they have, and would get him when everything was ready. Naruto nodded which he then left to go exploring around the village.

With Naruto

Naruto walked outside the Raikage Mountain and left to go exploring. As he walked around, he looked at how the village was so active with life. He saw men and women, shopping, talking, and enjoying themselves, along with children playing around.

Naruto continue his little journey until he found a nice park. He walked inside to see that it was just as nice as Konoha, with the exception that it had a few more boulders around the area. He continued to walk around until he heard some children playing around. He was going to try and join them, but decided to wait since he doesn't want to make a bad impression. He decided to go to a nearby tree and lay next to it where he was easily visible to any of them.

He waited for a while, which he watched the clouds passing by gently with the wind. Along with wait, he also thought if he can finally be able to make friends, earn respect, be someone and not just being called demon, since he remembered all the days of hardship he had to endure, in fact even at night, he can barely sleep since he hardly had a good night sleep along with the added fact that sometimes, someone would come and try to hurt him while he was sleep.

With the day going through, Naruto couldn't help but find peace in the environment, where he just took a nap.

Later

It was mid-afternoon when Naruto woke up from his nap, which he was woken up by someone. He looked around to see no-one around him. He wondered on who it was, but then heard the voice again.

"You know… it cool for you to take a nap, but it it's uncool to be sleeping outside where somebody can play tricks on you like that." Said a girl voice

Naruto looked behind the tree that he had slept next to see a blond hair girl sitting behind the tree that he was next to. He walked around to get a better view of the girl. He turned to see a cute girl with pale skin and long blond hair that reached the middle of her back that looked to be the same age as him. She had blue eyes, but darker color. The thing that caught his attention of the girl was that she had this cool, emotionless look on her face.

The girl was also taking a closer look at Naruto as he was look at her as well. As she was looking at the Naruto, Naruto notice that the girl was holding a book with her. Both of them were looking at each for a few moments, until Naruto decided to break the ice.

"Um… thanks for giving me the advice. I guess that I just got to peaceful at looking at the clouds that I checked out." Said Naruto

"It's cool… besides the little bit of snoring was kinda bothering me." Stated the girl

"Oh really, well sorry about that, uh… what's your name?" asked Naruto

The girl looked at Naruto before saying, "My name is Samui… and would you be cool enough to say you r name."

"Hai Samui-chan… my name is Uzumaki Naruto." Greeted Naruto

Samui acknowledge Naruto's greeting, even with the chan that Naruto added to her name, before going back to her book. Just as she was going to read her book, Naruto spoke to her again.

"Um… what kind of book you are reading?"

Samui just sigh as she regretted now on sitting this spot where Naruto was located. Samui looked at Naruto and told him that it was a simple children's book of Kumo that she got from the library and that she was reading about it so she can improve herself. To be honest, Samui wanted a Kumo history book, but the librarian wouldn't allow her since she was still too young.

Naruto asked her if she can tell read the book out loud because some of the stories that the 3rd had told him before.

"I'm not going to tell you… if you were cool enough, how about you go and ask your parents since they can tell teach how to read." Answered Samui

"I don't have any parents… I'm an orphan you see." Stated Naruto

"Then why aren't you in Kumo's orphanage since that's were orphans live." Asked Samui

"It's because I just came to your village just a couple of days ago. I don't know much since this is the 1st time I got to see the village since I was stuck in the hospital." Answered Naruto

"I see… if you want to know about Kumo or read children's books like this, then I suggest that it would be a cool idea to go the library since you can read about Kumo from there." Stated Samui

"I don't… I don't know how to read. I was never taught much on how to read or write… so I was hoping if you can tell me since I can't." embarrassed Naruto

Samui looked at Naruto, as she can see that Naruto wasn't lying. She said that it was alright, which she would read out loud to him, while he listened. Naruto quickly sit next to Samui, while making sure that she had her own personal space so he doesn't annoy her.

For the 1st time, Naruto felt like he made a friend of sorts, which he smiled as he listened to Samui read out loud from the book.

Late Afternoon

The sun was just starting to set when Darui and C went looking for Naruto. The reason they were looking for Naruto was because the Raikage asked them to bring him to him, as well as since they were the only 1 of a few people that knows what Naruto looks like.

Both Darui and C looked for a while until they found Naruto at one of the parks. They spotted Naruto sitting next to a blond hair girl. From what they can tell, they can see that Naruto was listening to what the girl was saying from the book.

They made their way towards Naruto, which both Naruto and Samui looked up to; see the 2 shinobi in front of them. Samui was surprised to see 2 shinobi in front of her, which she was even more surprised to hear what they said.

"Naruto-san… the Raikage has requested that you meet him now… he says he wants to talk to you about something." Said Darui

Naruto nodded and said his good-bye to Samui and said that he hopes to see her again.

Raikage's office

Naruto had returned to the Raikage's office, which the Raikage was waiting for him. Once the Raikage explained to Naruto that he got Naruto an apartment that was located at the middle of the village, where it was easily accessible to reach either, the civilian school or shinobi academy or the Raikage Mountain as well as saying that.

Naruto was very thankful, especially since the Raikage said that he is given Naruto a small allowance for him to use to buy food and things he needed to survive. Naruto was also pleased to hear that the Raikage enrolled him into the civilian school so that he can learn how to read, write, and other things, while if Naruto wanted to join the shinobi academy, then he would have to wait until he is7 or 8 years old to join.

"Now Naruto… as you know, I already told you that you have the Kyuubi sealed inside you…" which Naruto nodded, "… With that, I'll be going to tell you that I'm going to tell the rest of my shinobi about it." Stated the Raikage

Naruto started to get worried, but then calmed down when the Raikage continued to explained, "Don't worry… I'll be going to tell them that to only tell current shinobi in Kumo, but never to any civilians. If anyone has the right to tell them, it should be you since it is your secret. Understand." Naruto nodded in agreement, as well as being relieved to know that his secret remains a secret.

With that, A excused Naruto to go check out his new apartment and to be ready to begin his new life in Kumo.

Till Next time

Also for those who are wondering, here are the winners for my poll on U.S. Marine Naruto's past girlfriend/lover.

1st place: Moka Akashiya: Rosario Vampire

2nd place: Kallen Kozuki/Stadtfeld: Code Geass

3rd place: Rias Gremory: Highschool DxD

4th: C2: Code Geass

5th: Akiza Izinski: Yugioh 5D

6th: Konoka Konoe: Negima

7th and final: Akeno Himejima: Highschool DxD

These are our winners. For those who voted, thanks you for your participation. Now, I know this is probably the end, but its' not. I will now post another poll since even though their names will stay the same; I need help on what some of the girls heritage would be so I will allow you to choose. Konoka's Japanese background will stay the same, while the others will have or not have the same japanese heritage. They might have Japanese along with other while no Japanese at all, you will choose. 1st up, Akeno Himejima. Choose will