CHAPTER 7

Jiraiya stepped forward to the kazekage "We have come here today to request a few things kazekage-dono" Jiraiya said. "What things are you requesting may I ask Jiraiya-dono" the kazekage said. "When we originally came here it was because my grandson Naruto wished to look for other jinchuriki like himself and we came to ask if you had any jinchuriki, but along the way I noticed Suna seemed like it was becoming poor so I decided to make a new trade agreement to help your economy rise" Jiraiya said.

When Jiraiya said his grandson was a jinchuriki the kazekage looked at the boy and was rather surprised with what he saw. The boy standing there looked like an exact replica of the fourth hokage aside from the fox ears and tails. Also shocked with Jiraiyas proposal the kazekage decided he would start asking questions.

The kazekage shifted his attention away from Jiraiya and towards naruto. "Hello what is your name little one?" the kazekage asked with slight emotion. "I am Naruto Namikaze and I'm not that small" naruto said with slight anger thinking he was being called short. "Idiot show some respect your talking to a kage" Sasuke said after he smacked Naruto on the back of his head. "Oww I'm sorry forgive me kazekage-sama" Naruto said.

The kazekage surprised everyone there including his kids who had just arrived and were about to enter until they saw he was busy so they decided to just listen in and saw a kid their age who was talking back to their dad and said he was a Namikaze when he started laughing.

"That is quiet all right Naruto-kun I am not much one for formalities so you are ok" the kazekage said. "Ok well if you don't like formalities then what is your name?" Naruto asked. Everyone was once again shocked when the kazekage chuckled "you are indeed a strange one Naruto-kun, my name is Kaito" the kazekage said.

"Nice to meet you Kaito" naruto said while smiling. Kaito also smiled when naruto started to smile, he then turned to his door "Gaara Kankuro Temari please come in and meet these people" Kaito said. The door opened to show three people the first to walk in was a boy who was about nine he was playing with something in his hand that naruto assumed was a puppet and he had short spiky brown hair.

The next to walk in was a girl who looked around nine or ten and she had a small metal fan on her back and blonde hair that was stung up into for small ponytails. Finally the last person to walk in was a boy that was about seven or eight right around Naruto and Sasukes age, he looked almost like the kazekage other than his hair was a darker auburn and he had dark black rings around his eyes.

"These three are my children Temari" points to Temari "Kankuro" points to Kankuro "and Gaara" Kaito said pointing to Gaara. Naruto didn't know what to do he had a strange feeling that he should know who this Gaara person in front of him is. 'Kurama what is this feeling' Naruto asked. 'That feeling your having is because the person in front of you is a jinchuriki he holds my brother Shukaku but something feels wrong his chakra feels off' Kurama said.

Before anything else could be said Kaito spoke up once more "since no information is free if you wish to know who the jinchuriki of Suna is then you must fight my son Gaara Naruto" Kaito said. "I accept" Naruto quickly said before anyone could stop him. "Very well then please follow me everyone" Kaito said.

When they arrived where they were headed Naruto looked around it was a good place for battle no civilians anywhere and wide open. "Where are we Kaito-san?" Naruto asked. "This is my families training ground Naruto-kun I figured it would be suitable for this battle" Kaito said.

"Before the fight starts can Ero-jiji look at Gaaras seal Kurama says something is wrong with Shukaku" naruto said. Kaito showed no outward shock about Naruto knowing Gaara was the jinchuriki but internally he was sweating bullets.

"Who is this Kurama you speak of Naruto-kun?" Kaito asked. "Kurama is the Kyuubis name and he says something is wrong with Gaaras seal so can Ero-jiji look at it Kaito?" Naruto asked. "Uhh sure if you would please look at my sons seal Jiraiya-sama" Kaito said.

"Sure" Jiraiya said before moving over to Gaara "where is your seal?" Jiraiya asked. "On my stomach" Gaara said simply with a bit of apprehension. Jiraiya nodded and lifted Gaaras shirt enough to see his seal, after briefly putting his hand onto the seal jiraiya channeled some chakra to his hand and then removed his hand and turned with an angry look on his face to the kazekage.

"Who was the one who sealed the Shukaku into Gaara?" Jiraiya asked angrily. "I was why what is wrong with his seal?" Kaito asked with what looked like worry. At this Jiraiya calmed down before speaking "since you put the seal on then I would assume you didn't know about the second seal on Gaara?" Jiraiya asked.

"What second seal?" Kaito asked. "Just as I thought" Jiraiya mumbled under his breath "you have been having trouble sleeping and keep hearing voices correct?" Jiraiya asked Gaara. "Yes why?" Gaara asked Jiraiya. "Kazekage-sama let's talk for a minute" Jiraiya said before walking a little away so the others couldn't hear him. The kazekage quickly followed Jiraiya "what is going on Jiraiya-sama?" Kaito asked.

"Someone put a four pronged berserk seal over your three pronged seal this has been causing the Shukaku to be forced to try and make Gaara insane. I removed the seal and it doesn't look like it was on long so there shouldn't be any damage done but you should keep a close eye on Gaara in case someone try's something else" Jiraiya said.

"I see thank you for the help Jiraiya-sama" "if anyone should be thanked its Naruto he was the one that knew something was wrong" Jiraiya said. "Now let's get back I believe we have a battle to watch no" Jiraiya said. "Hai" Kaito responded.

When Jiraiya and Kaito returned everyone was looking at them until Jiraiya stepped forward and looked to Gaara. "A second seal was placed over yours at some point and it was slowly trying to make you insane so I removed it and you should have no more problems with sleep" Jiraiya said.

"Thank you" Gaara said actually meaning it. "Now that that's done I believe we have a fight brother" Naruto said. "Indeed we do brother" Gaara said. Naruto and Gaara got into their fighting stances and then Jiraiya went in the middle of them and raised his hand before lowering it and saying "start" immediately Naruto charged at Gaara while Gaara stayed in one place.

When Naruto reached Gaara he aimed a punch for his face and he felt it connect but that is not what happened, sand that is what happened sand rose around Gaara and had protected him. Naruto narrowed his eyes and stood still for a moment before he took two shuriken out and launched them at Gaara only for the sand to move and protect him.

"This match is over" Naruto said calmly. "WHAT!" everyone else shouted Gaara included. "The answer is in your eyes and your sand brother, I can see it" Naruto said. Before anyone could say something Naruto spoke up again "first is your eyes they show that you are determined to win, most likely to show your father you are worth something, and secondly your sand, when it protected you that wasn't Shukaku" Naruto said.

At this everyone was shocked but the most clearly being Kaito. Naruto spoke up again "Shukaku has always been a demon that attacks, Shukaku has never been known for his defense that is what gave it away to me, your mother's love and will that is what your sand is brother that is why it always rises to protect you on its own" here Naruto turned to Kaito "a mother's love and desire to protect her child is strong indeed, I cannot win this fight so it is over" Naruto said.

-Flashback End-

"after that we spent about a year in Suna repairing Gaara and his families relationship and Ero-jiji was making a trade agreement with uncle Kaito which is what one of those scrolls is old man it's a new trade idea and deal from uncle Kaito to improve Sunas economy" Naruto said.

"Ok Naruto but what about the other scrolls?" Hiruzen asked "well that is part of the story, you see after Suna we headed to our next goal of where a jinchuriki was Kiri" Naruto said.