" " means talking

' ' means thinking

'' means Kyuubi thinking

Kyuubi talking

Age: Naruto- 6/15. Gaara - 7/16. Haku - 8/17. Sasuke – 7/16. Itachi – 10/18. Shinya – 6/15. Shinji – 6/15

Chapter 1

It was quiet in the village of Konoha, the day was calm and peaceful. On the corner of the village, nestled in the woods, sat a three story white mansion with blue shutters and a brown door. Now, inside that mansion contained and father and son. The father was a very important person while the son was the only child of the father since the mother died giving birth to him.

"Hey daddy, daddy!" A small boy, who looked like 5 or 6 years old, with blond hair, blue eyes and three whisker marks on each cheek, came running towards a man coming down the stairs. The man was the Yodaime, 4th Hokage of the Village hidden in the leaf, Konoha. "Daddy, daddy! Can I go over to Sasuke's house to play?"

The man, who was known as Arashi, looked like the young boy except for the whisker marks, shook his head. "No, it is too dangerous Naruto. Especially when only Itachi and Sasuke are the only living members."

The boy, Naruto, shook his head. "But you promised I could go!" Arashi shook his head no. "I know, but you are not going anywhere and that's final! You will be safe in his mansion. How about I get Kakashi, or Jiraiya, or Tsunade to watch and play with you?"

Naruto only shook his head and stomped a foot, "No! I want to play with Sasuke!" Arashi got mad. "No! You will say here and that's that! Now, I have to go to work. Kakashi will watch over you today." And Arashi left. Naruto watched him go, tears in his eyes.

Naruto hung his head and started to walk slowly to his room, his feet dragging on the tan carpeted floor. 'I don't know why I can't ever leave the mansion.' Because kit, he is just worried about you. He made plenty of enemies, and he thinks that they might go after you to get to him. 'Yeah, I suppose. But I wonder sometimes if he would rather trade me to get mommy back.' That, kit, I can't tell you. 'Oh. But tell me, why do the villagers glare, stare, or glower, or avoid me whenever I am allowed to leave the mansion?' Because of me. You know what I did kit. Even I am ashamed of it. 'But you were being controlled by that Ori-ora-oru.' Orochimaru. 'Yeah! Him! You were being controlled by him, so you did not know what you were doing!' You have a good heart kit, a good heart.

A plume of smoke suddenly appeared in front of the young boy, "Hello Naruto-kun!" Naruto looked up to see his father's most prized pupil, Kakashi Hatake. "Hello Kakashi." Naruto murmured. Kakashi's eye turned to frown. "Listen, your father only want to keep you safe." Naruto nodded, "I know," He said softly. Kakashi nodded and poofed away, most likely to find a place where he can watch over him and read his book. Naruto sighed sadly as he started to head to his room. When he got there, he closed the door and walked sadly to the bench by the window so he could sit on it. He looked out at the gardens that sat just outside of his window, staring at nothing in particular.

Hey kit. Time for your history lesson. 'Kyuubi?' Hmm? 'Do you think daddy really care about me?' Well, I can't say kit. Everyone has different ways of showing that they care. You father does, it seems, care about you. 'But I wonder sometimes if he actually cares about me, or if he is just doing this because he is supposed to!'

Like I said kit. I don't know. 'Can we do history later? I almost have the basics of being a ninja down. Can we?' The fox in him must have sensed that the young blond haired boy wanted to get rid of his frustration and sadness for he said, Well…fine. Get into the defensive stance. Naruto moved away from the window to the middle of the room, trying to clear his mind of the emotions that he did not need lest it distract him.

Naruto moved into the defensive stance, which consisted of feet spread out in a way where his feet was solid on the floor and palms of his hand facing away from his small body. Good. Move your back leg some…there. Now, get into the offensive stance.

Naruto moved into the offensive stance, which consisted of his feet still in the defensive position but his hands were slightly balled and near where the weapon pouch would be located, which would be strapped around his thigh. Good. Now, do the hand seals and tell me which each one means. 'Kyuubi?' What? 'Why did you decide to train me?' Well, since no one would be willing to train you until you get into the academy, I took up the job. You history is better then most since I actually lived through the stuff. Besides, I might as well do something since I'm trapped. Besides, you aren't a bad kid. 'Thank you.'

Good. It seems you know what each seal means. Now, go get a practice kunai and shirikun. Then hold the kunai properly. Naruto quickly went over to a desk nestled in a corner and brought out a weapon which looked slightly like a knife but had a small hole on the end for a couple of fingers to hold onto it. He held the kunai where it was held firmly across from his chest, but away from his torso. 'Like that?' Yes. Now, hold your shirikun properly.

The young soon-to-be-ninja carefully put the kunai back in the desk drawer and took out the shirikun, which looked like throwing stars, except it had razor sharp tips that could easily rip through cloths and skin.

Alright, now, tell me what a jutsu is and what are the five elements that can be used in jutsus. Naruto took a deep breath, 'Jutsus are a technique or skill that a ninja can use to either defend, attack, or for simple things like compacting weapons into a smaller item. The five elements that can be used for jutsus are wind, water, fire, earth, and lightening.'

Good, congratulations kit. You successfully did everything I wanted you to do. 'Thanks Kyuubi.' No problem. Now, go to the training room and practice with the dummy. 'Aww…you know how much I hate those things!' You know what? I don't really care, now hop to it! Naruto sighed and started down the stairs, muttering about slave drivers under his breath. I heard that! 'Huh, heard what? Me talking about how wonderful and caring you are?' Don't play nice with me kit, that is not what you said and you know it. 'Hah, just your imagination.'

He reached the training room and looked at the dummy that had sticks poking out at various spots that was meant to increase your dodging skills, with dread. 'Well, it's now or never.' He touched a button and the dummy started to spin around, trying to hit him with the sticks. He tried to dodge each one but kept on getting hit, a stinging sensation that reminded him how much sticks could hurt you. In the background, he could hear Kyuubi laughing manically, rolling around in her cage. He tried to ignore the laughing but when he got hit in the head, he heard the laughter stop for a split second before it came back, louder than ever.

Naruto scowled, 'Oh, you hush!' I…can't…help…it! It…is…simply…too…funny! 'It is not! How can you take pleasure from me being hit with sticks!?' When the thing hitting you is not even alive! That sent Kyuubi into another fit of laughter. Naruto only scowled playfully before stopping the dummy. 'That is it! I cannot and will not train when you are laughing at my painful expense!' The only response he got was another fit of laughter. Naruto sighed and walked back up to his room, trying to ignore the pain where the pieces of wood hit him.

When he got back up to his room, he picked up his book that he was reading the other day and sat down to read. He sighed as he saw Kakashi wave at him happily before disappearing to a different spot. 'I wonder what's out there.' That's an easy question, dirt, grass, trees, water, air, do I need to go on? Naruto only rolled his eyes slightly, 'You know what I mean Kyuubi. What kind of things are out there, what type of people, cultures, and so much more.' Don't worry yourself over it kit, something will happen soon, I can feel it in my gut.