"I got it how about we call you Kitsune!" Naruto said looking at the small creature in front of him. When he said this the fox turned its head to the side almost as if it was a little disappointed with his choice. "Yeah, it's got everything we need in a name. It's nice simple easy to remember and not that hard to say." Naruto said looking at the small animal in front of him.

The fox then lets out what his version of a sigh must have been. It then looked up at him and let out a slight yip. The fox that was now known as Kitsune watched as Naruto got up off the ground dusted himself off and looked at him. "Alright, Kitsune now let's go," Naruto said looking at him. The fox nodded and followed behind him.

As they were walking Naruto then realized that he still had not decided where it was he wanted to go. He then looked down at the small fox in front of him and came to a stop. It looked at it for a second before he mumbled the words "It's worth a shot." When he said this he got down to eye level with the animal and looked at it. "I know this is kind of a long shot but do you know where any of the other ninja villages are?" He asked looking at it.

When he did Kitsune let out a slight yip then began to walk off into the forest completely changing directions from where he and Naruto were going. Naruto smiled and walked behind it. However, as he did he heard a slight crashing sound in the distance. He decided it wasn't important and just shrugged it off. However, as he followed the fox he got a strange feeling.

It was the type pf feeling that you get when you feel like someone's watching, but then you turn around and no one was there. Naruto felt a slight chill run up his spine as he continued to follow the fox. The blonde also noticed that a fog was starting to form. However, it suddenly became very thick so thick in fact that Naruto could no longer see a foot in front of him.

When he did he felt something cold and hard pressed up against his throat. When he felt this he suddenly stopped and heard a voice follow behind it. "You know that's a pretty good genjutsu you have on yourself. I for a second almost thought that you were a real child walking through the woods." He heard a male voice say.

"Wh-what? I-I am a kid," Naruto said a little confused. The blonde then tried to turn around but when he did he felt the same blade move closer to his throat and press into it slightly. This stopped the young blonde in his tracks and he continued to look into the thick fog.

"I'm telling you, mister, I have no idea what you're talking about," Naruto said as his body began to shake with fear.

"Oh, really then how do you explain the fox? It was leading you directly to our village. You expect us to believe that you were following a fox that was heading towards our village with you having no reason to follow it?" The man asked drawing the blade closer to his neck causing some blood to trickle down Naruto's neck.

"There's a village around here? Really? Ahh, man, that's great! Hey, can I join your village?" Naruto asked with a smile on his face. This actually stopped the man dead in his tracks.

'Join the village where the first person you met threatened you? Is this kid even sane?' The man thought to himself before he looked down at the boy and saw that he had performed the release technique a while ago and nothing seemed to be different. He then took his Kunai away from the blonde's neck and sighed. "I better not get a lecture from Shibuki about this." The older male mumbled as he looked at the male in front of him.

"Alright well if you really want to join then follow me." The male said looking at Naruto this caused Naruto to smile and follow behind him. Naruto then nodded and noticed that Kitsune wasn't with him.

"Umm, actually could you give me a minute?" Naruto asked looking at him.

"What? Why did you lose something?" The man asked looking at him.

"Well sorta you were right about the fox it's smart . . . for some odd reason. However the few days I guess you could say we've sort of bounded so I just wanted to find Kitsune before we went to the village was all." Naruto said looking at the male in front of him. When the male heard this he was slightly surprised but sighed. He then reached into his jacket and pulled out a bottle of Sake. "Sure thing kid we'll spend let's say . . . five minutes looking for your pet then we head to the village." He said looking at him as he took a rather large gulp of his Sake.

At Konoha

Hiruzen was currently looking at a few documents he had to fill out. It was stressful on the old man he had gone through almost everything in the world yet the only enemy he can not overcome is all this paperwork he had to do. However, he internally smiled as a man came into his office this meant that he no longer had to do paperwork so he was very excited.

"Lord third we have some news," The Anbu said looking at the older male in front of him.

"OH well is it good news or bad news?" The elderly man asked looking at the figure in front of him.

"For you bad for the rest of the village they'll probably see it as good news." The man said looking at him.

"Really well what is it?" Hiruzen asked looking at him.

"Well, we have recovered a body. It was burned pretty badly, but we believe this young individual is Naruto." The man said looking at him. Hiruzen gasped and nearly choked on his pipe when he heard this and looked at the man in front of him with a surprised look on his face.

"W-What? How can you be so sure?" Hiruzen asked looking at the man in front of him.

"Well we aren't one hundred percent sure but we are almost certain that this burned body belongs to Naruto. The body was burned beyond all recognition so there's no way to be certain that this is Naruto. However using Chakra and a few other means I'm not comfortable with discussing we were able to find out the following about this individual." The man said placing some papers on his desk.

Hiruzen sighed and picked up the document. He scanned it over and got to the information part of it. 'Let's see according to this they were able to find out that the burned body was six years old and malnourished. certainly sounds like Naruto off the bat, however, we can't proclaim anything just yet. Let's see, even the teeth were burned so there's no way to tell if it's him or not. Oh on the victims stomach they found a . . . a seal. They tried to remove the seal however nothing appeared when they did.' Hiruzen felt his heart drop at the last part.

He knew that Naruto had a seal on his stomach heck everyone knew that much. However, they tried to take it out and nothing appeared. That fit Naruto almost perfectly if he was burned then, of course, the Kyuubi would also be dead explaining why they couldn't get it out of the seal. Hiruzen sighed and looked at the Anbu in front of him.

"Thank you for this information. . . You are dismissed." He said looking at him. He nodded and disappeared into thin air. When he was alone Hiruzen felt tears come to his eyes and walked over to the window to stare up at the Hokage monuments. "Oh, Minato your son the last of your clan and hero of this village has been killed. How disappointed you would be in all of us. I have failed you and this village has failed you." Hurizen said as he stared up at the rocks.

However, if he had looked at little closer if his eyes weren't blinded by tears he would have been able to see two figures standing on top of the second hokage's head. One of these figures was an old man with bandages covering his right arm and his right eye the other was the anbu that was just in his office just moments ago.

"Lord Danzo the documents have been delivered." The man said looking at the elderly male in front of him.

"Good now that Hiruzen thinks that Naruto is dead. We are free to keep searching with little to no interference." Danzo said looking at him.

"So we keep searching for Naruto then?" The anbu asked looking at him.

"OF COURSE YOU KEEP SEARCHING YOU IDOIT!" The elderly man said looking at him. When he said this the Anbu nodded turned around and disappeared. However, Danzo looked over at the village and when he did he smiled. "Konohagakure soon very soon I promise that you will be under my control. Once I have Naruto in my possession and turn him into a ROOT agent there won't be anything that can stop me from becoming Hokage and making this village my own." Danzo said aloud as he looked at the village. "So for now people of Konohagakure sleep well. Cause sooner or later you all will be under my control." He said as he turned around and began to walk away.

Somewhere outside of Konoha

An elderly man with long white hair was currently flirting with two waitresses. He also had a bottle of Sake in both hands as well as two red stains on his face indicating that he had drunk more than his fair share of Sake already. "Yeah Satsuki it's all legit, I'm a vvveeerrryyy successful actor in the land of snow. In fact, I've stared in several movies." He said looking at the girl in front of him.

"Oh wow that's so cool. I wish we got customers like you more often," The young woman said looking at him. However, their conversation was interrupted when a man appeared in front of him. When he did Jiraiya gained a serious expression and leaned forward.

He then turned to the girl that was at his side and sighed. "Please leave me and my friend alone for a few moment," He said looking at the female.

"Oh okay, but don't keep me waiting long a girl can lose interest very quickly." The young female said walking away.

"Alright, so what do you got for me?" Jiraiya asked looking at the male in front of him.

"Well as you know Naruto has left the village. We haven't been able to track his exact location yet, however, I think he is still in the land of fire. We aren't sure where he's heading or if he even has a destination at the moment however it is a very safe bet to say that he is heading to one of the other major ninja villages." The young man said looking at him.

"I see and what of Danzo what is he doing about all this? Surely he's not just sitting back and doing nothing about it. That just doesn't sound like something he would do." The elderly white haired male said looking at the young male in front of him.

"Well, you're right about that. He earlier today ordered me to create some forged documents and hand them to lord Hiruzen. These documents were enough to convince him that Naruto is now dead. However, this information is, in fact, false. Naruto is still very much alive as of our current information and Danzo wants him." The man said looking at him.

"I assume he wants to make him a ROOT soldier," Jiraiya said looking at him.

"Yes, however, he doesn't want to make him just any member of ROOT. He wants to make him a special sleeper agent." The young man said looking at him.

"Sleeper agent?" Jiraiya asked looking at him. "Why would he want to make him a sleeper agent?" He asked looking at him.

"I'm not entirely sure to be honest. Even with his inner circle he has been very secretive about his current plans. Although if I had to take a guess he wants to make Naruto a sleep agent so he can attack Konoha and then activate Naruto. Naruto would live a normal life not knowing a thing until it happened then he would just suddenly turn on them. However, I can not confirm any of this. So at the moment I guess you could say that all this is nothing more than just a hunch that I have." The man said looking at him.

"I see . . . Well thank you for the information you can leave now," Jiraiya said looking at him. When he said this the man nodded and walked out of the building. Jiraiya then sighed and picked up the bottle of sake he had put down. "I'll think more about it later. As for now Satsuki, I'm free again." He said calling out to the female.

With Naruto

The blonde was currently holding the fox known as Kitsune in his arms. "Great kid you found your pet now let's go before I get a lecture about not bringing you to the office immediately." The man said looking at him. Naruto nodded and followed the man. They walked through the woods and came to a clearing. When they did Naruto saw a massive waterfall with a rather large lake that formed around it in front of him.

However, he was a little surprised to see that there was a small boat on the edge of the lake. He was even more surprised when he watched the man get on the boat. "Well, what are you waiting for? We don't have all day." The man said looking at him. To which Naruto ran up to the boat saying a quick apology. When he was in the fox follow behind him and sat on his lap.

"The man then started to make his way towards the waterfall but as he did he couldn't help but find himself staring at the fox that was on Naruto. "You know kid that's a little weird to be honest," He said looking down at the blonde in front of him.

"What is?" Naruto asked a little confused.

"The fact that you have a pet fox. You said that it just bonded with you in the short time span of one day. Most foxes never form bonds with people unless they are born and they grow up with people. Yet here you are with a wild fox sleeping on you lap. It's just a little unsettling is all." The man said looking at him.

"Really?" Naruto asked looking at the male in front of him. He then thought about it and realized that all his life he had never seen a fox inside konoha. He had no idea why that was, but he did recall someone making a call once because a fox was spotted in the park. He avoided the park for the rest of the day because he recalled in a magazine once that foxes are extremely dangerous and can cost people their lives. "I guess you're right it is a little odd now that I think about it," Naruto said looking at him.

The taller figure said nothing as he walked in front of the boat and used a stick to bring the boat to a stop just before it meet the waterfall. He then put his hands out in front of him and flashed through a series of hand signs. When he did Naruto saw a blue symbol appear on his hand as well as something that made his eyes grow in amazement. The waterfall began to part.

The water was literally splitting open right down the middle revealing a huge village behind it. "How did you do that?" Naruto asked looking at him.

"You'll understand in a few weeks kid. I'm sure you'll find out one way or another." The man said as he took the paddle and pushed the boat through the waterfall. When he made it through he once again used the paddles to stop the boat and stood where the waterfall used to be. He then like before flashed through a series of hand signs and a symbol on his hand appeared and the waterfall began to close.

After it did the man from before once again grabbed the paddle and once again began to go towards the village. As they were heading Naruto realized something so he turned to the man in front of him. "Um, what village is this exactly?" Naruto asked looking at him.

"Isn't it obvious kid?" The elderly man asked looking at the small blonde in front of him. Naruto then scratched the back of his head sheepishly and looked at him.

"Not really," He said looking up at the taller man. When the elderly man heard this he sighed and looked at the small child in front of him.

"Well we are in Takigakure," The taller figure said looking at him.

"Really? But takigakure that's . . . that's in the land of water." Naruto said looking at him.

"Well yeah, where else would it be? What's the matter kid you look like you've seen a ghost." The man said looking down at him.

'I'm in the land of water. I'm in the land of water. I somehow got to the land of fire to the land of water in one day. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!' Naruto thought as he looked down at the fox in front of him. However, he was brought out of his thoughts as he felt the boat come to a stop. He then looked and saw the man in front of him already off the boat.

"Come on I need to take you to see Shibuki. He's the one that will decide whether or not you get to stay." The man said looking at him. Naruto then nodded and started to follow behind the male in front of him. As they were walking down the streets, Naruto saw a bunch of people. However, he noticed something that made him rather happy.

None of these people were glaring at him, they were smiling at him, their eyes weren't filled with hate, no one was whispering behind his back. They just looked happy to see him. However, as they were walking down the street a female landed in front of him she had long blonde hair that came down to her hips and light blue eyes. "Who's this Zero?" She asked looking at the male in front of her.

"Just a kid I found in front of the village. He says he wants to join so I'm taking him to see Shibuki." The man said looking at the female in front of him. She then sighed and looked at him.

"No, you're going back to the front gates to patrol the village. I'm taking him to see Shibuki." The girl said looking at him.

"Look I found this kid and his pet fox and plan to take full responsibility for him. Now let me go take him to Shibuki so he can become an official citizen of Takigakure." The male said looking at him.

"Either you leave or I tell Shibuki that you've been drinking on your patrols again." The female said looking at him.

"Alright, easy now no need to get hostile look if taking the kid to Shibuki means that much to you then I'll let you take him," He said looking at her.

"It does now leave and get back to patrolling the village." The female said looking at him with a smirk of victory on her face. As she watched the man walk away she looked at the young blonde in front of her. "Alright, little guy so what's your name?" She asked looking at him.

"My name's Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki," The blonde said looking at her.

"Naruto an odd name but I like it," She said looking at him.

"Thanks, I guess," Naruto said looking at her.

"So where's your parents, little guy?" She asked looking at him. When she asked this she saw the young boy get visibly upset.

"I never knew my parents," Naruto said looking at her.

"Oh sorry well who takes care of you? Is your aunt, or uncle, or maybe your grandparents here with you?" She asked looking at him. Naruto then hung his head down and nodded his head side to side as a response.

"I've never had any family. It's always been me or I should say it's always just been me," He said looking at her. When he said this the older female felt a little bad for the male in front of her.

"Alright well let's take you to see Shibuki," The blonde said as she stood to her full height and began to walk down the street. As they did Naruto saw a large tree in the middle of the village. "What is that?" Naruto asked looking at the large.

"I'll explain later but to put it simply that's where everything important is. We built our base of operation into that large tree." She said looking at him. When Naruto heard this he turned his head sideways and looked at her.

"Why would do that? What if there's a fire?" Naruto asked looking at her.

"Well, that's just the thing because the tree has a large lake on the other side that most people can't see that leaves a lot of water for our water specialist to work with," She said looking at him. "However we are careful to avoid something like that from happening. We wouldn't want something like that happening to our base." She said looking at him.

"Oh, I see well that's kind of cool I guess," Naruto said looking at the female in front of him.

"Yeah I guess it is a little neat," She said as her and Naruto approached the large tree. As they did Naruto noticed that door was made of metal. As she opened it Naruto got a little nervous. "Alright let's go. We wouldn't want to keep Shibuki waiting now would we," She said as she walked in. When she did Naruto followed close behind her and the three headed up the steps.

Once they came in front of the door she stopped and looked at Naruto and the fox that had been following behind him. "Alright well first off do you mind leaving your fox out here. Shibuki get's scared kind of easily." The female said looking at him.

"Uh no I guess not," Naruto said as he turned to the small animal. "Kitsune mind waiting out here for me while I talk to Shibuki?" Naruto asked looking at the small creature. The fox then walked over to one side of the door and circled several times before it let out a loud yawn and started to sleep. Naruto then looked at the blonde female in front of him and walked in behind her.

When he did he saw a teen with black hair sitting behind the desk. "Shibuki, we have someone here who want's to become a citizen of the village," the female said looking at him.

"Oh I see well can you leave us for just a moment?" Shibuki asked looking at the female in front of him. When he asked this the female nodded and left the room. "So my young friend why do you want to join my village?" He asked looking at him.

"Well, where I used to live no one like me so I left. I left because I want to be somewhere where people are happy to see me. I want to be somewhere where there isn't always a struggle for me to buy something to eat. I want to be somewhere where I actually feel wanted. I left with nowhere in mind and I just came across here by accident." Naruto said looking at the teen figure in front of him.

Shibuki nodded at this. "Alright, I can see that. Well, my new friend just tell me your name and who else is here with you and you can become an official member." Shibuki said looking at him.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, but I didn't come here with anyone well no one expect my pet Kitsune," Naruto said looking at the male figure in front of him. When Shibuki heard this he looked at Naruto a little curious but shrugged it off all the same.

"Alright well Naruto seems like we're all set so just go around town and I'll leave you to your own devices," Shibuki said looking at him. "When the young blonde heard this he smiled and turned around walking out of the room. When he did he was greeted with the fox looking at him.

"Looks like we got a new home Kitsune," Naruto said looking at the fox. The fox yipped happily and started to walk down the stairs. "Yeah, good idea Kitsune let's see what the village looks like," Naruto said as he followed behind the small animal. When he exited the building he smiled and began to walk around with Kitsune close behind him.

He wasn't really looking for anything in particular however as he was walking he found himself slowly making his way to the park. When he got there he smiled it had a lake in it just like the park in Konoha did, but the only difference was that people weren't trying to drown him in this one. As he walked around he started to feel a little sad.

However like last time there was a reason why. As he looked around he saw that everyone had a family. The people that were doing it didn't mean to make him sad, but they were. Naruto soon found himself walking down the sidewalk that was along the lake. He soon saw that there was a dock there just like Konoha he walked to the end of it and looked at his reflection in the water.

Here he was he was in an entirely new village and yet he felt the same way he did when he left. However, his frown soon faded as the reflection of a fox appeared next to him. He then looked to his side and placed his hand on the small fox's head. "Well nice to know that this wasn't for nothing. At least I'll have you by my side now," Naruto said looking at small fox as he began to pet it.

The fox let out a small yip as Naruto said this and crawled onto his lap. Naruto sighed when he saw this and began to pet the fox as he looked out at the lake. However, this came to an end as he heard footsteps behind him. He decided to ignore this figuring it wasn't important. It was quite for a long time so Naruto had figured that whoever it was had left. However, this thought was wiped from his head as he heard a voice speak behind him.

"u-Um excuse me but is that fox yours?" He heard a female voice ask behind him. He then turned his head to see a girl around his age standing in front of him. She had mint green hair and orange eyes that absolutely captivated Naruto. It was probably because orange was his favorite color.

"Uh yeah his name is Kitsune," Naruto said looking at her.

"Does he bite?" The female asked coming closer to him.

"Well he did bite me once but he hasn't done it since," Naruto said looking down at the fox.

"O-oh can I . . . Can I pet him?" She asked looking at him.

"I don't see why not," Naruto said letting the girl he had just met come rather close to him. She then slowly reached down and placed her hand on the small creatures head. When she did she smiled and began to slowly pet it. When she did the smile from before spreading across her face. She then stopped when the fox let out a yawn and looked at the boy in front of her.

"My name's fuu," She said holding out her hand.

"Mine's Naruto," The blonde said taking the girls hand.