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Chapter 1.

Naruto sighed, hands shoved in his pockets as Jiraiya led him through a dense forest, the sounds of birds twittering around them. Naruto had been training with Jiraiya for about two years now and they where heading home, to kanoha.
"So how big is this forest?" Naruto asked, hands behind his head. He had grown quite tall in the two years of training, taller then Sasuke was and he was starting to look and act more grown up.

"It's not the fact that it's big, it's that we have to go around the main part. This forest is huge, but we're going to have to take longer going around, just to be safe." Jiraiya told him, looking back at his student.

"Why are we walking all the way around?" Naruto asked, completely confused.

"The main part of this forest is scared and is protected by one of my old students."

Naruto blinked, looking at the deeper part of the forest, a strange feeling welling up in his chest.

'What is that place?'

'That is the sacred forest of The Uzumaki clan.' Kyuubi said in his head.

'Uzumaki clan?'

"You should of just asked to go through, Kaypanky!" Said a female voice from the trees. Naruto blinked, looking up, blinking. A woman stood on a tree branch above them, her black hair tied up in a braid, and her gold eyes glittering. She was the almost double of Orochimaru, with the same pale skin and eyes, but she her eye's where bigger and she looked more feminine. Down her cheeks streaked two red stripes, and her smile was somewhat familiar. She wore a blue yukata that was wide open, coming down to her ankles, and under it she wore a black shirt, with a pair of black shorts that came down to her thighs.

"Viper! It's nice to see your well!" Jiraiya smiled, looking up at her.

"Sensei, are you still writing your books? I haven't time to get the new one." She smiled, jumping down.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked.

"I am Viper, daughter of Orochimaru, who are you?" She asked, poking Naruto's forehead.

"Hey! Don't do that!" Naruto pouted, swatting her hand away, "I am Uzumaki Naruto."

She blinked, ruffling Naruto's hair, "Uzumaki, hmm? You've got allot to live up to."

"Alot to live up to?" Naruto asked, totally baffled.

"Well, we're in a hurry, so could you lead us through the forest Viper?" Jiraiya sighed, looking rather annoyed.

"Hai. Just follow me and you'll be outta here in about 2 hours." She nodded, motioning for them to follow.

Naruto sighed, looking up at the sky. They had been walking for about half an hour and he was rather bored, "Are we there yet? God this is boring!" Naruto sighed, pouting.

"Not yet. We have a bit to go." Jiraiya sighed, looking back at Naruto.

"Aw maaannnn!" Naruto whined.

Viper turned around to Naruto, walking back wards, "Want to hear the legend of this forest?"

"Legend?" Naruto blinked.

"Yes. The legend on the Uzumaki forest and the demon stone." She smiled.

"This is a good one." Jiraiya nodded.

"I wanna hear!" Naruto yelled.

"Ok then.

In the times when demons rule the earth and humans where just they're little play things, this forest use to be hunting grounds for them as they feasted on poor humans who lived around the forest and dared to stumble in. Man quaked in fear of the mighty demons, thinking there was no hope, intill one day two men named Uzumaki Kenka, a bright blond haired man with dark eyes and Uchiha Akebara, a dark haired man with black eye's like the night, venture to the mountains, in search of the monks who had mastered the control of Chakra, life force, in hope of defeating the demons.

For four whole mouths they ventured through the cold mountains, walking across jagged rocks that tore they're shoes, huddling together in hard snow, pouring rain, and harsh winds instill on day they made it to the top of Mt. Ookamichi and found the temple of the monks. They begged the master monk to train them so they could help they're family and friends. The master monk rubbed his chin, deep in thought and then he smiled, "I will test you." He said, "I will test your corage and will power, seeing if you can indeed be taught." He told them, folding his arms.

Akebara looked at Kenka and both nodded, "We acept!" They said, both wondering waht this test will be.

"Meet me outside the temple at sunrise in the morning." The monk said, walking away.

So that night Akebara and Kenka both tryed to get as much rest as the they could, anticpating the next day.

Both men walked out of the temple at sunrise the next moring, seeing the master monk standing by the only tree that stood on top of the moutain.

"Time to test your worth." He told them, making strange hand signs and drakness wrapped around the two. "You must hold onto the others hand, no matter what or you'll die. No matter what kind of pain you feel, you've got to hold on."

Kenka looked at Akebara and grasped his hand tight, "I won't let you go." He told the others.

"I won't let go eather Kenka." Akebara smiled, squeesing the others hand as pain rushed through them both. It felt as if their flesh was on fire, they could feel blisters poping up all over their skin. Then that stoped and Kenka relised that Akebara's hand felt like it was made of slimey mud. Kenka almost let go when he remebered the monks words and held fast.

Akebara gasped, Kenka's hand feeling like he was holding a prokypine with his bear hands, but he held on still, not wanting him or Kenka to die. So both held onto eathothers hands as they where put through trail after trail and then it all stoped, after what seemed like forever and everything came to focuse, the darkness vanishing.

They looked at their skin, realising that no harm came to them. It was all an illuson.

"You two have the lerned a valueble lesson. No matter how dark it is, hold onto each other and you will come out of it soon enough." The monk told them, a smile on his face, "I will teach you."

So for five years the two trained with the master monk, working tierdlessly, all in hopes of saving their friends and family. They trained and trained, intill the monk toldf them they could lern no more from him.

So the two friends who had grown and trained together made their way down the moutain to the forest to find that they're family and friends where all inslaved by the demon fox,l Kitsune no Kyuubi. "

'Ahhhh! The fun days...'

'Shut up! This is getting good!'

"Akebara growled, hatred bubbling up inside him as he wached the demons wiped and pushed the poor humans around. He was about to attack when Kenka stoped him, "No, Akebara. We must think before we attack." He said, looking at his friend. Akebara nodded, chewing his lip as Kenka and him, walked into the forest.

All night the two planned to attack the demons, thinking of ways to stop them and then at the rise of the morning sun, they had a plan.

Four days later, on a moonless night they snuck into the demons fortrace, keeping low and hidden in the shadows of the tree's. They snuck past the sleeping guards at Kyuubi's palace and crept in. They headed for the demons sleeping quarters, both nowing what they where about to do and as they stood at the door of Kyuubi's room. Kenka gently sqeesed Akebara's hand and thet both walked in, trying to keep quite.

Kyuubi sat on her bed, in human form. She was beatieful, too beatieful for any human woman. Her long red hair fell down past her shoulders, gently grasing her pale skin, her ruby red lips curled into a smile as her gem like, red eye's glittered. Her body was covered in a red silk kimono that hugged her body very nicely and fitted perfectly.

"My oh, my, who do I owe the honor?" She asked, voice flowing like water.

"Let the people go!" Kenka yelled.
"I am sorry to say no to such a cute face." She said, eye's narrowing as Akebara growled.

"Then we will make you let them go?" He hissed.

"How will you do that?" She asked, standing up, "I hold the power here, you ingrates!"

"No! We do!" Akebara yelled, both him and Kenka making hand signs.

Then...Well, no one knows what happens after that really. No one knows what kind of jutsu they used or how Kyuubi escaped, but somehow the two put the demons in the forest into a stone that rests in the middle of our forest.

Legend also says that Uzumaki Kenka took a journey to the highist moutain there was in this area that is called, Mt.Ranopukuro and touched the sky, making his eye's turn the same color of the sky.

Also says tha Uchiha Akebara had drank the blood of Kitsune no Kyuubi, making his eye's glow red and see what others couldn't. "

Naruto looked at Viper wide eyed, "That...Was...So cool!" He yelled.

'Your a girl?'

'Yes kit, I am a woman.'

"Well, we're half way there." Jiraiya said, "Did you enjoy that story Naruto?"

"Yes! Defantly! I wonder if Sasuke has herd of it? It sorta means that we are conected." Naruto said, smilling.

"We'll be coming up to the Demon stone soon." Viper said, smilling.

"Cool!" Naruto grinned, "So why is this called the Uzumaki forest and not the Uchiha forest?"

"Uzumaki Kenka died the day he came back from his joureny t Mt.Ookami and Akebara named the forest for him." Viper said, "Bitter sweet."

"Yeah." Naruto nodded.

He blinked, looking at where he herd the voices of people talking. Viper looked like she had herd it too, and now was pulling out a kunai as Three people came itno veiw. One was a man who wore the same yukata as Viper and wore it open like she did too. He wore under it a blac shirt and pants. His long black hair was streeked with white as his gold eye's glittered and he scrached the red steaks on his cheeks. He was the doubble of Orochimaru all away around, but looked only about 20, same as Viper.

"Nii-san." Viper smiled, looking at the two others he was leading. They where Gaara and Rock Lee.

Gaara wore a maroon coat and pants, his gourd strapped to his back as her folded his arms. His red hair had gotten longer and covered his pale neck, but he was still short and his eyes where the same as ever. Lee however had gotten taller, but still wore his green jumpsute, now with a chinin vest, and his orange legwarmers where on his legs still.

"Lee! Gaara! Nice to see you!" Naruto grinned, walking up to the two.

"Hello Naruto my youthful friend! How are you?" Lee asked, smilling.

"I am fine. What are you doing here?" Naruto asked.

"Lee is excorting me to Kanoha." Gaara said in a monotone voice.

"Well, we're all going the same way, isn't that just ducky?" Jiraiya sighed.

"It'll be fine, Kaypanky?" Viper grinned, patting Jiraiya's shoulder.

"I liked it when you where a 15 year old, migit with no tits ya know..." Jiraiya growled.

"Hey!!!" Viper yelled as her brother laughed, "You shut up Kuro!"

Naruto wached them, shaking his head and looked up at the sky, wondering if Sasuke was looking at the sky too. Weather if he was ok, or what he was doing right now. Naruto was often wondering if he could bring Sasuke back, if he was up to it. He knew as he got stronger, so did Sasuke and that maybe when the faced eachother, his strength wouldn't be enough to bring him back. He wanted to bring Sasuke back so badly that he was losing sleep over it.

"Naruto!" Jiraiya yelled, "Come on!"

The others had gotten ahead of him and he ran after them, grinning his foxy grin.

Sasuke looked up at the sky, his black eye's glittering like jewels and Orochimaru touched his shoulder, "Hey, Sasuke-kun, we've got to get moving. The demon stone is up adead."

"Ok." Sasuke nodded, his kimono top fluttering about as his bear chest was shown, black pants fluttering around his legs and the purple tie gently floped up and down.

Kabuto sighed, pushing his glasses up his nose as Orichimaru walked onwards, Sasuke following.

"What a pretty forest." Said a red haired boy by Kabuto's side. His red pupils sood out from his dark eye's, his long red hair fluttering around his face as he smiled. From the looks of him he was only 13 year old and he wore a black vest with white shorts. Around his neck was a dog teg that glittered in the afternoon sun, on it was engraved the name Hatake Kakashi.

"Remember we're here for the demon stone Kaju." Kabuto told the boy and he smiled.

"I know. We must be quick about this or my father will miss me. I am ment to be on a mission with my sensei." Kaju said, smilling.

Kaju was the adoptive son of Kakashi, found on a mission by him about 8 years prior.

"I know that Hatake. Sasuke insisted on bringing you." Kabuto sighed.

"I am tied to him through blood seeing as I am apart of the Sharanna clan. He whishes for me to be strong and he wants me to help him." Kaju smiled, giggling as he ran after Sasuke and Orochimaru.

Kabuto sighed, this was a mix for disaster.

An angered yell roared from the Hokage's tower, people all around the village stoped, looking at it, blinking.

"WHERE IS MY SON DAMN YOU!?! WHERE IS HE!?!" Roared the voice of Hatake Kakashi. who was right now, beyond pissed.

"Kakashi, we're workingon it, but there is no signs of him being kidnapped, so we're asuming he went on his own free will." Tsunade told the gray haired ninja, chin on hands.

"Of his own free will? OF HIS FREE WILL!?! I WILL THROTTLE THAT BOY!" Kakashi roared as Iruka walked in, looking shocked.

"Ummm...Hokage-sama, Hatake Kaju has been spotted outside the Uzumaki forest with Orochimar, Kabuto and Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka said, looking kind of scared.

Kakashi looked at Iruka, his only seen eye wide, "What?"

'He was seen-"

"WHAT IS HE DOING WITH THEM!?!"

"I-I-I-I d-don't know!" Iruka stammered.

"I'm going after him!" Kakashi growled and stormed out.

"Iruka, follow him. It's too late to stop him now, but you can try and calm him down." Tsunade said.

Iruka nodded and ran out after Kakashi, "Hay! Kakashi-sensei! Wait for me!" He yelled, trying to keep up with the copy ninja.

"What is it?" Kakashi growled, looking back at the digruntled teacher.

"I am to go with you." Iruka told him, frowning.

"I see..."Kakashi said, "Don't slow me down."

"I am no as weak as I look!" Iruka yelled, face red with anger.

"Whatever." Kakashi said, walking out the village gates.

"Don't belittle me!" Iruka growled, Kakashi looking back at him. Kakashi smiled, glad that his flush was covered by his mask. Iruka looked so cute angry.

Naruto gasped as they reached the demon stone, his blue eye's wide. The demon stone was a huge red gem that had gold swirling around in it, and it stood to be about Jiraiya's hight in the middle of a clearing the the tree's srounded. It seemed to glow in the sun light, letting off a red light. It dazzled Naruto, his eye's drawn to it, almost hipnotizing.

"You! Naruto! Back to earth!" Gaara yelled in his ear, making Naruto jumping.

"Ahhh! I'm awake Iruka-sensei!!" Naruto yelled.

Gaara slaped his forehead sighing as Jiraiya laughted.

Naruto blinked, "What?" He asked.
"Nevermind." Viper said, hand on her hips.

"Is that the demon stone?" Naruto asked and Viper nodded.

"Sure is." She grinned, looking at it.

"Wow..." Naruto gasped, looking at it.

'Nice isn't? My brother is in that thing kit.'

'He is? If he's as bad as you are then I am glad he's in that thing.'

'I am glad he is. Though I whish I had gotten to it before Arashi did.'

'Arashi?'

'The 4th hokage...The only man I really loved and I betrayed him that night...'

Kyuubi sounded sad as Naruto herd her sigh and then he blinked.

'You loved the 4th Hokage? Wow...'

"Hey! Naruto!" Gaara yelled.

"WHAT!?!" Naruto roared.

"Talking to the Kyuubi again?" Gaara asked.

"Yes, I was talking to her." Naruto nodded.

"Her?" Gaara blinked.

"Kyuubi is female." Viper said, pushing her black hair from her face.

"So...Naruto is two genders?" Gaara asked, as Jiraiya laughed.

"No! I am man all the way!" Naruto yelled, failing his arms wildly as Viper sighed, shaking her head.

Viper suddenly pushed Naruto onto his butt as something flew out form the tree's. Blood rushed from her arms as Kunai hit them, using her own body to shiled Naruto. Naruto looked up at Viper, blood splattering over Naruto's clothes and face as his eyes' widened, his mind going back to that moment where someone saved him. Back to the land of waves, back to the first time he lost Sasuke.

Viper pulled a kunai from her arm, wincing in pain slightly as she looked up at the trees, "Who's there?" She hissed, chewing her lip angrly as a cackle rang out through the forest.

"My dear daughter, have you forgotten me?" The voice asked and Viper gasped.

Jiraiya ran forwards, pushing Viper behind him, "Orochimaru you slimy b*****d! Show your self." he yelled, already making hand signs.

"Now, now Jiraiya. You'd better stop with name calling or I'll tell." Orochimaru chuckled.

Naruto blinked, "Tell what?" He asked, as something cold and hard was pressed to his neck. Naruto back to be met by black orbs on a pale face that was framed by a flock of black hair.

"Sasuke..." He gasped, slightly shaking as the the dark haired teen showed no emotion, pulling the sword back slowly and then swung it, aiming the blonds neck.

Naruto gasped, rolling out the way, arms shaking slightly. Sasuke's cold eye's where fix on him, cold and unemotional. Naruto bit his lip, getting to his feet and glaired at Sasuke.

Sasuke gave no sign of emotion, just a cold icy stare.

"Will you say something?" Naruto hiss.

Naruto was met with a cold silence.

"Say something!!!" Naruto yelled, feeling tears p***k at the corners of his eye's.

"What do you want me to say?" He asked, voice coming out in a flow of silky sounds which made Naruto's knee's wobble. His voice was deeper in a nice way and it sounded so, well, sexy. Naruto shook his head out of his school girlish thoughts.

"Do you want me to say sorry?" Sasuke asked, "Do you want me ask to be friends? Do you want me to say I love you?"

Naruto's heart flipped as Sasuke said 'I love you', making his face flush. How could three little words make him go so mushy.

"No..." Naruto muttered.

"No what?" Sasuke asked.

"No, you won't play games with my head!" Naruto yelled.

Jiraiya hissed as he blocked a slash that Jiraiya made with his sword. Orochimaru chuckled in a low tone as he looked up at Jiraiya, "Should I tell her?" He asked, grinning evily as the words fell from his lips.

Jiraiya growled, slashing up words to unlock their swords, "You wouldn't."

"I would. You see Jiraiya, she already hates me, but she will hate you for this. For hiding the truth. For hiding that your her father." Orochimaru chackled.

"I don't know what I ever saw in you." Jiraiya growled back.

"I was a good lay?" Orochimaru asked, a look in his eye's showing something more then cold tanting.

Jiraiya didn't want to say it. His relationship with Orochimaru was, he found after one drunk night in a bar with Tsunade, was the best time of his life. The feelings he had for Orochimaru never died, not evan after three years and soon the two made a jutsu to make Orochimaru a woman. They had twins, Viper and Kuro, but soon after a while Jiraiya and Orochimaru parted, leaving the twins with Orochimaru and leaving both feeling empty. Evan now Jiraiya felt it, that yerning for the pale man that drove him crazy each night and that he tryed to forget with each woman he flirted with.

They fought on, neather wanting to give into the other and both willing themselfs to try and forget the other. Suddenly Orochimaru found himself looking up at his daughter who had jumped over Jiraiya and was pulling her fist back,

"Right Straight!" She yelled, punching Orochimaru hard and sending him flying into a tree.

Sasuke folded his arms, waching as Orochimaru slammed into the tree and Naruto tryed to pull himself back to realty and not swoon over Sasuke. The blond griped himself and lept forwards, aiming a punch at Sasuke but his fist was caught by a red head in a ANBU unifrom wearing a white cat mask. Naruto growled. This ANBU was shorter then him by and foot and he was blocking his punch. This ticked the blond off, but he didn't have time to think as the ANBU triped him and said blond landed on his butt. Sasuke looked back at Naruto, "Sorry Naruto. No fighting this time." He said in a monotoned voice and Naruto blinked.

What the hell was going on?