Summary:

12 years ago the 9 tailed fox attacked the village hidden in the leaves. The village was saved however due to the sacrifice of the former third hokage, who gave his life to seal the demon into a new born child. Today, Kane Sanguis has been officially declared a Genin ninja, and has been assigned to Team 7 under Kakashi Hatake along with Naruko Namikaze and Sasuke Uchiha.

Or

The Differences Naruto being born as Naruko could cause. A child, only 8 days of age and originally perishing in the Kyuubi Attack, is alive and well. The fourth, originally dieing to seal the Kyuubi, is alive and well. The third, originally alive and well, died sealing the Kyuubi.

Eventual NarukoxOC. Fem!Naruto, Alive!Minato, Alive!UchihaClan

"Team 7 will consist of Namikaze Naruko, Uchiha Sasuke, and Sanguis Kane. Your instructor will be Hatake Kakashi."

Kane Sanguis wanted to scream. Why did Kami-sama hate him? What had he done in a past life to deserve such torture? He had the worst score of all the graduates, he knew. He knew he would. If he were being honest with himself, he was surprised he graduated at all.

Kane wasn't stupid. He knew in actuality he probably did above average on the exam; however the instructor Iruka Umino has had it out for him since day one. Kane didn't care; he was used to it.

Kane was a plain looking 12 year old. Short brown hair, light-blue eyes, average height, average looks, average intelligence. Nothing about him stood out.

Didn't change the fact that it felt like everyone was out to get him.

Now Kane felt he could truly add Kami down to the list of "people out to get Kane Sanguis." Why was he stuck on the same team as Naruko and Sasuke?! Sasuke was the son of the chief of the Konoha Police Corps, and heir apparent. Not to mention he was ranked second best in the class; a title he was loathe to admit as he lost out on Rookie Of The Year to Naruko. Sasuke had always been a stuck up jerk in Kane's opinion.

Naruko was another story. They were friends, once... Until she decided she wanted nothing to do with him anymore. Now she was practically a stranger to Kane.

Stuck on the same team as the daughter of the Fourth Hokage and Rookie Of The Year, as well as the heir to the Konoha Police Corps...

Kane looked over at Naruko and saw she had a displeased look on her face as well. He couldn't help but internally cringe over this. It was well known that Naruko and Sasuke were good friends due to a strong rivalry between the two, and it was clear from the beginning that she and Sasuke would be on a team together due to being the top two students. That meant her disappointment was clearly over being teamed up with himself.

Ouch.

As Iruka-Sensei continued calling out team names Kane tuned him out completely. He has always had rotten luck, but this really takes the cake.

Suddenly he noticed Naruko stand up from her seat and make her way out of the classroom, ignoring Iruka's protests as she did so. Sasuke simply raised an eyebrow in her direction before ignoring the situation entirely.

'Guess she really does hate me.'

With nothing better to do, Kane sat in silence, allowing his mind to roam while waiting for this "Kakashi" person to show up.

He waited.

And waited.

And waited.

The sound of a chair screeching startled Kane from his thoughts, and he looked up as Sasuke began making his way towards the back of the class.

Towards him.

"It's been hours and our sensei still isn't here. He might not be coming. Naruko isn't even here." Sasuke drawled as he sat on the opposite side of the desk, sitting backwards on the chair for the row in front of Kane.

He hadn't even realized they were the only two left in the room, Kane noted.

"So what do we do then? Leave?" Kane asked with visible concern on his face. He didn't want to leave only to have their sensei come to an empty classroom; first impressions could mean a lot in Kane's opinion.

Sasuke raised a single eyebrow. "No, we don't really have a choice but to sit here and wait, although I don't have a clue where that blonde bimbo went..." He shot a sidelong glance at the entrance of the room.

Kane kept silent.

"So, while we sit here bored, we might as well get to know each other. I don't know anything about you dead last, and we're going to be teammates, so we might as well get this out of the way."

Kane couldn't help the visible cringe at the term "Dead Last" and he felt a bubble of shame well within him.

"Ok... Well, my name is Kane Sanguis. I'm 12 years old, just graduated the academy, and uh... My favorite color is blue?" Kane spoke uncertainly.

Sasuke rolled his eyes slowly and deliberately. His irritation at Kane's answer was apparent. "What's your fighting technique?"

Kane blinked. "Excuse me?"

Sasuke glared. "What style of taijutsu do you use?"

Kane blinked again. "I only know the academy style."

"What jutsu do you know?"

Why did this feel like an interrogation?

"I know the bunshin, substitution and transformation." Kane answered with a slight blush coloring his cheeks. For some reason, even though that was all that was required to graduate, he felt embarassed giving this answer to Sasuke.

"Any skills? Weaponry, first aid, anything at all?" Sasuke asked with the same penetrating gaze that continued making Kane feel uncomfortable.

"Erm... No."

The frustration was easy enough to read on Sasuke's face. "Hn." was all he said in response.

Kane felt as if he had just taken a really difficult exam, and failed miserably.

Suddenly the door burst open and in strolled in a blonde with twin pigtails.

Sasuke turned around and both he and Kane stared at the third member of their team. She hesitated momentarily when she noticed the two of them sitting so close to each other, and continued her stride towards her seat.

She hadn't even bothered coming over to sit with them.

"And where have you been, idiot?" Sasuke asked as he glared at her back.

"None of your business, bastard!" She hollered back without even turning around.

Sasuke continued to glare. Kane felt uncomfortable.

Sasuke turned around, his back facing Kane, and silence stretched on throughout the nearly empty classroom.

Kami really did have it out for him.

Nearly half an hour later, the door opened. The quiet sound was like fireworks to Kane, who had grown used to the uncomfortable silence.

A silver haired jounin entered the room, his one visible eye gauging the reactions of the three would-be genin.

His eye crinkled up into what was clearly a smile. "Well, let's meet up on the roof, shall we?" And then he was gone.

Naruko was the first up, a light bounce to her step as she made her way out. Sasuke was much slower and calmer as he began to follow after them.

Kane couldn't help but release a loud sigh. He just wanted today to be over and done with.

"I'm Naruko Namikaze! My dad is the Hokage and I'm Rookie Of The Year!" She said with a smirk thrown Sasuke's direction.

Sasuke's eye twitched ever so slightly.

"My likes are training, my family, and hearing stories about my mother. My dislikes are people that would threaten those I hold precious, and girls who waste time fawning over emo duck-butt bastards. Especially when said bastard is gross to even look at!" She said with a dazzling smile.

Sasuke's eye twitched even more.

Kane couldn't help but feel solemn. 'Is that what friendship is like between these two? We used to be friends once too, Naruko... What does Sasuke have that I don't? Why am I not good enough?'

'Why am I never good enough?'

"My hobbies include training and spending time with my precious people. My dream... To become a splendid ninja! Once I've done that and proved to my dad and my mom that I'm worthy, my dad will pass his hat onto me! You're looking at the next hokage dattebayo!" She spoke with such confidence, Kane felt inclined to believe her.

"Alright. Now you, Sasuke." Kakashi spoke, his eyes never leaving his icha icha novel.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. My likes are training, the Police Corps, and tomatoes. My dislikes are weaklings, those who don't take being a ninja seriously, law-breakers and being compared to... someone else."

Kane couldn't help but flinch when he said "weaklings".

"My dream is to become head of the Konoha Police Corps... among other things."

"Excellent job, Sasuke-kun. Now you." The silver haired jounin said with a pointed look at Kane.

"My name is Kane Sanguis. My likes are... Reading, I guess. Maybe cleaning? I don't know..."

Kane felt a blush grow on his face at the completely floored look Naruko gave him at that. Even Sasuke looked like he detested what he just said. Kakashi just eye smiled at him.

"Continue."

"My dislikes... I guess I dislike anyone that dislikes me. My dream is to become a shinobi worthy of respect, that way people will have no choice but to like me!" Kane said with passion in his voice. It was his ambition; the only thing he really cared about in the world. To make others respect him.

To make the stares and whispers stop.

Kakashi closed his book. "Alright then. I won't keep you guys long, I know you must be hungry."

Naruko smirked at this. "Nope!" she said popping the 'p' sound.

Sasuke gave her a confused glance. "Since when are you ever not hungry, idiot?"

She responded with a cheeky grin. "Where do you think I was while you waited on Kakashi? I went home and got something to eat! I knew Kakashi would take several hours to come get us!"

"You couldn't have given me a heads up?!"

She paused and looked deep in thought for a moment. "Nope!" once again popping the 'p'.

Sasuke's eye started twitching again.

"As I was saying," Kakashi began, drawing the attention back to him. "Tomorrow, we'll be doing a little 'Survival Training'..." It was hard to tell through the mask, but Kane could've sworn he was giving the three of them an evil smirk...

End Of Chapter 1

A/N:

This will be an informational A/N detailing information about the story, Blood Bag. Most chapters will not contain A/N's, so I would encourage you to quickly read this if you find yourself interested in reading the story. If you choose not to and find yourself confused or have comments, suggestions or questions later, I would ask that you come back to this and see if it was explained or mentioned before posting.

Reviews, Comments, Feedback and Constructive Criticism are welcome.

This is my first fanfic; let me know what I do well and what I could improve on. I have been told by many people that the writing improves dramatically sometime between the start of Arc 2 and the start of Arc 3, so if you wish to give constructive criticism about my writing I would ask that you please hold off until you get a little bit further in the story. Regardless, Constructive Criticism is very much appreciated!

This story makes it a point to keep every person in character. A lot of thought and effort has been put into the ensuring characters are not OOC, and the decisions made by everyone is logical and in-character. Exceptions to this include people like Sasuke, due to living a completely different life. If somebody seems OOC, in particular at the beginning of the story, it is almost guaranteed to be explained later on.

Chapter length will vary. Every chapter is as long as I need it to be. From as short as 1k words to as long as 8k.

All reviews are read, however I will likely not respond to anything beyond PM's in an attempt to keep this fic as professional as possible. If you PM me I will respond.

Fic will be quite long. It is currently more than 300k words. Updates will be sporadic; but frequent. When I first began writing this story, I was updating twice a day, but the chapters were short. Now we update nearly every day, 5-7 days a week, and chapter length from Shippuden onward is definitely nothing to sneeze at for such frequent updates. I tend to keep the story several chapters behind how much I have actually written in order to do this.

Here is an outline of the story:

Arc 1: The Beginning

Arc 2: ?

Arc 3: ?

Arc 4: ?

Arc 5: ?

Arc 6: ?

The story will have 6 Arcs, and is currently at the beginning of Arc 5. Feel free to come catch up with us and be apart of the daily updates!

Arc 1: The Beginning is 28 chapters.

Eventually the chapters will grow longer as we grow closer to (and deeper into) Shippuden. Chapters are very short for the first 28 chapters, then they grow much longer. Since the first 28 chapters are so short, it shouldn't take long to power through them.

Reviews are good motivators for me! Every review is read, even though I normally do not respond to them.

Storyline is mostly completed, with room for change on certain points.

There will be MAJOR character development throughout the entirety of this story. I'm talking beginning to end. Even if you initially dislike Kane, whether it's because of how he acts or how weak he is in the beginning, I'd recommend that you keep going as he becomes a completely different person as the story progresses and he matures and grows.

Kane will not be OP. He will not even be strong for quite some time. Eventually he will have his own abilities that are ridiculously strong; just like everyone does. (Flying Raijin, Mangekyou Sharingan, Sage Mode, Rinnegan, etc.) This is necessary in order for Kane to at the very least keep up with these types of ninja down the road, so hopefully it won't seem out of place. For those that find themselves feeling that Kane is far too weak at the beginning of the story, I assure you that it gets better without seeming ridiculous. It is my intention to make his growth feel natural and real.

I understand that the name Kane is not Japanese and might be a turnoff for some readers. I do have reasons for choosing the name, but I have learned for future stories to only use Japanese names. Regardless, you have my apologies if you find yourself turning your nose up at the story because of his name; I will choose names more properly for future stories. Despite that, I believe the name could grow on you; it has for me, as well as many others. Hopefully the name doesn't put you off too much, and if it helps at all it's not English; it's actually Celtic.

Fic will go throughout all of Shippuden, however the story will mostly follow Kane and will end up deviating tremendously from canon.

Kane is not Naruto. It takes a very strong person to go through what Naruto did and turn out as good as he is. Kane is not nearly as strong as Naruto, however Kane has his moments.

Thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy Blood Bag!

-Traydox