Naruto: Binded by Tails Ep/Ch. One. So you read my last book 'Naruko?' Well… I decided to do Male Naruto this time. I have grown fond of NaruIno and I intend for this story to help that. Without me delaying you anymore, read.

Chapter One: The Death of a Clan

Ino Yamanaka; a beautiful blonde girl the age of ten, was in class. She like many others fawned over Sasuke because of his great looks and, dark, brooding, emo attitude. He rarely talked and that alone made him mysterious, he never payed attention to any of the girls, he just ignored them and if on occasion he would pay attention, it would be an insult. Ino found it alluring that he continued to attend the academy even after the murder of his entire clan, the Uchiha.

Ino sat behind him, staring at the back of his head. "Naruto! Leave me alone!" She heard the fabled 'Billboard brow' yell. "But Sakura… I haven't even entered the classroom yet." He said with a frown. All he did was open the door and she flipped at him. "I don't care, just stay away from me!" She yelled and he sighed, giving a downcast look. "Okay then Sakura." He said and he sat in the top left corner of the class Naruko was attractive too… actually he was easily as attractive as Sasuke, if not hotter. The problem was well… him.

Ino didn't know how to put it. Naruto was very vibrant and happy and that could be overwhelming but she didn't have anything against the boy, she found his positive attitude refreshing. It was just that everybody seemed to hate Naruto and she herself just wanted to blend in. The boy had a shaggy blonde spikey hair with cerulean blue pools for eyes. He had three whisker marks on each of his cheeks and she thought they were cute. One problem that, if she had ever hung out with him she would fix herself, was his clothing. He insisted on wearing bright orange.

While she had no problem with the color itself, she had worn an orange shirt a lot of her younger life, she just thought he wore way too much. He was always wearing a bright orange shirt with the konoha emblem on the back and orange shorts. He had on an orange short sleeve jacket with blue sleeves and even then that little amount of blue was refreshing, his outfit was completely horrid.

They turned their attention to the teacher as he walked in. "Ok class, today we will be talking about the Fourth Hokage. Who can tell me his real name?" Naruto raised his hand with an eager smile. "Naruto." The teacher said and Naruto responded eagerly. "Minato Namikaze!" He yelled and the teacher nodded with a smile. Iruka-Sensei was one of the only people that didn't treat Naruto like trash. "Can you name some of his achievements?" Naruko nodded hastily.

"He graduated at the academy, early at the age we are now, getting to chunin at eleven, and getting to jonin at twelve, he was in the Anbu until he was in his late twenties, this was when he was selected by Lord Third and put in place as the fourth." Iruka nodded again. "Very good Naruto, though I am curious how you know that. A lot of people don't even know his real name." Naruto shrugged. "I read up on the awesomest hokage because I have to surpass him." Iruka grinned, he knew of Naruto's goal.

His lecture continued for an hour and a half before they went out for some light sparing and shuriken practice. Naruto was terrible at throwing shuriken but he exceeded almost everyone in the class at Taijutsu, he was only matched by Sasuke and even then it was pretty one sided. Ino was number two when it came to taijutsu with the girls, her facing off against Hinata for the number one spot. Hinata was really good when it came to Taijutsu.

After that they went to lunch before finishing their lecture. Ino was one of the kids that walked home by herself as her dad worked at the interrogation place and her mother was usually busy at home. Ino wrinkled her nose as the smell of fire hit her nose. The sky began to go dark, covered by ash and smoke. She took off in a sprint as she spotted her compound, it was her compound up in flames. "Mom!" She yelled and she charged into a flaming building. Her eyes widened when she found her mother dead, lying in a pool of her own blood.

"Mom!" Ino screamed and her father hit the floor from behind the wall, his head rolling along the ground. Her eyes widened. "D-Daddy?" She muttered questioningly, falling to her knees. "Another one? Perfect." Ino's eyes got even wider and fear grasped her heart as a man stepped out from behind the wall, a katana in his hand, dripping with blood. "Lord Orochimaru might want one, I wonder if I should take her." He said but she didn't hear him, there was a loud ringing in her ears.

The man shrugged and raised his sword, preparing to end the girl's life. He brought it down but ti connected with nothing. He frowned and looked around. The door hung off its hinges and a bit of blood laid on the ground where she was before. He shrugged, not caring, he had already completed his task, destroy the Yamanaka clan. Even with that little girl, there was no recovering from what had just happened. There were hundreds of dead Yamanaka's all over the compound. The man then left.

-Ino-

"Wh-Wha?" She asked out loud, she was floating, and flying very fast at that matter, she looked up and her eyes widened. It was Naruto, a serious look on his face a large cut on his cheek. "N-Naruto?" Naruto looked down and nodded. "Yeah It's me, I smelt fire and I came running. I grabbed you before he got you." He said and she nodded slowly. "A-Are you ok?" She asked and he nodded. "What about you… I mean… I never had any family but I know it has to hurt to have them taken away like that." He muttered and he gave her sad eyes.

"Naruto… where are you taking me?" He smiled at her. "I was taking you to the Old man… Hokage-sama." Ino nodded and subconsciously leaned into his chest, the mental rapeage she had just experience had made her exhausted. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Ino awoke in a room with yellow walls and not that impressive, the bed smelled nice and it was comfortable. An orange blanket was around her and the sheet was white. The pillowcases were orange while the pillows themselves were white. She looked around the room, it was pretty boring, it was clean and that showed that the room lacked what a room should have...stuff.

She got out of the bed and walked out of the room slowly, taking into account that she was wearing the same clothes that she had fallen asleep with. She looked out of the doorway and her eyes widened, Naruto slept peacefully on the couch. The room was covered in his stuff, outfits and scrolls. Naruto himself was shirtless with a pair of black night shorts on. "N-Naruto?" She asked aloud. He opened his eyes immediately and sat up. "What's up?" He asked, ignoring how tired he himself was.

He had a bandage on his face and it hid the cut he received earlier. "Are we in your house?' Naruto shrugged. "Well, I guess you could call it that now… I mean I just moved in today but technically it's our house." He said and she frowned. "Our?" Naruto nodded. "Yeah, the Hokage insisted that you stay with me while they repaired your house and he provided me with the keys to my moms old house I guess." Naruto said. "He refused to tell me anything about her or my dad but he is letting me stay here… strange."

"Wh-What about my family?" Naruto expected this question but it made his breathing hitch. "I'm sorry Ino… you're the last Yamanaka." Her eyes widened and tears began to fall down her face. "N-No." She whispered, she wanted to give up. "Hey… it's gonna be alright." Naruto said and he was about to wrap her in a hug but she pushed him away and ran into the room, slamming the door and locking it. He shrugged and laid down on the couch again. "Goodnight." He said. He didn't hear anything but silent sobbing in the house.

Naruto looked at the clock and he frowned it was three AM. "Man…" He muttered and he forcefully pulled himself up, going to search the kitchen, to his surprise, everything was covered in preservation seals and there was plenty of food in there. He took out a package of meat and cheese, grabbing some bread and making himself an improvised sandwich. He made a pot of coffee. "I'm ten… I shouldn't be drinking this crap." Naruto said, sipping at his coffee.

He watched some TV quietly."Yo Ino! I dunno if you are going but it's time for school so I'm gonna head out." He heard a muffled. "Kay." Naruto left for school in his normal school outfit. He made it to the class and to his surprise, everyone was talking about the extermination of the Yamanaka clan. Naruto sneered. "Will you shut up!" He yelled at all of them, getting surprised looks. "What?" Sakura asked him as if he had grown a second head.

"Do you really think Ino would want this to be the conversation in the school? C'mon! Look at Sasuke! He used to talk to people! How do you think Ino feels right now!?" He yelled and they looked down with ashamed looks. "Looks like you have someone to talk to teme." Naruto said and he sat in his usual spot. He noticed that some people stayed a little further away from Sasuke after he said this and the door opened. "Huh?" It was Ino with a fake smile on her face, it was obviously fake though. "You didn't need to come today Ino." Sakura said, patting her friend on the back and pulling her into a hug.

"It's ok Sakura… it happens, loss is a part of being a ninja." She said and Sasuke realized she was right but he still desired revenge against his brother. "Okay…" Sakura said and she returned to her seat. Ino had to ask the hokage about getting more clothes. Ino went up to the corner next to Naruto, surprising even him. He grinned at her and she sighed. "Yo. I figured that since the Old Man gave me some of my inheritance, I would take you shopping or give you money for shopping yourself." He whispered to her so that nobody else could hear. This was her opportunity.

"Okay Naruto but you are getting new clothes as well." Naruto nodded. "I was thinking maybe a deep red." He said and she shook her head. Then again, they really didn't know what color he looked good with. "No. You need to chill with the bright colors. If you are going to be a ninja then you have to dress like one. Orange doesn't help during missions, you need more black." Naruto nodded. "I understand, the only problem with that is that I'm not allowed in other shops." Naruto muttered and she frowned. "Why not?" He looked at his stomach and sighed, shrugging. "I dunno." She didn't buy it but she relented, paying attention as Iruka began speaking.

-Two Weeks Later-

Naruto looked in the mirror, Ino and himself had finally found a store that would sell him clothing and even though they were a bit more costly, Naruto had been given a bit of inheritance so he could afford it easily. He was rather pleased with his new look. He wore a white open jacket like a hoodie and it had the konoha swirl on the back. Under that was a deep red shirt with a horizontal black line in the abdomen area going around the shirt. His pants were just a pair of black ninja pants and he wore black ninja sandals. Ino had let him wear the deep red because it looked nice on him.

Naruto walked out with a grin on his face and his hands behind his head. "Eh?" Naruto heard. "NARUTO!?" It was Sakura. 'Oh god.' Naruto thought. He used to like Sakura, like two weeks ago… but being around Ino who was just as pretty… plus she wasn't a total bitch… kinda made him hate being around Sakura. "What?" He asked and she narrowed her eyes. "Are you trying to be cool like Sasuke!?" Naruto shook his head. "Teme doesn't have anything on me." Ino punched him on top of his head.

"Shut up!" She yelled and Sakura snickered. "So Ino, you're hanging around Naruto now, I thought you went for the dark brooding type?" Ino frowned visibly. "I do... " Naruto spoke up. "Geez Sakura, you really think she would go out with me? Yeah you must have bumped your big forehead or something because that would never happen." He said and he grinned at Sakura's enraged look. "You idiot!" She yelled and she punched at him. Naruto took a step back and the punch hit air.

"Yeah that's not happening." He said and he turned to walk away, leaving a stunned Ino, he had just berated himself for her benefit. "Hey Baka! Wait up!" She yelled and he stopped as she ran after him. "We can't exactly just end the day here. How about we go grab something to eat? I hear you like ramen?" Naruto grinned ear to ear. "You heard incorrectly Ino!" She frowned. "I love it!" She growled and bonked him on the head btu gave a heartwarming smile. "Well then let's go." He nodded and they made their way to his favorite ramen stand.

"Miso please!" He yelled and Ino tapped her chin. "I'll have the same." She said calmly. "Oh you brought a girl Naruto!" Ayame said, teasing Naruto and he just shrugged. "Actually it was more like she brought me." He said and Ayame giggled. "How many bowls Naruto?" Teuchi asked and Naruto tapped his chin. "I think eight should satisfy." His stomach grumbled. "Make that ten." Teuchi nodded.

"Ten bowls of ramen? No offense but do you realize how unhealthy that is Naruto?" Ino asked and Naruto frowned. "Unhealthy?" Ino nodded. "If this is how you eat, it's no wonder you're so short." Naruto laughed sheepishly but then frowned. "I'm not short!" He yelled and she grinned. "Oh yeah shorty?" He growled and turned, devouring his bowls. "I'm getting you on a diet Naruto." She said and he ignored her. She ate hers as well. They left after that and unknown to them, they were being watched by a certain pale eyed girl.

Well… unknown to Ino… Naruto knew that she watched him frequently, he wasn't sure if she liked him, admired him, obsessed over him, or was trying to get the jump on him but he didn't really mind her watching. Hinata's eyes widened when she watched them enter the same apartment. "N-No way…" She said the herself and she activated her clan bloodline. "It's like they live together…" She said and she turned. "No way…" She muttered, Were they really together? She turned back and saw Ino in the bedroom but Naruto was topless on the couch. "Maybe not… it's getting late I should get home."

She turned and returned to her home. She would look into it more soon. The next day they left for class. Naruto sat in his usual secluded spot and Ino took hers next to him. They were slowly but surely becoming good friends. Ino would occasionally catch Sasuke staring at her and even though she thought that she was madly in love with the brooding boy, she felt more when Naruto gave her the time of day. She was still broken up about her family but Naruto was slowly beginning to fill that gap… and not as family but as something completely different, it was like she was wandering through darkness and he was a pillar of light.

She had also noticed that Naruto was much stronger than he let on. Maybe not as strong as her precious Sasuke… but strong nonetheless… it was like he was purposefully getting deadlast in the academy. Naruto laid his head on the desk next to her and fell asleep. "It's Naruto and Ino!" Sakura yelled and Ino's eyes widened. "I heard she was dating the loser!" Sakura yelled and Ino growled at her. "I guess that she had to rebound somehow with the death of her clan." Sakura said coldly and the class went quiet. Sakura was thrown to the ground by nothing… or what looked like nothing but Naruto was practically leaking killer intent and she felt her face flush red, she couldn't breath.

"Shut your fucking mouth." Naruto said and the pressure died down, she took a deep breath and stared at Naruto like he had grown a second head. "Y-You-" Sasuke spoke up. "Sakura." She turned to him in hope that he had come to her defense but he had a glare of his own. "Don't go spouting nonsense that you know nothing about… shut up." He said and he turned to the front of the classroom, a blank look in his eyes. "S-Sasuke?" Sakura asked and the door opened, letting Iruka in. Iruka looked at the state of the now crying pinkette

"What happened to Haruno." Iruka asked and Naruto shrugged. Fortunately for him, nobody really cared. "Sasuke told her to shut up." Ino spoke up and he looked at Sakura in disbelief, that turned her into this? "Geez... Sakura take your seat." He said and she sat in a secluded seat toward the door. "Today we will be talking about-"

-Two Week Timeskip-

Naruto walked out of the hokage's office with a frown. He heard that Ino wouldn't be able to return home for awhile, not that he minded, he rather enjoyed her company but she didn't seem to like it. "Yo Ino!" He yelled when he spotted her on her way into his apartment but she didn't hear him. He began to run but he crashed into someone. "O-Oh! Sorry Old Man Asuma!" Naruto yelled and Asuma chuckled. "No problem Naruto, don't let me stop you from going." He said and Naruto rushed past him.

"Ino!" Naruto yelled as he entered his apartment. She turned to him. "Huh? What's up?" She asked and he grinned sheepishly. "You wanna go out with me?" She frowned. She felt her heart speed up and a small blush came to her cheeks. Everything was telling her to accept his offer but she rolled her eyes. "No." He sighed. At least she didn't hit him like Sakura did. "Oh well! I'll do better next time!" He yelled and he pumped his fist chilishly. "Sure." She said.

He ran to his stuff. "I'm gonna go train for a while!" Ino smirked at him. "Oh really? You think that will stop me from calling you baka?" He nodded with a grin. "Count on it." She shook her head. "Never gonna happen blondie." He frowned and raised an eyebrow. "You're blonde too." She shook her head. "Not like that though." Naruto grinned and left, leaving Ino to herself. She leaned against the wall with a hand on her chest and a heavy blush on her face. She slid down. "D-Did he just ask me out?" She asked herself and she had to fight back the urge to run after him. "You baka…" She whispered.

-Naruto-

Naruto feverishly tried to do the clone jutsu but failed miserably every time. "Come on! I only have a week left to do this!" Naruto yelled and he attempted again. "Oh. Just my luck." Naruto frowned as he recognized the voice. "Mizuki-sensei?" Naruto asked, turning toward the white haired chunin who was dressed in his combat uniform with two large shuriken on his back. "What are you doing here?" Naruto asked and Mizuki grinned. "I was about to leave but I figured that you would like to know some crucial information." At the same time Naruto growled. He already knew what Mizuki was going to tell him. "So what?" Naruto finished for him. "It's just a dumb fox." Naruto said, not letting Mizuki tell him.

"Oh, you already know… well I have news for you, you are the nine tailed fox, not just a container." Naruto looked down, his hair shadowing his eyes. "Now die you demon!" Mizuki yelled and he hurled the shuriken at Naruto. Naruto was unable to move and the shuriken impaled him in the chest, making him fall onto his back with blood pouring from his mouth and chest. 'W-What?' Naruto couldn't form a single thought. "Well… I was kind of hoping that the demon brat would have more fight in him but whatever." He said and he turned to flee, he still had the scroll.

"Oh?" He muttered as a platinum blonde girl made her way into the clearing with tears in her eyes. "I-Ino?" He asked and she propped his head up on her lap, ignoring the blood staining her clothing. "Damn it Naruto… I just help you get that shirt…" She muttered. "Y-Yeah… s-sorry about th-that…" He muttered and his eyes slowly closed. "N-No… Naruto!" She yelled and she shook him, his hand lifelessly fell to the side. "Naruto!" She screamed and he didn't move. "No… please… you were supposed to be there for me after the death of my clan." She muttered and she began to cry freely.

"So the demon had friends?" Mizuki asked her, turning back around. Her breathing hitched as she looked at him. He smirked. "I' assuming you heard what I told him. So why weep for him, knowing that he is a demon?" Ino growled at him. "Because he wasn't a demon! He was my friend!" Mizuki sneered. "You little bitch! You should have been exterminated with your clan." Mizuki said and he pulled the kunai off of his back. He threw it at Ino and she covered herself with her arms, closing her eyes. The shuriken never struck, Naruto had caught it, standing in front of Ino. His hair shadowed his eyes. "Don't you touch her bastard!" He yelled and he blasted at Mizuki.

Mizuki was a trained chunin so he wasn't about to be caught off guard by the demon brat. He dodged a well placed punch by stepping to the side and he went to kick Naruto in the back but he had disappeared. Mizuki's eyes almost bulged out of his head and he coughed up blood as Naruto planted his knee into the chunin's gut, sending him rolling back, clutching his broken ribs. "Y-You demon!" Mizuki yelled and Naruto scowled at him, revealing his eyes, they were still their soft cerulean but the pupils were slits.

Mizuki stood and pulled out a kunai with a bomb tag on it. He grinned and threw it at Ino. Ino's eyes widened and she once again put up her arms but she never felt anything besides the gust of air from the explosion. She opened her eyes, she got a flashback. Naruto was carrying her bridal style on top of a high branch in a tree. He set her down. "Go alert the Anbu… I'll stall him." Naruto whispered, leaving no room for argument. She nodded and left with a small blush on her cheeks. Naruto returned to the clearing, throwing a roundhouse that Mizuki raised his forearm to block. Naruto was pushed back by a show of strength from Mizuki and he was kicked in the chest, flying back, landing on his stomach.

Naruto stood up and grabbed a shuriken that was planted in the ground next to him, spinning it in his hand and jumping at Mizuki. Mizuki pulled out a kunai and blocked the swing from the enraged Naruto before punching just under his wrist, making him lose his grip on the shuriken. Mizuki kicked Naruto in the face before kneeing him in the gut and grabbing him, throwing him into a tree. Naruto groaned in pain. He stood up and got back in a battle position. Mizuki threw the shuriken at him and Naruto jumped out of the way, wincing as it grazed his forearm. Naruto grabbed a kunai from the ground and stabbed a Mizuki who was a little surprised by his show of aggressiveness.

Naruto managed to lodge the kunai in the man's shoulder but Mizuki basically just shrugged it off and grabbed Naruto by the face, proceeding to repeatedly slam his head into the ground. Mizuki continued even after the boy was unconscious. Blood flying from the boys head. Mizuki was then decapitated by the sword of an Anbu with Ino behind him. "Take him to the hospital." The Anbu said to another one and the Anbu complied. "Hokage-sama, what do we do?" The Hokage sighed, taking a puff from his pipe. "Nothing, await Naruto's recovery."

Said boy was now in a hospital bed, on life support, his heart barely active. Naruto winced in his sleep. Ino stared at him from his bedside. "Why?" She asked out loud. Naruto had saved her three times now.

-Unknown Place-

"D-Damn that hurt…" Naruto muttered as he clung to the wall of a large sewer. "What the hell?" He muttered, in front of him was a massive cage with silent, massive, red eyes staring him down. He grinned. "Yo." He said with a small wave but he then winced at the pain in his side. "Yo? I figured that you would already know who I am?" Naruto's grin widened. "I do but I just don't care. I feel like this relationship would be better it was built on positivity and kindness, besides, you haven't tried to attack me yet." The fox shook its head with a large foxy grin. "I like that perspective brat but I am made of hatred." Naruto shook his head.

"I don't believe that. I've done my homework, you were said to be created by the sage of six paths himself right? He is the god of ninja, the original. In that case, he couldn't have been a bad guy." The fox grunted. "Your point?" Naruto put his hands behind his head and the area slowly began to change. The ground turned white before blades of grass covered the ground with an occasional flower. The area turned bright yellow for a moment before it was replaced by a beautiful sunset that was set over a massive gorgeous lake and waterfall. The fox was still restrained by a leash that was strapped to a wooden post, the post read "Seal".

"My point it that he wouldn't have created a being of hatred, you are just misunderstood… I have some theories on the incident anyway." The fox frowned. "Theories?" Naruto nodded. "I think that you were controlled, I was reading about the fight between the first hokage and Madara Uchiha… if he could control you, who's to say that only he can? I think the Uchiha were plotting." Naruto said and the fox visibly scowled.

"You would be correct in that regard brat. I was controlled, in fact, it was an Uchiha… I think it was Madara again but I couldn't be too sure." Naruto nodded. "Well, either way the villagers still hate us for what you did, whether you were in control or not." The fox nodded solemnly. "But hey! Now that I've talked to you, we can make a deal or something where I can access your chakra right?" The fox shook its head. "It's not that simple brat. We would have to merge our chakra, and that would be excruciatingly painful." Naruto grinned.

"Do it." He said with no hesitation. "Hmm…" The large fox seemed to contemplate. "Fine." He said and Naruto grinned. "How do we do it?" Naruto asked and the fox gestured to the seal. "Just tear off some of the seal and I'll do the rest." Naruto walked over to the seal and looked at it for a moment, the fox seemed to be trustworthy. "Done." Naruto said and he tore off a quarter of the seal. The fox's eyes widened. "I could have been lying to you brat." Naruto shrugged. "I felt like I could trust you." The fox nodded. "Come here." Naruto walked over to him and the fox placed its paw in front of Naruto, it's claw raising. He then impaled Naruto who's eyes widened rolled back into his head.

"O-Ouch…" He muttered and Kyuubi began to channel chakra. Naruto began to scream in pain, this was going to suck.

-So here is the first chapter of my new story… you like? I am trying an interesting way of doing things. This is not a team seven story, it's going to be Ino swapped for Sakura. Naruto is also going to join the ANBU black ops. Anyway… Maybe I'll do a poll on my profile for Naruto's abilities, mask, and such… maybe I'll just have him a genjutsu expert. All I know is that his abilities will be similar to Naruko's from my story 'Naruko'. Smart! Naruto, Strong!Naruto, Anbu!Naruto, NaruIno! Should I give him a kekkei genkai? OH! Maybe he steals a sharingan from Danzo or something. Well whatever, Review and tell me what you think, follow for the next chapter update, and favorite if you think the story has potential.