Chapter 1

Naruto stood in a corner shivering slightly. A large mob stood in front of him, out for blood. "Kill the demon!"

"Make sure that he can never hurt us again!"

Naruto just stared at them thinking, "Why? I didn't do anything to them." One particularly large man stepped forward, a kunai in his hand and a smirk on his face. The man swung the kunai at Naruto, but it never hit. The sound of metal hitting metal was heard and Naruto looked up. There stood a man who was dressed in pure black ANBU armor holding a kunai in his hand. "You will not hurt this boy."

"Like hell I'll listen to you! Demon sympathizer!" The man made to strike again, but was stopped in mid-swing by the sudden loss of his head. Blood rained down on Naruto and the man, gushing from the dead man's neck. "Anyone else want to attack this boy?" The mob swayed for a bit, before charging at the man. The man bent down and shot forward. Blood sprayed everywhere as the mob was swiftly cut down to size. The remaining men tried to run, but were cut off by the same man standing in front of the only exit.

A few moments later, the man walked up to Naruto. Naruto quivered as the man stooped down. "Y-you're not going to hurt me?"

The man smiled, "After all that trouble I just went through to protect you? I don't think so. What's your name, kid?"

"M-my name is Naruto… Uzumaki Naruto."

"Well Naruto-kun. Do you want to come with me?" The man held out his hand. Naruto took it and grinned at the man.

"Of course onii-san!" The man laughed and said, "Onii-san… wow, never expected to be called that again. My name is Uchiha Itachi, Naruto."

"Okay! Itachi onii-san it is!" Itachi looked around quickly, hearing an alarm.

"Damn… this is too soon. Come on Naruto, we've got to go, now!" Itachi turned around and Naruto got up. Itachi turned around, realizing something. "Oh, that's right. Naruto, for now I'll carry you, until we get far enough away that we can walk, okay?" Naruto nodded and climbed onto Itachi's back. Itachi leapt and took off for the gates. They made it passed the guards, but were spotted. The gate chuunin alerted the ANBU and a four-man squad took off after them.

A couple hours later, Itachi had to stop to rest. Naruto clambered off Itachi's back and hurried to a bush to relieve himself. When Naruto finished, he suddenly felt someone put a hand around his mouth and dragged him out from the bushes. Naruto was held up in the air as he struggled to get free.

"Alright Itachi, give yourself up and the kid doesn't get hurt." Itachi paled and Naruto tried to bite the man's, who was holding him, hand. The man let out a gasp of surprise and pain but held on. "Annoying little brat."

"Ibiki let him go. He has nothing to do with this!" Ibiki laughed.

"Yeah, and I'm a fairy princess. If you won't come quietly… then I'll have to force you!" Ibiki threw a kunai at Itachi with his free hand. Itachi dodged it and Ibiki made a handsign. A clone appeared next to him and Ibiki gave Naruto to the clone, who promptly tied Naruto up tight. Ibiki charge Itachi and threw a punch to his side. Itachi saw this and blocked it with his hand. What he failed to see, was Ibiki's foot coming up the other way. Itachi flew through the air and hit a tree hard, effectively knocking him out.

Naruto screamed, "Itachi onii-san!"

In Naruto's mind, Naruto stood before a giant gate with a slip of paper on it with the kanji for seal, written on it. "What do you want boy?" A voice called out. Naruto looked up, "Itachi onii-san, he… he's been hurt."

"And?"

"I want to… want to…" Naruto seemed to get his resolve, "I want to kill the one responsible."

"And that, kit, was the right answer." Naruto glanced around him and saw a red ooze-like substance surround him. It hovered inches from him for a second, before rushing into his body. Naruto screamed in pain as the last of the chakra entered him. "Beware kit, your body can only last a few minutes like this. I don't want you to die, because if you die, I die also."

Outside Naruto's body, Ibiki smirked at the crumpled Itachi. "Hmph, weakling, it's a wonder that he could even massacre…" Ibiki paused as he felt a great chakra well up behind him and his clone forcefully dispelled. Ibiki spun around to see Naruto free, glaring at him, and covered in red chakra armor with two tails. "You will pay for hurting my ONII-SAN!" Ibiki backed up but to no avail, as Naruto disappeared from sight before reappearing behind Ibiki. Naruto plunged his hand into Ibiki's back, his hand reappearing on the other side of Ibiki's chest. Naruto pulled his hand out, making a sickening squelching noise in the process. Ibiki dropped to the ground in a pool of blood. Naruto gazed dispassionately at Ibiki and spit on his body.

Naruto suddenly felt three more chakra signatures approaching. Not wanting another battle, Naruto picked up Itachi and ran for the border of Fire Country. Naruto passed the border patrol and crossed into Wind Country. He ran out of sight of the guards and found a small cave near the desert and collapsed.