CHALLENGE by Aengus

According to Erik Erickson, German-American psychologist noted for his theories on the development of children, because of Naruto's childhood as the outcast child that no one wanted or had time for, Naruto has severe attachment issues and problems socializing with others his age, not to mention a terrible fear of adults. Instead of him being the loud idiot that is portrayed in the manga and anime, Naruto should be very quiet, shy, extreme nervousness, with excessive smiling and nodding. In essence Naruto does not trust anyone, a severe inferiority complex, all the while being one of the most competent and caring ninja in the village. Sasuke cannot be his friend in any way, shape, or form; he is the main antagonist to Naruto's growth and relationships with others, sometimes even going out of his way to try and ruin them. During the main story, a kunoichi begins to have feelings for him and must convince him of that fact.

Conditions: No yaoi, no good Sasuke, no Harem (he's going to have enough problems with one girl), no 'over-night' change for Naruto, no Naruto/older women (ex. Anko, Kurenai, or Tsunade), while I would prefer a Naruto/Temari, I won't insist.

A five year old blond haired boy was darting through the buildings trying to get to his apartment. He had blood running down his arm. He knew he got lucky this time but if he didn't make it home soon he would get beaten again. He ran from the building he was hiding behind and was struck in the back of the head by a bottle. He fell down and before he lost consciousness he was hit constantly and called everything from "Demon Child" to "Bastard Demon Child" and everything in between he could think of and most he didn't understand.

He woke up in the hospital, he didn't know how he got there or why he was there. All he knew was his body hurt badly. The door opened and the Hokage walked in, "Naruto how are you" he asked.

"St-stay away fr-fr-from me" Naruto stuttered.

"Naruto" the Hokage said confused.

"No st-stay aw-aw-away y-y-you are just like th-them" he cried out moving away from the Hokage.

The Hokage looked hurt, Naruto looked around for away to get out. He saw the door behind the Hokage and knew he wouldn't be able to get pass him so he turned and ran to jump out the window. Lucky for him he was on the first floor so he dropped only 2 feet from the tall floor to ceiling window in the hospital room. He ran, not knowing where he was going he just ran where ever his feet took him. He turned and ran into someone knocking him down on his butt. He quickly got up and muttered an apology. He looked up at the teen he ran into, she had black shoulder length hair, red eyes and was wearing a white dress with a red shirt. She smiled at him.

Naruto's eyes widen when she smiled, 'oh no I'm in so much trouble' he thought.

She looked at the fear that was written all over his face and frowned, 'do he think I'm going to hit him' she thought. She then reached out for him he recoiled and shrank into the building shaking with fear, "no....pl-please I di-didn't mean to run into y-y-you" he stuttered out.

She frowned, "come here" she said. His eyes widen and he shock his head furiously, "Uzumaki Naruto get over here now" she demanded calm and sweetly to him. He hesitated and took a step closer to her, when he was within her reach she pulled into a hug.

Naruto froze at the contact and wormed his way out of her grip and ran, 'what was that why didn't she hit me like everyone else, she knew who I was and still didn't hit me' he thought. He stopped and looked to see where he was and saw someone walking towards him and they looked mad. He hoped they would keep going, but they stopped in front of him and punched him in the face. He fell down the person punched him again and started to kick him, he continued to beat him. Naruto lost his consciousness, the boy threw another punch but was stopped by Naruto's hand, he opened his eyes and they was red slits instead of the normal blue. He kicked the boy and stood up then punched him hard. The boys eyes widen when he felt how strong the hit was. He forced himself up and ran away.

A few feet away stood the head of the Hyuuga clan Hiashi and his daughter, they saw the boy get beat into he was unconscious then he changed as if he was taken over by something. The girl looked concerned for him, "otousan why do they do that to him" she asked.

"You wouldn't understand" Hiashi said.

"But otousan he can't be much older then me what could he have done to get treated like this" she asked.

"No Hinata he didn't do anything people just don't realize what kind of mistake they are making" Hiashi said.

"You will never watch as people do this to him will you" she asked.

"No this disgust me, the Hyuuga clan will protect him to the best of our ability" Hiashi said.

"Should we get him to the hospital" his daughter asked.

"Yes lets" Hiashi then picked Naruto up and his daughter followed with tears for the boy that she saw only once and he looked as if he was going to die.

She thought about what she saw, "otousan why did his eyes change from blue to red like that he don't have a bloodline do he" she asked.

"No he don't I'll explain it to you once your older, just promise you will try to be his friend" Hiashi said.

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Naruto woke up a week later back in the hospital, "how did I get here again" he asked himself not knowing that someone was in the room.

"So you only stutter when your talking to other people" asked a females voice.

He slowly looked to the side, "wh-who a-a-a-are you" he stuttered.

"You don't remember me, its not like a lot of people have natural red eyes" she said faking a hurt voice.

Naruto's eyes widen, "no st-stay away fr-fr-from me" he cried out.

She blinked, "what I'm not even near you" she said.

"No th-th-those eyes they spin" he cried out.

"What spin tell me what your talking about" she demanded.

"Red eyes th-th-they sp-spin and th-th-then th-th-th-there is pain" he said.

"Do these eyes have black around the red" she asked. He slowly nodded slowly moving as far away from her as possible, "look Naruto my eyes are naturally red I was born with them this color and I wont hurt you" she said.

"You kn-kn-know who I am" he stuttered out.

"Of course I do" she replied.

"And you d-d-didn't hit me" he said.

'Damn villagers' she cursed, "Naruto you must get your rest so you can recover your strength are you hungry" she asked.

"Ye-yes I c-c-c-couldn't find any f-f-f-food when I looked" he said.

She looked confused "looked where do you look" she asked.

"Everywhere b-b-b-behind buildings, ga-ga-ga-garbage cans, alleys, wh-wh-wh-wherever I can find f-f-f-food" he said.

She frowned, 'this poor child has to eat garbage' she thought "I'll take you out to eat I know some people who don't mind you and will serve you" she said.

"Re-re-re-really" he asked.

"Of course but you have to allow me to carry you it will be faster and by the was my name is Yuuhi Kurenai" she said.

He thought for a minute then slowly crawled over to the end of the bed closest to her. She smiled and picked up the five year old. as she walked towards the restaurant he buried his head into her shoulder she smiled and walked into the restaurant and put him down. Naruto looked around and saw a lady she looked younger then the one he was with, she smiled, "hello how can I help you" she asked.

Naruto's eyes widen when he saw the knife in her hand and hid behind Kurenai's leg. She moved aside, "can we get some ramen" she asked.

"Ok course, otousan we have costumers" she yelled.

"Well what can I get you" he asked walking from the back, he saw Naruto and almost laughed, "you look hungry would you like some ramen" he asked.

Naruto looked up confused at Kurenai then at the jiji, "just one bowl please he never had it before" she said.

"Well then this one will be on the house" Teuchi said.

He came back with a bowl of ramen, Naruto looked then sniffed it. He looked at Kurenai then back at the ramen. He just looked at it thinking it was poisoned or something. Kurenai saw this and picked up the chopsticks, "how about I try it first" she said. She took a little bit and ate it, "see Naruto its not poisoned" she said. Naruto smiled and took the chopsticks from Kurenai and started to eat. When he was done he looked at Kurenai, "ca-ca-can I ha-have m-more" he asked.

"Another bowl" she said. After Naruto finished the bowl of ramen Kurenai made sure he was full and they left she could see how tired he was and bent down to his eye level, "why don't you go home, I'll find you tomorrow to get you something to eat" he nodded. She hugged him and kissed him on the forehead.

Naruto walked towards his apartment. Kurenai followed stopped to see where he lived so she would know, when he stopped in front of a building that looked like it could fall on him she frowned and walked up to him, "wait you live here" she asked.

"Y-yes th-this was all jiji c-c-could get me" he said.

"Take me inside" she said.

He slowly nodded and walked in. He went up 2 sets of dark stairs, Kurenai had a feeling that his apartment would be below living conditions. He walked up to a door and opened it, normally one would have to unlock the door then turn the handle to open it, him he just lightly pushed it and it swung open, "Naruto why is you door not locked" Kurenai asked.

"W-w-well I'm th-the on-only person l-l-living in th-th-this b-b-building, I do-don't have anything, and it d-d-doesn't lock or stay sh-sh-sh-shut" he said.

Kurenai looked around and saw that everything looked like things people threw out and she could have sworn she threw that bed he had out a few months ago. She casually walked around making sure not to touch anything, she deeply scolded at how bad it was, it was worse then she thought it would be. There was no hot water and the cold water barely came out the faucet, the stove didn't work, none of the cabinets had doors, the bathroom had a sheet for a door, she didn't even want to open the fridge as she was scared of what might jump out at her. Of all the furniture he had only the bed looked useable as she looked closer at the bed she was now sure it was her old bed as she saw the soil stains left by her friends Inu's. But of all the things she saw the only thing she would be taking out of the apartment with her and Naruto was a notebook that Naruto had, she looked in it and saw drawings of different things, but the things that stood out was the multiply Kitsune's he had. Of course they wasn't very good drawings since he was five, but they was better than any other five year old she had ever saw draw. She was also surprised at a drawing that Naruto had of himself as Hokage, it was colored and shocked her at how much it looked like the Yondaime, she didn't have time to think about it now though, "Naruto your coming with me we have to see the Hokage" she said picking him up and jumping out the windowless window.

She ran to the Hokage's office and sat Naruto on the chair outside the office, "wait here" she told him and walked in. as soon as she entered Naruto heard yelling and screaming from inside the room. It scared him even if they wasn't yelling at him. The people that walked passed him either called him names or sneered at him. He couldn't take the looks or words any more and ran into the office and clung to Kurenai, "SEE WHAT I MEAN THESE IDIOTIC VILLAGERS HAVE MADE HIM HAVE TRUST ISSUES AND AFRAID WHEN THEY LOOK AT HIM" she yelled.

"I know and I'm sorry but I did my best there is nothing else I can do" the Hokage said.

"YOUR BEST WASN'T ENOUGH HAVE YOU BEEN TO HIS APARTMENT NOTHING IN IT WORKS" she yelled.

"I know but there is nothing else I already went over my boundary giving him that apartment, this matter is in the hands of the counsel" the Hokage said.

"Fine then I'll take it up with those old jerkasses" she said. She then walked out carrying Naruto who she picked up sometime through her rant with the Hokage. As she walked she glared at anyone who dared to make a comment or even look at him the wrong way.

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The entire time she didn't notice the clan heads listening into their conversation, "well the Hyuuga will provide protection where its needed" Hiashi said.

"The Inuzuka will also, its a shame that he is so scared of older people and is hesitant to talk to anyone his age thanks to Sasuke for his constant beatings of him, he would have made a great husband for Hana" Tsume said.

"Well I'll let Ino decide if she likes him or not, but I will provide extra protection" Inoichi said.

"Well I think its safe to say we all will provide protection with our clans, but what about the Hyuuga counsel" Shikaku said.

"Don't worry about that I know things about him that will make the counsel hesitant to deny him protection" Hiashi said with a smile.

"Well I have to go its almost dinner time and my wife hates when I'm late" Shikaku said.

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Kurenai walked into her apartment, "Naruto you will live here with me ok" she said.

"O-ok ku-ku-Kurenai" he said. Kurenai took him into her room and laid him on the bed.

The next day Kurenai woke up and cleaned herself then went to make breakfast. There was a knock on her door, she went to open it and found Anko on the other side, "Kure-hime how can you stood me up" she said.

"Sorry Hime but something came up" Kurenai said.

"It had better be important" Anko said.

"It is come in" Kurenai moved aside so Anko can come in. She walked into her room with Anko following her, "he is why I missed our date" Kurenai said.

"Ain't that Naruto Uzumaki" she asked.

"Yes" Kurenai walked over to the side of the bed, "Naruto I want you to meet someone" she said.

Naruto opened his eyes and looked at Kurenai then Anko, "ahhhhhhh" he screamed out and backed far away from Anko as possible and hid under the covers.

Anko looked hurt, "he has trust problems, it seems as if I'm the only one he trusts" Kurenai said.

"I don't blame him I would to" Anko said.

"Don't worry he will trust you soon enough" Kurenai said.

"I guess, besides if he plans on jump in the middle of our relationship we going to have to trust each other" Anko said.

Kurenai kissed her on the lips, "I'm going to bath him, breakfast is done if your hungry" she said.

"Sure" Anko said walking out.

"Come on Naruto lets get you cleaned" Kurenai said. Naruto peeked out the covers and saw that they was the only two in the room and he slowly crawled to her, "don't be afraid of Hime she is a good person" Kurenai told him picking him up and taking him to the bathroom. After bathing him she took him back to her room and put him on one of her shirts, "I'm going to have to get you some new clothes" she said mainly to herself.

"Um.....Ku-Ku-Kurenai" he said.

"Yes Naruto" she answered.

"Why are y-y-y-y-you so nice to m-m-m-m-m-me" he asked.

She smiled at him, "well Naruto I also grew up without a family, my mother died when I was about your age so I was put in an orphanage, no one ever adopted me because my parents wasn't the most liked people and eventually I decided to train and become a kunoichi, I trained hard for years and when I became a genin I met Anko we became best friends and soon her sensei left the village taking her with him, since neither of us had parents we was easily influenced by others, but in her case her sensei was an evil man who does bad things to people, I don't want you to grow up like we did I want you to have a chance to have a loving family, and I'm going to give you just that" Kurenai said.

Naruto looked at her, "th-th-thank you neechan" he said.

Kurenai looked surprised then smiled, "your welcome otouto" she said.

She walked him out into the kitchen, he saw Anko and attached himself to Kurenai's leg, "don't worry otouto she wont hurt you" Kurenai said.

Anko looked over at him then at Kurenai, "otouto" she asked.

Kurenai shrugged, "he called me neechan so....." she left off.

"I see well congratulations" Anko said then went back to eating.

"Come on lets get you something to eat" she sat Naruto on the opposite side of Anko and put some food in front of him.

Anko watched as Naruto nervously ate while keeping an eye on her not sure if she would try anything or not. At first Anko was amused but soon got annoyed by this, "look kid I'm not going to hurt you so eat your breakfast" she said.

"Hime please he already is afraid of you don't make it worse" Kurenai said.

Anko rolled her eyes, "I can see that but he needs to understand that I'm not going to do anything to him and he needs to get use to seeing me" she said.

Kurenai just sighed, "just eat your food otouto then we need to go to see those old jerkasses on the counsel" she said.

"O-o-o-ok n-n-n-n-neechan" he said.

"The counsel" Anko asked.

"Apparently the Hokage isn't able to do anything to help him since this is the counsel department" Kurenai said.

"Oh I'll go with you since I have nothing better to do yet" Anko said.

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Anko and Kurenai walked in the counsels meeting with Naruto gripping Kurenai like his life depended on it and his face was buried in her shoulder. The Hokage looked over at them, "good timing Kurenai we was just talking about you" he said.

"What is he doing here" one of the counsel members asked.

"He is here with me" Kurenai said.

"Ok we will first let Kurenai tell why she should be allowed to take care of Naruto" the Hokage said.

Kurenai walked up to the front with Anko. She put Naruto down he looked at the counsel and ran behind Kurenai and planted his face in her leg. Kurenai sighed at how they treated him, "first I would like to ask have anyone ever saw how Naruto was treated by the villagers, have anyone ever thought about how he is going to survive by himself, have anyone ever went to where he lives, have anyone ever thought of how he is treated will effect him, have anyone even given him a second thought" she asked.

"Whats with the pointless questions" asked Danzo.

"Well I have, I followed him around and witness the countless beatings he has taken, I watched as Sasuke many times walked up to him and relieve his anger on Naruto because he couldn't defend himself, I have witnessed chuunin's and jounin's beat him until he was unconscious all for something that he had no control over or no choice in, his apartment looks like its going to fall if a stiff wind hits it why is he treated like this all because you asses can't get over what happened in the past" Kurenai said in a forced calmed manner.

"Why should we allow someone who is in a relationship with another kunoichi look after him" asked a member.

"So your saying that because I like Anko that disqualify me from taking care of him" Kurenai asked.

"No we are saying no one will look after him" another counsel member said.

"Well I'm telling you that I will be looking after him" Kurenai said.

"You will tell us nothing we are the counsel you do what we say" one of the elders.

"Actually I'm the only one who can tell her what to do seeing as kunoichi's fall under the Hokage's domain" the Hokage said.

"Enough of this we are ending this now, she has my vote to look after him and he has the protection of the Hyuuga clan" Hiashi said.

"The Inuzuka second that" Tsume said.

"So does the Yamanaka" Inoichi said.

"So does the Nara" Shikaku said.

"So does the Akimichi" Chouza said.

"And the Aburame" Shibi said.

"Well there you have it with majority of the clans vote she will be the official guardian of Naruto" the Hokage said.

"What this is a mistake he should be put in my program and trained to be a weapon" Danzo said.

"The decision has been made this meeting is over" the Hokage said.

"Lets go otouto you need new clothes" Kurenai said.

"This isn't over" one of the counsel members said.

"Any persons caught attacking my otouto will be killed by me" Kurenai said then she grabbed Naruto's hand and left.

"I'll see you Kure-hime I have a meeting with Ibiki in a few minutes about the interrogation and assassination position that's open" Anko said.

"I hope you get it" Kurenai said.

"Yea we could use the extra money now with him" Anko said.

"I know I'm going to have to take harder missions to" Kurenai said.

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They walked around and no store would allow Naruto to enter, this pissed Kurenai off to no end. So they was walking around the village Naruto still had on only Kurenai's shirt. It was early so not many people was up yet so Kurenai took him to the park, "n-n-neechan can y-y-you push me on the s-s-s-swing" he asked.

"Yes come on otouto" Kurenai said.

They played in the park for a few hours, as people started to come to the park Kurenai decided it was time to leave because she didn't feel like dealing with stupid villagers today. She took him back to his apartment, "otouto I need to buy you new clothes but no store will allow you in, is there any style you want me to get you or a certain color" she asked.

Naruto thought, "um...I l-l-l-like o-o-o-orange" he said.

"So that's all" she asked.

"Y-y-yes" he said.

"Good, I'll have an ANBU come watch you while I go get you new clothes" she said.

There was a knock on her door, "Kurenai, Hiashi-sama has requested your presence at the Hyuuga compound as soon as possible" Inu said.

"Right, hey Inu you like Naruto right" she asked.

"Well I can't make a decision on that since I haven't had a chance to actually meet him, all our meetings was me stopping him from being killed" Inu said.

"Could you watch him until I come back I need to buy him some clothes and no store will allow me to take him in, I'll pay you for a D rank mission" Kurenai said.

"Sure, I'll have Rabbit help me since she wanted to met him and know if he was as bad as the rumors" Inu said.

"Fine but know if anything happens to my otouto I will hold you responsible and you will know why I'm a genjutsu prodigy" Kurenai said.

"Don't worry I take my job seriously" Inu said.

"Well I should be back in a few hours" she said.

"See you then" Inu said. He then pressed a button next to his ear, 'Rabbit come in' he said over the ear piece.

'This is Rabbit' she said.

'I'm watching Naruto for Kurenai you can come meet him if you want' Inu said.

'I'll be there' Rabbit said.

Naruto sat as far away from Inu the entire time. Kurenai walked over to them, "I'll be back shortly I have to go shopping then to meet someone, Inu will watch you ok" she said.

"B-but n-neechan do y-you h-have to leave" he asked.

"I know its hard but I'll back" she then kissed him on the top of the head, "here otouto if you need something just write it down and show it to Inu and he will get it" Kurenai said.

"Ok n-neechan" he said.

Kurenai left just as Rabbit was coming in, they nodded then Kurenai ran off. Inu and Rabbit looked at Naruto, "well hello I'm Rabbit" she said. Naruto just moved away from them looking scared. Rabbit blinked and took a step closer which Naruto backed up from. She sighed, "I'm not going to hurt you" she said.

Naruto pulled the paper and pen closer to him, when is neechan coming back he wrote and held it up so Rabbit can read it.

"Well she will be back when she gets you new clothes" rabbit said.

Who are you he wrote down.

"Well I'm Rabbit I'm in the ANBU" she said.

Who is he he wrote next.

"Well I'm Inu I'm also in the ANBU" he said.

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Kurenai ran to the nearest store and bought a few pairs of black pants that had orange stripes down the side and some orange shirts, she also grabbed some shoes and a pair of small weights then left the store to the Hyuuga compound, "hey I'm here to see Hiashi" she said.

"You will have respect for Hiashi-sama" the guard said.

Kurenai looked at him, "he asked me to put time in my busy day to come here now go get him" she demanded.

"Why you..." he was cut off.

"Its ok I asked her to come, follow me if you Kurenai" Hiashi said.

They walked through the compound to his office, "why did you support me in taking care of Naruto whats in it for you" she asked as soon as the door was closed.

Hiashi chuckled, "actually I need to talk to you about that, you see the elders of the clan wants him to either be killed or branded and the only way I could prevent that was to support you in taking care of him" Hiashi said.

"Again whats in it for you and the Hyuuga's" she asked.

"Lets just say this is payback for an old friend" Hiashi said.

"This has nothing to do with him looking like the Yondaime does it" she asked.

"What do you mean" Hiashi asked nervously.

"Well I didn't know him well but there is noway a random orphan will look this much like him, he is basically a miniature Yondaime also I don't think the Yondaime would have just used a random child to seal Kyuubi in" she said.

Hiashi sighed, "its true Naruto is the Yondaime's legacy, his mother disappeared after birth no one knows what happened to her, I have suspicions but I can't act on them just yet, right now the most important thing is to make sure Naruto is taken care of and your the best person to do that" he said.

"Suspicions on who" she asked.

"Danzo and the elder counsel" Hiashi said.

"I see, well you will need to pay me to keep quiet on this" Kurenai said.

Hiashi sighed, "I hoped you would understand" he said.

"Oh I completely understand but if Naruto is the son of the Yondaime and you want me to keep quiet your going to have to pay up, I don't get paid enough to take care of a child" Kurenai said.

"I see that's what you mean, what do you want" Hiashi asked.

"Well first I need a bigger place, I would like something with enough room for me, Naruto, and Hime but not something to big maybe 3 rooms a kitchen and living room with a yard and a monthly payment of either money or missions I can do for money at least until Naruto becomes a genin" she said.

"I understand, I'll get on the house right away, I'll try to find something close enough so you have the protection of one of the clans hopefully mine or the Inuzuka also I will mail you either the money or missions I need done" he said.

"Ok also no assassination attempts on anyone in the village" she said.

"Deal" he said.

"Well I have to get going, Naruto doesn't trust anyone but me and even though Inu and Rabbit are trustworthy he will not do anything that has to do with them" Kurenai said.

"I understand" Hiashi said.

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Kurenai left and ran home. When she walked in the apartment it was as she expected, Inu and Rabbit was trying to get him to say something but all Naruto did was shy away from them afraid that they might hit him. She shock her head, 'its going to be hard to get him to trust adults again' she thought, "otouto I'm back" she said.

"N-neechan" Naruto got up and ran to her.

"Thank you both" Kurenai said.

"No problem he is an interesting kid if you can get him to say something" Inu said.

"Its sad how they treated him" Rabbit said.

"Yes I have my work cut out to get him to trust people again" Kurenai said.

"How did Anko take seeing him" Inu asked.

"The same as you two I guess, she tried to convince him she wouldn't hurt him but he didn't believe her" Kurenai said.

"I wouldn't either actions speak louder than words" Rabbit said.

"Yes we will come around more to try and get his trust" Inu said, "Rabbit we have to get back on patrol" they disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Well otouto I have new clothes for you" she said sitting the bag on the floor for him to look through.

"T-these a-are m-mine" he asked.

"Yes otouto, don't worry you will get more things from me as you grow and need them, besides I'm way to big for them don't you think" she said.

Naruto went through the bag, "n-neechan w-whats t-this" he asked pulling out the weights, "t-they a-are h-heavy" he said.

"That's your new weights so you can become stronger and faster, do you want to become a ninja like the Yondaime Hokage" she asked.

"R-really I c-can" he asked.

"Of course if you want to" she said.

"I w-want t-to" he said.

"Good we will start your chakra training soon first we have to work on your mental knowledge but your going to wear those weights all the time except when your sleeping and bathing" Kurenai said.

"C-can I p-put th-these on" he asked pulling out a pair of pants and orange shirt.

"Of course they are your clothes" she said.

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The next day Hiashi and Hinata went to Kurenai's apartment to find her, Anko, and Naruto eating breakfast, "Hiashi how can I help you" Kurenai asked.

"We are here about that house I promised" Hiashi said.

"Right come in" Kurenai said. They walked into the kitchen, "otouto this is Hiashi Hyuuga he was nice enough to buy us a house, and this is his daughter Hinata she is the heir to the Hyuuga clan" she said.

"H-h-h-hi H-H-H-Hiashi a-a-a-and H-H-H-Hinata" he said.

"Hello Naruto-san" Hinata said with a smile.

"Hello Naruto" Hiashi said.

Naruto looked from Hiashi to Hinata, he was lost in her eyes, when she looked at him curiously, his eyes widened thinking he did something wrong and ran to Kurenai. Hiashi laughed, "Hinata I think you scared him" he said.

"Sorry Naruto-san" she said.

"Don't worry Hinata he is terrified of everyone" Kurenai said.

"Well lets go show you your new house, I have some Hyuuga's waiting to move your stuff" Hiashi said.

"Ok come on Hime" Kurenai said.

"I'm still eating" Anko said.

"So" Kurenai said pulling her out her seat, "your setting a bad example for otouto" she said.

"He doesn't even like me" Anko said.

"How do you know did he say he didn't, he is just afraid of you" Kurenai said.

"Whatever why do I have to come anyway" Anko asked.

"Because your living there to" Kurenai said.

They arrived at the house and Kurenai noticed it was directly in the middle of the Hyuuga's and the Inuzuka's clan. The house was enclosed in a wall that went all the way around with a gate at the opening, the yard was big, it even had its own training field in it. The inside the house was painted a cream color, the kitchen and living room was separated by a large eating island, off the living room was a small library that was filled with scrolls, from where Kurenai didn't know, they went up some stairs and found 4 bed rooms one was painted light orange, one red, one purple, and the last one was cream colored, each room had a bed and dresser and a small bathroom for itself. They went back to the main room.

"Hiashi why this house so huge all I asked for was a house with enough room for us three" Kurenai said.

"I know what you said but it was agreed that you would need more because you wont be able to train Naruto the way you want outside in the villages training grounds that's why we had this added on and the scrolls in the library was given by each of the clans that supports you, also the basement was made for chakra training that he is going to need it was specially made so chakra wont be sensed outside the basement" Hiashi said.

"Thank you" Kurenai said.

"N-n-n-neechan c-c-can I h-have t-t-the o-o-orange r-room" Naruto asked.

"Of course otouto" she answered.

"Well the Hyuuga's should be bringing your things by soon, Anko we need your permission to collect your things" Hiashi said.

Anko threw him the key, "I better not be missing nothing either" she said.

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Hiashi and Hinata left, "well otouto lets start you out with the basics of being a ninja" Kurenai said.

"W-what d-do I do" he asked.

"First you need to know how to access your chakra" Kurenai said.

Kurenai took Naruto to the basement, Anko followed, "ok otouto first do you know what chakra is" Kurenai asked.

"I h-heard jiji t-t-talking and s-said t-that n-ninjas u-use i-it f-for s-something" he replied.

"But so you know exactly what it is I'll explain it to you" she said, " to perform techniques, ninja need to use their chakra. Chakra comes from two places, 1 the body energy inherent in the trillions of their cells and 2 the mental and spiritual energy gained from exercise and experience. To perform a jutsu, the ninja will bring out and release these two energies. The amount of chakra required for a technique will vary depending upon its size and complexity. Each ninja has the potential to better utilize an elemental ninjutsu style" she told him, "are you with me so far" she asked.

"S-so b-basically I n-need c-chakra t-to u-use p-powers" he asked.

"Yes exactly if you can't use chakra you can't use your powers" Kurenai said.

Anko sweatdropped, 'only she would make it sound like a manga' she thought.

"Now listen carefully otouto I'm going to continue now" she said. He nodded, "for taijutsu the ninja does not need to necessarily use chakra, as some attacks merely use the stamina required to carry out the attack. For ninjutsu the ninjas chakra control will determine how much chakra is used on the technique. For example ninja with excellent chakra control, they will use the minimum amount with nothing wasted. For ninja with poor chakra control, they will expend more chakra than needed o accomplish their jutsu" Kurenai said.

"S-so I d-d-d-don't n-need chakra to use t-t-taijutsu but the b-b-b-better I can c-c-control my chakra the easier it is to use my p-p-powers" Naruto asked.

"Exactly your catching on fast otouto" Kurenai said. She took a breath, "chakra flows through the body's chakra circulatory system. On a more microscopic level is these channels connecting all the vital points on the body. These small channel pathways travel between the cells of the body. They carry the generated chakra and allow the ninja to mold it. If these channels are severed, it Is beyond the ability of even skilled medical ninja to repair. On the large scale the chakra circulatory system travels throughout the body and around the internal organs also responsible for creating chakra. This system includes 361 tenketsu, which are tiny pin points through which the chakra flows. The chakra flow can be increased or decreased by manipulating these tenketsu. The chakra circulatory system is only visible through the use of the Byakugan. The Sharingan can see general chakra flow, but not the internal system itself. The Byakugan and the Hyuuga clans Jyuuken(Gentle Fist) attack style allows them to eject their chakra from their hands into the tenketsu of their opponents. This pressure will cause the tenketsu to close and block the flow of their chakra. With enough tenketsu closed, the ninjas chakra flow will be almost nothing, eliminating their ability to use jutsu's. Also because the system travels throughout the body and around internal organs, pressure done against the tenketsu will also damage nearby organs. Because a ninja can not train and strengthen their internal organs, such attacks can be devastating" she finished.

"Huh" he asked.

"Basically thing of the chakra system as another blood system that you need to survive and if they gets hit they can kill you" Anko said.

"O-oh s-so th-these H-Hyuuga p-people c-can s-see th-them and hit them" Naruto asked.

"Yes they are the only people who can directly attack your chakra points" Kurenai said.

"S-so h-how do y-you f-fight a H-H-Hyuuga" Naruto asked.

"That will be taught by Hime she is better in taijutsu than I am" Kurenai said.

"O-ok" he said looking nervous.

"Now I'm going to continue, focusing an equal and constant amount of chakra to a portion if the ninjas body allows them to attach their body to the touched object. This allows them to walk up vertical surfaces. By expelling a continuous set amount from their feet in proportion to their body weight, the ninja can walk on water. Ninja can also focus chakra to specific limbs, which will increase the muscles power and strength.

"S-so y-you w-will s-show m-me t-to w-walk o-on w-water" he asked.

"Yes" Kurenai said.

"B-but I h-have t-to l-learn t-to u-use m-my c-chakra" he asked.

"Exactly, it will take a long time but you will learn it soon" Kurenai said.

"O-ok" he said.

"Chakra can also be extended from the body for an attack or defense. This can take the form of the chakra strings used to manipulate puppets in Kugutsu no Jutsu. It can also be focused to a fine point for cutting, such as in medics chakra scalpels. It can also be used to form a defensive barrier in Chakra no Tate

"S-so i-it c-can c-cut t-things and d-defend m-me w-when I u-use i-it r-right" he asked.

"Wow gaki your smart to get all this after one explanation" Anko praised.

"The chakra in the brain and sensory organs are also the primary target of genjutsu. Genjutsu is created when a ninja extends their chakra flow though the cerebral nervous system of their opponents to control their minds chakra, thereby affecting their five senses. To combat the effects of genjutsu there are two options. The first option is for the ninja to stop the flow of chakra in their body, and then apply an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the casters chakra. The second option is to have an outside ninja unaffected by the genjutsu make body contact, and use their chakra to disrupt the casters flow" Kurenai said.

"S-so g-genjutsu i-is v-very b-bad" he said.

"If you don't know when your in a genjutsu it can be" Kurenai said.

"S-so I h-have t-to l-learn a-all t-this" he asked.

"Well you will but not at one time you have a few years before you become a genin so we can take our time to make sure you know everything you need" Kurenai said.

"O-ok n-neechan" he said.

"Before we start working on learning to use your chakra you need to learn to defend yourself, me and Hime are going to help you with taijutsu" Kurenai said.

Naruto's eyes widen, "I get to learn something now" he asked excited.

"Yes now stand up" Kurenai said.

"B-but n-neechan t-these w-weights a-are t-to h-heavy" he said.

"Don't worry you will get use to them after you move around for a few hours" Kurenai said. She turned to Anko, "I guess you don't know any other style he can learn do you" she asked.

"Nope all I know is my snake style" Anko said.

"Ok we can teach him that for now, but I want him to learn a few taijutsu styles" Kurenai said.

"Fine with me" Anko said.

"Otouto will you let Hime teach you taijutsu" Kurenai asked.

"O-ok n-neechan i-if y-you t-think I s-should" he said.

"Good, I'll go make lunch while she starts to teach you" Kurenai said.

"Now gaki my style is based off speed and reflexes and not power, you need to be able to dodge and strike at a moments notice and be as unpredictable as possible I'm going to show it to you then help you learn it ok" Anko said.

"O-ok" he said.

Anko went through the steps of her taijutsu slowly so he can get a good look for how its supposed to be. She ended and turned to Naruto, "now lets start, try and copy every move I make as close as possible, once you have the first dance right we will work on making it correct and flow right" she told him.

"O-ok" he said.

Naruto tried to follow Anko but his hand eye coordination wasn't good and he kept falling. After a few minutes of him trying to follow her and falling she stopped, "first gaki we need to fix your coordination this way it will be easier for you" she said.

"H-how d-do w-we d-do t-that" he asked.

"Wait here" Anko ran up stairs, "Kure-hime do you have a ball or something" she asked.

"Um I think I put it in otouto's clothes why" she asked.

"He needs to work on his coordination" Anko said.

"Oh I thought you was working on his taijutsu" Kurenai said.

"Well I can't if he keeps falling trying to copy what I'm showing him" she replied. She ran to Naruto's room and found a ball then back down to the basement, "ok gaki we are going to play a game, you have to dodge me while I chase and throw this ball at you, this will force you to move certain ways without thinking about it" she said.

"O-ok" he said.

She chased him around for an hour throwing the ball at him. Slowly his coordination got better and he was able able to dodge the ball a few times but he was still hit a ton. Kurenai walked down with a tray of food, "I didn't know you was going to have my otouto play dodge ball" she said.

"Shut up Kure-hime its working, slowly his coordination is getting better" she said.

"Good now lets eat" she said sitting the tray on a small table that was there.