Disclaimer: Masashi Kishimoto-Sensei owns Naruto and Co. // I own this alternate plotline.

Summary: What if, after the Kyuubi was sealed inside him, Naruto had been kidnapped? What if that kidnapper had been one of Orochimaru's men? Raised in Otokagure, Naruto lives a different life and follows a different path to achieve a very different dream.

After living for 2 and a half years, Uzumaki Naruto was carried away in the middle of a moonless night. Under the cloak of darkness, the Kyuubi-container's kidnapper held the toddler cradled in his arms as he leapt from branch to branch. Unnoticed by the Leaf nin, the two escaped to a small village that had recently sprung up on the outskirts of Fire Country. It wasn't well developed as of yet, but the shinobi that were being gathered to live there were promising. It was the dream of the leader of this village to gain as much power as possible, his name was Orochimaru. The man had long black locks, sickly white skin, and the golden orbs of a snake.

One of three Legendary Sannin, Orochimaru was respected as a mighty sovereign. The citizens of his village, Otogakure, were all raised to be extraordinary ninja. Though, if they failed to be of any use, the members would become experiments or tossed aside. An entire community of elite shinobi would be the ideal military force that Orochimaru needed to succeed in his life ambitions. It was perfect and it was all coming together just as he hopped that it would.

With a rough knock at the Oto leader's door, the pale-skinned man grinned. He was seated on his large thrown-like chair in a vastly empty room, aside from himself. With a pleasant air to his voice, he said, "Come in."

The wooden barrier swung open to reveal a masked nin possessing a tiny bundle in his clutches. Striding forward into the dimly candlelit room, the unknown man dropped to one knee at Orochimaru's feet and held his spoils above his head like an offering.

Stepping down from his perch, the snake-like man approached the parcel in his man's hands with a chilling anxiousness. Gingerly lifting the cloth material between his slender finger, the Oto leader revealed the slumbering face of a small blonde infant. There were defining whisker scars on the child's rosy cheeks, but what was even more gratifying was the accursed seal of the Nine-tailed Fox on it's belly.

Completing his inspection, Orochimaru lifted the boy into his arms and dismissed the sound nin with a 'job well done'. Unfortunately for the captor of the child, once he stepped outside his master's office, he was slain by his comrades.

No one was to know of this night. Not a one of them was going to hear of the beast within the boy. Uzumaki Naruto no longer existed. From that day onward the child was to be known as Naruto of the Sound and nothing more.

Author's Note:

:: Okay, so I'd just like to state a few things about this story:

-The chapters will be relatively short.

- I don't feel like going through all Naruto's training and developing. It would bore me to death. So, you'll just see what he's learned throughout the storyline.

- Naruto will still have most of his dobe-like qualities, just more strength. He'll be influenced by his onee-chan/sensei for his traits too. ::

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