Hey guys, Kurenai Ryu here. It's time I started a new story to broaden my horizons and get some new ideas that have been flying around in my head out into the world. So let me know what you guys think. Now…

ON WITH THE SHOW!

It has been fifteen years since that day the Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked the village known as Konohagakure no Sato. The villages leader the Yondaime Hokage Namikaze Minato sacrificed his life to seal the demon inside his own son, Naruto, born by his beloved wife Uzumaki Kushina.

And as of right now our hero is on the run. Why? Because he just gave the village's famed monument the Hokage Monument a new paint job. "NARUTOOOOOOOOOO!" And that is the sound of a couple of jonin out to catch our blond hero for his latest and greatest prank.

As the jonin ran past a wooden fence a vale in the likeness of the fence came down to reveal a young blond haired youth with whisker like birth marks on his face, blue eyes that would make the sky jealous of their radiance. He was wearing a black shirt with bright orange pants that looked like the bottom half of a jumpsuit.

"Man, if that's what's passing for jonin these days I outta be Hokage before I turn twenty two," said our favorite blond. "I guess your just that good eh Naruto," "You said it, dude…" Naruto then got a look of shock on his face before he turned around to see…

"Oh, heh heh heh heh, hi Iruka-sensei," said Naruto with a nerves laugh. "So this is what you've been doing instead of coming to class the day before the exams?" "Well when ya say it like that…bye!" Naruto tried to get away…key word 'tried', but Iruka caught him by the neck of his shirt.

"I don't think so hot shot," and so begins yet another day in the life of Uzumaki Naruto. And today was just going to get more interesting than usual for some of the people of Konoha. But that wont happen until the sun goes down.

(At The Ninja Academy)

"AHAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Laughs like that could be heard all around school as everyone was laughing at Uzumaki Naruto who, once again, was tied up by Iruka for cutting class. "Naruto, what do have to say for yourself this time," asked Iruka.

"All I did was prove that an academy student can out smart a couple of jonin even though said student is at the bottom of the class," must I say who said that. The class burst into laughter again but there were a few cries of 'if that baka can do it than Sasuke-kun can do it better'.

But a few that were laughing were actually laughing because they were proud of their friend's latest success. Despite Naruto being at the bottom of the class he did have some really close friends who are always there for him.

First up is Aburame Shino. Shino has dark bushy brown hair that looks spiked like Naruto's, pale skin, and is the tallest ninja of the class. Shino is regularly seen sporting dark circular sunglasses and a pale sea-green almost beige jacket hanging down to his knees and the addition of a hood that obstructs his face even more and a satchel on his back.

As a member of the Aburame clan, Shino was infused at birth with a special breed of insects, called kikaichu, that feed on chakra which is the energy ninjas use for their technique. The insects are free to live inside the user's body, feeding on his chakra to survive, and in return, they attack and do other tasks as he commands.

Next up is Inuzuka Kiba. A member a the Inuzuka clan, he's a bit wild. While clearly human, he has several physical traits more akin to animals. Like the rest of his clan, he has messy brown hair, sharp black eyes with vertical slit-like pupils, pronounced canine teeth, and nails that he can change into claws. He also has the distinct red fang markings of the Inuzuka clan on his cheeks.

Also his clan specializes in co-operation techniques with nin-dog partners. As such he can usually bee seen with his partner Akamaru. At first Akamaru was a small puppy with white fur that somewhat hanged down from his body. Akamaru's eyes are usually closed, and he has a dark brown nose, as well as dark brown patches on his ears and a dark outline around his mouth.

Now however, Akamaru has grown large enough for Kiba to ride on his back, a difference Kiba claimed he failed to notice due to the amount of time they spend together; his general appearance has remained the same however.

Kiba's attire used to consists of dark grayish pants reaching to his calves and a grey, hooded fur-lined coat, with the hood usually placed on his head, over an apparent plate of armour and fishnet undershirt.

But now, per Naruto's advice, each piece of his outfit is black in color, with his coat being replaced by what looks like a nowadays leather form fitting black jacket, with zips over the chest and sleeves, along with black pants and sandals, also zipped, matching the jacket. He and Naruto usually do a lot of pranks together when they have the time.

After him is Nara Shikamaru, smartest dude in the class and lazier than the laziest cat. To further emphasize his personality, Shikamaru is regularly seen with a lazy or irritated expression. He has fairly long jet black hair tied in a spiky ponytail that almost makes his head look like a pineapple, narrow brown eyes, and studded earrings.

His attire was rather plain, consisting of a green lined mesh T-shirt under a short sleeved grey jacket with green edges, adorned on both the sleeves and the back with a circle with a line through it, brown pants, and blue sandals.

He also has a habit of calling things troublesome a lot of the time and is an addict snoozer in class as well as a chronic cloud watcher. He also likes to play shougi (a japanese version of chess) but never had a good opponent outside his dad. But when Naruto came along he showed a talent for shougi and the two have been playing to see who was the better strategist. So far Shikamaru has more wins than Naruto but he's catching up.

And last but not least is Their good buddy Akimichi Chouji. Chouji has brown hair, swirl marks on his cheeks, and like the rest of his clan, he has a much more robust physique than most other ninja. Since his childhood, he has always been quite husky, which is a necessity in his clan to perform their techniques since they convert calories to chakra.

He sports a red top with armour on his torso, arms, and upper legs, similar to his father. On the front of his chest armour is the obligatory kanji for "food". His brown hair has grown much longer than it was when he was a kid, reaching to his waist and he also wares studded earrings like Shikamaru.

The reason these guys all get along is…"Stupid dobe was probably to much of a pain for those guys and they just simply forgot about him." Need I say it. That guy who every male in the class hated to death and wished he would go to the deepest darkest pit of hell and be tortured by the devil forever.

Sasuke Uchiha (I say that name with as much hatred as I can) the creep who all girls saw as their knight in shining armour. YEAH RIGHT, the guys a jerk if there ever was one. He usually is seen with his trade mark emo look and duck-butt styled hair.

He wares a navy blue high color shirt with white cargo shorts. On the back of his shirt there's the Uchiha clan crest. He thinks just because of his clan and he is the last of his clan he gets whatever he wants and for some almost every girl in the class falls at this dudes feet.

"OR, Naruto's just that good of a ninja and is to quick witted for them to catch," said Chouji protecting his friend from the slander of their hated enemy. "You would think that fatso," said the arrogant prick. "Hey, leave my friend alone you butt faced jerk!"

Shouted our blond savior. "QUITE NARUTO NO BAKA!" Shouted Sasuke's horde of mindless undead zombi…I mean fan girls. And do you want to know what's the worst part about getting shouted at by them? 2 of the 3 girls you're in love with are part of the fold.

That's right our blond hero is in love with not one but THREE girls. Each one of them is by far the most beautiful girl in the whole school. And he is madly in love with all three of them. But sadly as the years go by it seems more and more likely that they weren't meant to be.

First off is Hyuuga Hinata. The one girl who is the shyest of the class and faints every time Naruto talks to her. She is the only girl in their class who doesn't have a hopeless crush on the Uchiha. In fact she has a mondo sized crush on Naruto.

But she never has the courage to even hold a conversation with him. Hinata has dark blue hair, fair skin; traits she inherited from her mother, and white eyes, with a tinge of lavender. She is usually seen with a timid and shy expression. Hinata is full-figured and has let her hair grow to waist-length, with straight-cut bangs that hang over her forehead. The strands that frame her face still remain, but are longer due to hair growth. Her outfit comprises of a long sleeved, lavender and cream zip up sweater with lavender cuffs over a mesh armour blouse with navy pants and black, low-heeled sandals.

Like the rest of her clan, she possesses the renowned Byakugan which, when activated, stimulates the veins and arteries immediately around her eyes to protrude much more prominently. As a member of the Hyuuga clan, Hinata possesses the Byakugan, an ocular kekkei genkai which grants her x-ray vision, nearly 360° vision (the Byakugan has a small blind spot at the nape of the neck), and the ability to see the chakra pathway system.

Because she is from such a prominent clan and the members of the clan inbreed to keep the bloodline pure Naruto's chances never looked good for getting with Hinata. Her cousin Neji says fate has decreed that she is not fated to marry a worthless loser even if she is one too (hate him for right now)

Next on the failed love live list is none other than Konoha's resident beauty queen Yamanaka Ino. She considers herself the most beautiful girl in Konoha, at least among the younger generation, and doesn't get many complaints except from her rival Sakura.

The most noticeable traits in her appearance are her light pale pupil less blue eyes and her long platinum blonde hair, always seen in a ponytail with bangs covering the right side of her face. Ino also wears fishnets on her arms and also wears fishnets over her knees. She wears a short purple shirt, an opened purple skirt and a black skirt underneath, and short fishnet shorts. However she is no longer seen wearing her headband. She also wears a red clip in her hair.

She is one of Sasuke's two biggest fan girls and sees herself marrying him one day(cough-never-cough-gonna-cough-happen-cough). Naruto fell in love with her because, although he doesn't look like it, they share the same passion for gardening.

But her hopeless crush on Sasuke leaves him at a pretty big disadvantage in that department. But there was still one more girl he loved but sadly she was even more unobtainable than ether of them. The ultimate fan girl of the pri…of Sasuke.

Haruno Sakura… the first love of Naruto's life. He fell in love with her for a bunch of different reasons. She was beautiful, smart, had a nice figure that wasn't to showy or to none existent but just right. She is known for having a big forehead but he thinks it makes her look cuter.

Sakura wore a red qipao dress with white circular designs, with or without sleeves, tight dark green shorts. She's the smartest girl in class and by far the one women who would make any guy happy. Sigh, but alas she had the biggest crush on Sasuke anyone had ever seen. But why she and Ino like that jerk is a mystery to everyone.

Naruto's friends tried to get him to find other girls to date but his heart had been taken by those three kunoichi to be. 'It's not fair,' said Naruto to himself. 'Why is it that I had to fall in love with three women that are too far out of my league to get? And why do two of them like that mondo creepo jerko Sasgay anyway.'

Sasuke had the nick name Sasu-gay because he could have any girl he wanted but he just 'hmphs' them off and broods tell hell freezes over. A lot of guys hate him because it's like he was specifically but on the earth to make it so there were no girls for anyone else to date.

'Maybe I can take my mind off my failed love life during patrol tonight,' thought Naruto as he contemplated his patrol patterns for tonight. The day went just how Naruto expected it to go. Get icy cold eye glares from Mizuki, get chewed out by two of his crushes, get punished along with the rest of the class, and finally clean off the paint job he gave the Hokage Monument.

After a trip to his favorite place to eat Ichiraku Ramen (treated by Iruka) Naruto went home to prepare for tonight. 'Sasuke's been acting colder than usual this week and I didn't think that was possible. And why does he keep going to the place where the paths to Sakura-chan's, Ino-chan's, and Hinata-chan's homes intercept?'

Naruto asked himself as he prepared for night to fall over Konoha. 'Maybe I should keep tabs on him just to be safe.' And with that in mind Naruto started gathering everything he would need for his nightly hunt.

(That Night With Sakura, Ino, And Hinata)

Sakura was thinking about what she had said to Naruto that day and thought, for once in her life she might have said something she shouldn't have said. 'I mean he was trying to protect his friend. Maybe I should apologize to him tomorrow.'

As she thought that she ran into the two she usually bumped into on her way home: Ino and Hinata. While she and Hinata where on good speaking terms she and Ino had not stopped arguing since they ended their friendship to pursue Sasuke.

"Hey Hinata, hey Ino-pig," "Hey billboard-brow, hey Hinata," "Hello Sakura, Hello Ino,"

Even though the three weren't friends per say, they still talked. Well Hinata talked while Sakura and Ino through insults at each other. "Why do you always take the same path I do billboard-brow, hoping to see Sasuke-kun? Well forget it he's mine!"

Shouted Ino who only really got into this whole arguing with Sakura thing because she broke their friendship all because of one little rumor. "I always come home this way Ino-pig! And besides, why would Sasuke-kun want a dumb blond like you instead of a well balanced girl like me!"

Hinata was getting sick and tired of all this constant fighting when she spotted something out of the corner of her eye. "Sakura, Ino why don't you just ask Sasuke who he likes best and end this stupid blood feud."

The two in question turned to her about to say something when all of a sudden they saw the object of their affections in an ally close by watching them. "SASUKE-KUN!" They shouted simultaneously. Sasuke looked at them then did something no one thought he would ever do…

He charged at the three girls and began to brutally attack them wit an urge to kill. Hinata was the first to fall because she was sucker punched by Sasuke and then round-house kicked into the side of the street against a wall.

Ino tried to stop him but punched three times in the gut by her crush and then picked up and thrown into Hinata. Sakura was scared so stiff that she didn't see Sasuke move behind her and slam her with an elbow strike to the back, grabbed by her hair, spun around, and then slammed in the face by his fist into the other two kunoichi hopefuls.

"You three are pathetic. Why would the Hokage even think of letting weaklings like you into the academy when you can't even protect yourselves?" Said the would be avenger of the clan that was killed by their own arrogance.

Sakura looked at her crush with tears of emotional and physical hurt rolling down her face "Why Sasuke-kun? Why?" Sasuke just scoffed her off and said "You disgust me. You actually thought that I would let you be the mothers of my new Uchiha clan? HA, the only thing you're good for is target practice."

"Which is what you'll be after I get done having my way with you and blame it on the dobe!" Hinata summoned up her courage and shouted "Don't you dare bring Naruto-kun into this! He's done absolutely nothing to you!" "SHUT UP!" Shouted the now revealed to be psycho path.

"That dobe is the only person who is potentially stronger than me but once I pin the blame on him the village will have his head on a stick and I'll bee seen as such a tragic hero that they'll give me all the training I need to kill my brother!" Now all the girls were crying. They were about to be raped by a power crazed psycho path and there was nothing they could do about it.

But then just as Sasuke was within spitting distance of them four kunai struck him in both of his arms and legs with such force he flew straight into the other ally and was pinned to the wall. "WHO THE HELL DID THAT!" Just then soft flute music began to play.

The girls regained enough control over themselves to look up and see something or rather someone who looked like he was from out of a dream. Up there playing a flute was a boy no older than 15 with black hair that just barely reached his shoulders. It was as black as the night sky and reflected the moons light giving it an otherworldly brilliance.

He was wearing black kung fu shoes with black kung fu pants. For a shirt he wore a blood red crimson vest like shirt with loops of rope keeping the V shaped opening in the top closed. He also wore a crimson red scarf around his neck with the two ends tossed behind his shoulders allowing them to blow in the slightest breeze.

When he reached the end of his song his flute just seemed dissolve in the wind. His eyes then shot open revealing two crimson eyes with slit pupils. All and all he looked pretty intimidating but he also seemed to have an aura of serenity that calmed the girls down and made them feel safe.

He then, very gracefully, jumped flipped and landed on the ground without making a single sound. "WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU!" Must I say who said this…I didn't think so. The crimson clad stranger then turned his blazing crimson eyes on the would be rapist.

"I am called Benikage," said the now identified crimson warrior. 'Crimson Shadow? Well, that explains all the red he's wearing. And he sure knows off to pull it off." Thought Ino with a slight blush on her face. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU STOP ME!" "Are you really that big of an idiot."

Said Benikage to the pined-up psycho. "You were about to rape these three beautiful young women (cue blush on all three girls) and you just expect me to just sit by and watch you defile them?" "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU CARE YOU STUPID SON OF A…"

Sasuke never got the chance to finish what he was saying as a chakra blade was flung right between his…pride and joy rendering him unable to reproduce his clan. "Well at least that'll make sure you can never make more power crazed psychos like you."

Said the crimson clad savior as he turned to the girls but before he could take a step toward them "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Well that says it for me. As those words left Sasuke's mouth Benikage whirled around and shouted "Kazeken" and fired a fist of comprised wind at the now half/good as dead Uchiha and knocked him out. "Nobody talks that way about my mother you piece of slime." With that said Benikage resumed his walk to the downed girls.

He got down on one knee and asked "Are you three alright?" Blushing up a storm the girls just nodded numbly. Their crimson clad savior reached into his pocket and pulled out a bottle of what looked like healing ointment.

"Here, rub this on your wounds and you'll be good as new by mourning." Sakura took it in her hand, studied it for a minute and asked "Why should we trust you?" Benikage looked at her emerald green eyes with his crimson red ones. "If I wanted to hurt you, then I would have gone and done it by now or not bothered to stop it at all."

Ino, after finally finding her voice asked "Just who are you really?" He looked at her and said "I'm just someone who wants to end all this meaningless conflict in the world and that is all." Hinata couldn't believe what she was feeling right now.

She was sure she had a crush on Naruto but now she was starting to have feelings for this new guy in red. 'What's wrong with me? I don't love him I love Naruto-kun…right?' Benikage reached back into his pocket and pulled out what looked like three, three-pronged kunai and handed one to each of the girls.

"If you ever need me, when you're in really big trouble and their's no one who can help you just shout my name as loud as you can and throw these special kunai and I'll be there." said the crimson warrior before he picked the girls up and seemingly speeded off into the wind and left them at the doorstep of each of their houses.

As he finished his job for the night the mysterious crimson fighter disappeared into the wind. As he disappeared, one thought went through the girls heads 'Who are you, Benikage-kun?'

Konoha's Benikage