Gaara and Haku
"Hey, Naru, is that the kid we're going to get?"
"Yeah, Shika, that's him, Hime you want to go first?"
"Well, I might as well, the worst that could happen would be him not wanting to be our friend."
"Hime's right, what if he doesn't trust us enough right away and runs away to tell someone, then our plan goes up in smoke, Naru."
"Hu.... by the way, when did we come up with these nicknames anyway?"
"You don't know *Naru shakes head 'no'* well neither do I, now can we focus please?"
"Uh nii-san, why are all hiding behind trash cans?"
"Because then we can't be seen, okay, Kitty?"
"Why was I named after cats?" Whined Kitty
"Ugh, this is boring, I'm going over there and talk to that kid right now!" Menma then jumped from behind the trashcan and ran up to the red-headed kid that they had been stocking for the past three days since they got to Suna.
"NOOOO!" Was heard from behind the trashcans by the playground making the redhead, who was now the only one in the playground thankfully, turn towards them to see a little blond kid running up to him.
The red head's first thought was to run or something, but something made him stay, the boy reached him, slightly out of breath and said, "let us be friends!"
Flashback
Naruto, Hinata, and Shikamaru arrived in Wind Country and set up camp few enough that the village couldn't see them, but could be seen. "How are we getting inside?" Asked Hinata.
"We're going to wear these," Naruto held up some footless pajamas with hoods that were sand-colored, "then we'll place these camo seals on ourselves to blend in with our environment." He handed out seal tags to everyone along with the pj's, "you can easily get two or three uses out of it if you put your chakra into it, it'll act like a storage seal when you put your chakra into it until you use it again."
"Whoa nii-san, that's awesome, who made this?" Menma asked
"Hidi, she's a sealing master," Shikamaru said, the triplets looked at the seals with stars in their eyes.
Naruto clapped his hands to get the attention back onto himself, "alright, when we get inside, we'll split into teams of two and look for the boy, his name is Gaara, Ray tells me that he's the Kazakage's son. If he's the kid of a kage, we may need to do some convincing to take him with up, it may not be too bad. "
"What do you mean that it may not be too bad?" Shikamaru and Hinata asked together.
"Well, I don't know about my family back in the village, but if Gaara's family is like what a family is supposed to be like, then I say he may not want to leave, If he doesn't, then I get the feeling that someone's going to do something that'll make the poor guy snap sooner or later, you know?" Explained Naruto, everyone else nodded at that and put on their disguise before sitting down to eat their dinner, Kurama was sulking inside the seal because Naruto and Shikamaru didn't think it was time to let Hinata know that he could come out just yet. That and they were having cup ramen for dinner, Kurama looked ramen and, even though the seal lets him eat with them in a way, he still wanted to be outside with his cup in his hands. He also wanted to play with the triplets a little before they went to the village, he just loved those kids so much, he would play with them every chance he got. Once everyone was done eating, they packed up their stuff in the sealing bag and took off for the village, the camo seals worked wonders for infiltration, after about an hour of looking, they found Gaara. However, they couldn't get anywhere near the redhead because ANBU was hanging around his too often, they thought that the ANBU was there to protect the boy, but they were shocked when the ANBU attacked said redhead. It didn't happen just once either, two or three times a day at the very least, Gaara defeated them every time, but it was annoying to all of them, especially Menma. So they were stuck in the shadows for three days straight, the boredom was real.
Flashback end
Gaara stared at the boy for a moment before looking around the park, he then turned back at the boy, "w-who a-are you talking t-to?"
Menma pointed at Gaara, "you. duh, who else? There's no one else here is there?"
"N-n-no, there's n-no o-one here," Gaara said holding his teddy bear close to him, "d-did my father send you?"
"Huh? Who's your dad, I don't know anyone, this is my first time here, oh oops!" The little two years old covered his mouth as he felt a dark aura aimed at him from the trashcans.
Behind said trashcan Naruto was quietly grumbling about why Menma had to be such a loudmouth, he made a vow right then and there to train his little brother to be more quite. "You know here? Does that mean you're not one of the villager's kids who got lost trying to see the d-demon?" Gaara asked having a hard time calling himself a demon, Naruto, seeing that there was no way his little brother could make this any worse than it already was, decided to come out of hiding. Gaara, seeing the other kids come out from behind the trashcan, stepped back, "w-who are you and what do you w-want?"
Naruto sighed and put on a smile, "sorry about that, we were trying to meet with you after three long days, but every time we got close, someone was trying to kill you, so we held back. But this little baka," he said as he was walking over and punched Menma in the head, lightly though (he's not Sakura), "had to go and tell you all about us not even being from this place." He turned a sweet smile to Menma, said boy gulped because he knew he was in trouble, Naruto sighed again and looked back at Gaara with a serious face, "look, we're here to get you out of here, okay."
Gaara blinked, did he hear this kid right? "Wha-"
"Nii-san, it feels like someone's coming, they're still far away but they're coming up fast," said Kohaku.
"Troublesome, alright kid, we don't have time to tell you everything right now, but if you get us to a safe spot where we could talk in privet, we promise we'll tell you everything, alright?" Shikamaru said with a bored expression on his face as he picked up Kohaku to put him on his back.
Gaara nodded, "follow me," the others nodded and followed Gaara to a large house. When the shinobi that were coming to kill said redhead, they found that he was already gone, which has never happened before, they shrugged it off as just luck and went to go look for him. Meanwhile, Gaara brought the group into his room and locked the door, his room was filled with... nothing, no books, no toys, just a bed, and a wardrobe. It could have been their imagination, but some of them thought they felt a cold breeze pass around the room, "u-uh, this is my room, make yourself comfortable," Gaara said seeing everyone looking around the room.
Hinata smiled sweetly at Gaara, "Gaara, you don't have to lie, we won't try to kill you in your sleep, promise."
Shikamaru looked at Gaara for a moment before placing a hand on her shoulder, "actually Hime, I think this is his room," he pointed his chin at Gaara's downcast face.
"Oh," she looked back to see Gaara's face, looking like he was about to cry, she walked up to him and hugged him, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay, I'm used to it," Gaara said as some tears fell.
Naruto walked up to Gaara, put his hands on his shoulders after Hinata stepped aside, then shook the redhead for a moment, "don't get used to it. Don't you ever get used to people treating you as if you weren't human too, you have red blood just like them, you have a heart just like them, and you feel just like them, so don't let me ever hear you say a thing like that ever again. Do you understand? You're human too, I'm human, she's human, he's human, we're all human."
"Uh-"
"Shut up Kurama, I'm making a point"
"Don't be a rude brat, I was just wondering if I could come out now. I've got something that I want to try, so can I come out already?"
Naruto thought for a moment, "fine, you can come out," he said cooling down, "sorry for yelling."
"It's whatever," Naruto stepped away from the now crying Gaara, there was a swirl of red and Kurama was there, he looked down at the Tanuki holder and smiled. "Hiya, I'm Kurama, also known as the Kyuubi no Kitsune, clan head of the Kitsune clan, and I..." he knelt in front of the child, "do believe that you've got my baby brother locked away inside you." Gaara looked at the man in front of him, about to ask how he knew that if they weren't from Suna, but then said a man pulled out a seal tag, " can you lift your shirt for me so I can put this on your tummy, please?" Gaara was taken aback by the niceness of this person he's never seen before, so he nodded and did as told, Kurama put the seal on Gaara and it melted into the boy's skin, suddenly there was a swirl of wind and a man stood there. Sandy-blond hair, amber eyes, a child-like face, and a slim figure, Gaara looked at the man, "who are you?"
The man looked at Gaara, then himself before a smile broke out on his face, "I'm Shukaku, and I think it's about time you guys explain why I can be out of my seal and he is alive still."
So Naruto told them, "Kurama put a special seal on you so you can come out in a human form while some of your power still resides inside Gaara. In this form you can also turn into your tailed beast form by doing some hand signs to release a locking system that will shift your physical structure into that of a beast, but still not be released, you can also go in and out of the seal whenever, but only with trust and an agreement from Gaara. You can not go more than half the length of a village away from Gaara or else you'll be sucked back into the seal, you can still get out again using the same methods."
Shikamaru stepped up then, "as for what we're doing here, we've sent a group of spies, Naruto and myself both, to check out other villages, we've come to find that we were here."
"From what I was told, and what we witnessed these past few days, it would be safe to assume that if you had the chance to run away, you just might, with some help, you will," Naruto said looking at Gaara.
Now it was Hinata's turn, "we were worried that you wouldn't trust us right away and would then run away to tell someone about us being here. Seeing as you didn't, we'll take that as a sign of good faith, and now we can be true friends."
"Friends?" Asked Gaara wide-eyed.
Naruto nodded walking over, he put a hand on Gaara's shoulder, "yes, Gaara, we're friends now, before we came here, the six-seven of us came from the same village. We were mistreated, by our own family no less, but we ran away from all that and are going to find a place to start over."
"Where?" Shukaku asked he didn't seem to be the rampaging monster that everyone made him out to be.
"Kumo, "Kurama said.
"Kumo? Why there?"
"Because of the rikage," Naruto said, everyone looked at him. "I've been going some thinking since we got here, it just occurred to me, back in our village, Kumo had sent their ninjas to Konoha three times to steal away bloodline limits. Hinata was kidnapped by them but was saved by her step-mother, who wasn't a bloodline limiter, she was a civilian, so when they asked for a body, they sent hers. Then a year and a half later, they tried again, this time it was the Hokage that saved the person being kidnapped, Hinata's little sister, Hanabi, they couldn't very well ask for the Hokage's body unless they ask for war as well." He turned back to Hinata, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you that we were going to Kumo before no-"
Hinata shook her head, "please, if it's Kumo, then just maybe I can get revenge for what he did to me while we were still there. If it's Kumo, I don't care, as long as they don't try to take my eyes from my head as I sleep, we'll be fine."
Shikamaru nodded, "we'll get to that when we get to it, as for now, we need to continue and focus on how we're getting out of here. We've got the camo seals, but we've been using them for three days straight, we've also been on soldier pills and ramen since we left, I don't know about you guys, but I need a kitchen with some supplies soon, or else."
"Don't worry nii-san, I'm sure once we get out of here, you can cook us up something real nice to eat," said Neko cheerfully.
Shikamaru rested a hand on the little boy's head, "yea."
"Wait, can't we just go to Trickster Ally to eat?" Hinata asked she knew about the said place because Naruto and Shikamaru had promised to bring her there once.
"Trickster Ally, huh, Kurama? Looks like the Kitsune clan is still around, I was worried that they would have been whipped out during the wars in both worlds," said Shukau.
Kurama smirked, "yeah they're still around, in fact, a few tanukis snuck in and wanted to join."
"You're kidding, my had survivors?" Shukaku chuckled, "what are the odds?"
"What are you guys talking about, what wars?" Kohaku asked.
"Oh kit, there is the way to may past and present wars to talk about in the limited time we have now," Kurama said before turning to Gaara. "Alright, we've only got time for you to pack you your things and then raid the kitchen for food supplies to cook later on the road, so I want you to pack up all your stuff while Shukaku and I grab what we need, got it?"
Gaara nodded and started packing, but there wasn't much to pack, he had a very limited number of clothes and shoes. Shikamaru put all of Gaara's clothes in his sealing bag before everyone followed Kurama and Shukaku to the kitchen to grab stuff, they realized that they were alone in the house, but they still hurried. They ended up taking all the food in the kitchen, some pots, pans, cups, plats, and silverware before leaving out the back door, when they were done, the kitchen was practically empty.
Now it was time to sneak Gaara and Shukaku out of Suna, it went away better than they thought it would. They didn't have enough chakra in the camo seal to make it out the gates, so Shukaku did this jutsu that allowed whoever was touching him to turn into sand, slide out the front gates, then turn back into themselves. It was kinda cool. From there, they all ran like their tails were on fire until they passed the border into Rain Country, they didn't go into the village, but they did hide in a large cave. The cave seemed to have more to it, so Shukaku went to go check it out while the others rested, when he came back he told them that he found crates of food still there, most of it was eatable while some had to be left alone. Naruto and Shikamaru then set to work cooking up a with what they had and sealed everything else away.
"Wow, those bags are convenient for traveling aren't they," Hinata commented as they waited for the food to be done.
Kurama nodded, "yea, there are only two like them and these are them. They were made special for Shikamaru and Naruto's birthday, however, I'm sure that we could get Hati to make you guys one if you want."
The triplets cheered, Gaara tapped Kurama's shoulder, "um, you guys haven't introduced your selves yet, you know about me but I haven't heard anything about you guys at all."
Naruto nodded as he and Shikamaru walked over with a big pot of food, "Gaara's right, so let us all do a roll call and tell each other a little about themselves," he said as he dished out the food.
"I'll go first, I'm Kurama, as you know I'm the Kyuubi and I'm sealed inside Naruto here. About 8 years back I was tricked into attacking the leaf village, but the Hokage split me in half and put me inside of his two newborn twin brats, which then he and his family later ignored one of them. This one here *point's hat Naruto* he ignored for whatever reason, I don't know. Anyways, about two years back I was released from the seal and-"
Shukaku too that moment to do a spit take away from the food, "then how is he still alive!"
"The first otouto, make sure when you spit, it doesn't land on me," Kurama said whipping his face of the spit, "second, he's an Uzumaki."
"OOOH, well it explains the smell coming off him," Shukaku said eyeing Naruto funnily.
"What smell?" Asked said blond.
"Later, later kit, so anyways he- and swear to kami if you spit on me again, we will fight," Kurama eyed his brother critically, Shukaku nodded getting the point. "He did eye when I was released-only three minutes though," he quickly added when he saw the triplets start to tear up, "I managed to save him and brought him to Trickster Ally to heal. Then we trained, he met Kibo, then Shikamaru, we all trained, met Hinata, and left, the end."
"Wow, Kurama, that story was so interesting," Naruto said sarcastically as he finished dishing out everyone's food, "okay, my turn. I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I used to be a Namikaze too, but they didn't seem to care either way, so i'm just Uzumaki now. My former father is the Hokage, the yellow flash, my former mother is his wife, the red death. I have four former siblings by in Konoha, maybe more now, I have three current siblings right here and they're names are Menma, Kohaku, and Neko. And-"
Just then they heard a noise come from outside the cave, they looked around at each other before going to check it out. When they got there, they saw what looked like a little girl, covered in mud, dirt, and blood? The person was un-continuous and looked pretty beat up, "come, we'll take her inside and heal her wounds, wherever she came from, I don't think she'll want to go back." Said Kurama picking up the person up, they went inside and Kurama healed her, a few hours later, everyone was done eating and was waiting for the newcomer to wake up when they did.
Kurama and Shukaku sat down on either side of her as she woke, helping her sit up, "where am I? Who are you, people?"
"I'm Neko, these are my brothers, Menma, Kohaku, Shikamaru, and my big sister Naruto," giggled to the smallest redhead in the group.
"Neko you better be lucky that you're so adorable or else I would have whopped your butt for that," Naruto said sweetly as he walked over to the newly awake stranger. "Hi, I'm Naruto and I'm a boy, how about you?"
"Uh, I'm Haku and I'm also a boy," said the newly named boy.
"Aww damn, there it is again, Kurama, bro I think my nose is broken," said Shukaku.
Kurama sighed as he looked at a confused Haku, "are you by any chance apart of the Yuki clan or the Namikaze clan, by any chance at all?"
Haku nodded, "my mother was apart of the Yuki clan before the war started, why?"
Kurama shook his head, "Naruto I think it would be best if take a detour to Uzu."
"Uzu's the home of the Uzumaki's, right?" Asked Hinata, Kurama nodded, "what do we need there?"
"Well..." Kurama started, "once we get there, I can answer some questions in detail, but for right now, all that I can tell you that Naruto, Haku, and Shikamaru all smell like girls because you all have the Omega Gene or OG Trait."
"Huh? Why am I in this? I don't look like a girl, do I?" Shika asked.
At this point, two puffs of smoke appeared to reveal Kibo and his ever-present shadow, Jin. Jin looked up at his green-eyed counterpart, hay there is, how's it going?"
Shikamaru sulked in the corner of the cave, "oh man, I thought it was only Naruto, now it's me too, this is such a drag," Everyone giggled a little.
Kurama clapped his hands, "Naruto, give Haku something to eat, we're heading to Uzu tomorrow morning, then straight to Kumo right after. So try to get a good rest while you can."