" Thinking"

" Flashback "

It's been alright Two years since last time Naruto spend time with his parents and for the last two years he's been in a relationship with Yugito Nii they kept it a secret because they don't want people to know about it as both knew they liked each other but because of Naruto stubbornness at time want her to make the first move on him as this continued as Yugito when she was in the village always visited Naruto. The only people that knows this are Tsunade, Mana, Shizune and Hiruzen as well his best friends Anko and Itachi. They got together exactly Two years ago till this day and today is their anniversary on November 25th they got together

Flashback

Naruto's 11

Yugito's 15

Yugito was in the village as she was sent to the Hokage-sama and that she will be send the scrolls from now on. As she was walking she saw Naruto in with Itachi as Yugito saw him and remembers what he promise her

' maybe next time we can grab a to eat Yugito-chan' - Yugito remembers and smiles and blushed at the same time of the memory of that as she walked up to Naruto

" Hi Naruto-kun remember you promise me a meal!" - Yugito said as Itachi was gone at this point but was spying on them as well as both Tsunade and Mana as they saw their Nephew/ Imoto on a date as they sequels at this scene as both Yugito and Naruto are walking together as they reach the Raman place

As they order their ramen and Naruto spoke first

" It's really been a full year huh Hime?" - Naruto asked as Yugito nodded as it's been nearly year since the last time they saw each other and they missed each other and they aways sent letters to each other

" Yea it has Naruto-kun." - Yugito replied than asked " did you miss me?" - Yugito said while blushing and trying to get rid of the blush

" SHUT UP NIBI"- Yugito shouted back to Nibi

" Yes I did miss you I was hoping we got to see each other as Hime" - Naruto said as he's smirks as Yugito was blushing even more when he called her hime (Princesses)

" Really why is that?" - Yugito asked as they ramen

" Well for one you're really beautiful" - Naruto see her beauty " you're job being a real kunoichi, a hard one to first and most of all I just like you're personality." - Naruto said as Yugito was blushing so hard as both Senju were giggling

Just than Yugito kissed Naruto on the lips and both Mana and Tsunade took a photo of their kiss. Yugito and Naruto kissed of a total of 25 seconds as both pulls away both are blushing red

Flashback ended

On November 25th they been a couple as tomorrow they will see each other as and go on their data!

A thirteen year old Naruto sprinted along the rooftops as he headed away from the Hokage Building.

He had just finished a week long mission away with a three formation team who were sent to take care of two aligned bandit camps that had been causing some problems up north of Konoha. The mission was easy and the people he worked with were friendly enough with Naruto, not really caring much that he was just a kid like some others acted.

A fair few times some of the other chunin Naruto went on missions with would complain how they got stuck with a kid, the Hokage's son or not and thought that Naruto would drag them down.

Quickly though Naruto proved them wrong and he quickly showed them why he had become a chunin. He got no more complaints afterwards.

Itachi was not around much since Itachi was usually on separate missions, confined to the Uchiha compound since Fugaku wanted to make sure his prized Uchiha son did not sully himself with others too much or was getting ready to head into the Anbu forces.

Anko as well he did not see as much as he would like since she had taken a keen interest in the Torture and Interrogation Division that was headed by the sadist Ibiki Morino. She quickly impressed the head of the division and was quickly making a name for herself.

Though they did go on a few missions from time to time, it was not as many as he would have liked since they were his original teammates.

Though one good thing that he was looking forward to was that the trio were beginning to decide to move out of their current homes and move in together.

The three had done mission after mission to afford a nice three bedroom apartment where they could live together since Anko wanted to have some company and not live on her own so much anymore. They were putting what money they could spare to one side which would help pay for a nice, decent place for them. Most of their money went into their training equipment, new clothing etc.

While Naruto and Itachi wanted their space from their family since Fugaku and some of other clan members of the Uchiha Clan were pushing Itachi down a path he did not want while Naruto felt suffocated by his parents. They figured they would look around for a year before settling with a place that the three of the made.

Since the big confrontation after the chunin exams two years ago, Minato and Kushina had done everything to try and make it up to Naruto but the blonde boy was just not interested. They were doing it out of pity and pity was the last thing he ever wanted from them.

After seeing Naruto in the chunin exams they wanted to find out just how strong he was and how he got so strong in such a short time.

Both were gob smacked when they were told from people like Tsunade, Mikoto and Hiruzen that Naruto was truly a prodigy and a genius of both natural talent and of hard work.

Their son had been a once in a lifetime genius and prodigy alongside Itachi Uchiha and neither had even noticed.

Since then both wanted to help Naruto in his training but it never went very well.

Minato constantly asked him whether he wanted help with his Fuinjutsu and each time Naruto rebuffed him saying he was fine on his own and that he could handle it. He never saw the sad and sorry look Minato would give his distant son.

Kushina however was the worst. Since that day, she had tried to cling to him and bring her baby boy back to her but Naruto stood away every time. She wanted to help him with Kenjutsu multiple times but like Minato, she got rebuffed. It had made her sad that her son did not want her help but then again she realized that it was probably what she deserved.

Naruto did not want to be cruel to his parents, he loves them like a child should love his parents but he just felt let down by them. He had made it this far in becoming a great shinobi and he would finish it without their help or at least until he was ready to begin accepting it.

Everyone has a goal and his was to surpass his parents. Whether it be in Fuinjutsu or Kenjutsu, he would surpass them.

'Kaa-san, Tou-san.' Naruto thought as he jumped across the rooftops before he stopped and saw Yugao, Hana and Hayate down below walking in the streets.

Smiling he jumped down and landed next to Hana who yelped in surprise before she swatted his arm.

"Naruto I told you to stop doing that." She said growling while Naruto just laughed and petted her three ninken who were barking for his attention.

"Hey guys, I missed you too." He said as they licked his hand before his attention went back to the trio.

"So where you guys headed?" He asked as Yugao answered.

"To get some food down at the Akamichi barbeque place; Kushina-sensei finished our training an hour ago but we decided to do some light sparring for an hour."

Naruto nodded. He was genuinely surprised that his mother had decided to take on a genin team though he had a feeling it had something to do with her arch rival and his team sensei Mikoto Uchiha rubbing it in her face that her first genin team became chunin in a single year, something that never been done before since the Sannin.

The trio had been a team for about six months and Kushina was hoping to get them ready for the chunin exams in six months time.

Never would she allow Mikoto Uchiha to get the better over her.

"How was the mission?" Yugao asked. "Kushina-sensei has been worried ever since you left. She kept looking in the direction of the gate every five minutes trying to sense if you had arrived back yet."

"She knows I am a big boy and that I can take care of myself. Besides I had teammates with me."

"True but she still worries. I don't think she can help it since she is your mother." Hayate said before coughing into his hand while the other two nodded.

"Okay well I will see you guys later. I got some training to catch up on." He said as he said his goodbyes, jumped away, and headed towards the training grounds.

He sprinted past each training ground, watching the shinobi is some of them as they trained and practiced their jutsu.

Eventually he wound up at an isolated and far off training ground that Anko had showed him and quickly fell in love with.

Training ground 44, currently known as the Forest of Death

Anko had showed it to him about a year ago and he was amazed he had not found this place before. It was the most dangerous of all the training ground because of the giant animals and insects that live inside it as well as all the natural hazards and natures' traps.

It was the perfect environment for training and he, Anko and Itachi went there as often as possible.

Approaching the fences that lay around the training ground, he quickly jumped on top of the metal beams and pushed himself forward and onto one of the giant tree's.

He leapt along the tree and braches when he sensed a large object heading straight towards him with quick speed.

Instead of panicking, Naruto just rolled his eyes before he halted and kicked his leg out with super strength packed behind it.

When his leg went forward, it connected to a large spider four times the size of Naruto, sent it hurling forty meters into the air, and sent it far away from him.

'I think I might have kicked it to the other side of the forest.' He thought before shrugging knowing it was the spiders own fault for attacking him in the first place.

As he ran across the tops of the tree's and headed towards his normal spot, he stopped and frowned suddenly when he sensed a small chakra signature nearby and when he felt it and its emotions were on in distress and fear.

'That's odd, no one else should be out in this area. Only myself, Itachi and Anko train in here and I know for a fact Anko and Itachi would not get themselves into trouble....well Anko maybe

Turning left and running towards it at his top speed, dodging the branches and sharp edges of tree's that stuck out before he quickly landed beside a large plot of quick sand that was about ten meters long in length and width.

At first, he frowned because he could not see any one nearby but he still sensed a chakra signature nearby and wondered if he had just been sensing some kind of giant animal.

Looking towards the center of the quicksand, a small indent on the surface of the quicksand made him realize whoever it was, was already drowning in the sand and would meet their death in a matter of moments. It felt scared and helpless and Naruto had to help whatever it was.

He made a few hand signs before slamming his two hands together. "Wood Style: Wooden Pillar Jutsu!" He called out as wood shot out from the ground and made its way towards the center of the quicksand before it evened out and formed into a makeshift bridge.

Naruto ran across the small wooden bridge and channeled chakra into his arms to give him more strength before he dived his hands into the quick sand and wrapped around whoever was sinking.

With great strength, he fought against the quick sand and pulled whoever it was out.

He stumbled back a little and landed on his butt. He took a deep breath since he had to use more strength then he thought he would against the quicksand, something many shinobi hated since there were very few ways to get out of it.

Whoever it was in the quick sand was very small, so small in fact that if he squeezed them any tighter then they might have popped. He looked down to see the person he just saved.

Though who he saved was not a person at all.

Look down he saw it was a small cat, very small in fact that he could probably put her on top of his head. The little cat was completely white and had black stripes all over its body. It's paws were tiny, almost as tiny as a baby's hand. A pair of sharp teeth were protruding from its mouth.

"Hey there little guy. What are you doing in a big scary place like this?" He said as the little cat opened its eyes to reveal big green eyes looking back at him with a cat slit like pupil looking back at him.

It stared at him for a moment before it let out a small meow and licked his cheek affectionately making him laugh a little.

"HA HA that tickles little fella." He said as he patted its head.

"Thanks you mister. I thought I was gonna die." The little cat said making Naruto look at it in surprise.

"You talk?" He asked as it bopped its head up and down.

"Yuh huh of course I talk."

"Wells that's pretty cool. I have never met a talking cat before. Talking toads and slugs yes but never a little cat."

He guessed he said something wrong because the little cat began hitting it tiny paws against him while it made a facial expression that he guessed was a pout.

"I'm not a cat you big dummy. I'm a tiger, a white tiger from the White Tiger clan. And stop calling me fella, I'm a girl." The little tiger revealed making Naruto look at her in surprise.

"Oh well I am sorry about that." He said before he put his hand out to her. "My name is Naruto. It's nice to meet you." He said as the little tiger cub looked at him with her big green eyes before she copied his motions and placed her paw on top his hand.

"My names Kiara, part of the White Tiger Clan." She said as Naruto nodded and stood he walked away from the quick sand with Kiara still in his arms.

He held her close so that she did not fall back into the quicksand and he gently stroked her beautiful coat of fur, removing bits of sand from it as he did.

"You know I don't think I have ever heard of a White Tiger Clan before." Naruto said. "I am aware of the Toads, Snakes, Slugs, Monkeys and Dogs but White Tigers are a new one on me."

Kiara moved her little head to look up at him.

"Kaa-san doesn't like our kind going out in the world too much. She says long ago people killed the small Tigers for sport and lots of us died. So Kaa-san wants us to stay in our homeland since its safe there and no one can hurt us."

Naruto smiled. "Your Kaa-san sounds very smart and she sound like she cared a lot for her family."

Kiara bobbed her head. "She is and she is very powerful. Kaa-san is the chief of the White Tiger Clan. A lot of the other Tigers are a little scared of her since she is very strong. But I think Kaa-san is a big softie."

'Yeah I bet.' Naruto thought.

"If you are not allowed usually allowed to leave you home then why are you in this forest?" He asked.

Kiara gave him a very toothy smile. "Kaa-san says I'm a very curious child and I always want to see what's outside of home. But Kaa-san likes it when I'm close by since I am mama's only cub."

"So she's very protective over you." He said as Kiara nodded.

"Very so she might be a little mad that I am out here." she said before she jumped out of Naruto's arms. "You should meet her. I think she would like you since you saved me!"

"I don't think that would be a good idea." He said waving his arms but Kiara did not listen and placed her paw on the ground in front of them. As she did, black marking appeared on the ground, as Naruto recognized the summoning seals.

A second later a large cloud of smoke appeared and it made Naruto go very nervous. He thought the cloud would be small, about a man size of bigger but instead it was enormous, covering parts of the forest, and went far over the tops of the trees.

'Oh crap.' He thought hoping that Kiara's mother would not turn him into 'cat' food.

As the cloud began to disappear, Naruto unconsciously took a step back and for good reason.

The creature in front of him was the very definition of enormous. She towered over the tree's tops and if he had to guess, he would say that she was even bigger than his father's summon Gamabunta, at least a good head taller. Not quite as big as the Kyubi no Yoko he had seen when he was five but she was not far off.

Her fur was like Kiara's, snow white with long black stripes over her body but her coat had a shine to it that he guessed came with age. Her eyes were jade green as well and her claws on her paws were even bigger than his Shusui. On the top of her head was what looked like some kind of tiara with an emerald in the centre of it and her tail and shoulder muscles had this grayish silver armor to it.

The enormous White Tiger looked round in confusion. "Where am I?" she called out in a strong but very elegant sounding voice. The voice had nobility laced all over it.

"Kaa-san down here!" Kiara's squeaky voice called and at first he wondered if the giant Tiger would even be able to her. But she obviously did when her large head looked down and towards Kiara.

"Kiara." She said in a stern voice as her head lowered down to the ground to look at her daughter. "What have I told you about leaving Mount Rhaynor? You know I don't like you leaving our home without me knowing or at all."

Kiara stood up o her hind legs, which would have reach to Naruto knee, against her mother's enormous nose. "But Kaa-san it's so boring at home. And I met a new friend. See?" She said looking over at Naruto whose eyes went a little wide as the enormous eyes of the White Tiger chief moved towards him and narrowed.

A deep growl came out of her throat that made the area vibrate and Naruto could feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

"Did this person hurt you my little cub?" She asked as the mother Tiger rose to its full height making Naruto wonder if anyone else from the village could see the enormous Tiger since he doubted anyone could ever miss her.

Naruto gulped and readied himself to defend himself if possible but Kiara leapt in front of Naruto and looked at her mother with a pout on her face. "Kaa-san please don't hurt him. He saved me. I might have died if he had not arrived."

The great tiger obvious looked a little put back when her daughter spoke before her eyes narrowed again and went back down to look at Kiara's.

"Start explaining daughter," she said though it sounded more like a command.

So Kiara began to explain what had happened, how she fell into quicksand as she chased a butterfly around and was drowning in it when Naruto arrived and took her out of the sand before it could completely engulf her.

Naruto stood to the side as the mother tiger scolded her little cub at her foolish actions before her giant nose touched Kiara's body.

"I thought I might have lost you." She said softly as Kiara stood on her hind legs again and licked her mother's nose in comfort.