Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Hey there everyone, im sorry for the discontinuation of my other story, but I decided to try and write another. So I hope you enjoy, and please review.

(Thoughts)

"Speech"

"Kyuubi speech"

(Kyuubi thoughts)

Rain, nothing but rain. That was all a 7 year old blonde haired boy could see. He was roughly four and a half feet tall with 3 whisker marks adorning each cheek, wearing tattered shorts and no shirt. The young boy was running, running for his life.

Naruto Uzumaki, was an orphan, always wondering who he really was, and where he came from. The people of the village of Konoha, treated him like he was a demon, beating him, starving him, bringing him to near death on a monthly basis. He had pleaded to Kami begging for it to end, but the end never came. This day was no different.

Turning to face behind him their was a large group of at least 15 villagers, all enraged and chasing him with knives and clubs, screaming for the "demon" to die. Shouting how they were going to kill him. How they were going to put an end to his pointless life.

Naruto took a left turn into a small alley, narrow enough for him to slip through quickly and leave his pursuers struggling to get through. Given this small amount of time, Naruto uses it to put space between him and the villagers.

Running down another alley, bigger than the last, Naruto slips on the soaking wet ground beneath him, falling on his side, smashing his head on the ground rendering him unconscious, but not before seeing a figure rushing to his side.

Waking with splitting headache, Naruto realizes that he is in his room, in the apartment the Third Hokage had given him. Bringing his hand to his head he felt that it was bandaged, gauze wrapping around the circumference of his skull.

Naruto looked around his room, noticing it was much cleaner than before, Naruto wondered how he had gotten here. (The last thing I remember was slipping and falling in that alley...) Thought the young blonde, greatly curious as to how he had gotten their.

Hearing a slight rustle outside his bedroom door, he got up cautiously, both not to hurt his already pounding head, but to also because he did not know who was in his apartment. Opening his bedroom door, he slowly looks out into his small banged up living room. The Third did his best, but with the hate Naruto received, it was hard to find a apartment fit for living.

The walls of the apartment were full of holes, with the paint peeling off. Naruto's furniture was old and molding, his small love seat looking like it had seen better days. All in all, Naruto Uzumaki, sadly, lived in a dump.

Continuing to look around, he slowly stepped out of his room, and started to walk to the kitchen, where the sound came from. Not being as stupid as most would think, Naruto figured that if the person had saved him, bandaged him, and cleaned his home a little, they were probably not gonna hurt him. Turning the corner leading to the kitchen, he is greeted by a surprising sight.

Standing there in front of his small stove, was a decently tall women, probably 5 foot 9 inches, who was humming some quiet tune, and seemed to be making something to eat. She was wearing a white undershirt, along with a black apron looking dress that strapped over her shoulders. She had a very womanly figure, with and hour-glass shape, a round, but toned rear. Naruto could not tell much ,ore, since she was facing away, but what caught the blondes attention the most, was the woman's waist length blood red hair.

Naruto slowly ste3pped into the kitchen, as silent as he could possibly be, which was very quiet considering the mobs he had been running from his entire life. "I know you're there Naruto" Said the women before him without even looking back.

To say Naruto was stunned would be an understatement, he was absolutely shocked that this random women had known he was there, and that she knew his name! "How do you know my name?" The young boy had asked quietly.

The woman turned around, and left Naruto gaping. She was extremely beautiful, with her hair clipped to the side, the blonde saw her face. She had light blue eyes, slightly darker than Naruto's own eyes, with light pink lips that were formed into a smile that sent chills down the young blondes spine.

The woman giggled, "Is your mother that beautiful Naruto?" The woman said. Naruto froze, (What did she say?) the blonde thought. Did she just say that she was his mother? "W-what did you just say?..." the blonde stuttered, having several different emotions running through his mind at the current moment.

The woman sighed, "Come Naruto, have a seat." The woman said that proclaimed to be his mother said, walking over to his worn down couch, patting the seat net to her. Naruto shakily walked over towards her, and sat down next to her.

The woman took a deep, getting ready to have a long talk with her proclaimed son. "Let's start with who I am. I am your mother, my name is Kushina Uzumaki. I was raised here in Konoha along with your father." Seeing Naruto open his mouth to ask a question, she beat him to the punch. "Please wait until I'm done, to make this easier to explain please."

Seeing that Naruto listened to her, she continued, "Your father... your father was Minato Namikaze the famed Fourth Hokage, The Yellow Flash of Konoha, and my husband." Seeing Naruto's eyes widen she quickly continued, "I'm sure that Sarutobi,(A/N: The Third) had newer told you about us, as your father and I had many enemies, and if they would have found out who you truly were, they would try and kill you." She paused, letting the information sink in.

Naruto was completely shocked. He was the son of the Fourth Hokage! The man who killed thousands with a single jutsu. The one who took down the mighty Kyuubi no Yoko! "Is he alive?!" Naruto shouted his question smiling, very excited to see if his father was still alive, but his smile soon faltered seeing his mother sigh sadly.

Looking at her son with sadness, she said, "I'm sorry Naruto, but he did die the night of the Kyuubi attack. Giving his life to protect the village." Kushina had a sad smile grace her lips. Looking over to her son, she saw that he was getting depressed at the fact his father was still dead. Naruto looked up with tears in his eyes. "So if he's dead... where were you all this time?" Naruto asked.

This shocked Kushina not expecting her son to ask that. "I-i don't really know. I just remember helping your father defeat the Kyuubi, and dying, then I woke up in my bed, and came looking for you. Once I found you and scared off that mob, I brought you here..." Kushina finished, angry with the villagers.

Naruto had just remembered a question that h had been waiting to ask his mother from the beginning. "Why do the villagers hate me mom? They are always calling me a demon, and I've been put into the hospital on multiple occasions..." He asked sadly.

Kushina instantly frowned at her sons question. Taking a deep breath, to both calm her rage, and get ready to tell her son, she began, "Naruto, you know how the Kyuubi is just really a giant mass of deadly chakra?" She asked her son, to which he nodded. "Well, it can never really be killed, it can only be sealed... and since it is the most powerful of the bijuu, It can only be sealed inside of a human baby. Naruto... that baby was you..."

Naruto's jaw instantly dropped at that revelation. "I-I'm the Kyuubi?" He asked with tears in his eyes, misunderstanding what his mother had said. Eyes widening Kushina quickly said, "No Naruto, you are NOT the Kyuubi, okay? It's like sealing a kunai in a scroll, does that make the scroll the kunai?" She asked trying to get her son to understand what she had said.

Naruto thought about what his mother said, and replied with "I guess it doesn't, but why me? Why did it have to be me?" Naruto asked with tears still in his eyes. Kushina smiled at that. "That's because your are the only person that your father could trust with the power of the Kyuubi. Plus he couldn't ask another family to do something that he himself wasn't willing to do."

Naruto looked at Kushina, a little happier knowing his father trusted him with something so great. He may be only seven, but he had to grow up fast with how he had been living. "Okay mom." With that he hugged his mother, to which she hugged back.

Naruto brook the hug and looked up, "Your still gonna be here tomorrow right mom?" The young blonde asked. Kushina smiled, "Of course Naruto." She said, thnking, (I'm not going anywhere. I will always be here for you, my son...)

A/N: And thats a wrap! I'm very happy with this, and hope you all enjoy this new story. Please, if you have any questions or comments, leave a review. Thank you. And I'm terribly sorry for the discontinuation of Juryokugan, I lost interest in the story. But I will try to see this one through the end for you readers. Once again please review.

Kyuking out...