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Guys, this my first time, so please be gentle!
"Normal speech"
'thinking'
'Demon thinking'
"Demon talking"
Disclaimer: I'm not gonna do this every friggin time so, I don't own Naruto, 'cause, if I did, I'd be a friggin millionaire... or billionaire!
Prologue
It was a rainy day, streets were dirty and some celebrations going on in the greatest of shinobi villages Konohagakure no sato.
A little kid about the age of five was running from a small mob of drunk civilians.
"hey, there's that little runt"
"come 'ere li'l demon we...won't 'urt ya..'hiccup'"
"catch the li'l demon,...its runnin'"
Were the shouts coming from the angry mob. This was what they called there annual fox hunt. They were catching up to the kid, the kid was good for his age, afterall evading a group of grownups for half a day a few hours straight was nothing short of incredible. But as good as he was, his little legs could do only so much running from about fifty people...and finally they caught up to him. "p-please le-leave me...I didn't d-do anythnig I swear...*sob..*" said Naruto meekly. "liar!""demon""tainted..son of a bitch""Even your parents left you...you monster..who'd want a demon as a child after all"..and then started the shower of bottles and kicks and punches...
Now he lay beaten on the edge of a street. It was nothing new for him, He expected as much of beating, but something inside him broke... 'did my tou-san and kaa-san really leave me alone as that lady said' thought Naruto sadly. If one was observant enough, they'd see the pain of loneliness and tear-streaked eyes of a little kid. Naruto looked down at his cletched hands and promised himself 'I'll never cry again..*hiccup*..I..promise myself, I'll..never..*hiccup*..' and then he ran and ran and ran...
-(three days later)-
One Naruto Uzumaki found himself in the middle of nowhere, just the last day he'd hid himself in a cart that was going out of Konoha at that moment an luckily it was a cart of some food lover's. So he took upon himself to feed himself to the best of his limits. Now though, after an hour of ditching the cart in some town, he had to resort to stealing little bit of groceries from a store. He had healed in the meantime from the beatings he received a few days ago. "hello, little one!" said a young girl of about 7 years of age. He quickly tried to leave the bread and other eatables behind and run from there. But she caught him quickly "Ah, I'm s-sorry, I didn't mean to...I was just hungry..!" said Naruto hastily, though the girl just smiled and replied in a kind voice "Now now, I'm not going to hurt you"...
-(A month later, At Hokage's Tower)-
Hiruzen Sarutobi, god of Shinobi, was now looking as old as his age suggested. He had spent last few years trying to get Konoha's defenses manageable after the attack of Kyubi. Now he sat regretting it as he saw portrait of his successer. It had been a year since he last saw Naruto. 'Its been quite a lot of time since I last saw him...maybe its a good time for some ramen. Now that I think about it, its been quite some time since I received a complaint against him from civilian council'. He got up from his seat and went left the Hokage tower to go to the orphanage where he'd last seen him. As he moved through the market he was greeted by various people by kind greetings and respectful bows.
After an hour of walking he came across the old orphanage. He entered and was greeted by an old lady "Hello Hokage-sama, what can I do for you?". The Sandaime replied "Oh, Hello Misako-san, I was wondering if you could show me to Uzumaki Naruto's room".
".."
"..?"
"B-But... hokage-sama...he never returned after he went to the park...its been about...a month!"
"Excuse me...?"
".."
Suddenly out of nowhere two ANBU appeared by his side, "i want two squads dispatched right now, in search operations!" the Hokage barked out. Now fear started to creep Sarutobi's heart, it had been a month and he didn't know whereabouts of Naruto, he had no idea where he was, in what condition or how had he not been informed of this earlier. He dispatched more teams with Inuzukas, Hyugas and Aburames in search of him by evening he returned to his office.
A few days passed when all the teams failed, He sat down in his chair. As he looked at Yondaime's portrait, he was reminded of the little kid with a goofy grin who called ramen 'food of Gods'. Although his thoughts were cut short as door to his office opened and in entered a familiar face.
"Danzo" he growled out.
"Ah, you seem to have been busy these last few days, I've been looking for you Sarutobi" said Danzo,
"where is he?" asked Sandaime.
"hmm?"
"I know it has something to do with you, now, where is Uzumaki Naruto?" snapped Sandaime,
"I don't know what you are talking about" replied Danzo in a calm tone.
"yes, you do, and I know you do very well, so don't test my patience!"
"Ah, you are talking about the kyubi's jinchuriki, as much as I would have wanted it, I haven't been able to locate him"
"so...what happened?"
"my...sources... tell me that he ran away while trying to escape a mob about a month ago on 10th of October" As he said that, Danzo proceeded to exit the room. But Sarutobi's voice stop him mid step "I...want your help in locating him, I know you have resources to, so, I'm asking you to put all your efforts in searching him". "I already am!" said Danzo with one last glance at his old rival, he exited the room, leaving the Hokage alone. 'I failed you Minato. I wish wherever you are, you are safe...Naruto!' were the thoughts of the Hokage as He took a peek outside his window at the Hokage's monument.
-(somewhere in Hi no kuni)-
"Naruto!" came the soft whisper of a girl with thick and beautiful red hair..."hai, nee-chan?" came an equally soft and somewhat awed voice of a kid nearby, "you know what this is?" naruto shook his head in negative, "Its the Fire temple! They say that the monks here, are cooler than the ninjas" replied Kaede, "whoa! Thats so cool" replied Naruto with a huge grin, "will you take me there, can I go in there? Huh? Huh?" asked Naruto. "Yup!" replied Kaede with a face splitting grin of her own. Since last month Kaede and Naruto had started living together as both were orphans and somewhat hated, so they quickly grew on each other. Since Kaede was not one to stay at one place for long due to the trouble they got in, they had to keep on moving and now they found themselves at the gates of Fire Temple.
As they moved up the stairs, they had not the slightest of idea how much there life was going to change from this little decsion...
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So, guys, this is my first try at something like this, do let me know how it was and hopefully chapters will be a bit lot lengthier, so please don't forget to review!
Ja ne!