"Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness."
-Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze were destined to be together. Like a moth drawn to a flame, their future together ended shortly before it had a chance. But their relationship was the starting point to great hardships.
The Masked Man invading Konoha, letting loose the Kyuubi, and the demise of a what could've been a great family.
What's all was left was a little boy scorned, blamed, and hated by the entire village. Picking up the pieces: The Third Hokage, who did nothing to protect him from unprecedented abhorrence.
The first time-
At a glance, he looked quite ordinary. But he had a face that you couldn't take your eyes off. Bright blue eyes that went on forever like the ocean. Hair, yellow as the sun. Color is marvelous to look at yet often taken for granted.
As he went by, names such as 'Demon boy' or 'Monster' would be screamed at. Although, those were only insults.
"What was it? Ah, Naruto Uzumaki. Such a nice ring to it."
The second time-
He was fighting for his life against ninjas named Haku and Zabuza on a bridge that would later be named after the young hero himself.
Those small glimpses would pique Death's interest however, Death had an agenda and could not stray for too long.