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Chapter 1: A New Friend

In the quite Village hidden in the leaves lives a young boy who has grown up being hated by everyone in the village because of what happened ten years ago when the nine-tailed demon fox attacked the village. No one was a match for the nine tails except for the Fourth Hokage who faced the fox by himself; in the end he gave his life to seal the fox within the young boy when he was just a baby that boy is known as Naruto Uzumaki. Since that day Naruto has been looked down by everyone in his village, despising him because of what is sealed inside of him. Time to time some of the villagers beat him up because of what he is calling him a monster, saying that he should die rather than live. But Naruto who has put up with this his whole live ignores what the villagers say to him, and always keeps on smiling for one day he hopes of fulfilling his dream of becoming Hokage.

"Hey can I play with you guys" Yelled out a young blonde as he ran towards a group of other kids who turned around and stared at him with looks of despair.

"Why would we play with you, your just a loser" Said one of the boys in the group as the rest of the group turned around he walked away from him leaving Naruto behind. Naruto ignored the boy's comment as he walked off towards the park, as he usually did when no one wanted to play which was just about every day for him. As he walked through the park he noticed a group of kids laughing and teasing one of the girls in the group.

"Hey leave me alone" Cried the young girl, as the others continued teasing her.

"Why should we forehead girl" Laughed one of other girls of the group, pushing the young girl to the floor.

"Leave me alone" Yelled the young girl as she got up and ran away from the group, running into the nearby tress.

"Sakura wait" Yelled out one of the girls.

"Just leave it Ino, she's long gone now" Said one of the boys as the rest of the group walked off, with Ino following guilty of teasing her best friend. Once the group had left Naruto walked off into the forest to see where the girl had gone. After walking around a bit he could start to hear someone crying. Naruto then soon found the girl sitting down behind one of the trees with her knees curled up and her head resting in her arms.

"Hey are you ok" Said Naruto as Sakura looked up at him.

"Who are you; you're not here to make fun of me are you"

"Why would I make fun of you for?"

"Because all the kids always make fun of my forehead that's why" Naruto then looked at her forehead, it was a little bigger than normal but hardly ever noticeable.

"Really that's why those kids before where making fun of you, to me I hardly noticed it your forehead is perfectly normal"

"Really you don't think my forehead is big" Said Sakura whipping away her tears.

"No of course not" Said Naruto holding out his hand to help Sakura up.

"Thank you, also you never told me your name" Said Sakura

"Oh sorry I forgot my name is Naruto Uzumaki"

"My name is Sakura Haruno and thank you"

"That's all right, Say do you want to go get some ramen with me" Said Naruto

"Sure" Smiled Sakura as they headed off towards Ichiraku's. As they were walking through the streets, Sakura started to notice everyone staring at Naruto, giving him looks of hatred and anger, but she just ignored it as they both arrived at Ichiraku's.

"Hey Naruto nice to see you again, and I see you have brought a friend to" Said Teuchi.

"Hey Teuchi, this is Sakura Haruno" Said Naruto as Sakura smiled and said hello as they both took their seats at the counter. After they had both ordered Teuchi then walked into the kitchen to prepare their meals.

"Say Naruto why were all the villagers we passed looking at you weirdly" Asked Sakura.

"It's because what I have sealed inside me that's why" Said Naruto uncomfortable about the subject.

"Do you know what it is?"

"No but it has to be something horrible if everyone keeps calling me a monster and constantly beating me up" Said Naruto.

"What about your parents and you friends don't they do anything about it" Said Sakura, she then noticed Naruto had become silent, until he looked up.

"My parents died when I was born, and since then I haven't had a single friend because of the fact that all of the grownups keep telling their kids not to come near me" Said Naruto who then looked down at the counter. At this point a tear fell from Sakura's eye as she couldn't believe that Naruto did not have any parents or a single friend. Sakura then placed her hand on Naruto's back making him look up.

"Naruto I'm sorry that I asked, but you don't need to worry because I'll always be your friend no matter what" Said Sakura, as a smile retuned to Naruto's face.

"Thank you Sakura" Said Naruto as Teuchi walked back in with their bowls of ramen.

"Here you go you two enjoy and don't worry about the cost, tonight it's on me" Said Teuchi

"Thank you" Said Naruto and Sakura as they both begun to eat there ramen. After they had both finished they said thank you and goodbye to Teuchi as they left the shop.

"It's starting to get late I should be getting home before my parents start to worry" Said Sakura

"Ok, did you want to meet up at the park tomorrow morning" Said Naruto

"Sure, I'll see you then" Said Sakura as she gave Naruto a quick hug making both them bluish a bit and then headed of home.

As Sakura got home, she walked into the living room to see her mother sitting down reading a book, which she placed down when Sakura walked into the room, while her father was standing near the fireplace drinking his nightly tea.

"Hello Sakura dear, what have you been up to today" Said Mrs Haruno, Sakura then quickly remembered what Naruto said about other parents not letting their children near him, so she quickly thought of something to tell them.

"I've been hanging around with Ino and the others today" Said Sakura

"Ah ok then" Responded Mrs Haruno

"Say do you guys know someone named Naruto Uzumaki" Said Sakura when both of her Parents turned around and looked at each other, to then looking back at Sakura.

"Yes and we don't want you going anywhere near that kid alright, he is not a nice person to be around" Said Mr Haruno

"But why, what's wrong with him"

"He is a horrible monster and an evil person, so just stay away from him ok"

"Ok" Said Sakura as she walked up to her room, as she couldn't believe that her own parents would call him a monster, but she didn't care as she had promised to always be his friend even if she had to keep it from her parents.