A/N: Hey all I've started writing fan-fics again. I think this one is going to be pretty good.

I hope you all like it and review!

~ The Ultimate Pirate Lord

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Today was an average day in the leaf village, as average as any day can be in a ninja village. There were young children practicing with there shurikens and Jonin veterans exchanging their war stories. But in this peaceful village there was a very unmerciful act taking place.

A small boy dressed in tattered orange clothing was running from small group of people, some of them were seen in the standard ninja attire of the village, while others were dressed as civilians. The small boy ran at a frantic and unorganized pace. What seemed like hours for him, but in reality was only a few minutes, he turned into a small alley. To his unlucky fortune- one with a dead end.

The small boy trembled in fear when some one threw a kunai- hitting him strait in the stomach. "You damn demon! Do not think we're fooled by your acts, we all know what you are!" The now obvious leader of the mob proclaimed.

"Wh-What did I do to deserve this?" The blonde boy asked between his near hysterical sobs. The leader of the mob walked over and kicked the blade deeper into his stomach. His sobs deepened as the blade was driven deeper and deeper, making it harder to breath.

A look of rage contorted the mans face, putting even more fear into heart of the young boy. "What did you do?!" The man shrieked, digging his boot into the boys throat. "You killed my little sister, my wife, my sensei and my teammates! I will carve each of their lives out of your skin and then everyone here will take their revenge on you." He said harshly.

He rammed the heel of his foot into the young boys jaw- there wasn't even time for him to scream when he brought his foot down again earning him a sickening crunch. The cruel treatment didn't stop for what seemed like ages to the small, malnourished, six year old boy. The beating would have been even longer if what appeared to be a withered old man leading a small force of masked ninja hadn't stepped in and stopped the attackers dead in their tracks.

"You worthless pieces of slime, you all gang up on a small boy and attack him like he was a piece of meat and you are all starving wolfs! No one here will see the light of day for a long time!" He said with such intensity that even the masked ninja standing behind him had shivers going down their spines.

He raised his hand and pointed at the mob. At the action, the masked ninja all but disappeared as the mob around them tried to run only to be caught and carried away. One of the masked ninja, one wearing the mask of a wolf, walked up to the old man.

"Hokage-sama all of the attackers have been captured and are being brought to Ibiki as we speak." The Hokage looked at him and sighed. He walked over the small boy who was now coated in blood barley alive and twitching every couple seconds.

"I'm disgusted at the people of this village. Naruto, I hope you can forgive me for letting this happen." he grabbed the boy and disappeared in a swirl of leaves

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At the hospital

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The Hokage stared at Naruto sadly- he was hooked up to machines and wires that were living for him at the moment. He knew that Naruto healed very fast and would live but he had a feeling that he would never be the same again.

The Hokage stayed with him all night, begging god to have the small boy wake up. After several more hours the small boy in the bed began to stir and soon shot up out of the bed. The Hokage grabbed Naruto and embraced him in a hug, tears welling up in his eyes. "Naruto, I am so sorry about what happened." Naruto just stared into space as the Hokage hugged him.

"Why? What did I ever do? I try and try to be a good boy so people will like me but I only ever get hated… Why old man? WHY!?" He broke down at the last part crying heavily into the Hokage robes. It broke the old mans heart to see the small boy crying like that but felt that he couldn't yet reveal the secrets to the child.

"Naruto I'm sorry but I can't tell you."