In the village hidden in the leaves there was a boy, this boy had light blonde hair, a smile that seemed to be as bright as the full moon, and blue eyes that could rival the sky. Only today was the day that the Kyuubi no Kitsune had shown up eleven years ago and destroyed half of the village; killing many. Today also happened to be Naruto Uzumaki's birthday.

The day had started out realitively normal for Naruto, he got up, took a shower, ate some breakfast ramen, and went out to train. It was around lunch time when he decided to take a break and go get something to eat. He took alley ways and back roads to get to his favorate shop, Ichiraka's. You see when October 10th came around the village would become violent towards him. After becoming victim to many servere beatings, he learned to hide and run. Once he reached the stand he realized that he left his wallet at home. Depressing set in as he started to head back to his appartment. Naruto didn't get very far as a mob of angry drunken villagers started to chase after him. Sure he could out run the villagers but there were shinobi in the mob, and since Naruto was still in the acadamy, he didn't stand a chance. They managed to stop him near a river side. Seeing that he was trapped he decided to talk his way out of the situation.

"Hello everyone what can I do for you all?" Naruto asked already knowing the answer to his question. They didn't bother to speak as they took out knifes, 2x4s with nails in them, broken bottles, whatever they could use to beat the child. They started to punch, kick, stab, and bludgeon the poor boy. After a few minutes of the beating the mob started to burn Naruto's flesh until he was covered in third degree burns. They threw the body in the river and went off to celibrate the demon's demise. By the time Anbu found the river side, the boy was nowhere to be seen. They found a large amount blood that no human being could survive losing, and the scorch marks on the ground showed what happen to the body. They went to the hokage and told him what happen to the boy.

"I see and you are sure that the blood belonged to Naruto?" The elderly man asked the masked man.

"Yes sir." The Inu anbu said.

"Very well, you are dismissed." The man said with a sigh. Once the anbu left, the old man cried for the lost of the dear child.

'Minato, Kushina, I'm sorry for not being able to protect him."

At the other side of the village, a young shinobi was walking to a memorial stone. He stopped in front of it and just stood there thinking.

"I don't know what happen Obito, I first failed you and now I failed Minato-sensei. Why? Why do I let everybody down?" The young man asked to no one. If you hadn't guessed yet the young man is Kakashi Hatake. The white haired man stayed there a few more minutes till he finally went home.

As his body washed up on to the shore, Naruto was just beginning to regain consious. All he could see was blurry trees and bushes. He tried to stand up, but it was too painful. He manage to get a few feet on to shore before his body gave out, and darkness consumed him.