A/N: Hello all! This is my first fanfic.! It's been awhile since I've obsessed over Naruto, and I'll try to make this as accurate as possible! I hope this is up to par with the many wonderfully written fanfiction out there…Constructive criticism always welcome, and comments are gratefully received! Thanks!

Disclaimer: Naruto and all of its associations belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Definitely not mine.

Enjoy!

"Ne, Sakura-Chan…Do you think I suck?"

Sakura's eyes bugged out, and immediately narrowed. She whipped around and stared at her boisterous teammate. They stood alone, after Kakashi and Sasuke left for their training preparation for the Chuunin exams.

Arms akimbo, she quipped, "Well, at this rate, even that lazy bum Shikamaru and that mutt Kiba look like Jounin compared to you!"

Naruto pursed his lips and looked at the ground, eyebrows knit in concentration. " I see."

The pink-haired kunoichi cocked an amused eyebrow, unused to a lull in the everlasting blare horn of sound from Naruto. "And Sasuke-kun can definitely beat you anytime! If you stopped stuffing your mouth with ramen and bothering me all the time, you idiot, you could at least put up some kind of a fight!"

The orange-clad boy's eyes widened. He clenched his fists and shouted for the world to hear, "Sakura-Chan, you're a genius!"

Sakura tentatively released her hands from her ears and deadpanned. "…What are you going on about now, you mor-"

Naruto turned to face her, a wide grin splitting his face, fist raised into the air. "I'm gonna train like never before! Just you wait 'till the exams! I'll show everyone not to mess with Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage and best ninja in the WORLD!"

Sakura rolled her eyes and waved him off, walking back home. "…Don't kid yourself. Sasuke-kun's going to be the best ninja ever…and I'll be there to celebrate…in his muscular and strong and loving arms…" She began to squeal as she disappeared into the streets.

Naruto dropped his arm and sighed, his startling blue eyes darkening. No one really believes in me do they? Kakashi-sensei spawns me off for their precious Sasuke-Chan and even Sakura-Chan thinks I'm a failure. Well, I'll show them all! The stupid idiot isn't going to be trodden on ever again!

Naruto ran into the village, determined to grab a few scrolls from his apartment (courtesy of Iruka-sensei) and make way to the training grounds. Yes! I'll prove them all wrong! No one's better at falsities than I am…

He didn't notice the change in hostility he received while passing the inhabitants of Konoha. The glares were intensified with barely contained hate, volatile and ready to explode. However, the villagers smirked. They would get their revenge soon enough. Let the demon feel our pain…Tonight is the time…

It was near midnight.

Naruto sat panting on the ground, his orange jacket thrown in a pile with unfurled scrolls. He had spent several hours with ten doppelgangers training and studying, reading jutsu scrolls to increase his arsenal. In the meanwhile, he practiced taijutsu, alternating from beating a training post to near splinters and running around the forest area at top speed.

Naruto sighed and dispelled his clones. Not bad for a day, I guess. He flopped down onto the grass and looked up at the starry sky.

He had learned a total of five elemental jutsu, almost ready for performance. After discovering that his primary element was wind, he specialized his training to that particular element. Why he didn't realize that his doppelgangers could be used for things other than hand-to-hand combat, he didn't know.

Naruto allowed himself a content smile. Won't they all be surprised when the dead last kicks their wonderful prince in the ass. He could just see the bastard's face in fury when he finally showed them what a sorry loser he was!

Naruto sat up and moved to collect his scrolls and his jacket, wiping the sweat off his forehead. But a sudden swishing sound in the surrounding trees caused him to halt. Goosebumps raised on his arms and he shivered. What the hell was that?

He slowly went to his weapons pouch for a kunai when the sudden spike in killer intent caused him to freeze in fear. Shit! Suddenly, a blur of motion appeared before his eyes, and before he could move, darkness claimed him.

"We've finally got the demon!"

"No one will stop us now…the demon lovers will see our righteousness."

"The villagers will thank us…they were practically drowning us in ryo…"

"Pay attention to the marks. We aren't finished yet."

Naruto woke to a trobbing pain, pulsating from his temples to his arms. His eyes adjusted to the bright fluorescent light over him, and saw that his arms and legs were bound with taut chains extending across to the corners of the small, dark room. He couldn't move any part of his body, other than his head. He was shirtless and without his headband, and his belongings were nowhere to be found. He gasped when he saw the deep marks running across his arm, freshly bleeding. He could make out intricate symbols and kanji, covered with his blood. As he hissed in pain, he noticed five cloaked people in the room with him, one of witch were etching the symbols with a kunai and senbon into his arm.

"Well, well, the demon's awake."

Naruto whipped his head to the sound and was greeted with an ANBU mask. "W-where am I? Why are you-AGH!" He jerked his head as one of the people roughly raked a kunai down the middle of his back, blood painting the floor crimson.

The supposed leader chuckled with malice. "Does that really matter now, you monster? We're simply dealing out our deserved retribution after you killed our families and ruined our village!" The man slugged Naruto in the cheek, deeply cutting the skin with his studded gloves. "You need to feel our pain, Kyuubi. You can't fool us. You should have died when you were born! No one will miss you. The villagers were screaming for this little operation. Don't worry. You're not gonna die any time soon…it'll be slow and painful. For each and every one of those who died when you attacked, hell-spawn!"

Naruto cried out as the pain began to spread across his back, the blades cutting through to muscle, almost touching the bone. He began to blackout from blood loss, but the leader roughly shoved his head back by the hair and forced round capsules down his throat.

"There will be no reprieve from this, demon. You will feel every bit of pain in the process."

Blood pooled around Naruto's feet. His cries were muffled in the room, screams of agony ripping out from his chest. Sweat beaded his pale face and his body convulsed from the strain.

After what appeared to be an eternity of torture, one of the "carvers" stated, "Shoji, we have finished."

The leader, Shoji, stepped back. "Excellent. Begin the jutsu." The five masked people stepped back out of the beam of light and began racing though an array of seals.

Naruto, despite his numbness, began to feel apprehension boiling from the pits of his stomach. "N-n-no. P-please, stop, please-"

The marks encircling his body began to glow and Naruto threw back his head and screamed into the night.

A/N: Yes indeed…I hope the torture was descriptive enough. XD

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