Why Do they Hate Me?
He still remembered the conversation he had with the Hokage when he was 5.
"Why is there so much death and killing in the world?" he had asked, his voice strained with a mixture of curiosity and bitterness.
He still remembered the Hokage giving him a long weary sigh before answering:
"Well Naruto," he had said, his discomfort showing in his voice. "Death is a common thing in life; it is inevitable. Nothing lasts forever." He paused for a few seconds to let his words sink in. "Most people prefer to die peacefully from old age, but there are some who feel the need to die protecting who or what they care about and of course there are those who simply die when they don't want to. During war there are many such casualties."
"But why kill? Why not let our enemies die through old age or something?" Naruto asked, almost pleaded.
"Naruto…" Sarutobi started, only to be cut off loudly.
"Why? It wouldn't be that hard! Even to protect is it really worth killing?" Suddenly his voice dropped to a whisper. "Why did we have to kill him? I know he did something bad but killing him was just as bad! You always told me two wrongs don't make a right!"'
"Naruto!" Sarutobi barked, a gesture which quickly gave him silence. "There was nothing you or I could have done. He was not going to back down. A second later and you would have died. " His tone softened. " I know you feel guilty , but don't. He brought it upon himself."
There was a short period of silence before another question.
"Why did he hate me?" Naruto asked. "He gave me the same look all the villagers gave me? Why? What could make them look at me with those eyes?"
Sarutobi mentally cursed himself for being so helpless.
He was the Hokage for God's sake. To let even one child, the Kyuubi Container to make it even worse, become victim to such a harsh reality was completely outrageous!
He gave another long weary sigh before starting one of the hardest conversations of his life.
"Well Naruto, I can don't fully understand why they act this way," Sarutobi offered truthfully, "But, What I do know is that these people have many bad feelings inside of them and unsure of how to let them out they decided to take it out on a poor orphan boy who had done nothing wrong to them. It is unjustified hatred but what you should remember is that none of this is your fault."
To that he had no response.
Frowning, Naruto gave himself a light shake of the head. He had no time for such thoughts. He should be putting all his effort into the task ahead of him.
Pulling the scroll closer to his stomach, Naruto sped up.
There was no time to waste.
Mizuki –sensei was waiting.
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A/N- Phew. What do you think. This is my first fanfic and pretty much my first step to getting good at writing. I have to admit, writing takes a hell lot out of you but it's insanely fun. I'm thinking about writing a couple more of these before I'm confident enough to try something harder. Ah well, anyways R&R. Constructive Criticism greatly appreciated!