Hey there this is my first attempt at a Fanfic and I hope that this story does well and that who ever reads it enjoys my writing.
Oh and before I forget: I do not own Naruto in any way shape or form, but I'm plotting ways to get my hands on it. (insert evil diabolical laughter here)
Chapter 1: The End of a Dream
Konohagakure no Sato
The 10th of October, the day on which the Yondaime Hokage defeated the rampaging Kyuubi no Yoko six years prior. Most people considered it to be a wonderful day and held a celebration on it each year. However a few people did not view the 10th as a day of joyful partying, in fact one person in particular considered this day as the worst day of their life.
This person was the blonde haired blue eyed six year old known as Uzumaki Naruto, who was currently running for his life from a drunken mob.
He didn't know why they had decided to chase him, maybe they viewed him as the easiest target to release their alcohol induced rage upon, or perhaps there was another reason. He didn't know and at the moment he didn't care, he simply wanted to get away from the crowd and hide somewhere until the day was over. Which unfortunately was something easier said than done, for no matter how fast he ran he never seemed to outdistance the mob behind him.
Finally after what seemed to have been an eternity Naruto managed to evade his pursuers by sprinting down several alleys and hiding in a dumpster. He lay there with a hand over his mouth to quiet his breathing until the sounds from the crowd could no longer be heard. Sitting up Naruto carefully lifted the lid of the dumpster and peeked out to see that the alley was empty.
Smiling and congratulating himself on getting away, Naruto opened the lid further and climbed out of the dumpster. As he began walking back towards the orphanage he heard the sound of chuckling from above.
"See, I told you the kid was still around." Came a voice from above.
Naruto looked up to see three men perched on the ledge of the roof, Naruto noticed immediately the one thing they had in common, all three of them were wearing hitae-ate. the first one had spiky green hair, he was wearing black pants with a red tank-top, his left arm was covered in a large burn scar.
The second man was bald save for a single strip of short brown hair in the middle of his head, he was wearing blue pants a black shirt and a gray vest, and on his back was a sword. The final man had long black hair that hung down over his eyes, and he was wearing red pants that cut off at his knees and a purple long sleeved shirt, the lower half of his face was covered in wrappings.
Seeing them Naruto did the first thing that came to mind, he ran. He managed about five steps before a kunai sank into his leg, he collapsed to the ground with a scream that was silenced when one of the shinobi slammed his foot into the back of Naruto's head.
"Huh you were right, taking down the kid was easy." the green haired man said as he ground his foot down into Naruto's head
"Of course it was, you were just overestimating him Imaichi" the bald one said
"Yeah, so what Ryou? with what he is it's easy to expect something more."
"Would you two shut up already and gag the brat, this area's too open" The third man said as he landed between the two
"yeah yeah Makino, were on it" Ryou grumbled as he pulled out a bundle of bandages and tossed them to Imaichi, who lifted Naruto's head off the ground and shoved them in, before picking the boy up by the back of his shirt. "Lets go I know a great place to have some fun with the demon"
"hurry up and lead the way then" Makino said
Imaichi nodded before disappearing in a shunshin, followed quickly by the others.
(Training Ground 3)
Naruto was woken by a swift smack to the face from Ryou. He opened his eyes to find that his mouth was full of bandages preventing him from talking and that he had been tied to a tree at the edge of a clearing with three large poles near the tree line and a river beyond them.
He might have looked around more had Ryou not said anything
"well look who's awake"
Naruto's eyes snapped over to Ryou's face to see the man smiling, though it didn't seem to be a very nice smile.
"you know he doesn't look very happy Ryou" Imaichi said as he walked over with a large container of sake in his hand
"You think he would be since he's helping you out so much"
"Oh, that's the problem right there! he doesn't know what he doing for you yet does he? Imaichi said before taking a large gulp of sake
"your right! he doesn't know yet." Ryou said as he drew the blade from his back "Well kid you get to help me test out the sharpness of my new sword." he said and then slashed Naruto diagonally across his face. Naruto's eyes widened in pain and he screamed behind the gag "hmm I'd say that it cuts pretty nicely, but to truly tell you should test it some more." Imaichi said between sips of his sake.
Ryou smirked and swung his blade, cutting through the ropes that held Naruto to the tree, causing the boy to collapse on the ground where he lay cradling his face.
"get up and run boy, make this more fun for me." Ryou said with a sadistic smile on his face, when Naruto didn't move his smile faded "fine" he muttered, and kicked Naruto sending him flying over towards Makino was leaning against a tree smoking a cigarette. looking at the young blonde boy who had landed at his feet.
"get up" he said, when the boy didn't move Makino reached down and picked him up by the neck "you know, children who don't listen to their elders get punished." he said taking a drag on his cigarette, he then pressed the red hot tip into Naruto's left eye causing the boy to scream again
"hey Makino send him this way" Ryou said. Makino looked over at him and shrugging and tossed the blonde through the air. As the boy flew past Ryou, he slashed out with his blade. Naruto continued past and slammed in to the ground behind Ryou.
His right arm however landed next to Imaichi who looked down at it and laughed, and made sure to step on it as he walked over to stand next to Ryou. "that's a pretty good blade you got there, maybe I'll get one myself" he said, his speech slightly slurred from the sake. They watched Naruto squirm in pain as he held onto the stump of his arm for a few minutes before Ryou shoved his blade into Naruto's right leg pinning him to the ground, "knock it off" he said "all that squirming is getting real annoying" Imaichi looked on for a few moments before staggering off "I'll be back, got to go take a leak" he slurred out.
He barely went twenty feet before he collapsed forward onto his face. Makino sigh and started walking toward Imaichi's prone form. "Kill the kid and lets get out of here"
"you got it" Ryou said as he pulled the blade from Naruto's leg and raised it above his head. However before he brought it down upon Naruto, Ryou heard something hit the ground behind him. Turning to look he saw Makino's head rolling across the ground.
"what the fu-"
He was cut off when a kunai was shoved into his throat. Before the darkness overtook him he saw an Anbu with a weasel mask. The Anbu moved past Ryou and knelt next to Naruto and quickly felt for a pulse, sighing in relief when he found it, it was weak but it was there, scooping the boy up the Anbu shunshined away.
(Hokage's Tower)
Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage, sat at his desk attempting to defeat one of his greatest enemies, paperwork, the Hokage sighed as he looked at the large stacks that he still had to look over, it was larger than normal due to the celebration that was taking place.
His attention was drawn upwards sharply when the door to his office was thrown open and a young chunin rushed in.
"Hokage-sama, there was an incident with the Uzumaki boy" he managed to say between breaths.
The Hokage stood up from his desk "what happened" he demanded
"There was an attack sir, I don't know the details, but the boy's in the hospital." That was all that Sarutobi needed to head, he strode around his desk, out the door, and to the roof where he vanished in a shunshin.
(Konoha General Hospital)
The Hokage walked down the hallways of the hospital until he came before a room with the weasel masked Anbu standing next to the door, who turned as Sarutobi approached.
"Hokage-sama" he said with a small bow.
"Hello Itachi-san, how is he doing?"
"He's stable now Hokage-sama, but his wounds are rather severe, his right arm was cut off near his shoulder, and his right leg had to be amputated due to the injury's it received. He also has a cut across his left eye which destroyed it, the doctors have already removed what remained. He also has a puncture wound from a kunai in the back of his left leg, but it is a minor injury and is already healing"
Sarutobi's face showed no change in emotion save for a hardening of his eyes as he received this information. "At the moment Naruto-kun is resting, and the doctor's say that he will awaken in a few hours."
"thank you Itachi-san, you may go home now" Itachi nodded and bowed again, before walking off down the hallway. The Hokage watched him leave and then spoke to the empty hallway "Kuma-san" a few moments passed before an Anbu with a bear mask appeared by Sarutobi's side.
"Yes Hokage-sama?" the man asked.
"Please set up a security detail for Naruto, and please inform the owner of Ichiraku Ramen, I'm think that he and his daughter would like to know of this"
"Hai Hokage-sama" Kuma said and then disappeared to fulfill his orders.
Sarutobi then looked back to the door to Naruto's room and put his hand on the doorknob. Sighing he opened the door and walked into the dimly lit room and looked at the sleeping boy. The left side of his face was covered in bandages and the fact that Naruto was missing limbs was painfully obvious from the flattened areas that should have been filled by his right arm and leg.
Sarutobi's face softened as he stared at Naruto as he slept, Sarutobi truly seemed to show his age as he slowly sat in one of the chairs along the wall in the room. 'What am I going to do for you Naruto? With this your dream is over before it truly began.'
And cut. that's a wrap, thank you for at least getting this far in my first attempt at writing a Fanfic. Don't worry I'm not going to end Naruto's ninja career, I have a plan and all will become clear later on. All reviews, flames and death threats are welcome (as long as you don't know where I live) and I especially welcome constructive criticism. Until next time Good night and good luck.
