[A/N]: My third attempt at a Fanfiction, This one is right from the beginning of the Anime series, I haven't read manga sooo please bear with me.
This is a Naruto x Harem, Naruto will not be OP.
Anyway read on.
My Past Doesn't Define Me
My Hate Comes from Pain
My Insecurity is Not Weakness
My Strength is An Illusion
Chapter 1: A Chain Reaction
A very familiar blonde walked by the streets wearing a black shirt with a swirl pattern on the mid-chest and back followed by brown shorts and a pair of goggles rested on his hair.
It was a pretty normal day, The same old people glaring at him with every step he took, It would be heartache for anyone else but this boy who was used to those glares and acts of ignorance.
He moved through the streets looking for food, A harsh life for a 7-yearold, But he had decided to ignore such displeasures.
He paced towards an alley full of trash cans, He went up to the first and opened the lead, digging in to find anything he could eat.
His exploring hands came to a stop as he pulled out a small bowl chipped in the sides, It was trash to most but a form of gold for him, He placed it behind him closing the lead of the can.
He picked up the bowl and moved to the next trash can continuing his search for some left overs or expired food.
In the same street ...
Hiruzen Sarutobi, The Third Hokage of the Village hidden in the Leaves. Walked towards the blond, He was unnoticed by the blond who was busy in his search for food.
The old man stopped near the child, Puffing a round of smoke.
The kid looked at the old man with an innocent look, "I'm sorry for the mess I made old man, I was hungry, If you want we can share", Naruto said holding out a bowl full of small pieces of bread and some noodles stuck to the edge of the bowl.
The old man took the bowl from his hands with a warm smile, But unexpectidly, The old man threw the bowl on the other side of the street.
The young boy looked horrified, He held tears in his eyes as he looked down waiting for him to hit him.
The old man bent down and placed his hand on his shoulder, "Naruto my boy, no need to cry, those are dangerous to eat", Naruto looked at the man stopping his fit of cry.
"I-i'm sorry sir, I can't afford anything else", He sniffed.
The old man held him in his arms pulling him off the ground, "Well my boy, Lets get some Ramen then, I'm sure you'll like it", He said smiling with his wrinkled up face.
Naruto's face lit up with joy, He looked at the old man returning to his endusiastic self, "You mean it?, Thanks old man", He said earning a nod from the Hokage who is still unknown to him.
The Hokage moved through the bust main streets going across the town to what looked like a Food Stand.
As they got there the two settled down to eat, Naruto's eyes were full of lust as he saw the pictures of what people call 'Ramen'.
The owner went to him with a serious look on his face, Unexpectidly he smiled at him, "Whats your name little man?, I'm Teuchi and this is my daughter Ayame", he said pointing to his daughter who was working on the order.
"I'm Naruto!, Nice to meet you old man", He said smiling in a way he has never before, "You know Naruto, I like you and just for that how about free meal coupons, You can come here any time".
He took out a rather large strip of coupons and gave them to Naruto, He was one of those people who cared about the boy, Those coupons would last him a few months and he wanted to repay Kushina's ramen eating abilities.
The old Hokage looked at the boy eating food, He figured his eating habits were a mini version of Kushina even though he looked like Minato.
As they finished the Hokage payed the Ramen-maker and went through the streets again, "Naruto boy, Where do you live exactly?", The older man inquired.
Naruto cupped his chin trying to think, "Its in training ground 44, A-at least thats what its written on it", He said dejectidly.
"Naruto, you mean our training ground 44?, Thats a dangerous place, Its not called the forest of death for nothing", He said with a hint of caress in the statement.
"No, Its alright grandpa, The animals were a problem before but I'm used to it, I even made some antidotes for poison, A scaring snake lady gave me a book of it, her name is Anko she's pretty nice though she saved my life a few times and she even feeds me dangos when she is not on missions"
Sarutobi was surprised, Anko actually liked the kid.
'It was hard for it to sink in but I guess those two have a lot in common', "Naruto, If I'm correct, your birthday is tomorrow, I'll come by to visit-", He was cut off by an ANBU.
"I'm sorry Hokage-sama but there is no sign of the Uzumaki anywhere, We will patrol momentarily", He said.
The old man looked at him with disgust, "Dog", In a swirl of leaves a white haired masked ANBU appeared at his side, "Take him to the interrogation department and strip him of his ANBU status".
With a nod the white haired man handlocked the other and knocked him out, As he disappeared the Hokage sighed.
"You see Naruto, I have been trying to find you for a long time, I have reserved a house for you, You can move in if you like".
Naruto looked down with sadness in his eyes then back up,"I'm sorry old man, But I can't, Thank you for caring though, Anko-chan will be waiting for me at home she must be home by now", He was happy there and didn't want to leave.
"Please don't tell her I went eating at a garbage alley, She gave me money honest ... But they all took it ..."
The old man had been through much, But this took malevolence to a whole new level. The Hokage was not a forgiving person when it came to children.
"I will deal with the population in a while Naruto, But for now Matarashi-san is waiting for you", He said with a smile.
"I shall visit you tomorrow, Don't mind me if I bring a few guests", He said with a smile.
"Come by any time old man, All my birthdays were just me and Anko-chan I hope you come", He said running towards the forest.
'That boy really is something, I'm guessing Anko's the reason why you didn't take care of the boy, Eh Jiraya?'
Lost in thought the old man went back to his arch-nemesis ... Paperwork
Our homeroom blonde walked through the forest of death which lead to a wooden house, It wasn't all that big, It was a small house with a capacity of 4 people.
He moved to the door and opened it, "I'm home!", He said expecting a reply.
"Be right there Gaki", It was a girl, She looked like she was eighteen, She wore a fin net shirt with a jacket over it which she didn't have on right now.
Anko came to him and bent down, "Brat... You look filthy, Wanna take a bath?", (Not expecting this were you?, A kunai to the throat but not this).
Naruto nodded, "Thanks Anko-chan", Finishing that he kissed her cheek and skidded to the bathroom.
Anko tilted her head just enough to see the blonde rushing to the shower forgetting his clothes, But Anko was not just any woman, She was a super nee-chan as Naruto put it.
She already had a spare closet for Naruto made because of his forgetfullness.
Like Anko, Naruto didn't have much knowledge but he did know some pressure points to immobilize an opponent, Anko trained him when she was free but Naruto couldn't defend himself against the villagers still.
That was partly because he was wearing training weights, The other was because he didn't want them to think he was really the 'Demon Brat' they deemed him to be.
Anko to Naruto, played a great role in life, Until a few 25 months Naruto would have been in the forest of death alone if it weren't for her.
Anko was one of the people he respected.
Naruto got out of the shower a bit drenched, but still had a huge smile on his face, Anko smiled back at the misjudged blonde. (She didn't give a smirk like she does, It was a genuine smile).
"Hey, gaki wanna learn a cool jutsu?", She said out of the blue.
Naruto tilted his head a few ten degrees, "Anko nee-chan ... Whats a jutsu?", He was still clueless.
Anko sighed at the kid's well ... Childish behavior, But she can't blame him can she.
"Dammit kid!, One of these days I will get Kurenai to give you some vocab and nerdish lessons".
"Now listen up, A jutsu is a ninja's key trick and skill in his or her arsenal", "They are, Nin-jutsu, Gen-Jutsu and Tai-Jutsu".
"Ninjutsu are chakra energy based attacks for dealing mass or consentrated damage, They are often destructive and powerful, But thats for another day, Jutsu consist of 5 primary elements, Those are; Lightning, Earth, Fire, Water and Wind".
Taking a deep breath she continued, "My primary element is Fire".
Ram, Boar, Ox : Pheonix Fire Jutsu
Finishing that she spit a wave of fireballs to the weapons rack and deformed some of the kunai.
"Cooool", Naruto stared in awe, It was a lot of damage done if you look at it from a kid's point of view.
"Teach me, Teach me!", As enthusiastic as ever the ball of energy was over the edge to learn something cool.
"Okay, Lets start with something that will make use of your chakra reserves"
Tiger, Inverted Tiger
Shadow Clone Jutsu
With that Anko, In Naruto's opinion 'split' into two.
"How do you like that?", The two counter-parts grinned in unison.
Naruto was left drooling and speechless. Snapping her fingers in his face Anko waited a while to solve his paralysis.
In time she slapped him into conciousness. "WOW!, Let me try".
'Haha I bet that gaki can make 4 clones max', An evil thought for an evil lady.
Naruto concentrated on his core and weaved through hand seals.
Tiger, Inverted Tiger (Cope with me I am no seal master but I am good at making stuff up)
Shadow Clone Jutsu
With that Anko was left with two huge eyes and little Naruto a bit disappointed, "Not even one clone?, Man I suck at this".
Anko bonged him on the head clearly pissed, "Ever tried turning back?".
He was confused but went with the flow, His mood lightened as he turned around to see 25 clones, "Yatta!, I did it!, Anko-chan teach me that cool fire jutsu".
"I'll try, If you have an affinity for it then it should be no problem", "The hand seals are Ram, Boar and Ox".
This time he felt something very different in him, He felt a strong source of chakra supressing the one he used from his stomach, It has dark and devious.
As soon as he weaved the first seal he was covered with a black aura of chakra, His ocean deep cerulean eyes changed into a deep red colour with a tomoe in each eye.
His face went dark and emotionless, his joyous eyes became dull and shiny at time same time, His hair under the influence turned black as his whiskers disappeared, Veins buldged out as he screamed at the top of his lungs.
His body visibly changed, Anko was having her share of trouble watching the young boy change into a emotionless soul with a manevolent chakra.
He grew a bit more muscle which was swollen and all worked out. He panted deeply for a couple of minutes before continuing.
Ram, Boar, Ox
Pheonix Fire Jutsu
He took in a deep breath and hurled it towards the clearing, It was massive, the size of a tree if not more. It hit the clearing with intense force and heat.
The whole clearing exploded. Leaving a visible track for ANBU and the Hokage.
Anko snapped out of her trance and moved to the clearing, Wind Style: Great Breakthrough.
She shot out a gust of wind blowing away the smoke, She was stunned. She watched the crater formed by the Jutsu.
She then moved towards Naruto who was looking like a minature version of the most gruesome force the shinobi world had ever seen.
Madara Uchiha
[A/N]: Now that was epic, It may seem the natural Naruto-kami but it isn't, He will be strong but at a believable rate. Also the Pheonix Fire Jutsu was strong because of his affinity for fire. And as for how he got that chakra ... You'll find out.