Alright, time to take a old subject to use as my own, but Its my favorite.
Itachi: And pray tell why you simpleton?
Because we get to see some misadventures and to show a different side to the Akatsuki and-wait a minute. HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET HERE?
Itachi: I'm only making sure you don't crap up my character too much. I have a image to uphold.
Right. Plus I dont own Naruto.
Itachi: Heh, if he did, then Naruto would already be in the anime graveyard.
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Ch.1 Join us.
A young boy ran down past the dark streets of the city holding a broken (left) arm at his side, covered in blood. He never looked back but he heard them just as close as a few yards away. "There he goes!" "Get the demon!" "Kill it! Kill it!" came the voices of 50 villagers. The young boy, Naruto, was very scared and running out of breath as he headed to the village gates. All the time he was thinking 'Why do they want to kill me? What have I ever done to them?' And had to fight back a new surge of tears while questions he could not understand ran through his head.
While the boy made it out of the city, 2 anbu watched it all from a nearby rooftop. One with an eagle mask almost jumped down to help the boy and to take him to a hospital, but the other with a cat mask stopped him. "What are you doing? We need to help that child!" "Quiet. He is of no concern of the moment." "At the moment?What is more important than saving a life of a innocent?" The cat mask turned to his comrade and said, "You do know he has the nine tailed demon inside of him? Besides, not to long ago, I received word that one of our own killed all but one member of a clan." "You can't be serious! Who was it?" "Itachi Uchiha. He pretty much wiped out all of them in their sleep." "Hn, not even a half an hour and my reputation already precedes me." The 2 unfortunate Anbu turned in time to see 2 blood red eyes mutter "Tsukuyomi."
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Naruto made it out of the village and ran into the nearby forest away from the beaten path (and where the villagers would have a hard time looking) until he collapsed from exhaustion in a clearing, tears running down his face (although this did not come from any physical wound) as he thought if the villagers where right. 'Did I really kill people? No, but why do they call me demon? Because I have no family or friends other than the old man Hokage and Iruka-sensei? Why did they almost kill me?' With this, the child wept himself to sleep.
The next day…
With a stir, Naruto awoke to the smell of cooking fish and a bandaged arm. 'Wha?' "I see you have awoken." Said a voice behind him. Naruto quickly turned to find its owner, a teenage boy whose face made him looked much older with black hair, a ponytail, and Anbu grade field uniform. "Who are you? Your not going to take me back to the village…are you?" The man chuckled a bit as he sat near a fire tossing in some wood. "No, I wouldn't as I may guess the reason you left was related to your arm. My name is Uchiha Itachi." "Uzumaki Naruto…but why did you help me? If I'm a demon, then you should of killed me." "I could, but in the meantime eat, and tell me why you didn't seek help." "No one would of." "That's too bad." "I'm just so confused and angry. What did I do?" Itachi looked at the 7 yr. old with amusement. 'So, the demon container distrusts those from the village, and is possiblyquick to trust those who are kind, even in appearance. It will be easy to take him to the Akatsuki now without more killing and maybe I…'
"Listen Naruto, I'm going to tell you a secret that you will possibly find out eventually. You are not the demon, only its container." "So that means they were right?" "No, no. They where mearly some fools who couldn't find their way past the immorals of a illusion they thought as truth. You and the demon are separate beings." Itachi finished seeing a confused look on the boy. "So they judged be because of that? Did the old man and Iruka-sensei act nice because of my demon?" "I cannot say for sure ('As I know the hokage keeps things to himself at times')."
Naruto took this in that every one he knew lied or hurt him more than once. "Itachi," he said, gripping his fists so tight the knuckles turned white. "I want revenge. As long as I could remember they harmed me. I vow on this day that Konoha has created a demon, not birthed one. I will kill those who appose me, or show them what its like to suffer!" Itachi clapped at this speech and added one thing "You should not harm those who wont harm you. To show that sense of justice is to prove you are not a complete demon. So Naruto, I think you would be perfect to join us." "Who?" "A group called the Akatsuki. We are looking for powerful nin to help us, and you have the makings of just that. Our organisation in fact is more like a…family. Do you wish to join?"
Naruto was speechless. No one has offered him to be part of a family. As he started to cry, Itachi just sat there with a raised eyebrow. And then Naruto ran forward and hugged him, completely catching Itachi off guard. "Itachi? Can I call you nii-san?" "Fine, and Naruto?" "Yes?"
"Can you let go?"