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...And Begin...
"Why me?" A small blonde boy asked himself. At the tender age of five, this small child had nothing to live for. He was ostracized, and lonely. He would be beaten daily, and had nothing good on his birthdays, other than his high rate of death, because the beatings became more intense. Many people would wonder, what caused this child to suffer this fate? Why would he be hated by many, many people? That itself was a closesly-guarded secret of the village, punishable by death if spoken of. Yet still, everyone from the older generation would know this terrible secret, they would know that this child held the mightiest demon to be known of, the devastating Kyuubi no Yoko. Alas, it was not to be, so when the child was announced as the Jinchuuriki of the monstrous beast that had ravaged the village of Konoha few days beforehand, many called for the death of the child. He was not seen as the jailer, but the jailed. Naruto Uzumaki was the child's name. He was the bane of Konoha, no matter how hard he tried, no one would accept him, sure there was the old man in the tower, and the ramen stand owners, but he could see it in their eyes.
Deceit. They didn't like him as he wished they would. He was the village's weapon to the Hokage, and a money-maker to Teuchi and Ayame Icharaku. So at times like these, this young, orphaned child, would question himself, sat upon a swing, not a care in the world, nor for it. But today, fate seemed to smile down at him. A shouting came from somewhere in the park, which Naruto paid attention to, in case it was someone going to attack him. But no, just constant shouting, something along the lines of, 'Die!' and 'Leave me alone!'. Realising it to be an attack of some sort, Naruto jumped from the swing he sat upon, forgetting his depression, and instead udnertaking a veil of curiosity. Upon closer inspection, Naruto found a group of older children, around the age of nine, all beating on one young girl in the middle. She had long red hair, reaching to her shoulders, and jade green eyes, that exuded her sorrow. Tears ran down her face, marring her features as the children would pound on her. All she did was skip a year ahead, showing more prowess than any in her year at the academy.
Naruto was captivated by the sight of this girl, this angel, that was being tormented. In this one moment where the young blonde child saw another person in his position, he asked himself, 'Why am I letting this happen?' He roared to himself to get up, to save her! And with a mighty rage, he ran out from behind them, pushing the bullies away and standing in front of her. "Leave her alone! She didn't hurt you!" He roared, making the girl behind him look up with teary eyes. "What are you doing?" She whispered, shock keeping her still. But she got no reply, as the blonde's anger had clouded his judgement, making him jump out and push some nine year old bullies away. Five nine-year old academy students against one five-year old orphan. The end result wasn't pretty. "I guess he's right. She did do nothing to us. You though, you attacked us! Get him!" One of the bullies cried out, presumably the leader. Naruto was ready to run, but wasn't fast enough to escape, as one of them jumped for him straight after the leader spoke. Within seconds, they pounded upon the young blonde. However he was happy. They weren't hurting the angel anymore. She was safe, that's all thta mattered. However as children, when the adults would stop, having gone far enough to hurt Naruto, the nine year-olds went furhter than that. Seeing the perfect oppurtunity for shuriken and kunai practice, Naruto watched in horror as they lifted his beaten body and proceeded to throw the sharp blades into his flesh.
Halfway through this however, a shadow appeared in Naruto's diminishing sight. The blonde watched as the young girl whom he thought had gone, stood in front of him, holding the kunai thrown. "You attacked me because I am in your class and I am two years younger. You were jealous of me, and still saw me as weak. So you decided to hurt me. BUT I AM NOT WEAK!" The red headed girl started to exude chakra, something that they were only just learning in the academy. The bullies were scared. First this girl they thought was weak, stopped their kunai, and then started giving off chakra, something that they were still learning. "Get out of here!" The presumed leader shouted, as he ran, scared out of his mind, the lackies of his doing the same.
Dropping the kunai, the young red-headed girl approached the young blonde, checking his vitals. "Are you okay! Please tell me you're okay!" She shouted, as tears began to roll down her cheeks. She didn't even know him and he done something no one else would, he helped her! A bloody hand rose up to her cheek, and wiped away her tears away, making her look down to see the sad, smiling face of one Naruto Uzumaki. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. Thank you." He spoke tiredly, before starting to push himself upright, surprising the young girl.
"You just got hurt! You shouldn't be pushing yourself!" She exclaimed, trying to push him down to get rest.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine, I've had worse." He said sadly, coughing a little.
The young red-headed girl was still unsure, but was also curious as to the name of her savior. "Who are you?" She questioned.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki! I am gonna be the best ninja ever! Dattebayo!" He shouted, a smile upon his face. The little girl giggled slightly at this proclamation. "Well I'm already in my third year of academy, so it looks like you have a little catchign up to do!" The girl replied, starting to smile a bit.
"But who are you?" Naruto asked back.
"Mei Terumi, orphan of Konoha." She whispered back, a little shyly. Naruto smiled back at the girl.
"Then Mei-chan, I shall catch up to you dattebayo!" The five year old cried out, eliciting another small giggle from the girl. However the moment was short lived as the Hokage's ANBU appeared, seeing the state of the two children, The ANBU members proceeded to knock the children out, before taking them off to the hospital's personal rooms. If the girl meant anything to Naruto, then she was a very strong link that the Hokage would need. After all, the child would need a friend to keep him sane, so the Hokage had all intentions of letting them bond together. "The boy will be the village's weapon eventually, whether he likes it or not." The aged Hokage murmured, as he looked through the crystal ball of his at the children. Looking over at the portrait of the Fourth Hokage, he openly spoke, "I will ensure that your legacy remains in Konoha for as long as I live. He WILL be our weapon..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not know how right he was, at least, about one thing.
...End...
So yeah, that was just a starting point I thought of, kinda bad yes, but it's what I got. Either way, I couldn't really think of anything to make this chapter in general any longer, and I tried to drag it out for as long as I could. Either way, please review on what you can, and I hope you enjoyed it!
Farewell!