Hey, everyone! This is me making my very first fanfic! Hehe! To tell you the truth, I don't know what to write. So, just for the fun of it, I'm writing everything that comes into my mind.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or anything on this fanfic, for that matter. :-)

Chapter I

The Reasons for the trouble

A few years before the start of the series

Land of Demons-1900 Hours

Miroku called Shion to her room. She was worried about her daughter's safety. After all, who wouldn't, with all the recent attacks by foreign bandits and thugs who wanted her ancestors' ability to see a certain persons death. They wanted to breed little sight-seeing children so that they can see how they die, and possibly avoid it (which they can't, hehe). Add that to the danger of Moryo, a demon that has been sealed for past centuries, that wants to kill the priestess so that Moryo will roam freely without the fear of being sealed. So, she thought of a way to keep both her daughter and the line of priestesses safe both from Moryo and these thugs. After a few days of thinking, she thought of it. She should be trained as a ninja, a kunoichi. That way, she can hit 3 birds with one stone. First bird, she would be trained how to control, manipulate, and increase her chakra and on self-defense; second bird, she would be kept safe from the bandits and Moryo (who has no idea of what she is currently planning); and third bird, she would find someone who would be friends with her and not see her as a "death-visioning" girl.

"Kaa-san?" a voice said, suddenly snapping Miroku out of her thoughts and seeing Shion in front of her, "Kaa-san, are you alright? You look troubled."

"Shion...it's nothing. I'm fine," Miroku said, "I called you here to tell you that I have signed you to Konohagakure no Sato's ninja academy."

Shion was silent. Her mother has signed her up to learn how to be a ninja without her understanding why! "Kaa-san, I don't understand. Why?"

Miroku took a deep breath before replying, "Because, dear, I want you to learn how to defend yourself against future attacks and to make friends." At this, Shion became sad. She never had any friends here in the Land of Demons, so how could she have one somewhere else? As if reading her mind, "Don't worry, Shion. They don't know of our ability to see future deaths. And as long as you keep this quiet, you will have them."

Shion looked up, hopeful. Her mother had a point. So far, only bandits and the demon, Moryo, know of her ancestor's abilities to see the death of a person. But, still, she was worried. She never had any experience in making any friends. What if she blundered during her introduction? What if she said the wrong things? A lot of questions popped up in her mind about herself doubting her making friends. "But what if I fail in making one friend? I might get something wrong to make them hate me."

Miroku looked at her daughter with sad eyes. Shion had been shunned by the children in this place. "Don't worry about it, Shion. I know you will make yourself a good friend."

Shion started to cry. Her mother trusted her that much. She cried openly in her mother's arms. "Th-thank y-you, Kaa-san. I wi-will make you p-proud."

"You already have, Shion. You already have." Miroku let go of her daughter and kissed her forehead before saying, "Now go pack your necessities. You will tomorrow morning." At that, Shion left. Miroku sighed after she left. Soon, my daughter, you will take up this job, whether you like it or not. But know this, you will be ready to handle Moryo next time you meet. This may be the last time we meet, Miroku thought as a tear fell from her eye.

Land of Demons-0700 Hours

Shion and a few select guards were stationed in the front gate, waiting for Miroku. After a few minutes, she came.

Miroku said to her guards, "Take good care of her in Konoha. And make sure she finds some friends." They nodded. Miroku then turned to her daughter. "Shion, take good care of yourself and don't try to hard to find friends. They will eventually come to you and ask to be friends." Miroku said, before turning back...remembering something and turning back to Shion again, "One more thing, I heard that Konoha has someone who has a demon inside of him. His name is Uzumaki Naruto. Be careful around him. And tell no one of this, and that goes to you too," she said, pointing at her guards, who nodded.

Shion wondered why would a demon be inside of an academy student. "Kaa-san, I don't understand. How can a demon be inside of a boy? Isn't a demon to huge of a power to contain?"

Miroku looked at her and said, "Well, it always depends on the demon. Inside of him is the Kyuubi no Yoko, the strongest of the so-called nine bijuu. Apparently, when it attacked the village, the village's leader, the Yondaime Hokage, used some sort of sealing technique to seal it into a body of a child." She then explained the other eight bijuu. Shion looked wide-eyed. She had been shunned here for being able to see deaths, and now there is a boy with a demon in him and getting harsher treatment than here.

"Don't worry, Kaa-san. I'll take care of myself," Shion said, as her and her guards left towards Konoha.

Konohagakure no Sato-1100 Hours

Aaaah...Konohagakure no Sato, the Hidden Village in the Leaves. People minding their own business, the Hokage doing the paperwork, a kid being chased by the townspeople,...wait...what?

Uzumaki Naruto was running from a crowd. All he wanted to do was just buy some food...

Flashback

Uzumaki Naruto walks into a shop. He was hungry. He wanted food. He thought that whatever ill will the villagers feel towards him might have been some misunderstanding. Some misunderstanding. As soon as he went through the door, a scream was heard.

"Look! It's the monster! It's trying to destroy our shop!" Naruto suddenly turned to the defensive.

"No, wait! Please, I just want some food," he pleaded.

"No! No food for you! You might just gain enough energy to destroy our shop! Get out of here!" And the shop-owner suddenly grabbed his club (or whatever shop-owners use) and started to chase Naruto all around the village.

Naruto hit everything, from trash cans from people, people being the most probable. Once every few minutes, he hit a person, thus causing the same one to chase him yelling, "Monster! Monster!"

Flashback End

He has been running around in circles around the village, and this was his 4th lap to the front gate. This time, however, had Shion and her bodyguards in it. Naruto, too busy thinking up of a plan to lose them, didn't notice Shion and, accidentally, knocked her down.

Shion, being on the ground just below Naruto, blushed at the kids closeness. No boy has ever been this close to her before. Before she could even ask his name, however, she heard "Look! It tripped a girl! Let's kill it!", and the boy ran again.

"Shion-sama, are you alright?" one of her bodyguards asked.

"Hai, I'm fine, Kitaga." Shion replied, shakily.

"Anyway, Shion-sama. We should get to the Hokage's tower."

They were about to move when...

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"...an earsplitting scream was heard.

Acting on pure impulse, Shion ran towards the scream.

"Shion-sama!"

Shion ran towards an alley and found something really incomprehensible: the townspeople brutally and severely injuring a boy. After the beating, the townspeople began to head back to their shops. Shion hid behind a garbage can, all the while hearing them say "Well, the monster has been dealt with. We're finally safe." As soon as they left, Shion moved toward the wounded boy. She knelt beside him. He, instinctively, moved back, as a sign of fear.

"Shhhh, it's all right now, I'm not gonna hurt you." She slowly put a hand to his shoulder. She felt something wet on her hand...blood! She paid it no heed. Back in the Land of Demons, people just stayed away from her, and here is another one like her, someone who was avoided, and he was severely wounded. He slowly calmed down, but changed his mind when Shion's bodyguards found her.

"Shion-sama! What are you doing? We're supposed to be at the Hokage's Tower by now." Kitaga said.

Shion replied, "But, Kitaga, this boy is wounded. Do you think you can carry him to the Tower with us? Maybe he can tell us why he is like this."

Kitaga thought about it for a moment, "Very well." He carried Naruto on his shoulders.

As they walked, Shion, Kitaga, and the others can't help but notice the looks they gave them (mostly on Naruto). They dismissed it as they walked towards the Tower.

The Hokage Tower

Hiruzen was busy with the problem that all Kages fear: paper work, when the door opened and in walked Shion, Kitaga (with Naruto on his shoulders), and her other bodyguards.

Hiruzen greeted them, "Greetings. I believe that you are Miroku-san's daughter," pointing at Shion, "and you must be her bodyguards," pointing to Kitaga and the others, "and he is...Naruto?"

"You know him, Hokage-sama?" Kitaga asked as he set Naruto down.

"Naruto? Naruto? Naruto, what happened to you?" Hiruzen asked as he shook Naruto.

Naruto's hand slowly worked its way to Hiruzen's. "Jii-san, why do they hate me so? I didn't do anything to them... A-am I j-just a mo-monster like th-they s-said?" At that, he fainted.

Hiruzen was furious. His own villagers ignored the Yondaime's wish. Not only did they ignore and throw him out of shops, they even tried to kill him! Oh, the sweet irony. If the Yondaime was alive, he would kill...wait...neuter everyone for doing this.

"I'm afraid the talk will have to wait, Shion-san. I would like to get him to the hospital." He took him in his arms and walked to the door...

"Wait, I will come, too." Shion said.

"Shion-sama...very well. As her guardians, we will come, too." Kitaga said, knowing that it might lead to problems if they argued and that she might have a friend, finally.

Hiruzen said, "Very well, we can talk in the hospital."

The Konoha Hospital

"Hokage-sama! What are you doing?" a doctor asked, looking at Naruto with disgust.

"I'm doing what you idiots didn't: I'm helping Naruto!" Hiruzen replied back.

"But, Hokage-sama! Why him? I mean he's a de-" he was stopped by killer intent from Hiruzen.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't fire you because of that simple statement." Hiruzen said, glaring at the doctor.

"Hokage-sama! You can't do this!"

"Can't? I can! Thanks to Naruto here!" Hiruzen said, pointing at Naruto, "I always wondered why Naruto hated to go to the hospital, even if his injuries is severe! Now I know, you always threw him out!"

"But, Hokage-sama..."

"Get out of this place, now!" Hiruzen shouted, pointing at the door.

The doctor reluctantly walked out the door, muttering "Damn demon. I'll get you for this." Hiruzen, however, didn't hear this, but proceeded anyway to a hospital room, lay Naruto down on a bed, turned to Shion, Kitaga, and the others, and said, "Now that Naruto is safe for now, let's discuss Shion-san's visit here."

Kitaga began to explain Shion's visit to Konoha: to learn to be ninja. Hiruzen was dumbfounded. The heir to the Land of Demons came to Konoha to learn how to being a ninja (they didn't tell the other reasons like the friends thing and Moryo).

"Let me guess this straight: Shion-san's mother wanted her to go here to learn to be a ninja?" they nodded, "Why I don't get is that why here?"

."Well, Hokage-sama, Miroku-sama thought that this is the closest to Land of Demons. And that..." Kitaga took a breath of air, sighed, looked at the others (including Shion), received a nod, and continue, "she wants Shion-sama to find a friend. She has heard of the way the children treated her and her ancestors have a special technique that allows them to see other peoples deaths. The other villages might treat her in the same way. She has heard, however, of this village's reputation to have friends. But, what I don't get is why, regardless of this village's reputation, they wanted to kill the little boy."

Hiruzen sighed and said, "What I'm saying to you, you should not speak to anyone else, understand?" They nodded, knowing that what he was going to say was top-secret. "October 10th, the day the Kyuubi no Yoko attacked this village. It is said that no one can stop it. Not even the Yondaime Hokage can kill it." Gasps were heard, the Yondaime, said to be able to defeat an entire platoon of ninjas without a scratch, can't defeat a demon. "So what he did, he found a way to defeat it."

"Really? How?"

Hiruzen explained to them what the Yondaime, his last wish, and how the villagers treated them. Kitaga stared. Shion, however, was looking at Naruto, dumbfounded. She remembered how she was treated: all people there stayed away from her, here, though, was a boy who had the same burden of having no friends, not only that! Others have tried to kill him! Maybe, he might be my first friend. Shion thought.

Hey, everyone! I'm planning this to be a NarutoXHarem. There are a few exceptions. Sakura, as always, for Sasuke...Aarrgh! To hell with the explanation, just wait for the other chapters.

P.S. Review, please. Tell me if you like it, hate it, or feel disgusted by it. I really don't care if it is the third option. I'm not the type to hold grudges. So just review and tell me what you think of it. :-)