Rated M for Language.

"Words"- Quotes or speech.

'Words' - Thoughts.

Words- Kyuubi's voice.

Disclaimer- I Do Not own Naruto, because if I did I would be able to die in peace. Everything you read from now on may not be canon. Credit goes to Mashahi Kishimoto for his masterpiece.

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Chapter 1: Pain is All I Know

A 7 year old blonde was standing in the middle of a street filled with villagers. It wasn't daily that the villagers would gather on the street after sunset. But the villagers were more than lively on this special occasion. It was October 10th. It was one of those days when they could practice their martial arts or shinobi skills on a live target, and instead of feeling pity, they would get to have fun taking in the sight of the battered blond boy. The boy, named Naruto Uzumaki had the means of defending himself easily against two or three villagers. A few self taught lessons on Taijutsu was quite useful for protection. But today he couldn't dare to use his fighting skills. Not because he was outnumbered, (which he was by a vast amount), but every time he showed resistance against one hit, the next hit would be twice more brutal. It wasn't just random punches and kicks thrown by villagers, no it was far from that. On this special day everyone's creativity rose beyond the skies, as they made bottle bombs, homemade weapons and everything that could mark that tiny blonde boy's body with pain.

The boy had extremely powerful hearing, smell and vision for even a Inuzuka clan member or a dog. However this special trait never helped him gain the edge over his enemies. Infact it only worked to break his tiny heart beyond repairs. Everyday he would walk by the streets, it would be nothing but the villagers calling him a demon from distance.

"The demon should have died." . "What does the demon want? More blood?"

"That demon ain't fooling nobody foh shit dawg."

None of the kunais did more damage to him than the hateful glares from the villagers. Also his fast healing had a part in shielding him from the damage dealt by any kunai. But the glares, the curses, the loneliness was only for him to deal with. No one would hug him when he went home from a bad day. All the nightmares would haunt him, only to be locked up in his heart forever. It was not a life he was living, he was living a hellish nightmare, that he can only hope to see the end of.

He didn't want to die, there were so many things he wanted to do before he died. He wanted to be a great ninja, he wanted to make Hokage-jiji Proud of him, he wanted to make his first friend and mostly he wanted to have a family, feel the warmth of someone's touch, feel the love that he only saw existing in romantic movies. But desires can't lock him away from the pain either. His ever changing mind jumps day to day from thoughts of suicide to unwavering determination to live.

Today however wasn't the day he wanted to survive at all costs. The barrage of kunais hit him as he was running towards an alley. His hesitation to die or live was crucial in his worst decision, which was to walk into an alley where he would have no escape. The two chunin charging behind him were skilled enough to follow him since the beginning of the hunt. They had the widest grins on their faces looking at the prize. Out of the 104 kunai wounds on the boy, the most gruesome 34 wounds were dealt by these two. The boy was down on the ground. The latest barrage of kunais had a success rate of 60 percent as 6 out of the 10 were still sticking onto his body. 2 of them hit the tendons on the legs. One of the two sliced open through the tendon, while the other one was still stuck in the leg, with the just handle sticking out. The meat around the handle was spread open due to the wider size of the blade. The meat was dripping liters if liquid blood, which gave off a small bit of steam. The steam was from the wound healing itself. Naruto cursed his fast healing, as he saw the meat heal itself to only tightly pack in the kunai into the leg. A single movement in the leg would being him to tears easily. The other 4 Kunais that managed to land right on the mark made even more gruesome injuries. 3 of them neatly sliced into the back of Naruto, while the other one stuck to his butt muscle (gluetus maximus). The two kunais that lodged into his tendon base him lose balance. His extremely fast reactions made him twist his body to avoid falling face first. He cursed his luck as he knew he was in for a world of pain. He fell on his butt, the kunai broke into his back, breaking the back plate of his pelvis and almost reaching his internal organs. The pain was unbearable and his body jerking to the pain caused him to further twist the kunais as he yelled out in agony.

The two chunins were proud of their achievement so far. They waited for the blonde to stop screaming so that they could go on to finishing move. But then they heard the boy speak to them for the first time.

"Why do you hate me so much? I am sorry for the pranks if you are angry about that." The boy said in between his sobbing.

All he received for an reply was a loud roar of laughter from the two.

"Stop trying to pretend to be innocent you demon. The Hokage wasn't fooled by your lies either."

"What do you mean? I never lied to him about anything." The chunin's laughter grew louder as he realized the boy trusted the Hokage a lot. A little but of suffering before death would be more fun for him. After the Kyuubi's attack, he had been one of the people who lost something really valuable. He lost the love of his life along with his humanity. After his lover's death he only lived to kill and to kill was to have fun. Today he was finally going to get his revenge, and revenge is a dish best served cold. He waited for the right year, the right opportunity. The Hokage was out on a simplisti diplomatic mission to Suna. By the time he would be back the job would be done. The anbus assigned to protect Naruto were also the ones who disliked Naruto enough to not harm him directly, but let him die by other's hands. This was the perfect opportunity. He wanted to add a bit of spice to the cold dish he prepared for the Kyuubi brat.

"You know the Hokage assigned me to kill you. That's why nine of the ninjas are helping you out." He smirked wide as he saw the wide open shocked eyes of Naruto. He did it, he added the perfect spice for his dish.

Naruto was just sitting there, the pain of the 6 kunais stuck in his body overcome by the pain in his heart. The one man he trusted betrayed him. No one was left for him to turn to. He was all alone on this nightmare. The Angel he thought would save him, stabbed him with Trident of Devil. Naruto gave up. He has had enough of this nightmare. And he was hoping, this time would be the end. He closed his eyes, not before he noticed the chunin take out a scroll and mysteriously bring out an axe from the scroll.

The dish was ready. The chunin rose the axe up all the way to get better momentum in the swing. With heavy weights on his shoulders he swung his arms. The axe cut through air with a zapping sound. Everyone watched as the axe moved closer and closer to the body. The villagers seemed to have gained a Sharingan each, as they almost felt time slow down. The axe reached the body. With a soft screeching noise the blade made it's entry into the flesh. The blade with its incredible sharpness, sliced through each inch of the flesh like butter. No messy grinded flesh hung on the side of the blade. Each millisecond of the action was burned into the memory of the villagers forever to be kept as a memoir. The blade had just few more inches to finish it's job, before it deviated from its original projected path. The blade instead of slicing the boy in half, managed to only slice the so that a thick chunk of flesh still connected the torso to the lower body. The deviation of the blade wasn't an accident, no far from it.

The wielder of the blade lost all sense in his brain just before he finished the swing, ending his swing to be a failure in slicing the boy in half. The chunin had no sense of fun or amusement from the sliced up body of the boy, as at the moment the only thing he felt were pain and Fear. Fear, fear and fear. Two black pupils drilling holes through his head. He couldn't move his body and Zap.

Everyone who was taking in the pleasure of watching the blind boy's torso being split in half , lost all sense of surroundings. The only thing they felt was the overwhelming killing intent that swept through the whole area. Those who were looking at the roofs, saw the silhouette of the third Hokage. Then one more second and he was gone. No one saw what happened as they heard a noise of slicing flesh. They turned back to the chunin holding the axe to see the head of the man slide off the neck. The head tumbled on the ground a few times before they notices the demon brat was gone. The Hokage, according to the still standing shinobis, was standing on the same roof as before, carrying the boy in his arms. The next second every standing shinobi fell to the ground while clutching their heads in their hands. Most of them were unconscious, while some of the shinobis went into shock after having felt such a massive killing intent.

The Hokage moved at the speed of a perfectly performed Shunshin, through the village, as he reached the hospital in a blink. He broke through the wall to the medic. "Please bring any senior medic to this boy's aid this instant." The seriousness in his tone sent chills through any staff member in the room. The nurse went to a room to call the medic. The Hokage followed.

"Ms. Haruno, we are ordered to heal Naruto Uzumaki this instant, since he is in a life threatening condition."

The name clicked in her mind and merely grunted, " I'm not going. I don't care what happens to that dem-" She couldn't finish as she and the wide eyed nurse who realized her mistake started choking from lack of breath as a heavy killing intent brought them down to their knees. Everyone in the hospital stopped their movement. The Anbu guarding the Hokage fell down from their Henge nearby, as the killing intent got them to the brink of insanity. The Hokage looked like a monster to them, which was well complimented by the tales of his monstrous strength in battlefield.

"IF I EVER HEAR ANY OF YOU CALL HIM A DEMON, I WILL CUT OPEN YOUR THROATS AT THIS VERY MOMENT." He calmed himself for a second, "I don't care what prejudiced views you hold about our hero, but you will aid his healing at this very moment unless you want to die." The threat was as straight-forward as it could be. He was ashamed to be the Hokage of such ignorant fools. The nurses began healing Naruto. He took another look at his splattered guts, and he couldn't stay in the room anymore. Several nurses were being carried out, since they fainted from either the Hokage's K.I. (Killing Intent) or the sight of a little boy being harmed to such extent.

The Hokage for the first time in many years let a drop of tear slide down his aging eyes. 'Minato you were a fool to sacrifice your son's future for such ignorant villagers. And I am ashamed of not being able to protect your child. I truly am pathetic.'

One day later

The Hokage was sitting right next to the blonde boy's bed for the 30th hour in a row. He didn't care if the village went to hell meanwhile. A village that couldn't value the sacrifice of its hero didn't deserve anything better. He was brought out of his thoughts, as the yound boy in his mind stirred up, and started to open his eyes. The Hokage brought his attention to him, as his blue eyes met his pair of black eyes. Instead of seeing relief in the blue eyes, what he saw was disappointment, anger, and all the negative emotions he could think of. Suddenly he felt like he couldn't face the boy after what he had let happen to him. There was a disturbing amount of silence in the area, which was finally cut down by the blonde's voice.

"Why can't I just die?"

The Hokage's eyes looked down in regret and sorrow. Then he heard the boy sobbing.

"If they hate me so much for some reason I don't even know, then why couldn't they just kill me? Everytime I tried to kill myself, I never died. I cut my throat, my veins, my stomach, every place I could think of. But everytime I woke up the next day with just scars, and back to this hell." He looked up to the Hokage's face, "Why can't I just die, jiji?"

Then Naruto saw something he felt bad for. He saw regret and tears in the Hokage's eyes. He knew that he made the Hokage cry. He made the strongest man cry for him. Then what surprised him more was the Hokage's actions. Hiruzen-Sarutobi leaned forward bent his back, and got down to his knees, and bowed towards Naruto while touching his forehead on the ground.

"I am so sorry Naruto-Kun . I truly am. I watched you suffer all these years and I still couldn't do anything about it. Please do not throw away your life for these pathetic villagers. I hope one day you will find your place in this village and someone who loves you if you live long enough, and till that day I want you to live, at least for me."

Naruto felt bad for making the Hokage suffer like this. He thought a man of his stature wouldn't care about him. Specially after hearing the rumor of him ordering Naruto's death, Naruto was doubtful. But all traces of his doubt was gone. The Hokage cried for him, bowed down to a mere boy in the village because he cared for him. The Hokage had a lot of work to do in the village which is why he can't always help out Naruto. But the Hokage tried to help as long as he could. A wave of determination swept through Naruto's brain. He decided he was going to make the Hokage proud of him. He would not throw away his life so easily. He would live enough to find his valuable people. His weak smile towards the Hokage made him sigh in relief.

"Naruto-kun, I have many paperworks to finish from yesterday, so I will be taking my leave if you don't mind. And please visit me any time you have any problem, don't hesitate. Also I have some Anbus I need to take special care of. So see you when you get better." The Hokage left with a smile.

As soon as the Hokage left, his smile faded back to his scowl. He hated the village, but he didn't want to show it infront of the Hokage. His mask of the happy, joyful person throughout the village remained intact, while his cold blue eyes stayed locked to himself. He snapped back his stupid grin as he heard commotion near the door. His sensitive ears once again back to its formal glory picked up the faintest of noise from the conversation.

"The demon survived again, and now we have to take care of him. I hate my job."

"Well, gotta do the dirty things for money. No one likes being a prostitute either."

"Whatever, if you think so why don't you go and treat that demon?"

"Oops, running out of time for my date! See ya later!"

"Damn single bitch, making fake excuses." The door opened with the creaking noise.

Both Naruto and the Nurse were now wearing a fake smile, which hurt Naruto even more. He tried with all his willpower to stop the drop of tear from falling from his eyes.

"So did you eat your food? Do you have a headache or pain in your chest? Are you nauseous?" The nurse bombarded him with all the questions, since she didn't have the patience to ask them individually in presence of the demon.

Naruto with his amazing acting just smiled and said excitedly, "Yes, the chicken soup was really great! And no I don't have any problems so far."

"Well then I'm leaving." Neglect of patient's health could be punished severly if committed by a medical staff, but no one bothered since it was the demon. She just hurried out of the room.

Naruto just sat there, the tears spilling from his eyes again. He wished the Hokage stayed with him for a little longer, so that he could take a longer break from the nightmare. He closed his eyes to take a nap.

He suddenly felt as if he was lying in a puddle of water. He opened his eyes to see nothing but darkness. The floor was wet, and no one but him seemed to be present in the place. He started looking around for proof of life around, but all he managed to see was a bit of light coming from a hallway closeby. He got up and followed the light. The hallway had several torches lighting up the area. There were several sewer lines running through the hallway and all of them led to a big door. He entered the room through the door, and infront of him stood a massive cage. Even a mansion wasn't usually that big. When he started to move closer to it, something came forth towards the cage. Two gigantic crimson eyes pierced through the darkness. A few more seconds, and before him stood a tall gigantic fox. The fox grinned to show its fangs. The fox was expecting the blonde to scream out in fear, but was heavily disappointed to see him picking his nose.

"Oi Brat, you know I could kill you any moment. So when your life is on the line you shouldn't be picking your nose."

"Are you stupid? If you wanted to kill me, you would have done so already, you arms could easily pass through the bars of the cage."

"I see, you are not as stupid as I thought. You are correct that I am not gonna kill you. But I guess you are not afraid of me because you don't know me. Or else you would be pissing your pants right now."

" Oi, I don't fear anything! Since I am the amazing Naruto, who is the going to be the strongest shinobi in the village, the Hokage!"

"Amazing my ass. You could be the most ridiculous of them I am sure. I am Kyuubi no Kitsune, the demon that attacked your village 7 years ago."

"Oi are you stupid? The Yondaime killed you 7 years ago on October 10, don't try to fool me." Then something clicked into his mind, 7 years ago, on October 10, the day everyone beats him up, when everyone calls him a demon. It was no coincidence. His eyes windened in shock. He pointed his finger at himself shakily, " So that means you were not killed, but caged in me all these years?"

"Yes stupid brat, took you long enough to understand. If you die, then I die. It's because I am sealed in you. The Yondaime sealed me in you. And everytime you try to kill yourself, I have to heal you, so that I don't die with your pathetic little body. And these stupid villagers don't even understand the difference between a Jail and a prisoner. They keep thinking you are my reincarnation and tried to kill you so many times. They are more of a demon to be honest. Stupid ningen."

There were many emotions on Naruto's face, too many to understand. He was sad, angry, furious, and also happy that he found out. But then regret hit him. He started crying to himself. He got down on his knees, and bowed down, not caring if the puddle of water on the floor drenched his blond hair and forehead. His crying didn't stop. The Kyuubi was indeed fascinated, why was the boy crying and bowing at the same time?

" I am sorry. I am so sorry. I never even thought about how I could have killed you along with myself. I would have done just what the villagers wanted. I am really sorry." He said again in between his sobs, "Thank you so much for keeping me alive for all these years."

To say Kyuubi was a little shocked was like saying Sandaime Hokage was an average ninja. The Kyuubi couldn't find words to say. He was the reason Naruto's life had been hell so far, but without a second thought Naruto bowed down too thank him. He felt sorry that he almost killed the demon that brought his life to this state? He felt sorry that he almost killed the demon that killed so many people? He felt sorry for the demon that made him lonely for all these years? The Kyuubi let tears spill from his eyes. The strongest of the Bijuu, had never been shown any form of kindness since the Sage of Six paths brought them to the Shinobi world. He was hated, used as a weapon, cursed for destructive power and used in the most disgusting ways possible. But here was a boy standing, whose whole life had been a mess because of him, showed him gratitude for his existence. Instead of being blamed for the misfortunes he brought, he thanked him for saving him. He didn't hate him. He was his first Jinchuuriki who didn't hate him.

"Brat, you know no ningen has ever seen me cry. You are lucky enough to make both the Hokage and the strongest Bijuu cry infront of you. But you shouldn't readily trust someone so easily. What I did was for my own survival, and besides I killed many of your villagers, you must have read about that. Do you still think I am kind?"

"There must have been a reason for that. You don't seem that bad to me. To be honest, you seem much less demonic than the villagers. And I don't even trust most of the things they teach anyway, I have been lied to most of my life, so might as well find out the truth from you." He finished with a grin. The Kyuubi at least didn't hate him.

"I am sorry, but even after being the strongest Bijuu, one of the Uchihas used their Sharingan to force me to attack Konoha. Most of my memories from my previous container is sealed for some reason, but I only remember that the 4th sealed me into you, and himself using a Shinigami summon. There was another women with red hair who was also dying at the moment. Sorry, but thats all I know."

"See, I knew you weren't that bad."

The fox just smiled in response. Before he was bombarded with another question.

"Oi furball, why didn't I see you ever before?"

"The last time you were injured the most since your birth, so I had to spend a huge amount of my chakra to heal you. That's why now I am connected to your mindscape. You could actually form a direct link later, so that we could talk whenever you are bored of talking to your plants." The blonde became embarrassed at being found out. But then the fox's eye opened wide, he gained a tick mark on his forehead. " Did you by mistake call me a furball? I am not quite sure if that was intentional."

Naruto replied with a straight-face, " No, actually I would like to call you Furball from now on."

The fox was sure he would have killed him if it were not the fact that he would die along with Naruto then. He calmed himself after intense meditation, "My name is Kurama, not FURBALL. GOT IT?"

"Yeah got it, Furball."

The fox was about to slice his throat, when Naruto slipped and fell on his head first, and got knocked out, and woke up in the hospital bed.

"Whew, that was one hell of an introduction…"