Smiles

Chapter 1: The Broken Boy

TruthMilitia: Hello my fellow fanfiction readers, didn't I promise I would have this uploaded today. Now to start, this story came into my mind while I was daydreaming in my biology class haha. And if anyone was guessing, yes I go to high school, 15 year old Sophomore. If you having any questions about me feel free to ask, I will try to answer back fast and honestly, but I will not give away personal info such as my name, phone number, high school (maybe), etc.

This is my second fanfic so there will be some rough edges, so don't be afraid to point them out for me. Also, I will be using made up character (What do you call those? OC Characters?). The most common ones I will use are: Leo Kei, Chris Riku, Xeo, Shinja Matsumoto, Dawn Matsumoto, and Alice Kei. Now let's start this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but if I did I would have made Naruto less denser than he is.

Konoha 10 years after Kyuubi Incident: October 5th

It's a bright and shiny day in Konoha, the villagers are up and running their business with happy smiles, but some have deep scowls on their faces. Why do they have scowls on their faces? Well it's all because of one single boy, the Jinjuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, Uzumaki Naruto. Due to the Fourth Hokage sealing the demon fox into Naruto, the village think that he is the Kyuubi itself and demanded the boys execution. The Third Hokage, however, denied their request and made a law forbidding them from revealing that Naruto is the Jinjuriki of the Kyuubi to Naruto or the others in his age group. Consequences for breaking the law is death.

That didn't stop the villagers from turning the child's life into a living hell. They would scowl at him, over-price materials for him, not sell him anything and kick him out of stores and restaurants. That, however, was when he was 6 years old. When he turned 8 years old, the villagers would then turn physical with him. They would now push him onto to the floor on purpose, throw items at him and drag him into an abandoned alley way and beat the poor child to near death before the ANBU came and take him to the hospital.

Today is the day where everything changes for the young Jinjuriki for the better.

Naruto's POV 18:46 P.M.

'Why do they always do this to me? Why can't they leave me alone!?' thought Naruto while running from 3 drunk civilians. Naruto was just returning home from eating at a Ichiraku Ramen the only place, excluding the Third and Iruka, that see him not as the Kyuubi, but as himself. While walking home 3 drunk civilians saw him and started chasing after him yelling "I will avenge my family and friends!"

"Get back here you demon scum!" yelled one of the drunk civilians. Naruto just kept running as fast as his short legs could take him. But fate decided to be cruel today. Naruto tweaked his ankle and fell face first onto the ground. The 3 drunk civilians caught up to the boy and dragged him to an alley way and started to beat him. Naruto was holding back tears knowing that if he cried the 3 men would take pleasure in them.

After 3 in a half minutes of beating the defenseless boy, one of the men took out a small blade from his pocket and told the other men to pick him up. The men did as told and lifted him off the ground, and yanked his head to have him face the man with the blade. Naruto looked horrible, his clothes was torn, he had bruises on his body due to the kicks he received, and had a thin trail of blood on his lips. His blue eyes looked like they would close any minute due to the pain he is feeling. The man with the blade in hand let out a drunk chuckle at the boy, "Well then, I think it's time to end your sad pathetic life, you damn demon." The man said getting ready to stab him. "THIS IS FOR MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AND KONOHA!" he yelled bringing the blade to the boy's stomach.

'I guess this is the end for me, I didn't even get a chance to become Hokage' thought Naruto closing his eyes exhausted from the beating he took and waited for his end. Before that could happen, Naruto heard someone yell before he fell into unconsciousness.

Leo Kei's POV

A young man, by the age of 23, was walking into the sunset filled streets of Konoha enjoy the beautiful colors the sky showed. He was 5' 11" with messy, but well maintained, spiky blond hair, wore a gray shirt, had a tattoo of a dragon covering his right arm, a dark blue bracelet on his left wrist, baggy black cargo pants and a pair of black ninja sandals. But, the most interesting thing he has was his blueish jade colored eyes and two necklaces that connect together to form Yin and Yang.

He was walking through the streets after getting some lunch before heading home to end the day. However, he heard sounds of a man talking and headed in the direction of the voice. When he arrived at the location of the voice, what he saw made his stomach drop and livid. What he saw was a battered and bruised young boy with dirt covered hair, a torn and dirtied jumpsuit, and a thin trail of blood on the blond's lips being held by two men and a man with a blade in hand getting ready to stab the boy.

"THIS IS FOR MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AND KONOHA!" the man heard the man with the blade yell bringing the blade to the boys stomach. "STOP!" the man yelled to the men. The man with the blade stopped his action and turned around to see who stopped him from killing the demon. "Who are you? And why did you stop me from killing this demon spawn?" the man with the blade said. "Demon? You're the demon trying to kill that young boy! Why the hell are you doing that?!" yelled the man walking to the 3 men. "Why? WHY?! I'll tell you why, this demon here killed my family and friends 10 years ago and I'm doing this for them!" "You must be out of your mind to think a child like him would be able to kill." the man responded now getting closer to the men cracking his knuckles.

"Fine then, save the demon! Come on let's kill him too!" the man with the blade said to the others, whom dropped the unconscious boy to the ground and charged at the man. He immediately was on alert, now he may be no ninja but, he knew how to fight and defend himself. One of the men threw a right punch to the man's face, but the man dodged the punch by side stepping to the right and delivered a well placed right knee to his stomach. The man who threw the punch was winded by the man kneeing him in the stomach, and was thrown face first to the brick wall in the alley and fell unconscious. After throwing the man into the wall, he then stopped the other charging man by thrust kicking him in the stomach, then chopping him in the back of the neck hard to render him unconscious as well.

"Was that all you people got, I'm just one man against three. Are you really that pathetic?" the man taunted. The man with the blade growled at him and charged ready to end the man's life with his blade. He swung his blade at the man's stomach, but missed due to the man jumping back. With the momentum of the swing, the man grabbed the back of the others head and shoved him head first into a trash bin, causing him to drop the blade. He grabbed the blade and stalked towards the man on the floor and smacked him hard with the bottom of the blade's handle on the temple.

"Worthless examples of society." he said. He turned his attention back to the boy and jogged towards him checking if he was still alive. "Hey, kid are you ok?" he said to the boy. Not getting a response, he grabbed the kid bridal style and ran to the hospital as fast a he managed.

Hospital

Once he arrived at the hospital he went to up to a nurse and said to help the boy in his arms. The nurse looked at the boy with disgust in her eyes and responded, "We don't help demons, we help humans." He looked at the nurse in shock and then started to argue with her to help the boy. "SILENCE!" a doctor said. "But, Doctor Shang-san" the nurse didn't finish due to the doctor raising his hand. "That's enough of you Yuki-san, come with me sir, I'll take care of the boy." the doctor said.

The man followed the doctor down the hall to a room and set the boy on the bed. "What's your name sir?" the doctor asked. "My name is Leo. Leo Kei, by what the nurse said back there you must be called Shang." the man named Leo said. The doctor chuckled, "Yes you are right my name is Shang." he stopped examining the boy. "So how is he doctor." Leo asked the doctor worried. "He will be ok, but I'll need to fix some broken ribs, internal bleeding and minor brain trauma." the doctor said calling for some nurses to prepare some materials. "Is it alright for me to stay and watch the boy?" Leo asked out of the blue. The doctor turned to him with a small smile and nodded.

Hokage Tower: Saratobi's POV

The Third Hokage, Saratobi Hiruzen, was sitting in his chair finishing some last minute paperwork before heading home to rest. But, before he could stand from his chair an ANBU with an Inu mask came into the room kneeling. "Hokage-sama I'm here to report that Uzumaki Naruto is being held in the hospital." The Hokage was at his feet at the mention of Naruto being at the hospital. "What happened Inu-san." the Hokage said more than asked. "I don't know the details exactly, but the doctors say there was a man who brought him in." Inu said.

The Hokage ordered two ANBU ninjas, hidden in the office for protection, to accompany him to the hospital. The two ANBU yelled out "Hai" before disappearing, along side with the Hokage, in a poof of smoke.

Hospital: Normal POV

After arriving in the hospital the Hokage asked where Naruto was being held in and walked straight to the room. After arriving to the room, the Hokage entered to find a man sitting in a chair next to the unconscious blond. Leo saw the Hokage and immediate stood up ready for whatever the man would do. Seeing this the Hokage raised his hand to signal the man he was friendly. Leo relaxed and sat back down on his chair.

"It has come to my attention that you brought Naruto-kun here." the Hokage said. Leo looked at the man then back at the boy now named Naruto. "So that's the boy's name, who may you be?" Leo asked. The Hokage raised an eyebrow at the man's question. "I'm the leader of Konoha the Third Hokage Saratobi Hiruzen. Have you not heard of me before?" Saratobi said. Leo shook his head, "Not really, I've heard of the leader of the village, but not Hokage."

"So you are new to this village." Saratobi said. Leo nodded his head. "Tell me..." "Leo" Leo said filling in the blank. "Thank you. So tell me Leo, what happened to Naruto-kun here." the Hokage asked in a serious tone. Leo looked back at the boy and said, "I was walking in the streets when I heard a man's voice. I went to see what was going on when I saw this boy being held by two drunk men and another drunk man with a blade ready to stab him. I managed to stop him from getting stabbed and left the three drunk men knocked out in an alley way close by... the Red District I think near a ninja shop called Kunais and Shurikans." Leo said. The Hokage gave a signal for the ANBU to retrieve the men and to be sent to Ibuki.

"Well I must thank you for bringing Naruto-kun here." Saratobi said. Leo waved it of as nothing. "It was nothing really, but what really confuses me is that when I stopped the man from stabbing the boy, he called him a demon and that he killed his family and friends 10 years ago. What did he mean by that?" Leo asked confused. The Hokage sighed, 'He already knows some information, why not tell him about the Kyuubi.' Saratobi thought. "What I'm about to tell you is an S-rank secret and must not be spoken of outside this room got it." Saratobi said seiously. Leo nodded his head indicating he understood. "Ok, 10 years ago a Fox Demon by the name of Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked this village killing thousands of civilians and ninjas. The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, manged to defeat the demon by sealing it into a newborn child. That child is right here in this room as we speak." the Hokage said.

Leo turned to stare at the boy in the bed with wide eyes. 'This boy holds a demon inside him?!' thought Leo. "Once the sealing was done, the Fourth Hokage died due to the sealing requiring a sacrifice to work. After that I mentioned that the boy held the Kyuubi inside him and to be mentioned as a hero for the Fourth's dieing wish. But, everything went down hill from there. The civilians demanded for his execution, so I had no choice but to make the law." Saratobi ended with a huge breath he thought he wasn't holding in.

Leo stayed quiet processing what was said to him. After a short while of silence, Leo asked another question. "Where is the boy's parents?" Saratobi looked at the boy in bed and lied with the truth. "His mother died during child birth and his father died during the Kyuubi attack. He is currently an orphan." Saratobi said. "Why isn't he in an orphanage then?" "He was in an orphanage, but he was kicked out because of his 'problem'." Leo was shocked to hear this. 'He was kicked out of the orphanage! Poor kid must have had a horrible childhood.' Leo thought sadly.

Four minutes of silence has passed by, but was broken by Leo. "Hokage-sama if it's alright, I would like to adopt him." Leo said out of the blue. The Hokage was surprised to hear this from the man. "Now I'm not saying I'm not going to let you adopt him, but why would you want to adopt him?" Saratobi asked. Leo looked straight into the Hokage's eyes and said, "Because it's not fair for him to endure something like this. There is probably no childhood for him left to enjoy, but I'll be damned if he didn't enjoy the little bit of the childhood he still has. Plus this boy deserves someone to love him as a son or as a little brother. He needs me, I know that much." Leo said turning to look at the boy. Saratobi had a smile on his face.

"Alright tomorrow morning you will meet me at the Hokage Tower to sign the adoption papers. But for now, stay here and keep watch of Naruto-kun for me ." Saratobi said receiving a nod of approval from Leo. Saratobi turned and walked out the door closing it behind him.

Leo turned back to the boy with a smile. 'Don't worry kid, I'll help you through all this. Even if it costs me my life.'

TruthMilitia: And boom. Oh my god I fell in love writing this fanfic, it seriously touched my heart. So here is one chapter of Smiles, man I loved writing this out. You better believe that I'm writing more of this. Either ways tell me what you thought about the chapter, point out mistakes, say crap about it go ahead, also if you read the note on the top screen and you want to ask me questions, get to know me better go ahead I'll try to answer as quick as I can. But remember I'm not giving any personal info. Either way, thanks for reading everyone, I'm the TruthMilitia and I will see you later troops. JA NE!