What's up everybody? Sorry for not posting anything besides that update in such a long time. I deeply apologize for that and for how short this chapter is.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto because if I did Naruto would be a hardass who would kill lots of people.

Chapter 1

Life in Konoha

December 11th was a particularly cold winters' day. One thing happened on today that has never happened in Konoha; snow had started to fall. It was a day filled with joy for kids everywhere as they played and yelled to their friends. It was a great day indeed; expect for a single a child. A child named Naruto.

We see our hero walking through Konoha in nothing but an old white t-shirt and a pair of dark black pants, he has sun kissed golden hair that sticks him out from other Konoha residence. He has deep ocean blue eyes, that show such emotion that they could almost stop the mobs that came after him...almost. He is seen seemingly ignoring the cold weather all together; not putting his hands together for warmth, not huddling his arms around himself trying to retain body heat. Naruto wishes he could ignore the cold, unforgiving, stares of the adults as easily as he does this weather. With his head up staring deliberately back at the adults who give him those cold eyes. This is his only way of telling them he wasn't afraid; for his 7 year old body was too frail to actually put up a fight against the older populace of Konoha. He would always start out ahead; running for all he was worth. Ahead of everybody, but he would always seem to trip or fall and not be able to recover soon enough to get out of the mobs grasps. Tonight Naruto knew that there would be a mob after him; but he didn't give a shit! He would stare all of his problems in the face and give them a taunt or prod; that was his way of getting back. Now many people wondered why Naruto never simply told the Hokage. Naruto had tried that once, tried so desperately to get to the council chambers to get to his Jiji, but like usual he was barred entrance to the council chamber while it was in session and was forcefully escorted outside by the Anbu. That nights beating had gone above and beyond his usual beating. That had found out about him trying to tell the Hokage and had beaten it into him while screaming "IF YOU EVER TRY TO WARN THE HOKAGE AGAIN; WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU DIE!" They all screamed it over and over and over again! That Naruto just didn't want to ever hear it again; he made sure to stay away from the Hokage on the days he felt he would get beat and he was usually right on those gut feelings.

Naruto is walking without a direction; just walking trying to get his mind off of the inevitable beating. 'I'm so Sick and Tired of these beatings!' Naruto screamed in his mind. 'If only there was a way to save myself the torment.' Naruto continued his thought. Looking around he noticed the stares. Those stares...those stares gave him nightmares, kept him up at night. He may put up a show of being brave, but he was still only 7 seeing looks cast at you as cold and menacing as those were would give any kid nightmares and maybe make them insane. Looking up he realized it was getting dark and looking around once more he saw the smirks on some of the men's faces, they spoke of great pain and agony that would be happening throughout the night. Naruto didn't dare look into any of the women's faces, after that night he had a hard time being in the same room with the opposite gender let alone be touched by them. The women knew that and took great pleasure in getting as close as possible to him and watching him desperately try to get away.

Naruto walked away from the street and into an alley; sat down on the snow covered ground and started to wait for the what would always come. Hearing somebody approach he spoke. "So it's starting. Do your worst." Naruto stated calmly. He heard the person stop. Looking up he saw a tall figure dressed in all black with a hood covering his face. "Boy why do you accept your fate? Wouldn't you much rather be strong be able to defend yourself?" The figure asked. Naruto starred at the figure trying to see him, but the hood veiled all of his features. "Why do you ask?" Naruto asked cautiously. "You walk around like you aren't scared like you aren't bothered. I see past that and see you for what you are. A scared, defenseless. little boy." The figure stated. "Who are you! How do you know this!" Naruto yelled out frantically without making a lot of sense. "I have watched you; I'm not proud of what I did, but I watched you get beat how you took it without so much as making a groan of pain and then as they left got up and walked up to the Hokage Monument. You are a very strong individual and I wish to help you increase your strength in the manner that will allow you to defend yourself, not just take the hits." The figure answered back calmly. Naruto took what he said in. "You danced around my other question you bastard! Who are you!?" Naruto yelled in frustration and disgust. 'This man watched as I was pummeled into the ground and did nothing.' Naruto thought to himself. "I'm very sorry for not helping you. You reminded me of people I knew and trained; I figured you were a lot like them and wouldn't want me messing around in their affairs. As for who I am...my name is Hisoka." The figure said as he looked Naruto up and down. Naruto instantly detected a lie. "Your name isn't Hisoka. You may have said it convincingly, but I have a sense about lies and that set off my sense." Naruto stated as he got up and slowly backed up. "There's only two reasons you could possibly lie to me. One you're not wanting to give up your identity and two your trying to hurt me by convincing me you want to help and then take me farther away and beat me." Naruto continued as he stopped backing up and started to tense up to get an advantage if he had to start running. Naruto is normally not afraid of people, but this man had a sense of power that demanded respect from his comrades, but fear from his enemies. The figure visibly was saddened by the reaction. 'How could they treat him like this? It's despicable and monstrous.' Hisoka's mind stopped as he saw the boy tense. 'I knew the boy had so much potential.' Hisoka thought with glee. "You truly are gifted Naruto." Seeing the confusion on Naruto's face Hisoka continued. "Your body is tensed in all the right places. The legs, arms, and stomach. Most people just tense their legs thinking that it will give them all the readiness they need; and for one so young to have something as important in a life or death battle as this down is very impressive." Hisoka stated with a smile that Naruto could see underneath the hood just barely. "I don't understand." Naruto said confusedly. Hisoka's smile widened even further. "Having your body tensed correctly could mean life or death in battle. Having it tensed correctly could easily save your life and end your opponents. For a 7 year old boy to have such battle prowess is in one word 'Amazing'." Hisoka stated. Naruto stared at the figure for quite awhile taking in his words.

Finally after what seemed like ages, but was really only a couple of minutes he started to speak. "You speak as if you know of battle. Are you a ninja?" Naruto asked. "I am a ninja, one of the best in the world currently. Think boy if I wasn't a Ninja what would I train you in; how to pick flowers and use them as weapons?" Hisoka asked with a chuckle. Naruto looked embarrassed. "What do you want in return for training?" Naruto asked excited at the prospect of training to become a Ninja and getting strong, but scared of what this 'Hisoka' wanted. Hisoka stunned Naruto with his reply. "I want nothing; but to see you get strong and be the Ninja I know you can be." Naruto stood there taking in what this man said and decided it was better than getting beaten by mobs. "I would like to accept you offer." Naruto stated. "You know for one so young you speak like you are much older, why is this?" Hisoka asked. "I basically live around Jiji, It would be only natural to pick up vocabulary used by him and his advisors." Naruto replied. 'Still rather odd.' Hisoka thought to himself. "Anyways I am glad to hear you accept. grab my hand." Hisoka said as he held his hand out. Naruto walked up to the man cautiously and grabbed his hand and then everything got dizzy and he felt sick.

Looking around he realized he was in a cave; a well lit, warm, cozy cave. That's not something you say every day. Naruto took in the fireplace and the nice bed that was a couple feet away from the fireplace. The comfortable looking couch that was in front of a coffee table. The refrigerator and sink on the opposite side of the wall from the fireplace. A microwave and stove were placed on the same wall as the sink and refrigerator. All in all the place was awesome, much much much much better than his apartment. Although noticing only one bed Naruto looked up at the figure. "Hisoka why is their only one bed?" Naruto asked. Hisoka laughed nervously. "You see Naruto I will not be training you, I'm the head of a very important organization that is essential to a certain villages power. Don't worry I have stocked this place full of all types of Jutsus scrolls, Katas for all weapons and Taijutsu styles, Genjutsu scrolls, Chakra control excersises and I even got a special surprise of a scroll that I will give you when you turn 10. I will be checking in on you whenever I can and have left you set of instructions that are what you need to do every day when you wake up, after lunch, and before dinner. I have the workout changing every month so do not worry about it becoming boring. Trust me it will be anything but." Hisoka said with a menacing grin. "Now I'm very sorry Naruto, but I must be off I have to continue my work. Follow the path outside when you need to do your workouts. The area is covered with a Genjutsu or something that will make you invisible until I come back and can reapply it. Make sure you do all the workouts for when I come back I better see improvements to my standards or their will be hell to pay for the time I'm back." Hisoka continued as he strode from the cave and out into the night. Yelling out as he continued. "There will always be enough food so don't worry about that."

Naruto looked around and scratched his head. "What the hell just happened?" Naruto asked himself. 'Might as well get some sleep.' Naruto thought to himself as he realized how tired he was. Crawling onto the nice soft bed he instantly passed out. Dreaming of how strong he would become and who his new Sensei really was.

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