I do not own Naruto in anyway shape or form!

So, I decided to edit this chapter once again, and checked for errors. I hope you guys like it and please tell me what you think! This will obviously be an AU, and as for pairings…I don't know, and I don't even know if there will be pairings…so yeah.

So on with the story, I hope this one is better!

Chapter 1: Truly alone

'How was I supposed to know?' I closed my eyes in pain while looking down and away from people's glares is the only thing I can do.

'It was not my fault,' I assure myself. A group of gossiping old women start pointing at me and I don't need to hear them to know about what. I round the corner towards my small apartment building and see a group of kids waiting for me.

'Not again, please.' I plead.

The smell of blood floods through my senses. I try to move my arm, but the pain rejects the idea completely. I try to open my eyes and can only see the darkness along with a few stars in the sky.

"Night already?" I ask to no one. I decide to just lay there and relax. Even if I wanted to move, I couldn't. Not because I'm in extreme pain, but because I just can't anymore. I'm tired. I am sad. I just want everything to stop. I just want to lie here and look at the stars. That's all I'm asking for, but of course you never get what you want.

"Get up! You are dirtying the ground," some old man shrilled. I did not move. "Get up!" the old man ordered. Not a muscle moved. "Don't make me get my dogs!"

'I guess it's time to get up' I know by experience that whenever those dogs bite, they never let go. 'That is why I said bye to my right hand.'

I move my arm again, and decide to ignore the pain this time. I begin to support my weight with just one hand and a leg, since the bone sticking out from the other one does not look very comfortable to move. Halfway from finally being almost up without moving my broken leg much, I feel something hit my broken leg making it snap back into place.

Damn it, I had forgotten the old man.

The funny thing is that I cannot really feel it. I can't feel the throbbing, unbearable pain. It hurts but not to the point of screaming and passing out. It just…hurts.

I stand up again and carefully limp towards my apartment, while also ignoring the old man's snickers from behind me.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,...

Eight limps and I am halfway to my apartment.

…9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,…?

'What was next? Damn it, I know what it is…what is it? Geez so much for memorizing simple numbers…' I immediately stop pondering about the issue as another important issue appears. 'What happened here?'

My apartment is in…ruins. It has being demolished to pieces.

"Why?"

"Because nobody lives there," the old man appears next to me.

"What the… but I live there!" I scream in anger. How could they do this to me? I have not done anything wrong. It was His fault, their fault. The Gondaime Hokage and the Beast inside him that did it, not him! My only place where I cannot see the glares, where I can escape from my tormentors, is now ruined. Why would they do this to me? It is not my fault.

Make it stop…

"Not since the owner of the apartment died," stated the old man.

Cold blood ran through my whole system as I listened to the old man's words. "What…?" I barely whisper.

"It was exactly two months ago. He died of blood loss after getting beaten by a mob of children. Since then, the owner of the building decided to demolish the whole building because he did not want any diseases from the demon-child," Explained the old man calmly, as if talking about the weather.

Then it hit me.

'It was not my fault,' I always think. A group of gossiping old women start pointing at me and I don't need to hear them to know about what. I round the corner towards my small apartment building and see a group of kids waiting for me.

'Not again, please.' I plead.

"There he is!" A boy three sizes bigger than me alerted everyone. Tired of even walking, I just stand still there without blinking an eye as the kids approached me. A genin blond boy ran towards me and with a swift punch hits me in the stomach taking the air out of my lungs. I gasp in pain as I see in slow-motion as the droplets of my own blood flies across my face as another boy kicks my face. Everything becomes blurred as somebody else hits me with a metal rod in the head.

Why?

A kick to my chin.

Stop.

Kunais began to slice my skin.

Please, stop.

I receive more kicks on my chest and head.

Don't!

I hear the cracking sound of my ribs braking.

It hurts!

A Broken jaw.

Stop!

Laughter.

Please Stop!

"Die," Someone screams. "Why don't you die?" Others repeat. Someone grabs my leg and with a very strong kick, my knee doubles the other way. I hear a piercing scream but is overshadowed by the laughter of the kids. Why are they doing this?

It hurts

"Naruto die."

Pain erupts in my chest, as something sharp impales me. Shadows. I can only see shadows now. The laughter dies down. The cries of pain also fade. Everything fades in a world of darkness and pain, and it also fades into oblivion.

I can finally rest.

Will someone miss me?

I hope so.

"Just die Naruto, just leave us alone."

"Thank y…" I leave for the cold wind to hear.

"I remember now," I whisper bringing myself back to the present.

"Yeah, it was sad," the old man said. This completely throws me off guard. I expected the old man to say something like it was fun or exciting, but sad? Why? "When the kids left laughing, almost the whole village stood there surrounding your weak body. They said nothing and just watched you die. Nobody helped; and let your last breath leave you. They weren't happy, nor were they sad. One by one everybody left you alone. Afterwards, as word ran around, the majority of shinobi came to surround your body also, until the Third Hokage came and carried you away." The old man finished.

'The Third Hokage carried me away. The Third of all people, he was the one who carried me away! Why?' Then realization reaches my mind. "If I'm dead, then why am I here?" I ask suspiciously.

"Your body died, but not your soul. Apparently, you still have some unfinished business left here. Until that is done, you won't be able to rest."

Well, in a way it makes sense, but it…doesn't.

"How do I know…Hey!" I cut myself up, "Why are you telling me this? If I remember well, you were the one who sent his dogs to chase after me. They freaking ripped off my hand away!" I yell indignantly flapping my handless arm in his face reminding him of That Day, as I specifically titled it. "And If I'm dead, then why I can still talk to you?"

"Because, you stupid, I'm also dead," the old man replies sourly.

"What? How? Last time I saw you, you beat me with your cane!"

How can this be true?

A look of resignation crosses the old man's face. "Because I killed myself, I was tired." He turns to me and I finally see a weak, sick old man, "I felt guilty. It was also my fault that you died. I hated you, but it was not your fault." Silence invades the space, and I do not know what to say.

"I'm sorry," was the only thing I think of saying for now, although I kind of do not feel sorry at all. He also tormented me and I still resent him.

"Forgive me," he says. "I don't have too much time and you need to know that in order to finally rest, you have to finish your business, your purpose in life."

"But how am I going to know wha…! Old man! You are fading away!" I point at his face and incredulously witness how the old man's face becomes transparent by the time. "What's going on?"

"I guess that my duty is finally done." Huh? "My duty was to inform you."

"But wait! You can't just leave me here!" I beg. I don't know what to do and apparently the Old man is the only one who knows more than I do.

"You are not alone. There are others like you, but remember this, you should not tell them. They need to find out for themselves. Take care Naruto." With that the Old man fades away completely leaving me alone in the dark.

Now what?

"If he is now resting, then why he did not look happy?" my thoughts went on as the night progressed. Day has come and I'm still here rooted to the same spot, in front of my ex-apartment building. As people begin to wake up and pass by me, and nobody acknowledges me. Now I'm truly alone.

A/N Hello Everyone! This is my first ever fanfiction, after so much thought about it, I decided to post something. I know it is not the best, but I had to try. Since I'm about to enter college, I want to increase my writing skills! So, I decided to write a story for my favorite anime! XP

I accept everything. I want, whoever reviews, to be honest and give me constructive criticism! I will not take offense, as long as is not something totally stupid… yeah, you know what I mean! Haha

So please, please, please review! [Sad puppy eyes]