It was beautiful day in the village of Konoha. A day that anyone could really enjoy, a day that could and should be filled with joyish laughter for the young children that roamed the village streets. At least, for all but for one child. A small child that was never accepted because he was different compared to the other children. A little boy, with spikey blonde hair, the brightest set of blue eyes that anyone has ever seen. Three whisker marks that adorn his cheeks. A small black hair tie held back his crimson ponytail, another part of him that made him different compared to other children.
He stared at his reflection in the mirror, a frown on his cute adorable five year old face. The little boy had always known that he was different compared to other children, his father, always telling him that just because he wasn't like other children, didn't mean he was what the other children was.
Letting out a soft sigh, the little boy opened his door and made his way over to the stairs and walked his way to the kitchen that made up the restaurant that his father owned. Looking around, he saw that his father wasn't in the kitchen, or maybe he was in the back. Maybe today he could make a friend today… After all, his father didn't want him to leave the restaurant because people around the village didn't treat him fairly.
Taking one look around, the little boy didn't see his father around, so that made things easier for him to escape… He wanted to go out and play with other kids his age. That would be something that would make things perfect for him because he would be able to make a friend at long last! Grinning ear to ear, the young boy made his way out of the restaurant and through the streets. Hoping that there would be someone out here that he could play with.
Looking around the street, the little boy was rather surprised that no one was around as of yet. It was rather puzzling that there was no one around but thought that maybe no one was even awake as of yet. Though, he hoped that there was someone at the very least that was awake right now. Frowning a little, the little boy was starting to think that maybe it was best that he went on home… Who would want to play with him anyway?
Before he knew it, someone grabbed him by his ponytail, causing the little boy yelp out from pain as he felt someone pull, throwing him into a wall. Wincing in pain, he fell onto his rear as he looked up and stared into the three faces of some boys that were only a few years older than himself. "Look at what we got here guys, it's the village freak." Said the boy in the middle, Naruto assumed that it was the leader of the group.
"But… my names Naruto…" said the little boy with a frown on his face.
"Shut up freak. Why are you out here? I thought your 'daddy' didn't let you out. Thought he kept the freak under lock and key." Said the boy on the right. Before Naruto could say anything else, the boy on the left kicked Naruto in the head, causing the little boy to cry out in pain as he fell onto the ground. Shaking his head, the little blonde and crimson haired boy tried to push himself back up, only for one of the three boys slammed his heel into Naruto's spine. Causing him to cry out in pain once more.
"Why are you… hurting me?" asked out Naruto as he tried to push himself up once more. Why was this happening? He knew that he would be called names, but to be beaten up like this? That was something that Naruto didn't think that this could happen to him. He wanted to stop this, wanted to do what he could to stop it… but what could he do? The only thing he could do, his father told him to never do it in the first place because it would cause more harm than it should for someone his size…
The boys sneered at him, the leader coming up to Naruto as he said "because you aren't normal freak. You do not belong here, everyone knows it. We're going to do something that the adults are just too afraid to do. We're gonna finish you off!" With that said, he kicked Naruto in the face, sending the little boy flying onto his back. Blood spurting from his nose, causing Naruto to cry out in pain. He never knew that he could feel this much pain before in his entire life, it was something that was terrible, something that he wouldn't want for anyone no matter how much wrong they had done him but… he didn't think that this pain could get any worse for him…
When he looked up from the ground, he weakly stared at the boys, kicking him in the ribs, the back and his face. Naruto thought that he was going to die… he was going to die at the age of five. Blinking slowly, he whispered "daddy… help… me…" Around that moment, he started to black out… He was surrounded by nothing but darkness. There was no way that he could get out of this, maybe he was already dead… and just wasn't aware of it. Maybe this was his punishment for not listening to his father? He had no clue…
"Naruto!" shouted a voice, causing the little boy to frown in confusion. He had no idea who could be yelling for him… but the voice was getting clearer and clearer for him as the voice kept yelling for him. He could feel a great sense of peace washing over him. How was this even possible? Blinking slowly, Naruto opened his eyes and looking into the concerned eyes of his father… "Oh god, Naruto you're alright! Thank god you're alright… I thought I lost you…"
"Dad? What… What happened?" asked Naruto in a soft whisper.
"You… blacked out and…" his father stopped for a moment, it almost seemed like just saying it would hurt him. Now, Naruto was concerned about what was going on but he knew, that he had to know. "You started to attack those boys Naruto…" Naruto's eyes widened in shock and fear, how could he have… no! "You didn't kill them, but they are sent to the healer to be tended to. Naruto… promise me that you won't fight… That was what caused this. Just run, never fight again just run and run fast."
Naruto just stared at his father for a moment. He knew that he couldn't just keep running but… maybe his father was right. If he had attacked someone just from getting into a fight… then it could happen again. He didn't want to hurt anyone. The thought of it scared him greatly. Gulping a little, Naruto nodded as he said "okay dad… I won't fight anymore. I don't want to hurt anyone…"
Even though he said those words, Naruto didn't want to keep them. There was one person that he wanted to keep safe, his father. How could he make sure that he could keep his father safe without any trouble? There wasn't much he could do, but to break his only real promise; even though he didn't want to break it.
Naruto groaned a bit as he felt his head slam into the floor. Blinking his blue eyes, the young man sighed softly as he rubbed his head. "Stupid dream…" mumbled the blonde haired man before rolling over and pushing himself up to his feet. The young man ran his hand through his blonde spikey bangs before reaching over to his side table and grabbed his black hair tie and his brush. He didn't know what he should expect today, though… what other twenty-five year old should expect in the first place?
Walking over to his mirror, the young man brushed his long red hair, it reached up to his waist… To be honest he had no idea why he didn't look like his dad but at the same time, he didn't care. No one ever questioned it in the first place. Shaking his head, the young man stared back at his reflection. He was tall for a man, wasn't overly muscular from the heavy lifting he does for his dad but at the same time he was far more powerful than others wanted to believe…
Frowning at his reflection, Naruto closed his eyes and focused… He wanted to ignore what he sees as well in the mirror. Opening his eyes once more, he saw that he was still looking at what it was, that made him different. Behind him were nine swaying orange tails… a pair of orange fox ears resting atop of his head, fangs and claws… It was a sure sign that he wasn't like the others. It was the only thing that people feared about him. Because he was different… he wasn't like them and he knew that no matter how much he wanted to deny it.
Inhaling deeply, the young man knew that this was something that sometimes happened in the morning. He would end up transforming into his fox form when he was asleep, and he was thankful that no one else saw him like this other than his father. Though he also had to be careful for there were other ways for him to transform though he tried to keep that when he was home… No need to make others fear him as it was.
Soon, his fox appendages disappeared, leaving him to look one hundred percent human. Walking over to his closet, he pulled out an orange shirt and black shorts. After that, he grabbed his blue toeless shoes before making his way down the stairs. Once he reached the bottom, he said "hey dad, I'm ready to work!"
Turning around from the counter was a tall man with his brown hair pulled up in a high spiky ponytail. Tanned skin, a scar across this nose and his brown eyes shining with joy. He wore a simple white shirt and blue pants as he said "hey Naruto, you alright? You sounded like you were having a nightmare." Naruto knew that he couldn't really hide anything from his dad, not like he ever wanted to really hide anything from him in the first place…
Giving a nervous laugh, Naruto said "it's nothing bad dad. I promise. So, what do you want me to do today?" He didn't want to have his father worry about him too much. It was hard enough for the man to be a single parent, let alone worry about his son, who just happened to be a demon. His dad smiled before handing Naruto a package, causing him to look down and frowned a little. "You want me to deliver something dad? You sure?"
"Of course, I trust you completely son." His father said with a chuckle.
"Hey Iruka, where are my noodles!" shouted a customer. Iruka shook his head before he went to handle some of the orders that were coming through. Telling his son to make sure that when he was done with the package, to get his apron on and get to serving. Nodding his head, Naruto made his way out of the restaurant and walked down the street.
To be honest, he didn't think that there was much of a point in him even delivering anything for his dad, no one liked him in the first place. Everyone either slammed doors in his face or beat him. The worst thing that he had dealt with was being called a monster. Some people, of course knew what he was, and feared him for it. Though they didn't seem to hate his dad for raising him at all… If that was the case, then they wouldn't be able to eat his famous noodles. Food that Naruto himself enjoyed very much.
Looking around the village, Naruto noticed some of the glares that people would give him. Oh how he wanted to beat them up for their glares though, he knew that he couldn't do that. It would only disappoint his father and of course, let Iruka know that Naruto had not listened to him… When he had made that one promise as a child, he promised not to get into any fights. Though, when he went out alone, he had gone to the forest to practice his strength… He didn't want to hurt anyone with his immense strength, so to prevent that, he would try to harness that strength to prevent himself from hurting people… and because of that, when people would try to hit him, he would mostly just shove them away hard enough to give him some space to run, but also not enough strength to hurt them.
Naruto looked up at the sky, seeing that it was a beautiful day for a nice walk. Maybe he could go out to the forest and do some training? After all, he had more strength so if anyone tried to rob his dad, then he could prevent it from happening! Grinning from ear to ear, Naruto thought 'if I can protect my dad's store, than maybe people will start to respect me!' then he frowned before adding "then again… maybe they will just confirm that I really am a monster…" He sighed softly before making his way to the house and knocking on the wood of the door.
The door opened a crack, preventing Naruto from seeing who it was that he had to deliver this to. "Um… hello, my dad Iruka wanted me to bring this to you." The person didn't answer right away, in fact all Naruto could see was a strange eye looking at him, causing him to gulp a little… Whoever this person was, it made him nervous. "Um… are… are you going to take it?"
The person reached out a gloved hand and grabbed the package before saying "wait there." With that, the door closed for a moment, it made Naruto think that maybe the guy, at least assuming that it was a guy's voice he heard, was going to get something to throw at him. That made him feel a little nervous though he knew that he would have to be prepared for anything that would be thrown right at him no matter what it was.
Before he could think more on the matter, the door opened, and the gloved hand reached out once again this time, holding a small pouch. Blinking his eyes in surprise, he asked "what is that?"
"Your payment for bringing this to me. Your father didn't want much for it…" Okay, this was rather odd, normally people didn't pay him directly when he made a delivery for his dad… Normally, they just threw the money out at him as they told him to 'take it and get out of here' and then slamming the door in their face. "Your father is a nice man… didn't think I'd have such a friendly face after moving to this village." With that, he closed the door leaving Naruto along to his thoughts. That, was rather odd… so a new guy moved to the village… and he didn't treat Naruto poorly because of what he was… Odd…
Shaking his head, he started to make his way over to his dad's restaurant. The only thing he wanted was to hurry up and get on home before something bad would happen to him. That would be the last thing that he wanted was to run into some guys thinking that they could take down the 'monster' of the village.
On his way back, Naruto saw some of the guys that lived to torment him. Letting out a soft groan, he knew that he would have to take a small detour but wasn't sure if he could do that and people not call out to the 'monster' as he did so. Shaking his head, the young man knew that he had two choices. It was either get his ass handed to him, or go around. 'Go around…' he thought to himself before he jumped up onto a new by tree branch, jumping from branch to branch as he made his way higher and higher then started to run along the fence toward his father's restaurant. Though, what he had failed to notice, was that a certain someone was watching him from the shadows… whispering only one thing…
"So it is you… I have to give my report…"
"Made it." Said Naruto as he jumped from the fence, landing just outside of his father's restaurant. It didn't take as much time as he thought it would, though at least he was back home. Looking upward toward the mountains, he could see the Crimson Palace, it was where the greatest warriors resided. The Furious Five, the greatest warriors who have learned to harness and control their chakra. It was rare to harness that kind of power, and even rarer to not be consumed by it.
"They would never let someone like me in… Only normal people are allowed in there." He let out a soft sigh before he started to make his way inside to help his father. Maybe he could have something interesting happen to him at some point, yeah he wanted more out of life. He wanted what anyone would want, to find a purpose in his life, find someone, maybe get married and have a family of his own. But… would it work for him just like that? He highly doubted it since after all, who would want a demon for their husband?
'No one…' thought Naruto with a sigh before he started to take orders. Ignoring all the glares that he would receive from everyone around him. He just had a big smile on his face as he took some orders… Well, that was until there was a scream by the entrance. Turning his head, Naruto saw a few guys in cloaks entering the restaurant, all of them holding swords. Narrowing his eyes a little, he wondered what it was that they wanted…
"Everyone here, stay down. We just want the money." Said one of the cloaked figures. Naruto stood before them, narrowing his blue eyes angrily. Sure, he didn't like anyone in the village, but he couldn't allow them to get hurt… "Oh look at what we got here. Someone who thinks he's a hero." Naruto just let out a small growl, a growl of warning.
"Naruto don't!" shouted Iruka, not wanting his son to get hurt. Naruto had turned to look at his father for a brief moment, at least until Naruto was smacked with the flat side of the sword, causing the young man to fall onto the ground, groaning slightly. "Naruto!" shouted Iruka as he went to rush toward his son.
"Dad don't!" shouted Naruto before he pushed himself up onto his feet, rubbing his face as he felt a cut on his cheek. Narrowing his eyes, Naruto said "you aren't gonna be stealing from anyone." With that, Naruto rushed forward, though he knew that he would have to be careful, not wanting to hurt them… too badly.
Ripping off his apron, Naruto held his left arm back, and his right arm forward, his ring and pinky fingers were pressed against his palm, while his index and middle fingers were just curled and his thumbs held up straight. Eyes narrowed as he prepared himself to fight. Sure, he knew that he had no fighting experience, but at the moment, he didn't give a damn, his demonic energy would keep him from getting hurt too badly… The men though just laughed, thinking that someone like him could take them all on. "Get him." Said the leader, causing two of them to rush forward, and Naruto to not bother to think… he just seemed to flow with his movements.
Ducking down as one of the men went to cut his head off, Naruto slammed his fist against one of the robber's stomach. Causing him to fall over from the force of the hit. Then, Naruto placed his hands on the ground, lifting his leg up in a kick, kicking the other man in the head and causing him to fall over. He knew that was rather easy though at the moment, he wasn't going to complain about it. At least not at that moment. One of the men had managed to push themselves up and went to cut Naruto down to size, only for the blonde and crimson haired man to hold up his hand, catching the sword easily. The sword had managed to cut his palm, he didn't show any sign of pain or that it bothered him.
"You don't know when to quit do you?" He said before he spun his body around and kicked the thief in the side of his rib cage, sending him into a wall. Getting back up onto his feet, Naruto noticed that the leader had rushed toward him, sword held high in the air, before he could react, the sword sliced his face, causing Naruto to yelp out in pain and shock. Falling on his back, Naruto groaned as he felt the blood oozing out of the new cut on his face. How was it that he could feel that kind of pain on his face? He's normally immune to that kind of pain unless it was because he was unprepared for it that time since the leader hadn't done anything…
Growling, Naruto pushed himself up as he looked prepared to kick some serious ass. The leader just narrowed his eyes as he said "what are you?!"
Naruto's answer, well, his answer was simple. "I'm a noodle man." With that, he jumped in the air and kicked the leader out of the restaurant, and of course, leaving him out cold. Breathing heavily, the young man had no idea that he could feel like this in a fight, it was a rush but knew, that he would have to be careful. The only thing that he wanted was to protect his father and his home, but to have this kind of rush? He had no idea, but what he did know, was that he had done something that no one ever thought was possible for him. What he heard though, just broke his heart…
"Can't believe a monster saved us…"
Naruto sighed softly, picking up his apron, he then started to walk back into the kitchen to fix it up a bit. How was it that he had just saved them from robbers that they still thought of him as a monster? Shaking his head, Naruto went to work… only for a hand to be placed on his shoulder, and him to look up into the proud eyes of his father. "Hey son… that was amazing… I'm proud of you son."
"At least… someone is dad. At least someone is…" Naruto whispered before looking away.
Meanwhile, someone had watched the whole thing take place. He couldn't believe that the boy was able to do all of that, with no training at all. The boy had some real talent… This boy must have been the one his master was looking for… though, he couldn't be sure. He had to report back to him now anyway… Because if his master was right, then the time was coming soon and everyone, was going to end up in danger…
hey everyone, Fire Inu Princess here, just thought I should say that my cast is off after three weeks, and now I have to wear a brace since I couldn't wear the cast for the full eight weeks because of where its broken, though while I was waiting for the cast to come off, I couldn't help but think on a new story so I'll try to update this here and there, I hope you enjoy the story nd future updates.