AN: Trying out a series of one-shots under a similar theme.

Most people write about Naruto's reaction and views to the villagers' ill treatment. How about placing yourself into the shoes of the average bias villager?

Disclaimer: I disclam thee.

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The Obsidian Tear

Facet 1: The Real Demon

Here comes the demon.

Everyday they glare and show him he is unwelcome, show him that Konoha is no place for a demon. They use the only proper way to get rid of the demon. Ex-nins who had fought during the Kyuubi attack are more than willing to aid the villagers' cause. They roughed up the demon pretty badly. They stand amongst the crowd, watching, laughing. Of course they are elated to watch the demon bleed. There will come a day when he has to pay for all of his evil deeds. But for now, the villagers are content to give him a fraction of the sufferings he made the people endure. See how he likes it!

They never did bother to hide their hatred. Why would they do it covertly? They hate him, he caused Konoha so many lives, so much pain. Everyday they see the demon walk down on their roads, with his arms folded behind his head, smiling widely. He was a evil entity, the Kyuubi in a human body. The Kyuubi reincarnation. Those whisker marks on his face are proof! Whatever form the Kyuubi take would be always marked by kitsune whiskers. The Gods branded Kyuubi to make sure others will recognize the demon, to warn mortals to beware of the conniving monster. Everybody who has seen the demon's true form would forever remember it, and recognize it no matter what shape he was taken.

The poor children did not know. Those who have not gone through the Kyuubi attack were ignorant. The Third passed on a law, to keep silent. Failure of such will be punished with their lives. Everyone knows the old man has gone senile. Rumor said that the demon has placed a jutsu on the old man. The old man is deluded. He was once a respected and honorable shinobi. People have doubts now. Age weakened him greatly, surely his old bones must have been aching like the rest of the old folks. They wondered why he did not step down and choose a successor, the powerful and feared copy-nin would be a good choice. Or nins can be rallied and form a search party to comb the countries in search for the rest of the Great Sannin. Wagging tongues disclosed that the demon forced the Third to hold on to the Hokage title. The demon was afraid that he would have difficulty controlling the copy-nin or the Sannins. The demon feared for his demise.

They feared for the safety of their children. After all, their children are attending the academy with that monster! The situation is dire and they demanded for the demon to stop coming to the academy. The monster should be locked up! What was the Hokage thinking when he ordered to sent the demon to school? The Third must be insane when the demon was allowed to be alive! And he had refused the villagers' request! What was he thinking! They were only looking out for the well being of the village and the people! Who will be held responsible when the demon attacks their children?

The Hokage refused to get rid of the demon and prohibited them to warn their children of the danger. But they found a loophole to the degree. They told their children never to associate with the demon. They scolded and beat up their children when they caught them talking or playing with the demon. They rammed into their heads that they are to despise him. Children always followed their parents. Either intentionally or not.

There he was. Huddling in the darkness corner. They were glad to see him covered in bruises and wounds. The local hospital would reject their services, throw him out of the place. But the blasted demon was always healed and unmarked the next day. So they beat him harder. He's at that corner, whimpering, crying. The damn demon was still carrying out his pointless charade. Nobody was fooled. Everyone can see the demon for what he really is. Stop pretending! Why is he there, curled in a fetal position, sobbing? Why is he looking remotely human, not the demon that he really is? No, he is a demon! He's only acting, to make them pity him and mistake him for a normal boy! Don't falter in your blows now! Hit harder, harder! Don't be fooled!

They hear screams in the dead of the night. Bloodcurdling, tortured screams from the demon's house. They were convinced that the demon could not rein in his bloodlust any longer and sate it by luring unwitting passer-bys into his home and torture them in the most grotesque way possible. They say that the floor of the demon's home is littered with body parts and covered with blood. Some even said that the demon collected heads like trophies and nailed the heads on his walls. They didn't mentioned how the screams sounded suspiciously like the demon himself. They didn't admit that a group of them used to break into the demon's house to vandalize the place and did not see any bodies. They only saw empty ramen cups lying haphazardly around the apartment. But somehow the ramen cups turned to body parts and the moss and algae creeping on the walls morphed to blood and entrails. But he is a demon, and the blood, body parts and entrails and all are really there! Only that the Kyuubi performed henge to make them look like innocent ramen cups! Yes that must be it!

The Kyuubi brat is to be hated, alienated from society. If the villagers had their way, the demon would be dead ages ago. But the demon was protected by the Third. So they settled for making the demon brat go through hell.

They didn't notice that through every dark glare, every beating, they had created and molded another demon…

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AN: I'm going to do one-shots of different characters going through crappy childhood. I already have a vague idea what the next unfortunate character is going to go through. Any characters that you want me to include? Reviews kudasai!