Peace offering
(I do not own Naruto)
When Naruto was just a baby he was given the burden of carrying the nine tailed fox. He was supposed to be a hero, but was never considered one by the majority of the leaf village. People in the village were cruel to him and their gaze was like ice when it came to him. The older Naruto become the more violent the villagers become, so for Naruto's safety, a removal plan was made. He was to be moved to a smaller village in the middle of nowhere. There he could start anew, he could finally live a normal life or so they thought.
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Naruto was sleeping in his bed having yet another nightmare. It was always the same one and though Naruto had seen this nightmare on many occasions it still brought the same terrible felling of fear.
In the dream Naruto was running around the village like normal, until all of a sudden a fire breaks out. People are screaming and running for their lives to leave the village. Unlucky for Naruto he is in there was and gets trampled by the crowd. As he is lying on the village streets badly injured he hears a laugh. Finally he sees it, the thing that started the fire and made the villagers run. It was none other then the nine tailed fox!
At the sight of the nine tailed fox Naruto immediately woke up still screaming. How he hated that dream. It always made him feel so vulnerable. Slowly Naruto's room door began to open. Instinctively he hid under his blankets even though he knew it would nothing to protect him.
"Naruto wake up," said a comforting voice. " It's not safe for you hear so I'm taking you somewhere safe."
"I-Iruka…?" stuttered Naruto as he peeked his head slightly out of the covers. (Ha ha I bet you thought it would be Itachi)
" Come on Naruto get on your clothes we have to leave immediately," said Iruka kind yet sternly. "We have to get there before sun up otherwise this won't work."
Slowly Naruto got dresses while Iruka gathered a few necessities from his drawers. "Iruka where are we going?" Iruka stopped pacing Naruto's things for a moment. "Iruka I said wh-"
"I heard you Naruto, but I'm not going with you." Naruto stared up at Iruka with his big blue eyes. Iruka rubbed his hair half-heartedly. "You see Naruto I'm only taking you to your destination. Then I have to come straight back. I wish I could stay, but orders are orders…." He didn't finish is sentence. "Here Naruto," said Iruka as he passed Naruto the bag he had packed for him. Naruto grabbed the bag with his tinny hands. Then they were off.
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Iruka was running as fast as he could with the eight year old Naruto in his arms. There were so many things he wished he could tell him. Like why he had to do this and about how similar their childhoods really are, but he just couldn't muster the courage.
Finally they made it to a little town with no sign indicating its name. He set Naruto down on the ground.
"Well here we are," said Iruka as happily as he could manage. " this is your new home." He glanced down at Naruto who was shaking slightly. "d-did I mention that you will be living with ramen shop owners? I'm sure that you will like them they are just the sweetest people and…" this was harder then he thought it would be.
Naruto looked up at Iruka and managed to say one final word to him before he started sobbing, "why?"
"Naruto this is for the best, and I promise that I will visit you every day I have off. Please please don't cry." Iruka cradled Naruto in his arms. "everything will be fine. I won't let anything happen to you."
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It has been year since Iruka had left Naruto at the home of the Yamata's. Iruka had kept his promise by visiting Naruto regularly and he had grown attached to the older couple. They were very comforting that first night. It didn't take long for Naruto to call the two mother and father.
The lady Naruto called "mother" was tall, red head with a few gray hairs, and hade a bit more of a pear shaped figure the whole hourglass type. As for "father" he was older than mother who looked to be about 35 while father looked at least 43. The man had all gray hair, mustache, and was stern, but always kept Naruto's happiness in mind.
For Naruto's ninth birthday they were especially kind. Mother sent father out of town with a large portion of there saving to buy Naruto a beautiful crystal necklace and new clothes. The crystal was bright blue like his eyes and the clothes consisted of a black t-shirt, and bright orange shorts with He was truly happy there, not to mention he got all the free ramen he wanted. Everything was going so well until the day the men in the black cloaks with red clouds came…
