It was a quiet day in the Village Hidden in the Trees, the normal activity seemed to have died down on this particular day and the area seemed to have a tense atmosphere around it. Today was the 7th anniversary of the day that the Nine Tailed Fox demon, Kyuubi, attacked the village causing mass chaos and death. On that day, the villages leader, the Hokage, sacrificed his life by sealing the great best into an infant, Naruto Uzumaki.
The citizens of the village, blinded by their hate of the great demon, for the following 7 years used Naruto as a scapegoat for their pain and loss. The villagers could not tell the difference between the jailed and the jailer. Ever since an infant, Naruto would be treated horribly and would, on a regular basis, be beaten up and chased through the streets of the village. Naruto only had one real friend, the third Hokage.
Even though he was the leader of the village, there was only so much that the Hokage could do for Naruto. One man against the whole of a village did not have that much power. The Hokage had sent Naruto to live at an orphanage but even here, a place designed to look after and care for children, cruelly mistreated Naruto because of the demon. Throughout all of this the child had no idea as to why he was hated to such a harsh degree. The Hokage had decreed that no one was to tell Naruto of his predicament, those that broke this rule would face death.
Later that day, the village prepared to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the defeat of the beast and to remember the death of their fallen leader. Many former ninja veterans and civilians who had lost family members were heavily drinking in an attempt to drown their sorrows away. This led to a mass group of villagers charging through the village all chasing after Naruto the boy they thought was the human reincarnation of the demon spirit.
Naruto was slowly cornered into a small one way alley way. Chants of "Kill the demon boy now" and "Quickly, do something to him before the Hokage gets here!" could be heard streets away from the scene. One ninja, a Jōnin, had taken this opportunity of Naruto's weakness and pinned him up against a way and started to punch him repeatedly without stopping whatsoever. Many shouted for harsher treatment and other people started to join in with the attack. Ninjas started to throw Kunai and Shurikin at the boy whilst the civilians through rocks and other heavy objects they could find around them.
Naruto throughout all of this screamed in agony and begged them to stop. He pleaded with them and cried out "What is it I have done to you?!" which only made the villagers even more angry with the boy. Naruto had by now fallen out of consciousness and was waiting for the end to come. All was thought to be over, when suddenly a group of Anbu, the villages highest ranked group of ninja, appeared with kunai behind each of the civilians and ninjas. Behind the group of ninja was the third great Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. "Anbu, take them to Ibiki for interrogation and torture." said the Hokage with authority laced in his voice.
He walked over to Naruto, still unconscious, and picked him up with both arms. Sarutobi, the third Hokage, whispered to Naruto in a more caring and affectionate manner "Come now Naruto, you will be staying with me tonight".