I'm looking for a beta to help continue this story. They should be able to help me stay focused on the plot and avoid any plot holes while checking for typos and grammar/spelling mistakes. They should have some experience as a beta reader.

songs to listen to while reading:

In The End -Linkin Park

Stop Looking/Start Seeing -Papa Roach

Me Against The World -Simple Plan

Thank You –Simple Plan

Papercut –Linkin Park

i don't own naruto or the above songs.

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He ran through the streets, crystal tears streaming from his shockingly blue eyes. Eyes that once were so full of happiness, but now were filled with nothing but sorrow and pain." Why? Why can't they understand? I thought they were my friends .I guess a demon like me can't have friends." He increased his speed when he saw the towering form of the village gates looming ahead. "Almost there", he thought with a satisfied grin. As he neared them, the memory of what had happened played itself over and over again in his head, like a broken record.

Begin Flashback

Three days ago

Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto were walking through the forest, on their way back to Kohona after a long and difficult mission.

"That was one of the hardest missions I think we've ever had. The first thing I'm going to do when I get back home is take a long, hot shower. Hey, do you want to go do something later, Sasuke? ", Sakura asked.

"No.", said the raven-haired Uchiha.

"Oh. O.k.", said the depressed kunoichi, looking slightly crestfallen.

Surprisingly, Naruto didn't ask her out after she was rejected by Sasuke. Both Sakura and Sasuke looked back to make sure Naruto was still with them.

"Is something wrong, Naruto? You've been awfully quiet today." Sakura said, worried about her teammate.

"Nani? Oh, it's nothing. I'm just tired today, that's all." Naruto stated.

"O.k." , said an unconvinced Sakura.

"If only they knew the truth." Naruto thought sadly.

The real reason he had been quiet all day had nothing to do with him being tired, although he hadn't slept for more than an hour at a time for the past four months. No, the real reason was much more terrifying and much more dangerous. The truth was the seal holding Kyuubi back was beginning to weaken. It took every ounce of strength he had to keep Kyuubi under control. He had been living in constant fear that Kyuubi would take him over, which was why he didn't sleep.

He had told no one for fear that they would prevent him from going on missions and keep him trapped in the village. All day he had been thinking of ways to solve the problem without having to tell anybody. Although no one knew it, Naruto was a genius. Maybe even smarter than Shikamaru. He was also much more powerful than anybody knew. He was one of, if not the, strongest ninja ever to live. He told no one because he received more attention as an idiot than as a genius. He focused all of his considerable brain power on the Kyuubi problem, yet he couldn't think of a solution.

"There has to be a way." Naruto thought determinedly. "I will not let this damn fox win."

Suddenly there was a rustling in the bushes and 9 kunai flew towards the young leaf nins. They expertly dodged the projectiles and sent kunai of their own to where the enemy was hidden. Three grass nin came out of the bushes.

"Well, it looks like we're actually gonna have to fight these brats. ", said the one in front, who appeared to be the leader. "Oh, well. That will just make this more interesting."

And so they began fighting, Naruto taking great care not to get too into the fight. It wouldn't take much to free Kyuubi. He was keeping Kyuubi under control until Sakura was hit in the back with multiple kunai. His blood began to boil at the sight of his injured comrade. He tried to keep Kyuubi contained, but it was futile and in the end he lost.

Red swirls of chakra twisted around his slender form, and when he looked up, his eyes were no longer the beautiful cerulean they normally were, but a deep crimson. Gone was the carefree joy that had caused them to shine with an inner light that made them appear as deep and beautiful as the ocean itself. Instead, his eyes were full of malice and bloodlust as they looked upon the terrified grass nins.

"His eyes are just like a demon's!" thought the leader of the small group.

"Perfect. I can break in this new body by killing you three pathetic excuses for human beings. I wonder if you'll beg like cowards to live, or stand and die like true ninja. I'll bet on the latter. I'll fight youwhen I'm done with these weaklings." he said, shooting a glance at Sasuke, who stood frozen and watched as this…this thing ripped the grass nins to pieces before his eyes.

Once the grass nins were defeated, Kyuubi turned to Sasuke and started walking towards him. All of a sudden, Kyuubi paused in mid-step and grabbed his head, yelling, "No… not so soon. This is… impossible. How could he fight back like this?" His eyes turned a violent shade of purple, and started flashing between blue and violet. Eventually, they turned back to the ocean blue they normally were. Then, before Sasuke could reach him, Naruto started falling. The last thing he heard was Sasuke yelling something he couldn't understand, then Naruto finally surrendered to the darkness that was waiting to embrace him.

End Flashback

"I still can't believe that I managed to force Kyuubi back." thought Naruto as he ran from rooftop to rooftop, ignoring the complaints of those whose homes he was running on. He had long ago learned to tune out the voices of those he didn't want to listen to. It wasn't just because of the villagers that he did this. What no one knew was that Kyuubi could talk to Naruto whenever he wanted. All his childhood, Naruto had been teased by those around him, but nothing compared to the things the nine-tailed-fox had said to him.

"You're pathetic. You let these villagers step all over you. You should kill them. Or better yet, kill yourself. Or are you too much of a coward?"

"One of these days I will take over your body, and murder all these pathetic, little bastards"

"You want nothing more than to be free of me. But that will never happen. I'll always be here and the villagers will always hate you."

"As long as I'm here, you will feel nothing but hatred, fear, sorrow, and pain."

His taunts had been the worst. Whenever he had to, Naruto could run away from the villagers, but he couldn't run away from Kyuubi. Even when he tuned Kyuubi's voice out, the demon would enter his dreams and torture him with images of the village destroyed, those he cared about lying on the ground, dead or dieing. He would wake up to the sound of Kyuubi's laughter. "You will never be free of me, " Kyuubi would say cruelly.

But Naruto had kept it secret, bearing his heavy burden alone. "Until today that is," Naruto thought glumly, "Today everything went wrong."

Begin Flashback

Earlier Today

Naruto opened his eyes slowly, letting them adjust to the intense lights. He looked up and found himself staring at a plain, white ceiling. He recognized it immediately. After all, he had spent most of his childhood in the hospital, whether from training too hard or being beaten up by the villagers. The doctors never wanted to help him, only doing so because they had sworn an oath to help any patient who needed it. The door opened and the next thing he knew, he was being suffocated by a mass of bright pink hair.

"Hello, Sakura. I'm glad to see you, too." Naruto said, laughing. "How did you do?" he asked Sasuke, who was standing next to the bed, looking bored as always.

"I just had a few cuts and bruises. Nothing serious." He said simply.

For the second time in a minute, the door was flung open as in walked Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Shino, Hinata, Kiba & Akamaru, Neji, Lee, Ten Ten, and their senseis, including Kakashi. Everyone asked Naruto how he was and they had fun just talking for a little while. They very rarely had a chance to get everyone together like this and just hang out. But all good things must come to an end.

"Naruto…"said Sasuke.

"Hai?" answered Naruto.

"I was wondering what happened back in the forest. What was that red chakra? It felt different. Stronger. More intense." said Sasuke, looking at Naruto. Everyone had heard what had happened in the forest, and were now looking at Naruto expectantly, waiting for an answer.

"Well…You see…ughhh. I'm not sure I can tell anyone." Naruto replied, not looking anyone in the eyes.

"Come on. Just tell us already!" exclaimed Kiba.

"Yeah. I mean, we're your friends, right? You can tell us." said Shikamaru.

"O.k. You all know about the Nine-Tailed Fox, right? Well, when it attacked…" and so Naruto explained to them about the Kyuubi being inside him and the seal weakening. The entire time he was hoping that they wouldn't hate him for it like the villagers. When he finished he looked up from the sheets he had been staring at the entire time. What he saw was 11 horror-stricken faces. Even Hinata looked revolted, and when he reached out his hand towards her, she backed away in disgust.

"You're the demon?!" shouted Sakura. "Kyuubi killed my parents. I'll kill you!" she screamed as she lunged at Naruto, only to be caught by Kakashi.

The senseis ushered the young nins out of the room, giving Naruto sad looks as they did so. They understood what the Yondaime's intentions had been. He had wanted Naruto be a seen as a hero, but he was regarded as a demon, a monster. They also knew how much pain Naruto had gone through as a child, how cruel everybody had been, still was for that matter. They realized that Naruto had just lost everyone close to him because he had trusted them.

After they left, Naruto stared out the bed for a few minutes, thinking about what had just happened.

"I thought I could trust them, but they're just like everyone else. No one understands what I've gone through. They look at me and see Kyuubi, not Uzumaki Naruto. Fine. If they won't accept me then I'll just leave. From now on I'll trust no one but myself. " Naruto thought angrily.

He had come to a decision. He would leave Konoha. There was no reason for him to stay here. Everyone hated him. He quickly gathered a few necessities from his apartment and stuffed them in his backpack. On his way home he had bought a new outfit that consisted of black jeans with a black t-shirt and a black hooded jacket. He had burned his orange outfit, thinking "I'm done pretending to be happy for people that don't even care about me. From now on I'll act how I want to act without worrying what others think or about taking care of them. I can show my true strength and destroy those who stand in my way." He had then slipped out of his window unnoticed by anyone on the street. He started moving towards the gates.

End Flashback

As he finally reached the gates, he stopped and turned to look at the Hokage faces carved into the mountain. To him, they looked like giant sentinels, watching over the village even after they had left this world. "Maybe you should have watched over me a little better." He thought bitterly. He looked at the carving of the Fourth Hokage. "You. You're the one that caused all this. The one that destroyed my life the moment I was born. To think. My one dream in life has always been to be the next Hokage and outshine every Hokage before me. Now, I don't give a shit about this village or anyone in it. I plan to use my power to destroy this village."

He turned away from the mountain and walked over to the gate, then pushed it open. Taking a deep breath, he walked through the gates, knowing that he was officially a missing nin, and that the next time he saw this village it would be in pieces.