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Oh crap, I just typed the last part of my unquestionably evil monologue didn't I? Ugh, too much effort to backspace that again. Well, all I have to do is hope you LOYAL readers don't foil my plans that I (carefully and deliberately) wrote on this overly monumental piece of blueprint paper, that I myself titled 'Evil Plans'! If you guys did though.. That would be very.. Despicable of you. I would probably cry if you did that actually. **Sobs gloomily into depression.

Also, I am truly sorry for the long disappearance but I'm back! Hope you enjoy the chapter my loyal readers! Most of you guys actually requested this crossover which surprised me! But I digress, I finished it and am now testing the waters, hopefully I get LOTS, and LOTS of reviews! That's what keeps me writing after all, well besides the fact that I have buckets full of fun that is. Oh wait, sorry I'm rambling and you're sitting there rolling your eyes in annoyance aren't you?.. Sorry for that! Please enjoy the chapter you fabulous reader.

Chapter 1: iStrive to Survive

"No, no, no, no, no! NO! Where are all the food?! It has to be in here somewhere!" A young blonde teen desperately cried out searching vigorously through mountains of trash bags in dire need of something to eat. He has been digging through bags of garbage constantly for the past three days and it was starting to worry him. What if he was going to starve to death? A death with no purpose of that of an average street hobo.

The thought didn't sound pleasant, so he began to search with even more vigor than before. Maybe there was still hope.. he just wished that hope would show its face every now and then. He grasped another trash bag sticking his hand into the muck holding back a gag coming from his throat. He grabbed onto the contents of the grimy bag finding some wasted noodles in a cup in there.

'It won't last very long but I'll persevere through the night.' The blonde thought with a frown. This has been his life ever since the age of five, he has been living through the dirt of the streets striving to survive on his own for one whole decade. He strives to survive, for his parents who died on that tragic night. Visions came back and haunted him ever since, of the memories of his parents' faces, blood, glass, and desperate pleads for him to run and survive no matter the cost.

That's the only reason he kept up this pitiful life, because he promised his parents he would, and Naruto Uzumaki never goes back on his word. Ever.

Just as the blonde was about to eat the cup of rotten, moldy, green noodles utilizing his bare hands he felt something tap on his shoulder. He turned around grunting as something hard impacted his face, causing him to fall onto his back and into the other grimy trash bags, also dropping the cup of overdue noodles which spread all over the disgusting stain filled concrete. He looked up, his vision blurry as he saw a faint figure standing over him.

"Well, look what we have here. It seems little o'l Naruto hit the jackpot today. Now lemme have at it. It's your treat isn't it boy?" The man's voice was raspy, almost dry like he hasn't had anything to drink in days. Naruto glared rising from the ground placing his hands in an experienced fighting stance. He knew who this man's voice was and he wasn't letting him have the only piece of food he's found in over 80 hours.

"Hand over the noodles Bates, so nobody has to get hurt here. We can share it." Naruto tried to reason, standing firmly in his practiced stance. He hoped he could really get a chance to eat some of those noodles, it's been years since he's had something this decent and he wasn't going to back down either, he just didn't want to hurt anyone over it.

Bates only scoffed noticing Naruto was still standing in his particularly favorite stance which he developed over the years. He really thought this scene was going to end happily? He might have shared the noodles if it meant it was over his dead body, and when he noticed Naruto start to stand like that there was just no way this bout was going to be pretty, he was going to savor these noodles once Naruto was out of his hair. Forever.

Bates simply grinned placing the Styrofoam cup on the ground getting into his own sloppy fighting stance.

"Share it? Yeah, I'll share it, when I'm a dead corpse being prepared for my funeral that is." He spat noticing Naruto sigh with discontentment.

"I didn't want to have to do this Bates. But you leave me with no other option here. For that, I'm sorry." Naruto frowned seeing the look of anger on his opponent's face.

"Don't be sorry until you're dead Uzumaki." Bates grunted charging with his best battle cry. Naruto only exhaled feeling sorry for the grown man, to be so desperate as to try and pick on a fifteen year old just because he wanted food that they both could have shared. Now, it was too late and it was Bates's fault. That was just, sad.

Bates ferociously threw a right hook only for Naruto to grasp his outstretched arm and jab him in the stomach, Bates grunted lunging with his left fist while Naruto countered by blocking the punch and hitting him with a high flying knee. Bates growled as he stumbled back, Naruto took this opportunity to give Bates a rightful blow into his abdomen, knocking the breath out of the older man. Bates soon collapsed onto the ground in a coughing sputtering mess. He looked up to witness the blonde give him a look, his eyes scrunched up while his whiskered marked cheeks took up a frown seeing the man suffer from the injuries he caused.

Bates couldn't tell if the look was of sadness, or if it was just plain pity. It didn't matter as he had to tend to the bruises that he received from the abnormally strong teen. He groaned as he tried to get up off of the ground only for his limbs to fail him. He groaned once again, wishing the pain would leave his body.

Naruto took a glimpse at Bates again before simply shaking his head while heading for the cup of moldy noodles on the ground. He picked it up sticking his hand into the Styrofoam cup and scooping up a couple of noodles. He stuck it into his mouth, savoring the supple flavor of noodles on his lips. He was about to scoop up another handful of noodles right before he heard Bates groan once again.

Suddenly hearing the old man groan like that dampened the blonde's mood dramatically. Sure, the guy tried to fight him for a single cup of noodles that he himself found in the dumpster of an alley that they both resided in, but that didn't stop the guilt from seeping into Naruto's system. He just couldn't stand by and let someone else suffer because he was selfish. Even if he did know that deep within his heart that Bates wouldn't think twice but to swallow the noodles whole if it mean that Naruto himself would be stricken with hunger from it.

On the other hand, Naruto wasn't Bates. The blonde teen understood that Bates was just trying to survive like he was, even if he had to take drastic measures for it, going as far as to forcefully try and take it from him. Naruto just had to take pity on the man, which is why he was going to hand the cup of noodles over to him. He'll survive without it, besides he ate some of it already so he'll last probably a few more days before hunger took over and he would have to find more food.

He'll be able to find food again, he's been doing it for years hasn't he? Now weighing his very few options he took another peek at Bates and boy was it a tragic sight.

The man was probably young, but he looked way older than he should have, he had wrinkles that were growing ever-so fast on his features, he had gray hair with hints of his once youthful onyx locks, his beard was the same, fully grown and wild with black and gray hairs. The clothes he wore were as bad, maybe even worse wear than the man himself was.

There were holes where his clothes were torn, and stains of blood and garbage that littered throughout his wardrobe. He had on an overcoat that was the color of decaying summer leaves with tears all over the body and sleeves, he also had on brown working gloves which used to be fully lengthened until they were worn and torn, losing their clothed fingertips which displayed pale white skin, the discoloration unhealthy for a human being,

the cargo shorts he wore were the color of a light brown, whether that was the original clothing product's natural color remained questionable, or if it became that color through hard years of digging through mud and other rotten places for food. His socks used to be white, until they turned a very dark shade of brown. That's the sad thing about being so poor, it meant you couldn't dream of replacing the only clothes and things you had. Although this brought up a new thought to the blonde. If the socks were that bad there was no way Naruto could possibly fathom what Bates's underwear's condition could have been in.

Naruto puked internally at the prospect of how disgusting that thought was. Immediately shaking his head from that mind-shattering image he looked toward Bates's shoe-wear noticing his pitch-black boots were worn out as well, the man didn't even have room for his toes anymore as there were gigantic tears on the front of his combat boots, showing his crusty toe-nails. The condition of the man had Naruto sighing, he felt remorseful for the man, he needed the food more than he did, he just looked so wretched that it was heartbreaking.

For that reason Naruto decided to give him the only food he had. Naruto went over to Bates's prone form and crouched down with the noodle cup in his hand, he set it in front of Bates.

"Here, you can have it Bates. You need it more than I do." Naruto said grimacing at the old man's hopeful face. The fact that he seemed to brighten up at the concept of having green, and moldy old noodles for dinner was saddening to the teen. As if a switch has been flipped Bates immediately sat up and grasped the cup that was right in front of him, sloppily slurping down the noodles like it was the only meal he's had in decades.

Naruto frowned even further looking at how desperate he was sipping down the moldy green strips of pasta so rough and messily like that, the sight sent chills down Naruto's spine, he was glad he wasn't that desperate for food. Once he was done, Bates sat on the ground with his face full of contentment, he rubbed his belly in a circular motion displaying nothing but the bliss he felt at that moment. The sight made Naruto smile, they've been rivals for years, and this one act of kindness might end up burying the hatchet between their continuous conflict.

Bates glanced up at the blonde teen giving him a grin before standing up and diving in for a lively hug, which caught the blue eyed teen by surprise.

"Thank you Naruto! I've never had such a great meal in my entire life!" His voice sounded so joyful that it put Naruto at ease, returning the embrace he received easily.

"I was just tired of fighting Bates, we could live on and survive together now. We both can strive for a life better than what we have here." Naruto declared his voice powerful, so strong that it shook Bates deep within his core. The old appearing man gave off a throaty chuckle, the joyful sound full of mirth. Bates also lifted his left hand grasping the back of Naruto's head, the effect deepening the hug further.

"I'm tired of fighting too kid, and I'm glad. Now, I can finally see you die by my hand Uzumaki." He says whispering the last part into Naruto's ear. Upon hearing that statement Naruto's eyes immediately blazed into confused alarm.

"Wait, what did you mea-" He couldn't finish the sentence he was forming as something sharp dug into his abdomen, an immediate pain erupted throughout his body as blood leaked from his wound. Naruto collapsed onto his knees, he looked down seeing the handle of the object that stabbed into his body. As he tried to move he instantly felt a rush of blood erupt from his throat only to cough it up onto the ground.

He breathed heavily trying to sustain the life he still had left within himself. Looking up he saw Bates grinning maniacally, laughing at his accomplishment.

'Bastard.' Naruto thought coughing up more blood as his abdomen leaked out more rose colored fluid. He tried to breathe but he felt as if he was underwater, and his oxygen was slowly being plugged in from his lungs, the only thing he could do was cough up even more blood while the man in front of him laughed at his despair, like he enjoyed it.

"I've been waiting to do that for so many years, I've always hated you for your stupid dumbfounded luck, you and your kind attitude even while you're in the same boat as me, your youthful blonde locks that never seemed to have aged like my hair has, but most of all, I hated the fact that you pitied me all these years, giving me food even as I tried to earn it myself, making me turn out to be a freeloader, as if I was begging for you to save me.

Seeing you try and breathe while you suffer on the ground in this moment has brought me more joy than any piece of food ever could, seeing you cough up blood as your worthless life is being choked out of you is such a thrill. Hell, I might even watch the whole thing! Or maybe I should beat your face in until it isn't pretty anymore. Either way, you're going to die today, and you'll be out of my life forever. And I'm going to love every waking moment of this." The old man grinned, savagely watching as Naruto fell, barely supporting himself with his arms and knees. Naruto looked looked up anger in his ocean eyes for the man he gave nothing but kindness to.

"It didn't have to end this way Bates! I-I, we could've..- interrupted by the swelling in his throat he coughed up another patch of blood staining the concrete once more. He cursed himself for easily being fooled, for being weak, for being so trusting.

-We could have helped each other.. Bates.. We could have survived together.." Naruto's voice didn't have that same determination to survive like it did the previous years. His vocal chords sounded quiet, fragile and powerless, the loudest he could speak was barely above a whisper now, just the way Bates liked it.

"Sorry, were you saying something? I couldn't hear you, but I could have sworn you said that you wanted me to hit you as you die." Bates chuckled seeing Naruto's lifeless eyes widen with royal whirlpools of trepidation. Bates slowly stalked toward the blonde as he tried to yell out, only to cough up more blood, more blood erupting from his lips in spurts. He struggled to look up again, once he lifted his head off of the ground he felt something hit his face, feeling a bone or two break from the impact.

"How does it feel, to experience being worthless? Doesn't feel good does it? But don't worry, there's a lot more where that came from boy." Bates glared lifting Naruto's face up only to spit on him. Naruto couldn't form a decent reply as pain wracked throughout his body, it hurt just to try and breathe, there was no way he was getting out of this. Why was Bates doing this? All Naruto has done has helped him survive, even if Bates didn't ask for it, he just couldn't leave the man to himself, Naruto was too kind for that. So why did he hold so much hatred for him?

It made no sense.

'I'm sorry mom, dad. I just wish I could have lived longer.. But maybe I'll get to see you again when I pass..' The thought put an internal smile on Naruto's face. Unluckily his face was in too much pain to form a cohesive facial expression, and it was all thanks to Bates. Naruto tried to look up again, only seeing a faint blur of the man who caused his downfall. He was barely conscious, hearing Bates laugh as he pummeled his face into the ground, again, and again. He felt something ruffle in his pocket as Bates hit him once again, seeing a black elastic fabric with a symbol of a leaf designed onto the shiny metal plate his breath caught in his throat as he clutched onto the headband, the soft, memory inducing accessory comforted the blonde, until he was beaten to the point to where he could only see black..

Naruto opened his eyes to find that it was pitch black outside, the skies were dark and gray, and the stars lit up above. His body felt like someone slowly finished ripping off his skin, piece by piece, until there was nothing left. His abdomen wasn't in the best condition either, it seems Bates left the knife there, probably thinking he had no use for it anymore was Naruto's guess.

Speaking of Bates, he was nowhere in sight, probably off somewhere else, looking for food or something. It was dark now and time must have passed, which would make any sane person hungry. That meant if Bates wasn't here Naruto did have a chance at surviving, he just had to get out of the area to get his wounds patched up. He needed to look for the nearest hospital, most importantly he might be able to keep his promise to his parents, he just needed to sneak away before Bates came back to finish him off.

Knowing him he probably left Naruto there just because he wouldn't be able to hear and see him suffer while he beat him senseless.

'That fucker.' Naruto growled struggling once more to lift his body off of the ground, only for him to collapse again, feeling the sharp object in his abdomen drill deeper into his body, causing a hiss of pain to spew out from the blonde. He had to suppress any noise he made, he didn't know if Bates was near, so being quiet just in case he could sneak away was the only option. He couldn't lose his one chance for survival now of all times. Now with more intensity than in his previous attempt Naruto lifted himself off of the ground in slow a slow and unsteady motion, he slowly rose as his knees buckled underneath as his bones were shattering from the effort. He knelt on both knees to take heavy, labored breaths.

'That hurt more than I expected it to. Doesn't help that this thing is inside of me. I have to take it out, it's gonna hurt like a bitch though.' Naruto deduced grasping the handle, feeling his skin ripple from the contact. He acknowledged that the skin surrounding the handle screeched with pain as the blonde forcefully pulled out the object before stopping midway as his knees buckled.

His body shot through with shock from moving the object as he let out a scorching hot scream.

"OOOOOOOOOOW!" He cried as the sharp object within him caused the pain to intensify. If he could describe what kind of pain he felt, he would honestly have no idea as to what kind of words he would use. It was something in between a bulldozer slowly drilling into a wall, and a hammer repeatedly slamming into a bent nail. Naruto was in so much pain that he nearly passed out right then and there. The only thing keeping him awake?

His determination to see another day. He grunted, breathing heavily as he grasped onto the handle, slowly pulling the sharp object out again, while blood streamed out of his open wound like a busted ketchup bottle until he successfully pulled out the knife. Naruto moaned as he dropped the sharp object onto the ground, creating a ringing noise that could potentially alert anyone nearby.

He cursed himself for being so careless, but there was no time to worry, he had to take care of the wound. He was near a dumpster so a trash bag will have to do to keep the blood from leaking out. He didn't have many options here but it was better than nothing. Sure, he could have used his shirt but if he were to be honest he didn't think getting hypothermia on a night as cold as this was going to help any more than the stab wound was.

Crawling toward the nearest trash bag he clumsily emptied out its contents of empty soda bottles and food cans. Afterwards he wrapped it around his lower body and around his back, tying the bag with a painful hiss. He stood up shakily as he put his right hand onto his abdomen, helping to keep pressure so that blood couldn't leak out of his wound as much, after that was done with, Naruto looked forward seeing an open road, taking his chance to limp toward it with the little life he had left.

Naruto didn't know how far or how long he walked toward the road. Right now he was currently trudging on a hill with plants and nature all around him. He saw animals from all different kinds in the vicinity frolicking away as he trudged toward the lengthened concrete. The blonde must have been limping for at least 15 minutes, the road ever looking so far. He swore he should have been at least close to reaching it by now, but it just kept on slipping away from him as he progressed further and further.

He hissed as every step sent a chilling pain throughout his body, feeling like a razor blade is chipping at his very core. He tried to placate the ongoing feeling of nervousness but the blood slowly leaking onto his hand didn't help ease the tension that was building up within him. When he started to trudge toward the road he really thought that it would take less time than it did up to this point, the pain in his stomach didn't recede and his will to go on has deteriorated largely as he kept noticing his steps were agonizingly slow, so slow that it would be comparable to a turtle with a single leg.

The thought of that image quickly diminished most of the hope the young Uzumaki had. Although, that still didn't stop him from trying. He just had to, there was always a chance, no matter how slim. He couldn't just stop his journey here, not when he made it so far into this stage of his life surviving on his own. Naruto just had to keep walking, there was still a chance he could make it. Soon after a few steps he felt the leaf headband ruffle in his pocket. He looked down slightly reminiscing in the memory of his previous life, the life he had before he became a kid living it out on the streets.

This headband he had, it was a gift from his parents, his parents gave him the headband to celebrate the fact that he started in Kindergarten, he smiled at the memory of his parents- wait, that's right! He promised his parents that he would survive no matter what happened, he just had to believe in himself. He had to keep going no matter the circumstances. He would be damn if he would just give up, his name was Naruto Uzumaki, and Naruto Uzumaki never gave up! Now with new vigor he limped toward the open road, his will heightened with a new fire in his radiant ocean eyes.

With his driven determination and the minor intensity it took to get onto the road Naruto knew he was close. Well, he couldn't tell what was remotely close anymore as his peripherals blurred from the loss of blood he sustained. He rubbed both of his eyes to try and sedate the blur of his vision, not caring that he left red stains all over his face.

There were more important things than trying to look like a normal, living, human being right now. He rubbed at his eyes viciously, attempting to clear his sight. As his drive to clear his vision weakened he stopped rubbing leaving him as close to blind as he was going to get. He sighed, barely able to do so from the blood that is consuming the space in his lungs, getting him to cough out more blood once again. He looked up feeling his muscles weaken as the pattern of all different blank white shapes consumed his visage.

He glanced to the left, it was dark, no apparent vehicle in sight as he finally stepped onto the road. Afterwards, he looked to the right, before he heard the sound of rubber screeching on concrete, it was a bright sight and he walked toward it, before feeling something hit him, sending him flying over the the mysterious moving machine. He landed on the ground groaning, whatever made contact with him most likely shortened his already dwindling life by a few minutes. He couldn't even move his body, his wounds were in too much agony for him to try and think.

Naruto, couldn't even breathe without even the slightest touch of strain, he felt like his throat was being choked out, like his body was being smashed into by a hammer, he was getting desperate, he tried to move, but his body refused to obey his mind's fading command. He looked up to try and comprehend the situation life has set before him, although he couldn't form a comprehensible thought as he heard someone scream, he determinedly tried to cling onto the slight consciousness he had left.

He saw two figures in front of him, appearing as black and white shapes, they were both still screaming, that loud noise even a faint sound to the lifeless blonde. He sees one of the black and white shapes crouch over his prone form, examining him. He tried to say something to them, but all he could do was slip away from consciousness as the darkness claims him.

The only thing he could see now, was a vivid black.

I hoped you guys liked it! It seems Naruto just can't take a break from all of the bad stuff that is happening to him! But don't fret you lovely readers, Naruto's life won't always be this bad, it's his origin story after all, and everybody knows that if a character has a terrible origin story that they would have something great happen to them to turn it around!

And that's exactly what is going to happen here. Because honestly life couldn't get any worse right? Right! And also if you made it this far into the chapter I would just love it if you would review, because that makes me swell up inside as I blush like a nervous school girl. Huh, maybe I should buy a plaid skit and a checkered shirt to go along with that image!

But pleasure should wait, I still have world domination to check off of my impending and ever growing miscellaneous list of to-do's first! Like visit Paris, eating mint chocolate chip ice cream.. OH and corrupting the world! MWAHAHA!

Wait.. Wouldn't corrupting the world go hand in hand with world domination? (Note to self, research differences later.) But anyways, I apologize as I ramble on about my dreams. Which reminds me, please review as that is an ENORMOUS dream of mine! I want to reach at least 100 reviews total on a single story! That's my goal, sure it doesn't HAVE to be in the first chapter (as that would be REALLY surprising) but I would like to just read up on your guys' lovely opinions!

Last part before you go: I would like to ask.

What's your favorite kind of ice cream? Answer in a review! As I would like to know what kind of ice cream my belly will corrupt next! And if you have any suggestions you could either review, or PM me. Because I like it when I interact with you guys it's fun!

Now you have a nice day Love.