A/N I do not own naruto in any way shape or form. Please review.
As the sun set on the village of Konohagakure no sano the trees took on a golden, almost firey, color as if they too held the Will of fire that had defined the shinobi village since its founding by Hashirama Senju. The streets were empty, which was rare for the village, which would almost pass for a city on some days, the reason for the desolation was the date. It was October the tenth, the day of the dreaded attack of the Kyubi and the sacrifice of the legendary Kiiroi Senkou, (yellow flash) who was the Hokage at that point in time, in order to seal the beast into a newborn child. The same child who, seven years later, found himself, unknowingly, sitting upon the rock depiction of his father's head carved into the mountain that separated the village from the forest. The blonde sighed to himself and rose from his place of solace 'I guess now's as good a time as any to get home,' he thought to himself, 'if I wait any longer the villagers start coming out.'
And with that the young jinchuriki took off, jumping along the rooftops of the village he called home to avoid the meager foot traffic that was already forming along the great pathways of the commerce district.
"You sure you want to go home tonight kit," asked a familiar voice in his head, "you know how bad they get, especially on your birthday". The Kyubi no kitsune had come to terms on its imprisonment about five years or so after a particularly brutal beating that had left its container on the verge of death. The young boy shook his head sadly as he replied in his head 'Thanks for the concern Kyubi onii-san,' his voice weary and aged far beyond what any seven year old should have had 'If I'm not there they'll probably just go after Teuchi-samaand Ayame- chan' the Fox just hmphed to itself then decided to just let the kid have his way.
Later that same evening
"there he is!" a voice exclaimed "Don't let him get away!"
'Damn it all' thought Naruto to himself ' you just had to ignore the centuries old demon fox in your head'. He had already accumulated a good number of injuries that bled freely but were healing. 'Almost there' he thought in relief when suddenly he saw another group of civilians rushing towards him, 'shit shit shit' he immediately swerved left only to find himself in an alley with walls far to high to jump over. The mob was at the mouth of the ally before he could escape. He was scared. The mob had the intention to kill and even though there was a law forbidding his being harmed the level of enforcement was virtually nil. Just as the mob started "getting rid of the demon" as they called it a murder of crows appeared at the mouth of the narrow entrance of the alley.
"What's going on here" demanded a teenaged kid whose eyes were blood red with three tomoe around the pupil marking him as one of the legendary Uchiha clan, adding that to his apparent age could mean only one thing had happened, Itachi Uchiha had come to rescue the abused jinchuriki. The irony was that because of their bloodlust the villagers took none of his characteristics to heart as they replied " Come on help us avenge the fourth". Itachi heard this and his blood ran even colder than his demeanor, "I have no reason to protect such fools" he replied pulling a kunai from his pouch, "I will cut the cancer out of the village". What happened next was exactly what one would expect from the young prodigy and when he was finished he picked up the boy and rushed him to the hospital.