CHP.1
A small boy huddled in the corner of the dark damp alleyway desperately listening for the sound of his unwanted pursuers. The night was quiet. Clouds covered the moon effectively making the bruised and beat up boy part of the shadows that he willingly clung to. Anything to get away from the band of attackers that pursued him so aggressively. If he had known the night would have been so bad he would have chosen a different way home. Oh well he would wait there in the safety of the darkness until it was safe. As he sat in the still darkness his eyes became heavy. And he slowly drifted off to sleep in the safety of the night.
EARLIER THAT DAY
An old man sat behind a rickety desk crammed with papers. Pen in hand he signed papers furiously but his mind was elsewhere. He wearily sighed and leaned back in his chair and gazed at the ceiling. All of the elemental nations were at war but not with each other (unfortunately), but with the Greek gods. How the leaf village expected to fight and win he did not know. And this thought weighed him down like an anchor. As hokage it was his duty to protect his village. He bowed his head on his desk in frustration. Dam the gods and their power. He suddenly punched the desk collapsing it under force of the blow.
Knock knock knock
The hokage had asked to not be disturbed. "Who is it" he yelled the anger and frustration evident in his voice. He threw open the door but stopped. It was naruto. His anger seeped away as his eyes fell upon the boy. He looked rough like he just had a fight. His blond hair looked dusty and his nose was caked with blood. "What happened to you?" his anger now completely replaced with curiosity.
"Uuuhhhhh nothing….. Why do you ask" Naruto asked while pointedly avoiding eye contact with hokage.
"Rrrrright that explains the your eye being black." Said the hokage now amused.
"Uuuhhhh …. No…. I did this with a marker."
"Ok so I guess that's dried ketchup covering your nose" the hokage said crossing his arms.
"Can I just get my package and leave" asked naruto in a low voice. The boy sounded dejected and sad. The hokage knew he had been in a fight but he couldn't help the stubborn hard headed boy if he didn't want to be helped.
"Here's your keys naruto" and with that naruto dejectedly began to walked home. When naruto was no longer in the hokage sight he slumped back in his chair and looked at his now splintered desk. Yes he did have a lot of problems on his plate.
As naruto was through a crowded street on his way home a woman screamed.
"You have brought the wrath of the almighty Zeus to the doors of konoha. U is the reason my husband will never come home. You are the reason h died. This is not konoha's war but yours DEMON."
Anger and hatred filled her eyes. She glared at naruto before saying
"With this sacrifice our husbands and sons can come home. With this sacrifice the almighty Zeus will forgive us for harboring this demon in our walls."
Naruto nervously glanced around him as many of the people around started to mumble in agreement.
Then they all yelled "kill the Demon". Now naruto's fear was replaced with adrenaline. He ran down the dark musty alleyways to escape his pursuers.
END FLASHBACK
Naruto jumped awake as he heard footsteps splash in a nearby puddle of water. He used the wall as support as he hurriedly got up from his resting space his eyes frantically searching for his enemies in the stifling darkness.
"Come out Demon show yourself".
Up above in the clear sky the clouds moved from the moon bathing the dark alleyway in its soft light.
Naruto position was now revealed to his pursuers.
"LOOK there he is"
Naruto inched farther into the corner. What did he do to deserve this? It wasn't his fault the gods were at war, it wasn't his fault. But the mob of people deliberately and slowly inched closer to naruto. Naruto frantically surveyed his surroundings looking for anything that might be able to help him out. His clear blue eyes rested on a long stick and he scrambled to pick it up so he could try to defend himself from the mob that now breathed upon him.
"GET BACK" he yelled fear making his voice weak. The crowd gasped and slowly moved back. Naruto couldn't believe it. They were actually listening to him.
GET BACK….MOVE MAKE WAY" said a voice familiar to naruto. A man was making his way through the crowd of people. It was the hokage and he gasped with surprise as he looked at naruto.
The Hokage looked at naruto and cursed. "Damn"
Naruto quickly said "no it's not my fault gramps they attacked me when I was on my way home… I swear"
"Naruto… come with me quickly" the hokage put out his hand for naruto to grab.
Naruto eyed the hand with suspicion. Gramps wasn't acting himself. He was all shaky for some reason.
"Naruto quickly" the hokage yelled
"NO" naruto said his voice now defiant. "What are you all looking at "he screamed loudly but the crowd didn't say anything to him? They just raised their hand slowly and pointed above naruto's head. Naruto looked up and was shocked. Above his head a thunder bolt hovered eerily above his head.
"Naruto come quickly" said the hokage now whispering harshly. "You have been branded with the symbol of Zeus".
