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Chapter one

Feeling the sun shining on his face, Naruto Uzumaki opened his eyes and stared blankly out the window. Before stretching out widely on his bed. On this particular day, the 13 year old ninja was feeling lazy, normally he would have been up and training but this morning Naruto had felt a burning sensation in his stomach, around the area of his seal. Naruto frowned as the feeling grew worse, raising his shirt, Naruto placed a hand on his stomach, wincing at the heat he felt there. Naruto wondered who he was supposed to report this to. If Naruto wasn't wasn't careful reporting his seal malfunctioning, he would be killed. You see, Naruto housed the nine tailed demon that had nearly destroyed the Konoha village 13 years earlier. To save the village the Fourth Hokage had sealed the nine tails inside of baby Naruto.

Of course, Naruto was supposed to have been seen as a hero for saving the village from further destruction. Instead, whenever the villagers came across him they saw the demon that had killed their loved ones when the nine tails had attacked. The villagers mistreated Naruto at every opportunity. Not caring that Naruto longed for just one friend that could understand his pain and loneliness, Naruto had hoped that he would find friendship among his teammates. So far though, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha treated him like everyone else did; badly. Like he was stupid and would never make it as a ninja.

Naruto sighed and sat up, pulling his shirt down as he went. Team 7 would be meeting soon and he didn't want to keep them waiting as their sensei always did. Kakashi Hatake needed to learn how to tell time. Sighing again, Naruto made his way towards his closet. The only outfits he had hanging up were a couple bright orange jumpsuits that no one else wanted to wear. Tearing it off the hanger, Naruto proceeded to get dressed. He still wasn't feeling all that great but Naruto was going to have to suffer through it if he wanted to be able to pay his rent. That was another thing Naruto had to deal with. His landlord liked to jack up his rent with no warning at all and if Naruto didn't have the money, just one time, he would be kicked out. Naruto done well if he could even afford to pay his rent on time every month. Naruto could tell the old man Hokage but if he done that Naruto was sure he'd be kicked out for sure. He didn't believe either of his teammates would be willing to let him stay with them for a little while until he got back on his feet.

As Naruto exited his apartment, he felt the burning sensation in his stomach again. Wincing Naruto closed his eyes and waited for it to stop . once it did, Naruto continued to Team 7's meeting spot. Once he got there he found Sasuke already practicing throwing his kunai. Sasuke grunted in greeting at Naruto and continued practicing.

Naruto sighed, for once not feeling like competing with Sasuke. As Naruto sat down on the grass, his mind drifting to his current problem with the seal. Naruto feared what would happen if the nine tails were able to get out. Naruto knew he would die from the breaking of the seal, and the village would probably be attacked again. The villagers would then be sure to hate Naruto even more than they already did. Naruto wasn't sure what his options really were, it was looking like it would end with his death no matter what the solution was. He wished he had someone to talk it over with but the moment that Naruto admitted that he was having problems with the seal. Someone would report it to the Hokage and Naruto would be locked away. Naruto was a person he didn't deserve to be treated like a common criminal, he had done nothing wrong, after all Naruto had just been a baby. Sadly, Naruto was used to being treated badly by every person he came across. At this point in life, Naruto didn't even understand what love or kindness even was. Naruto always tried to hide his hurt behind a grin but every once in a while his would slip and the sadness would show in his bright blue eyes. Naruto didn't allow his mask to slip often usually after a particularly bad incident. Like the rape, he never told anyone about. Every year on his birthday some villager got drunk and forced themselves on Naruto, not caring that they were slowly breaking his spirit and his will to live.

"Hey, Dobe." Sasuke Uchiha interrupted his thoughts.

"What do you want?" Naruto, asked annoyed. He knew Sasuke and Sakura didn't like him, so why bother pretending otherwise.

"Kakashi-sensei wants you to spar with me." Sasuke replied equally annoyed. Naruto shook his head clearing his thoughts and sure enough Kakashi was standing in front of Naruto.

"Sorry, Sensei." Naruto said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

"Something bothering you?" Kakashi asked, almost as if he knew that Naruto was having trouble with his seal. Naruto swallowed hard but shook his head. Looking away from his sensei, Naruto had the feeling that Kakashi knew that he was lying.

Naruto pushed himself to his feet and followed Sasuke to an open patch. Taking a deep breath, Naruto readied himself to spar against Sasuke, feeling Kakashi's eyes on his back. Naruto found it hard to focus on the fight with Sasuke.

"Come on, Loser." Sasuke sneered as he slammed a foot into Naruto's stomach, making the teen gasp for air. Naruto swallowed a groan and attempted to block Sasuke's next move only to fail and get hit in the face with Sasuke's face.

"I though you wanted to be the Hokage?" Sasuke sneered as he hit Naruto again. "At this rate you will always be the dead last!"

"No, I won't" Naruto grunted beginning to fill with rage with each hit that Sasuke gained.

"You can't even block my attacks?" Sasuke said "you have to be a thousand times better than this!" Naruto grunted as his stomach flooded with pain. Bending over, Naruto clutched his stomach, crying out in pain.

"Naruto?" Sasuke asked, pausing his next attack. Concern growing in the Uchiha the longer he watched his teammate groaning in pain. Sasuke approached Naruto, unsure of what he could do to help, but wanting to help nonetheless. Reaching out, Sasuke went to place his hand on Naruto's shoulder when Naruto raised his head and glared at Sasuke, Naruto's eyes were no longer blue but a violent red burning with hatred. Naruto growled low in his throat, as red chakra began to form red claws around Naruto's hands.

As Sasuke started to call for Kakashi, Naruto leaped and swiped his claws across Sasuke's chest, leaving deep bloody, claw marks. When Sasuke cried out in pain and fell to the ground, Naruto came to his senses and the red chakra disappeared. Seeing his teammate lying on the ground, Naruto was shocked, this was the last thing he had wanted to happen. He hadn't wanted to hurt Sasuke. Swallowing hard, Naruto felt sick to his stomach. The Hokage would punish him for this for sure. Naruto felt a fear he'd never felt before, not even when he'd been raped, he was sure the Hokage would have him killed.

"You, monster, what did you do?" Sakura screamed as she and Kakashi approached them from across the field.

"I didn't mean to." Naruto stammered, afraid to look his teammate and sensei in the eye. When he looked up, disappointed eyes met his, making Naruto feel even more ashamed of himself.

"Sakura, go find a medic" Kakashi ordered as he kneeled down beside Sasuke.

"How did this happen Naruto?" Kakashi asked as he attempted to apply pressure to Sasuke's wounds. "You told me you were find earlier, you shouldn't have lied."

"But…." Naruto started.

"But nothing" Kakashi snapped "you put your teammate's life at risk because you lied." tears filled Naruto's eyes at the harshness of Kakashi's voice. Without thinking Naruto turned and ran towards the village gates unsure of where he would go from there. He only knew he could no longer stay in Konoha.

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