Emotionally painless
Here I am back and with new inspiration to spit out a new story's while my other story's have unfortunately not been touched except for a few things here and there fixing things. So I wasn't sure what Age Naruto would have started at the academy so I just thought it would probably be around seven. The pairing for Naruto is undecided and you can make suggestions but this will not be a harem, Yoai, or Hinata/sakura.
Village hidden in the leaf
Traditionally in Konoha when a minor problem was brought up it happened during the monthly council meeting that takes place in the Hokage Tower. As such one problem was always brought up from the leader of a group called Ne or more commonly known as root.
Root is essentially a lower branch of the Anbu division that came into being when a man known as Danzo lost his campaign to become the hokage and decided he needed his own soldiers. The difference between the root and regular Anbu is that every member of root has lost all sense of emotion and are ready to give up everything for a mission.
Danzo being a essential ninja in the Third Great Ninja War was a blunt tactician, which he demonstrated by his preference of eliminating threats and ordering them executed instead of using negotiation. He only recruits people at a young age so they will be at that point in their life when they are the most mould-able. He uses this to his advantage and turns his soldiers into what he believes is the perfect solider.
So at every meeting he would try and get Sarutobi the hokage of the village to hand over the boy known as Naruto, so that he could be integrated into root. Why you may ask and that is simple Naruto is the container of the strongest Bijuu in history the Nine Tailed Fox.
Any normal man looking for strong followers would get anyone no matter where they got their power from even if over three-fourths of the popullation hated said follower.
The meeting went by at a fast pace, which surprise most council members though weirdly Danzo hadn't once interrupted, Sarutobi usually causing hours of back and forth ruckus. This hadn't gone unnoticed by Sarutobi but he held high hopes that Danzo had just finally came to the conclusion that he would never get his greedy hand on Naruto though he knew this was very unlikely.
"It would seem we have reached the end of our meeting would anyone like to present any last piece of news or information" asked Sarutobi while glancing around the room hoping that he would be done and could get back to the evil that is paperwork.
A quiet pause went through the room but a tapping noise on the table alerted everyone to Danzo who dropped a folder onto the table and leaned back in his chair with an arrogant smirk adorned on his face. "It would seem young Uzumaki was once again attacked by the villagers of this village last night in an attempt to get rid of the so called demon" told Danzo
"I have already been told this peice of information shortly after the attack but what does this have to do with anything" asked Sarutobi curious as to was the old war chief could be planning in that old head of his.
"Ahh well you see Sarutobi I am once again asking that you give Naruto over to me so that I could properly train him to defend himself against his ruthless attackers" retorted the Root leader.
"Pfft, what makes you believe this time will be different that all the other times you've asked for this during our previous meetings" asked Sarutobi with a smile on his face showing he clearly felt the battle was over and he had come out on top once again.
"Well it so happens that I have a little dirty laundry in my possession that I felt you wouldn't want being posted around the village" Responded the war veteran. He skillfully slid the folder down the glass table into the waiting hands of the hokage who opened the file to the first paper of the stack. Sarutobi read the first full lines before going pale as a ghost and quickly brought his other hand up into one handed hand signs before a small katon jutsu sprang from his mouth and burned to folder to a crisp.
"O Sarutobi my old friend you don't actually think that was The original papers do you? That was only one of many copies I hold in my possession." told Danzo who by this point was almost ecstatic at finally gaining the upper hand against the old fool and would have done a little dance if it wasn't for the other occupants of the room.
"Hokage-same, If I can what was inside the folder?" asked Inoichi who was curious but also angry at having to sit in the council room for another minute even if he was curious as to what kind of information could make the usually calm hokage turn into a bundle of nerves. Several other council members nodded along in wonder at what kind of secret was so great that a kage would submit to it.
"Yes Hokage-same please tell us all what the folder held" told Danzo with a hint of playfullness in his voice.
"Fine dammit you can have Naruto but promise me that he can at least stay in the academy. I want him to make at least a few friends his own age and I doubt that will happen while he is totally in your presence" shouted the overly stressed Hokage who had finally given in to request of the war hawk.
"You aren't in much of a predicament to be making demands but I will only accept your request if Naruto gets to choose as to what he does once the academy is over with" responded Danzo.
The two men stared at each other for what felt like an hour but finally Sarutobi gave in and signed Naruto's papers over to Danzo to show he's considered his temporary guardian. Danzo stood up with the help of his cane and gave a deep bowl before leaving the room with his prize in hand and a head full of laughter.
"Knock, Knock" Naruto left his kitchen table and quickly ran to his front door wondering who would want to see him since it was unsual for him to have any visitors. Naruto pushed the latch aside and unlocked the bolt before opening the door to find a man he had seen a few times around the Hokage building when he went to visit his oji-son.
"Well hello there Naruto, my name is Danzo and I was wondering if you would like to go get a bowl of ramen with my " Danzo offered with a smile adorning his face a hand up as a kind gesture.
"Sure, just give me a minute" Naruto told before he closed the door and dashed inside for his orange jacket (Remember he's young and trusting). Danzo's smile immediately dropped leaving only a face of an emotionless old man with a slight twitch to his eye. Naruto soon returned locking the door behind him and waiting semi patiently with a slight ADHD look to him. Without giving any sort of acknowledgment Danzo started walking towards the ramen bar all the while trying to arrange his thoughts into the best possible plan to bring in the newest memeber of Root.
Shortly arriving at Naruto's favorite ramen place he quickly ordered up a bowl of ramen for himself and a couple for the young boy having already heard of his legendary iron stomach from a few of his spy's. Glancing over with his good eye he studied his young company with a critical eye noticing a few problems that he would quickly iron out of him in the come weeks. First to go would be that god awful orange color that seemed to stand out worse than a clown suit, Second he would definitely have to get the boy on a diet or he could seriously be hampered by his malnourishment, and lastly the kid needed some god dammed manors for Christ sake he had already gone through three bowls in a span of a few minutes.
"If I'm not careful with my words the boy could be frightened away. I need to find some kind of pull something that will give him a reason to work as hard as he can and not lose any of the precious time we have until my plans start to take form. That just might work hehe" though Danzo.
"Naruto, were you attacked again yesterday" asked Danzo while carefully watching as the young boy's eyes went through several emotions before showing anger.
"Y..yes I was just trying to buy some milk from the market when the cashier yelled out that I was trying to steal all of her money, but please believe me I wasn't I just wanted something to drink that wasn't rotten"
"Does it make you angry?"
"Yes... a lot"
"Don't you sometimes wish that you could just take your anger out on those people who wrongfully attack you?"
"Yes"
"Do they make you fear just living you life?"
"Yes"
"Have you ever just wanted to squish the life out of their spineless body until they were dead?"
"Yes"
"What would you say if I told you that I had a way for you to become powerful not only to protect yourself but others?"
"I would say hell ya"
"Quite a mouth you have on you but I purpose that you come and join my group of young ninjas who train to fight as ANBU"
"But.. what about the academy and I don't think Oji-son would like that very much" Naruto asked warily of what this meant for his future as a Konoha shinobi but at the same time he wondered about what sort of power he could hold.
"I have already cleared everything up with the Hokage and you would continue your training at the Academy like normal but you need to promise me that if you join up with me you'll listen to everything I have to say to make sure we can make you as strong as possible." Danzo told with a hint of malice in his voice while bringing his arm out to make a promise on it.
"Deal" responded Naruto while shaking the much bigger hand of Danzo who seemed as though he had just struck gold.
"I have directions inside here along with a little present" Danzo told while giving Naruto a rectangle box from a secret departmeant in his cloak.
Naruto grabbed the box greedily and tore it open with vigour to find a black stainless steel tanto with red tapping at the bottom. Sitting down the tanto for the momeant he picked up a small piece of paper that he figured were the directions to Danzo's place. Naruto Spaced out a momeant as he read the directions over again he was sure the place couldn't possible be at this particular location. Looking up with a questionable gaze he was meet with a nod of the head from Danzo but he still wondered why this place out of everywhere was chosen.
Picking up his new blade again he tried to swing it around like any other kid but as clumsy as always he let go of it in mid air and it flew straight towards Danzo but before the weapon could reach his face his hand came out of no where and caught it like a little toy.
"We will definitely need to work on your coordination skills but for now Naruto why don't you wait till our lessons before you start using that weapon of yours. Now that you've had a little fun I want you to go home and pack only the things most precious to you then once the academy ends tomorrow I want you to head over to place I told you. You will be staying there for weeks at a time but you must make absolutely sure no one ever learns where you're going or I could get in some serious trouble." told Danzo before shooing him away with his hand.
"Hook, line, and Sinker" though Danzo before putting enough money down for the tab and taking off to places unknown.
School that day for Naruto was normal with the usual sakura/ino fight, Sasuke brooding, Iruka yelling at him, and him coming last in the physical exam.
He quickly dashed through the front door of the academy and took off down a back alley hoping to avoid any kind of trouble from the civilians. Going past a few more blocks he found himself at the self proclaimed headquarters of root. Looking up from his directions he read the sign on the door "Ninja Cafeteria"
It was the place were off-duty ninjas would go to get something to eat while hanging out with their friends if they didn't have enough money to get a regular around the building and dashing through the back door he found himself in the kitchen but luckily no one seemed to be around. Naruto came up to the freezer and opened the door to find a dark tunnel with torches lighting the way. He walked down the hall after closing the door and came upon a steel door that had some kind of voice box device beside with one red bottom in the middle.
He pushed the botton and waited for a couple of seconds before a deep voice potruded from the box telling him to enter, when he pushed open the door he found a wide open room with at least two hundered kids doing various things like marching, punching bags, and weights.
"Ah young Uzumaki it would seem you have decided to join us" told a voice behind Naruto causing him to spin around fast and come face to face with Danzo.
"Y-Yes sir" spoke Naruto weary of the scary, but friendly man who seemed to hold a twinkle of excitement in his eyes.
"That is very good, because today is the day you will being your journey to becoming one of the strongest ninjas in the history of the elemental nations and to start you off on the right track I would like to introduce you to your new sensei,Inuzuka Kaeda" told Danzo. He then stepped out of the door way to show a young man with a wolf at his side (*Important* here is the link to show you what he looks like on the far left: .com/art/Naruto-OC-Team-Shiriasu-69977018)
"Now Naruto I know you probably believed you would be training directly under me but don't fret for I will begin your apprenticeship when your older and much stronger. You will listen to every word that comes out of Kaeda's mouth or you will be dropped from the program and severally punished." told Danzo before turning around and walking out of the room.
Naruto returned his attention to his new sensei to find the man giving him a once over with his eyes, while the wolf gave a couple of sniffs around him as though he could smell his very soul.
"You will call me sensei, not Kaeda-sensei or Inuzuka-sensei. I'm not here to make friends, only to teach you the things I deem you worthy enough to learn but I will make this clear right now. Even though I'm helping you it's only to help my leader so if at any time you slack off, I won't have any problem with causing you pain" told Kaeda.
With a little gesture to follow Kaeda took off further into the training area with the young Naruto Uzumaki following him like a lost puppy. Naruto watched his surroundings trying to memorize everything just in case he somehow got lost.
"What's wrong with by these people they look dead even though they're moving around? Will I be like everyone else once I finish training, I don't know if I should do this anymore. No, I must keep going and get stronger so that I'll no longer be pushed around and hurt like some kind of trash." thought Naruto.
With his new resolve he was able to walk a little faster with a determined look on his face ready for whatever the world sent his way next.
After a twenty minute walk which Naruto thought was ridiculous considering this was a cave, they arrived at a grey door that seemed to be melded into the cave wall as though the wall and door were one. He Watched as the older ninja typed some sort of code into a device that seemed to be connected to the door in someway and after a couple of seconds a red light lit up above the door before the door slowly creaked open to show nothing but darkness.
"Now Danzo-sama has informed me that you have received a tanto from him correct?" Kaeda
"Yes but I haven't trained with it yet" Naruto
"Did you bring it with you" Kaeda
"Ya it's right here"
"Good" told Kaeda with a little bit of laughter in his voice before he roughly pushed Naruto through the doorway and into the darkness. Naruto stumbled forward and awkwardly fell onto his behind landing on some kind of grass. He turned around and watched as the door shut leaving him in complete darkness.
Standing up Naruto ran towards the door, using all his strength he banged on the door with his fist but to his dismay he did nothing but make a little racket .
"Naruto, the quickest way to make you stronger is to push you to the edge and make you change for the better so just try to stay alive for the next.
two months" Kaeda shouted behind the metal door before his footsteps faded away down the corridor showing he had truly left. Naruto is the container of the Nine tailed fox, he is the village pariah, but most of all he is a seven year old boy and like every other seven year he began to cry.
Too be continued....