Naruto: Infernal Darkness

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Prologue: Get up, get ready, GO!

-Six years before the beginning of the anime-

Naruto ran as quietly as he could through the forests outside of Konoha, he was alone now, not that was a difference, he'd always been alone. He wasn't wearing his orange jumpsuit; he was wearing a white tee-shirt and black jeans, crying his eyes out. Though he kept running, what he didn't know was he was running into the Nara lands, which were booby trapped to keep them safe Naruto oblivious to this danger kept on running blind to the trip wire in front of him until he literally tripped over it, causing dozens of kunai daggers to spring from every possible direction. Naruto clenched up in preparation for the pain from the blades, which never came.

When he finally looked up he saw a tall man wearing all black including a trench coat was standing over him, as dozens of kunai fell to the ground. Naruto's eyes widened, this man just risked himself for him. Naruto hadn't ever seen such kindness in his lifetime. The man then turned to him, revealing cold, distant red eyes and a pale white face with black hair lining it, Naruto trembled as he thought this guy is scary!

"Hello there little one, you seem to have gotten lost." Then the man passed looking the boy over he smiled, causing his entire face to look kinder "Good you are unharmed…that trap was quite dangerous." His voice was smooth and friendly. Naruto stood up and realized how tall this man was, but he couldn't even see five feet past him in any direction. "Why are you all the way out here? It will be dark soon."

"N-No one wants me back there! No one! I'm all alone and I don't even know why!" The man looked down at Naruto and said nothing, his eyes were blank this poor child, he has seen much for one his age.

"What is your name young one." It wasn't a question but more of a command that made Naruto twitch involuntarily

"Uzi-Uzimaki N-Naruto." The man's eyes widened and then he nearly laughed The Kyuubi's container? This small boy…no wonder

"Naruto-kun…I can understand…what are you going to do now?" The boy paused, he hadn't thought of that part yet, he never considered what to do now. "Have you ever considered becoming…a Ninja?" the boy looked at the man again and this time noticed the headband wrapped around his neck, but it was blank. "I bet if you were a strong ninja, those that harm you now…would come to respect you…, but you'd need to be a very powerful ninja to do that."

Naruto thought about what he was saying before coming to a conclusion "You…mean like the Hokage!?" the man raised his hands to calm the boy down he had meant a Jounin or maybe an ANBU leader.

"N-Naruto…"

"Yeah! I could be like the old man! Then everyone would look up to me!" the man looked down at the boy and saw the hope and passion in his eyes, and said nothing but he smiled.

"Yes, Naruto-kun you could one day become Hokage, but for that you must be strong, train everyday and most of all believe in yourself." Then he paused, he thought this mission was an impossible one, but this boy…the fourth had to believe in him somewhat "the rest will come naturally, now Naruto I am going to give you a super secret S-class mission! The first and only I will ever give you."

Naruto looked and the man and nodded smiling "Become strong and become Hokage…that is your mission…remember that." Naruto smiled and saluted the man which made him chuckle slightly. But he'd need something to wear that was a little more…durable.

"For that I will give you a special outfit, it may not yet fit, but it will. One day." Then he reached into a back pack Naruto hadn't noticed before, and pulled out an orange jumpsuit. "It is light, and has some light protective capabilities…use it well Naruto-kun." With that the mysterious man stood straight and began to walk away.

"Wait! What's your name? You never told me it." The man didn't turn and continued, causing Naruto to frown until he heard "Sarbura Nex."

"Bye, Sarbura-Sensei! I hope we meet again soon!" Naruto smiled as the man disappeared into the shadows, and Naruto threw on the over sized jumpsuit and smiled, but frowned when he noticed some rubbing against his arm, it was a photograph of three people. One with long black hair smiling, wearing a larger orange jumpsuit than this one, a female with blue-green hair holding onto his arm, with another male standing to the side, brown hair and cold eyes; they all had Konoha head bands in visible sight. Naruto's eyes widened and at that moment decided to return this when he saw his friend again.

Naruto removed the large clothing and smiled before begin his run back home, twilight had begun to set in. Naruto couldn't be happier because he knew in his heart, one day he'd be Hokage.

-Omake-

A Nara-clan caretaker came to the site later that night and saw all the kunai but no blood or beast and sweat dropped no one needs to know about this…I'll just reload my trap and… but once he turned he nearly died of fright from what he saw, the worst possible thing he could have imagine happened…Shikamaru's mother was standing behind him, and she wasn't smiling…