A/N: Hello. I have a couple of clarifications for this story. First, this WILL NOT BE A DARK NARUTO STORY. Instead it will be a grey Naruto/grey Orochimaru. No destruction of the hidden leaf story. Just two guys who hate the hidden leaf but don't feel it's worth their time to do anything. Also this will have some complex character relations along the line. Thank you for reading.
Naruto was just six. He was ignorant of how the world truly was. All he knew was pain and suffering. He tried his best to prove his worth, but all he got in return was being abused verbally, physically, and mentally as well as being exiled from society. His exile was not one where you go to a secluded place and are away from civilization. No, his was far worse. His exile meant he still lived within a civilization but he was banished from society. However this was a one way exile. Normally, someone under exile would be forbade from communicating with anyone within society and the same bars would hold true for those within society as they were forbade from communicating with the exiled person under the threat of being exiled themselves or worse. However, under this exile, Naruto could not communicate with the villagers but they could communicate with him. Now one might ask who would be cruel enough to do this to somebody. Well it wasn't an officially condoned exile. In fact, it wasn't even remotely condoned by the leader of the village, also known as the Hokage. He despised and ostracized the exile of the young boy. But unfortunately with the support of the council as well as all the adults in the village. Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, Successor of Tobirama Senju, also known as the Second Hokage, and his brother Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage. Hiruzen was considered the strongest and smartest man in the village. He hated and despised the way the villagers treated the boy. However, he would never be able to even comprehend or get over what would happen fairly soon. This is the story of the Fox and the Snake.
Naruto's House…
Naruto was having another nightmare. He thought it would never end when suddenly it sounded like there was an explosion in his house he woke up to find nothing going on.
"Who is in here?" he said quietly. Suddenly his vision was gone and he felt as though he was being carried away. What he didn't know was that he had a bag thrown over him and he was being carried away to a dungeon. There was also a little girl who had been spying on him. She saw the kidnapping and went to get help. She arrived at the Hokage's office after about 20 minutes of moving as fast as she could with her six year old body.
Hokage's Office…
"What is it little Hinata?"
"N-Naruto has been kidnapped!" she suddenly broke down crying. The Hokage called for his top ANBU. In the room appeared a man with a hawk mask, a man with a crow mask, a woman with a serpent mask. The one with the crow mask spoke.
"Lord Hokage, you requested my team?"
"Yes take your mask off."
"But sir, there is a young Hyūga girl in here. Are you sure it is safe?"
"Yes. I trust her completely. She will not reveal anything."
"Yes Lord Hokage." The three took off their masks.
"Itachi, I want you to take Anko and Sandātaron and retrieve Naruto. He has been kidnapped."
"Yes Lord Hokage. When do we leave?"
"In one Hour. Get the info you need from Hinata and then restock your supplies. Once the hour is up you are to follow the trail."
"Yes Lord Hokage." The three questioned Hinata and then disappeared into thin air.
Five Days Later…
"There he is. Get him and let's return to Lord Hokage."
"Why did it have to be ANBU who took the kid? They were so hard to track. The poor kid is probably going to need help from the Yamanaka after his ordeal."
"He…He's no older than my younger brother Sasuke. This is just horrible. We need to get out of here." They took Naruto out of the prisoner chains that held him to the wall. They wrapped him in a blanket as he had been stripped naked by the ANBU that had kidnapped him and then they took off back towards the Leaf Village.
Six Months Later…
"Nurse what is his condition?"
"Unlucky for us, he is stabilizing. I wish that bleach would have killed him Itachi."
"What did you say…" Itachi now looked like he was going to murder someone. The nurse almost passed out from the raw killing ntent Itachi produced.
"N-n-nothing I-itachi. Sorry f-for the c-commotion. He w-w-will survive. In fact, you can t-t-ake him back to his house now if y-you would l-like."
"I will so he doesn't have to deal with the likes of you." Itachi walked in the room and took Naruto to the new Apartment Itachi had purchased for him. The nurse broke down after he left.
"I'm sorry for what I did big brother."
"No need to apologize, Naruto. I probably would have attempted suicide if I was in your position as well. I just wish that you didn't have to go through this all the time. I have to go on a mission for the next two months on the border. Promise me you won't do this again while I'm gone?"
"I promise big brother."
"Bye little brother Naruto." With that, Itachi left for his mission and Naruto went in to go to bed.
That Night…
"Finally, that pesky Uchiha is gone. Now it is our chance to ruin or even kill the brat. We will succeed where that idiot Boshi failed. He was worthless to our Root organization. We will stop the Nine-Tails." They put Naruto under a Genjutsu to keep him from struggling. Once they had him chained in an unknown location and sealed him off dozens of times over, the Genjutsu was released. Naruto was all alone and the only person that could save him was gone at the time. Naruto started to break down.
Two Month Later…
"LORD HOKAGE! NARUTO IS MISSING!"
"I know Itachi. It happened the day you left. Unfortunately the council won't let me go and all the ANBU I had at the time refused to go saying if I made them they would resign before they could undergo the mission."
"I'll be back."
"Wait. Where are Anko and Sandātaron?"
"Anko went home and Sandātaron…"
"Before you leave tell me how it happened."
"We ran into Orochimaru and he killed him. We escaped unharmed. I knew it was suicide to fight him."
"Very well. You can do the solo mission of finding Naruto."
"Oh this won't be a mission. This will be revenge. The bastards who took him this time won't even get a chance to stand trial."
"Do as you wish Itachi. But try not to cause too much trouble."
"I'll be back, Lord Hokage." With that, Itachi disappeared.
One Week Later…
"Bastards!" Itachi had just finished mutilating the group of ANBU who had kidnapped Naruto. He walked down a corridor and found seal after seal after seal overlaid on the door. After an hour of unsealing techniques, Itachi finally was able to kick the door in and what he found disturbed him. Naruto had apparently been beaten, tortured, burned, and other despicable things. Itachi took him and he got him back to the village.
Leaf Hospital, ICU Lobby…
"Big brother, did you find Naruto? I've missed him. I haven't seen him in a month." A six year old Sasuke spoke.
"Neither have I, big brother Itachi." A six year old Hinata followed. Both had huge amounts of worry and concern in their voices. Itachi knew that Sasuke saw Naruto as his brother and that Hinata had a huge crush on the blonde. He ruffled Sasuke's hair and gave Hinata a hug. Hinata had been disowned by her father after being beaten by Hanabi once again. So she lived with Sasuke and Itachi. Itachi thought her crush was adorable.
"Knowing our knucklehead, he should be alright."
"What did you do to the mean people, big brother?" Sasuke asked with curiosity.
"I…dealt with them accordingly. Nothing to worry about. However, I think it is time I start your training. It will be a long road."
A year and a Half Later…
"You're going to pay prick. You don't deserve to be the top in the class. Monster." The 8 year old kid ran at Naruto. As soon as he was within a centimeter of punching Naruto in the face, Naruto vanished. Suddenly the kid felt someone grab his arms from behind. Before he even had time to react Naruto had broken both his arms and disappeared from the scene…
Five Years Later…
"Uzumaki, your turn for the test." Naruto stood up and walked in and awaited orders.
"You are to make 3 clones." Naruto made a single hand sign and then suddenly created ten shadow clones.
"No fucking way. You can create solid clones?" Naruto just stared blankly. Iruka sighed.
"You pass."
"Naruto walked out and sat back down next to Sasuke and Hinata. They had both been sad for the past six and a half years because Naruto was becoming worse. He hadn't spoken since before the incident when he was six and was kidnapped and had to wait for more than two months to be rescued. And his psyche had progressed in a negative direction. Instead of taking what he was dealt, he would hurt the villagers when they even attempted to touch him. He also seemed over protective of Sasuke, Hinata, and Itachi. He showed no emotion however.
"Alright, listen up. Only 9 of you passed therefore only nine of you shall become genin. Listen up for the teams. Team 7 will consist of Sakura Haruno, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame. Your Jōnin instructor shall be Kurenai Yuhi. Team 8 will be Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, and Shikamaru Nara. Your Jōnin Instructor shall be Asuma Sarutobi. And finally, Team 10 shall consist of Hinata Hyūga, who graduated third in the class, Sasuke Uchiha who graduated second, and Naruto Uzumaki who graduated at the top of the class. Your Jōnin instructor shall be retired ANBU Itachi Uchiha. Any questions?"
"Iruka-Sensei? Why does that asshole get to graduate at the top of the class, he doesn't deserve it and he is an antisocial prick." Sakura asked.
"Naruto had the highest grades out of anyone that ever graduated and could have graduated his first day in the academy but unfortunately after Itachi Uchiha graduated, there was a ban on graduating before going through the 6 year academy requirement. And Naruto actually graduated with perfect grades. Your grades weren't even average. Sasuke only graduated with a 95%. So don't you dare question my decision!"
Suddenly Sasuke appeared behind the kid and said with a dark voice, "Say one more bad comment about my brother and you'll never even get a chance to retake the graduation test." The kid just stood up and walked out. After the graduating nine received their headbands, their instructors arrived. Team 10 went to Ichiraku.
"How are you guys?" Naruto just pointed to what he wanted on the menu. Itachi started to sadden. He missed the way his little brother used to be. After the incident, he quit the ANBU as did Anko. The two were currently engaged. Their wedding was scheduled for a year from now. They were both worried for Naruto.
"Naruto, are you doing ok?" Naruto just looked indifferent. The rest of the day went like their normal days. Itachi explained why they were on the same team.
Flashback Ten Days…
"Lord Hokage."
"Yes Itachi?"
"I know that Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata will all graduate, there is no question."
"I agree. They are the top three respectively in their class. What is it you want?"
"I want the three of them put on the same team and I want to be the Jōnin Instructor."
"I will allow it, but why?"
"You and I both know that if Naruto is put on a team with anyone else, it won't end well for them. He'll destroy them."
"You're right. Therefore I had actually planned on it being this way. I just wanted to know your motives. It seems once again your motives are pure."
"Also I don't trust anyone else with Naruto. The Uchiha clan, you, Sasuke, Hinata, Anko, and I are the only ones who care for him."
"You're a smart boy indeed. Get ready to become an instructor Itachi. You have ten days."
Present…
Naruto was sleeping soundly with Sasuke guarding him and Hinata in the living room. They were in for a long road to fixing Naruto…