I really never liked how Naruto just shrugged everything off as a kid despite all he had gone through. He was treated like dirt for most of his life and didn't even know why until a crazy traitor revealed that he'd been lied to every day from the day he was born. He was dirt poor for most of his life and next to nobody but the Ichirakus ever gave him a break in that regards. And to top it all off almost everyone treated him like he was stupid when in reality he had incredible potential but nobody was there to help him with it.

So, this here is a story about a Naruto that didn't just sit down and accept all of the lies that were forced down his throat with an innocent smile. This is about a darker more practical Naruto who would make it his goal to never be cheated or lied to by anyone or anything ever again.

Also just going to let you all know that this is going to be a Harem fic like most, the only thing though is that this one is going to be a little different in terms of who is getting romanced. I am pretty sure that this will be one of the few stories out there featuring a Bi Naruto(Dom in both ways of course). Currently the only guys I had in mind are Haku and Sai, but it's still there. Oh and prepare yourselves for some Sasuke bashing, nothing major but he definitely deserves at least some punishment for being so selfish and blind towards everyone that cared about him.

Hope you all enjoy.

Hiruzen had said it before and he'd say it again: He was getting too old for this. He knew he would have had to tell Naruto about his prisoner sooner or later, eventually there would be no hiding it, but for the boy to learn of it at such a young age and under such awful circumstances… It wasn't fair to him, to have to suffer through that too.

"Who knows?" Hiruzen blinked, startled from his thoughts by Naruto. The boy's eyes told the Kage all he needed to know about what he was feeling.

Hiruzen sighed. "Most of the civilians and Shinobi know, but none of your generation does."

Naruto grit his teeth. "How long?" He growled.

"Since the day it was sealed-" Naruto's stunned laugh interrupted him.

"So they knew? They knew the entire time what had happened to me?" He asked through a tightlipped smile. "The orphanage that kicked me out? The shop owners that never even let me buy anything? The parents that always told the other kids to never talk to me?" It was like Hiruzen could see Naruto's joy and innocence crumble. "They all knew?" The old man could only nod, and it hurt to see what it did to the boy. "… Why didn't anyone ever say anything?" Hiruzen winced, he had been dreading that question the most. "Why didn't anyone ever tell me?"

He knew Naruto would hate him for the answer… but he deserved at least that much. "Because of me, I ordered the village to never speak of the Kyuubi."

That pained smile only grew. "You told them to… why exactly?"

The feeling of betrayal was clear in his voice. "I had hoped that if they put it out of their minds their wounds would heal in time, and they would come to see you for what you were-

"And how well is that going?" The boy growled. "Because if you hadn't noticed everyone except Iruka and the Ichirakus treats me like crap!" It pained Hiruzen that Naruto didn't mention him in that group. "And now it turns out everyone including them is a liar too!" Naruto's eyes narrowed then. "… Is there anything else you're lying about?"

So much that it made him sick just to think about it. "Naruto please, you have to understand-" Naruto's eyes widened.

"Understand?!" The boy snapped to his feet. "What am I supposed to understand? That I've been lied to my entire life?! That I got cheated out of ever being happy because everyone else is a blind moron?! That you're still lying to me about something else?!"

"I didn't have a choice Naruto," Hiruzen sank into his chair. "I never wanted you to grow up thinking about the Kyuubi, or how people would shun you because of it-" And to protect you, he wanted to add, but he knew that would only infuriate him further.

"Well great work Hokage-sama, you got what you wanted," no he didn't, he never wanted any of this. "Instead of that I got to grow up alone and I never even got to know why everyone hated me!" And Hiruzen would always hate himself for that. Naruto stared for a few moments, as if waiting for the old man to deny it, to say anything in his defense. "You know what? Fine," he laughed bitterly when he saw the Kage wasn't going to speak. "I guess it's alright in the end since when you think about it, this was all a good thing," he said with a broken smile. "If not for everyone lying to me and ignoring me I probably would have never been able to become a ninja."

Hiruzen's eyes widened, horrified by what he just heard. "What do you mean?"

"Oh you mean you weren't keeping tabs on me in the Academy?" Naruto asked with mock curiosity. "You never saw how I could never make a normal clone which made me fail every time? You never saw how no one wanted to help me figure out why I was having so much trouble? You never saw how everyone called me a hopeless idiot?" He laughed without a single drop of joy as Hiruzen went pale. "Yeah it's pretty bad when you think about it: I could never afford any guides or tutors, I never had a family to ask for any help," another wince from the Hokage. "Nope in the end it took a traitor tricking me and almost killing me to figure out that I have giant chakra reserves and the Kyuubi inside me which made normal clones impossible to use!" And just like that he slumped as if all the fight went out of him.

Naruto shook his head and flopped back into his chair with a sigh, he was so tired from all of the yelling, though to be honest he was sick and tired of everything in general right now. He was sick of being lied to by everyone, sick of being treated like dirt for no reason, but above all… he was sick of being poor. How many of his problems could have been solved, or would have never happened in the first place, if he had just a little bit of money? How much easier would life have been if he had something like everyone else? How many answers could he have gotten without any trouble if he had enough to just buy them like every last one of his classmates?

Naruto blinked at that thought. How many answers… How many people would be able to lie to him if he had enough money to just buy the truth from them? How much could he do if he had enough money to simply buy whatever he wanted? Everyone had a price, he saw that much with Mizuki's betrayal to the Village, so what wouldn't he be able to do with enough money? The corners of his mouth twitched the more he thought about it. If he had money he'd be able to buy anyone and keep them from ever lying to him or saying no, and beyond that he'd be able afford the training and power to make them do whatever he wanted if they were dumb enough to refuse him…

Hiruzen didn't like how silent the boy had become, or the smile that was slowly creeping up on his face. "Naruto… are you alright-"

"You know what I just thought of something," Naruto suddenly stood up and leaned against the desk, startling the man. "I need to read up on the Kyuubi since it's inside me and all and that got me thinking about how I need money," Hiruzen frowned, not understanding or liking this sudden change in topic. "And since I helped capture a traitor and returned an important scroll to you…" Naruto smiled wide at his Kage, but the sight only made the man feel incredibly uneasy. "How much am I going to be paid for that?"

Hiruzen blinked, stunned by the question. "What?"

"I mean I have to get some kind of reward for this right? It's only fair," The old Kage couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You're not going to leave one of your hard working Ninja empty handed after everything they did for you without so much as an order right?" He didn't even give Hiruzen a chance to speak. "I'm pretty sure that this counts as an A-Rank don't you? At least that's what I think since I'm sure that scroll I saved was really important… but you know what?" He leaned closer. "I'm willing to take the minimum pay for that rank if you throw in a written order forcing any business to let me shop there," he looked him dead in the eye as his smile dropped. "That sounds fair… right?"

Hiruzen had said it before and he'd say it again: He was getting too old for this. He was an old man and yet here he was still making horrible mistakes as if he were a young fool. And what's worse was that his decisions had robbed a kindhearted boy, the son of the Village's great hero no less, of his innocence. What else could he do now aside from try and pay for his failures? He wished he knew.

The old Kage sighed and bowed his head. "Wait by the door," he rummaged through his desk for the right forms. "I need a few moments to put this together."

Naruto bowed with a joyless smile. "Sure thing Hokage-sama, I've already waited thirteen years to be treated like a normal person," the parchment crumbled in Hiruzen's hand as the boy walked over to the wall. "So what's a few more minutes?" An eternity of shame and regret.

Chapters are only going to get longer after this one, but I hope I'll be able to pop them each out within a week.

See you then.