I don't own Naruto (duh).
NARUTO
A Monster's Truth
PROLOGUE
The village of Konoha contains one of the world's deadliest secrets. The biggest of those secrets walked the streets for years unsupervised. His name is Naruto Uzumaki. He had inside him the Nine-Tailed Fox… the most powerful of all the nine demons. For twelve years he grew up rejected. No one cared for the little boy with the demon inside him. Even though it was the fourth Hokage, the hero of Konoha, who had trapped it inside the boy in the first place.
The children of the village were never told about the demon. They were given a fairy-tale. A lie about the fourth killing it. That's what they believed. None of them knew why their parents wouldn't let them associate themselves with this child. But they grew to dislike him without knowing why… Then the final exam at the Ninja Academy occurred.
Naruto Uzumaki failed the test… then through some mysterious turn of events [see chapter 1 of Naruto for details that was turned around. He also became on good terms with the teacher Iruka who taught them. Naruto was placed on a team with Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha. It was these events that changed everything for the future.
Naruto grew. With his newfound friends he grew. With teachers who were beginning to trust him and a village that slowly began to respect him… he grew. Then tragedy struck him as one of his friends betrayed the village. Sasuke Uchiha left the village to be taught by the Sanin Orochimaru. Sakura begged Naruto to bring him back… A promise he made that should never have been made….
Something existed… a darkness that no one remembered. This darkness was preparing its true plans. A plan that would manipulate villains from around the world… a plan that would start a war bigger than anything ever imagined. Should its plans come to pass… only a world of darkness could await. This darkness was hunting the nine demons… for they were the ultimate key to the plan…
The darkness… Konoha's most secret shame… something only the Hokage and select few know… Something that should have remained buried in the past if not for one mistake…