Ninja's Don't use Doors.

This, my friends, is a story. But you probably knew that already. What you probably guessed by now is that this story is about our blonde hero, and that it will be heartwarming and everything will have a happy ending. You probably think that this is a story where Naruto starts from scratch and becomes the strongest and happiest ninja in the village where everyone accepts him, then your probably right. You probably think that Naruto will have a lot of happy moments. You'll probably think that at the end of the day, our hero will be the one who comes out on top. If I am right about your personality so far, you're a predictable dumbass. Though these statements are true, one of them isn't, as to which one it is, however, you'll have to read to find out.

Prologue

10/10/1

The night sky was truly beautiful. There was a gentle fall breeze, the sky was littered with beautiful bright stars, and the moon was brighter than the sun. The forest was filled with the sounds of bugs buzzing, and birds calling out to each other through the bright darkness. The Forest of Death truly did give off a different, almost peaceful vibe at night. But there was something there that shouldn't have been, however, in its current state it fit the word Death fit its appearance.

The small figure could be seen, his chest rising and falling through torn clothes. The blood falling from the top of his head and the corner of his mouth formed a puddle behind his head. He was ridden with gashes and bruises. And his eyes were swollen shut letting only a trickle of his original bright blue eyes shine through. In between rasps he found himself with a broken smile. A smile someone could only have after being completely and utterly beaten. A tear trickled down the side of his face from the very small crevice that was his swollen eye. He looked up to the moon with a look of emptiness. The Tenth day of the Tenth month, was the day he dreaded the most. He hated it, everything about it. He hated the air. He hated clouds in the sky. He hated the leaves that were beginning to die on the trees. But what he hated the most was the way people changed. They went from their normal daily dirty looks and snickers, to turning the 5-year-old boy into a piñata. Anything that had substance and range, they somehow made into a weapon. This year the random bludgeoning tool award went to a child's stuff animal. One would think that wouldn't hurt, but the stuffed bears eyes were made from some kind of hard substance. What it was, the boy didn't know, because before he could see it clearly, an angry father slammed it into his eye.

He was almost beaten to death, but he lost everybody by ducking into his self made passage way which was little more than a hidden doggy door in a wooden fence. He kept running well past the city border and into the training grounds. Before he knew it he found himself crawling under a gate to the forest of death. He could barely see, his vision was blurry and his head was pounding. This boy, this child knew he did nothing wrong, in fact he even knew exactly what happened and why he was hated. And that made him sad. He overheard the Hokage speaking to Kakashi, he knew his father was the 4th Hokage, he knew his mother died giving birth to him, and most importantly he knew he was hosting a monster. The Nine Tailed Fox.

… A Vicious Untamed Beast …

"Why…" he said, looking up at the moon, his gaze empty. "Am I really that bad… do I deserve to be hated?" The tears were now streaming down his dirty bloody face. He looked up at the moon with the emptiest eyes a child could have. "Ojii-san. Why?" With that everything went black.

4/10/2

The Forest of Death was eerily silent, the morning dew was thick on the leaves and the sun was steadily climbing higher into the sky. Everything was still, not even the birds were calling. That is until a yellow blur flew through the trees chasing a figure moving to fast for normal eyes to see.

"Come here kitty!" a child-like voice called. Flying through the trees at top speed with a hungry look on his face. His blonde hair was now shoulder length and still spiky and he was wearing a tiger pelt over a white shirt with an orange spiral on it and some black cargo pants. "Ill only eat you a little bit I promise," drool now dripping down his mouth. He finally caught up to the tiger that was running below him and pounced on it stabbing it in the back of the neck with a sharp stone disconnecting his spine. Giving it a quick and painless death. He looked down at the dead 7 foot tiger. "Aaah. Dinner," he said licking his lips as he was about to skin it before he felt an unfamiliar presence. "Not again." He sighed and a clone poofed into existence without him making a hand-sign. "You know what to do." The clone just nodded and shunshined away in a spiral of leaves. "All right come on out," he said dropping his tiger cloak, "I have tigers to skin and bigger fish than you to fry," he said repeating a yawn, then he gave a look as if he just solved a jig saw puzzle, "You wouldn't happen to want to buy a tiger hide would you? Only 125 ryo eh? Eh? How bout it?"

His response was a shuriken ripping through the air straight for the back of his head. "Guess not huh" he gave a tired look. Without missing a beat he turned around and stuck his finger through the hole in the middle of it, leaving it to spin harmlessly on his finger. He flicked the shuriken back in the direction it came at almost twice the speed. It entered the foliage and a figure dropped out of the tree with two giant shurikens on his back. The silver haired chunin landed feet first into the clearing with a cut on his cheek. Licking his blood with a sadistic smile he yelled and began to charge in. "Today you die demon!"

Naruto yawned once more and leaned back as the fist extended toward his face stopping just short. Before he could react Mizuki followed up with a quick sweep. Naruto back flipped away. Upon landing, with a flick of his wrist he tossed a barrage sharp stones seemingly from no where, causing Mizuki to jump back as well. Naruto flew through a few hand-signs before slapping his hands together. "N-Style Original Art: Ha Imochi-Byō!" All the leaves in the surrounding area immediately froze up and pointed towards Mizuki, then all at once they attacked him, slicing him at impossible angles. They eventually encircled Mizuki, causing a mini tornado of pain. By the time the leaves died down, a haggard Mizuki was left panting for breath. There were shallow cuts all over his body. "How'd you like them app-" Naruto was cut off by a charging silver haired ninja. Mizuki opened up with a flying kick, which Naruto easily avoided by turning his body slightly to the side. Mizuki then pivoted on the foot he landed on and turned to punch our blonde companion. However he ended up punching the ground where Naruto and was promptly kicked in the back of the knee causing his leg to buckle, dropping him down to Naruto's height. Naruto then kicked Mizuki in the back of the neck, causing him to hit his head on the ground with a thud. Then Naruto followed up with a kick the chunin's side causing him to fly into the trunk of a tree. Mizuki slid down onto the ground gasping for air while clutching his torso, there were a few broken ribs. He was ready to stand up and try again but Naruto was already upon him. His foot a glow with chakra he stomped on Mizuki's shins, until he heard audible snaps. Naruto hopped back to his starting position, which was a rather lazy stance ignoring the screams of agony. He let out another audible yawn before scratching his head and turning back to his dead tiger. "Well Sir, it was very fun talking to you but like I said, bigger fish than you to fry. See Ya!" He yelled hefting up his slain tiger. He turned to Mizuki with his giant shit-eating grin. "Hmm… I wonder if you really can fry things in the wild." He then disappeared into the trees.

"Damn demon… DAMMIT ALL!" he yelled into the air causing all the birds in the surrounding area to fly away. He gritted his teeth trying to suppress the pain in his legs. He hung his shame in shame and anger. "TO A SIX YEAR OLD? REALLY?" he screamed at the top of his lungs. He was obviously crazy. "Its that damn demon in him. That's got to be it. Theres NO WAY I just lost to someone a quarter my age!" with that he foamed at the mouth and he blacked out. All of a sudden a few ANBU hopped into the clearing followed by the Hokage himself.

"Mizuki, you are to be interrogated by Ibuki for the suspicion of treason." The Sandaime stated through his pipe, "Take him away." It wasn't until the ANBU picked him up that the Hokage noticed his legs were bent at extremely odd angles. A smirk broke out on his face as he shook his head and muttered before he Shunshinned away. "Knew I shouldn't have given them those scrolls." The rest of the ANBU followed suit with a newly found traitor.

Deeper in the Forest….

" MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAAAAT!" Naruto said in sheer joy in his housing area, which was nothing more than a canopy with a few scrolls tossed around here and there. There were plenty of traps set up around the perimeter. Anywhere from giant vine trip wires that set off poison mushroom gas, to large pitfalls with chakra consuming seals on scratched into the inner walls. There were seals scratched all into the trees throughout the whole forest. "AAAH this is the life. Now how am I going to get back into the village… hmmm? Well first I should… wait this would be easier with someone to talk to," he stated before another Naruto poofed into existence. "Why hello there handsome. Lets cut to the chase. How should we destroy the village?" he said chewing on tender tiger meat, which he had skewered with a stick.

"Well we could go straight for the Hokage himself?" The clone stated staring at the meat.

"Don't be stupid. We cant take a Hokage yet… oh right training." He muttered finishing up his tiger meat. He put his hands in a familiar hand sign. "Taijuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Literally hundreds of Naruto's appeared in the area. Sitting and hanging on trees like monkeys, Some even sticking upside down to the branches with chakra even though they occasionally fell and poofed out of existence.

"MEAAAAAT!" They all immediately began to charge at the camp before Naruto cleared his throat causing them all to hang their heads. "Orders sir?" They chorused with tired expressions.

"Ah better, yes. I want 250 on chakra control. Divide it evenly amongst yourselves. I want you to practice water walking and tree climbing. We're still a little shaky. Oh, I want a majority of you on affinity practice. Those leaves need to be cut straight down the middle. Got it? The next 250 I want you to pick fights with the wildlife. Our reflexes could be better. A chunin almost swept me today. Not. Good. 100 of you read up on the scrolls, my dad left A LOT behind. Memorize memorize memorize. Then you know what? Memorize it some more just to make sure. The next 100 I want on Jutsu. Get the Rasengan down, the rest, practice sight shunsinning. I want to be able to look like I'm teleporting. The last like 10 of you or whatever, go think up a new jutsu. Ha Imochi-Byō actually came in handy today. Great distraction jutsu, I even replaced myself with a clone while it was in effect. But lets... I dunno make it look cooler or something… yeah that'll do. Dismissed." With that he plopped back down onto the ground and took another piece of meat off the stake. The Clones immediately ran into the seals on the trees, teleporting into their various training spots in the forest.

"Well that should do… I'll do a few hours of Kata's later. Kami it would be easier if the clones could help with muscle mass, anyway, Naruto where were we?" He spoke between chews.

"Uuuuh something about cool looking jutsu?" he said tilting his head and putting his hands on his ankles, sitting Indian style mimicking the eating Original.

"No no no. That wasn't it… uh what was it? Oh right destroying the village. Any ideas?" he said taking a gulp of water from a canteen.

"Well Naruto, we could just reek havoc in areas full of civilians?" He said hopeful.

"Nah we'd get caught. Next." He said yawning covering his mouth.

"We could give away village secrets to neighboring countries?" He said again hopeful.

"Psh, we're 6, what do we know about secrets? Besides it takes away from ME being the one who destroys the village. Next?" he said picking his teeth.

"We could paint the Hokage Monument…" the clone said.

"… Your obviously stupid." Naruto deadpanned.

"That's funny cause I happen to be you!" he yelled pointing at him.

"Oh yeah? Well apparently you didn't get a fraction of my intelligence!" he yelled pointing back.

"What are you trying to say punk?" The clone said cracking his knuckles and raising his eyebrows.

"You wanna go punk?" Naruto said spitting to the side mimicking thee clones actions.

"Gladly!" he yelled before getting into a tussle with Naruto causing a cloud of dust to rise.

"ENOUGH YOU TWO" the Hokage yelled throwing his pipe at eh clones temple causing it to poof out of existence.

"Oh hey ojii-san when did you get here?" he said looking up at the man dusting off his clothes.

He took a good look at the childs face. It looked exhausted. His eyes were battle hardened and his face betrayed the feeling that he was much older than his height gave off. "Naruto how many assassination attempts till today do you have?" he said closing his eyes and taking a puff of his back up pipe.

"Uh… 12 chuunins, most of them were drunk though… somehow they always find me when I'm hunting though. It makes my traps feel lonely." He said yawning.

"You still haven't been getting much sleep. Your going to train yourself to death Naruto." He said noticing his chain of yawns.

"Better than being murdered." He muttered giving the Hokage an empty expression. This look struck the Hokage deep, no 6 year old should have to look, live, or act this way.

"Say Naruto. You want to destroy the Village right?" the Hokage said resigning to his original plan.

"Believe it!" He shouted pumping his fist.

"You want to know how?" the Hokage said smirking.

"Believe it!" He said again.

"Become a ninja. Enroll in the ninja academy." The Hokage stated.

"Believe! Wait wha..? That goes against EVERYTHING I stand for. Why the hell would I serve that village?" he yelled.

"Become a genin, become a chunin, become a jonin, then become a hokage. Once you become the Hokage you can easily single handedly destroy the village. What do you say?" The Sandaime said extending his hand.

Naruto was deep in thought. The old man definitely had a point. "I say…" he said rubbing his chin. "I like the way you think Ojii." He said with his shit eating grin.

Scene. R&R please. Fuel. ThNX.