A/N: Ok so This is a challenge for myself! I planned to continue Flame of Desire needless to say that one is on temporary Hiatus I promise you all I will continue it. I'm just stuck on the Beginning to the next arc. I refuse to just start throwing random stuff in as I have a plan I want to go through. It's just I'm screwed over in planning right now. Sorry! As I was saying I'm challenging myself to write a story that is non NaruHina. So the Pairing is Naruto/FemHaku. The Inspiration for this story came from a conversation I was having with a friend of mine. Long story short he mentioned that the only problem he had with my theory that heartbreak is relative to the person, is that I had said that love leads to heartbreak. The line I used in With her blood on my hands (Pain says it.) Is something I personally believe. Love leads to pain. Anyway this story is one about pain and love. Please tell me what you think of the story! Review! Every chapter title is an answer to the question in the series title(at least in the beginning.) THIS WILL NOT BE COMPLETELY DEPRESSING BUT IT WILL HAVE ITS MOMENTS. Now without further ado I bring you chapter one of What is Pain?
Chapter 1 Pain is my past, and fangirls.
The small boy ran. He wore a torn up bloody rag of a shirt. It had once been a present the old man had given him. He had been so happy to have it. Then the fire started:
The boy was sitting in his small apartment he had just put on the clothes his old man had given him. The shirt was a long black shirt, on the front of it was a wheel that was on fire, on the back was the Konoha symbol. His pants were black with red stripes in places. He turned 6 today. His old man had left him alone, as he had to get back to work. The boy sat on his bed and hummed to himself. As he hummed he heard a voice outside.
"The demon lives here." The voice said
Soon after voices rang out saying 'Kill the demon.' The boy was scared and he knew he had to run. He ran to his front door and noticed that it had started to smoke. He tried to open the door, but when he touched the door handle he had to pull back from the heat. On the bottom of the door small tongues of fire snaked their way to his carpet. The boy saw one way out of his apartment. The window. In a move of desperation he jumped out the window. The glass cut his clothes it cut into his skin and he cried out. The men heard him cry out and they began to run down the stairs to get to him. The boy grabbed onto a banister so that he did not fall all the way down, but he was unable to get a firm grip and he slid. The boy fell one story and tried again, but was met with a similar fate. He went down this way once more and he landed on the ground. He was cut and crying. His shirt was torn and his pants were destroyed. He ran, and the men followed.
The boy ran he turned and was met with a wall. He knew he was trapped. The boy tried to climb up the wall but he fell. The men were catching up he could hear them. He tried to climb again but fell. He saw a trashcan that had a lid on it. He opened it and hid in it. He could hear the men outside, and he had to try his best not to make a sound. The trash smelt, and he was sure his hand was in a rotting carcass. One of the men, in frustration kicked the trashcan, and it tipped over revealing the boy.
"Die." One man said and drew a knife. The man collapsed as a kunai slit his throat. Behind the man appeared a young girl. She was probably no older than 16 or so. She had long purple hair.
"This how you fuckers get off? Attacking the weak?" The girl said
"Shut up snake-whore." Another man said he too was met with a kunai into his throat. As the man went down a silver-haired anbu appeared.
"Anko-chan. Step away from Naruto. Do not infect him with the taint of that man." The anbu said
"Was just protecting him." Anko said
"He needs no protection. I am here now." Another old man said from behind Anko. He wore a fishnet undershirt and a red vest. He had sandals on, and had long white hair. His headband had two small horns on it.
Naruto awoke. He was in a cold sweat once again. Today was the day he became a genin. Today he'd get his team, and he'd be an official member of society. He made a vow on his headband. 'As long as I live I'll protect everyone.' His headband was made to look like his sensei's, it had two small horns as well. His sensei had specifically asked that he be giving that kind of headband. He had moved in with sensei on his 6th birthday, and while sensei wasn't always home, no one dared hurt him. They knew that his sensei had spies everywhere and they feared that the hokage would learn. Naruto ran a hand through his long hair. He had grown it out under the advisement of his sensei. He put on a red vest like his sensei, but underneath he wore a black shirt that was similar to the one the old man had given him on his sixth birthday. When he was asked why he wore it, he responded that it reminded him of his pain. He stretched after he dressed and then he went down the stairs of his sensei's house. Papers covered the walls, and his master was asleep on the couch covered in papers and all around him were cans of beer. Naruto walked past him and went to make breakfast. He soon had finished making and eating his bacon and eggs. He then wrote a small note to his sensei:
Jiraiya,
Have gone to the academy. Teams are put together today. See you when I get home after meeting my 'teacher.' Log knows that he'll just ignore me for having the Kyuubi. Oh well You've taught me enough. Thank you. You've been the best friend, best teacher, and best step-father I could wish for. I know that tomorrow you return to your spying. Next time you're in town you'll have to take me drinking with you. As you say 'old enough to kill old enough to drink.' Hehehe.
-Naruto
Naruto walked out of the kitchen and left his sensei's house. His sensei's house was built right next to the hokage's tower. So Naruto did not have far to go to get to the academy. He ran there, though. He was already going to be early even if he walked, but he refused to have to deal with anyone walking around. He got to the academy and snuck inside his classroom. Iruka was sitting there reading a document. When Naruto entered the room Iruka barely looked up. Naruto went to his spot and promptly fell asleep. He was not woken for a while.
When he finally was awoken Iruka was giving out the team assignments.
"Team 7 will be Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. Your sensei will be Kakashi Hatake" Iruka said
"YES! I'm with Sasuke-kun." Sakura screamed in Naruto's ear.
'Ugh! Fangirl.' Naruto and Sasuke thought at the same time.
Naruto flicked her in the head as she sat down.
"What the hell Naruto?" Sakura screamed
"Don't be so loud you banshee." Naruto sighed
"What?"Sakura said
She was being so loud that she had failed to notice that Sasuke was laughing a little. She also failed to notice him call her 'pink-haired banshee.'
A/N: Next chapter we will do the introductions and the test. In about 2-3 chapters we will get to the wave arc. After that the series starts to pick up. I hope I provided an interesting twist to how he gets Haku to come with him.