Chapter 1: Life Changing Event

A/N: Hey y'all! How're you guys doing? Now I just wanted to let you know that I'm putting WTIU on temporary hiatus cuz I plan on making another story. Hope you guys are not mad at me hehehe….anyways, this story had been on my mind for god knows how long and now I plan on posting it here! Also, credits to my friend who calls himself Rex (for some unknown reason) for being my beta! On with the story :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any other characters in the anime.


Village Hidden in the Leaves, or better known as Konohagakure no Sato. This village is the strongest out of all the top five shinobi villages. The village itself is known to produce strong shinobis such as The God of Shinobi, Kakashi of the Sharingan, The Legendary Sannins, The Yellow Flash and many more.

It was nighttime at the moment and all the shops and stalls had just started to close as it's almost midnight. In the middle of the now empty street, we see a young boy who was on his way back home after he was chased by a mob that sought out to kill him for whatever reason, he did not know...yet. This boy has blond hair and six whisker marks, three on each cheek. He was wearing a white shirt with the Uzumaki emblem on the front, and blue shorts. He had bruises all over his small frame and dirt on his clothing. His eyes were all red and puffy from crying as he wondered why he kept on being beaten, whether by the villagers or the shinobis, or being called "demon" as they gave him hateful glares. This boy was none other than Naruto Uzumaki and it was his birthday, October Tenth.

As he was on his way to his new apartment given by the Sandaime since he was kicked out of the orphanage, he felt as if something was calling out to him. Making him drawn to it. Naruto, being the innocent child he is, went and headed towards it. Little did he know, he was going in the direction of the Uchiha Compound.


*At the Uchiha Compound*

The sound of metal slicing through flesh was heard as a shinobi was slaughtering all the Uchihas. Bodies laid everywhere and blood splattered and stained the walls and floors of the compound. It was truly a gruesome sight if someone were to come across such a scene. The shinobi seems to be the only one doing the killing as he lands on top of a post. The shinobi was Itachi Uchiha, a prodigy even in the Uchiha Clan. His Sharingan was blazing as he scouted the surroundings, like an eagle for its prey. He was just about ready to leave the area when he saw a blond haired boy entering the compound. At that, he immediately shunshined and planned to take out the boy.


*With Naruto*

As he entered the compound, what he saw shocked him to the very core. His body shook violently as he tried his best to hold in the ramen that he ate from coming out. No matter what, he couldn't seem to muster up enough willpower to turn around and run away as far as he can. He just stood in his spot as he took in the gruesome sight.

Suddenly, a figure overshadowed him as it stood quietly behind him. Noticing that there was someone behind him, Naruto widened his eyes as his gut feeling told him to not turn around at all, no matter what. But instead, he turned around and saw a pair of Sharingan eyes looking down on him. Naruto started sweating profusely as he was sure about one thing. He was screwed. He was afraid that whoever this person was, he would blame him for murdering all the people laying everywhere which would definitely get him executed.

Naruto tried reasoning with the person, "L-Look mister, I-I didn't do this. I'm just a little boy," hoping that the person would actually believe him.

"Of course it wasn't you...it was me," said the person as his Sharingan seemed to intensify when he admitted it was him. "Now I have to kill you since you saw all this and I intend to not have any witnesses at all. Think of this as you being at the wrong place at the wrong time," said the person as he gestured to the scene behind Naruto.

Naruto trembled in fear as the person took out a kunai from his kunai pouch. Naruto started backing away, intend on getting as far away from his soon-to-be killer, only for the person to walk closer to him. The person then came with a horizontal slash targeting Naruto's neck to slice his head off but instead slashed at his eyes since he was backing away.

Naruto fell to the floor as he clutched his eyes in pain as they bled nonstop. He was rolling around on the floor as he wiggled his legs, hoping that the unbearable pain would stop. Finally having enough, he fainted.

The person was about to land a killing blow when he sensed two chakra signatures heading their way and fast. "Shit, i don't have much time. I need to leave now if I want to escape here without any more conflicts," thought the person as he disappeared from his spot.

Just as he left, two shinobis with jounin uniforms arrived at the scene. The first jounin spoke,"Damn it, we were too late. I don't think we'll be able to catch up to him. Yamato, scout the area and see if there are any survivors," as he thought,"You really went and did it, Itachi."

"Hai, Kakashi-senpai," answered Yamato as he jumped on the rooftop to scout the area.

As Yamato went to scout the area from the rooftop, Kakashi scouted the area from the ground as he checked for survivors of the massacre. His eyes wandered until they came upon a boy with blond hair. This immediately caught his attention as he checked to see who it was. Upon a closer look, he realized that the boy was actually the Kyuubi jinchuuriki.

"This is sensei's son, what is he doing here?" questioned Kakashi as he removed Naruto's hands from covering his eyes. He was shocked to see the condition of Naruto's eyes and immediately picked him up to bring him to the hospital, at the same time Yamato came with another boy with black hair on his shoulder.

"Senpai, i found a boy who was on the floor inside one of the houses. There seems to be nothing wrong with him physically, but his mental state is quite bad. I'm guessing he was hit by a powerful Genjutsu," informed Yamato, causing Kakashi to widen his eyes.

"We need to get these two to the hospital ASAP. Let's go!" exclaimed Kakashi as Yamato nodded and they were off to the hospital.


*At the hospital*

When they reached the hospital, all attention were drawn to them as the doctors and nurses wondered why they were in such a rush and it was already close to midnight. But when they saw that Kakashi was carrying Naruto, almost all of them looked away as if they didn't acknowledge their arrival.

"I need someone to check up on these two now!" ordered Kakashi as one of the 'nicer' doctors checked on the condition of the two boys.

After the doctor finished his inspection on Naruto, he closed his eyes as he spoke,"With the condition his eyes are in, they're pretty much useless. He'll be blind. Unless you can find a replacement for them then he can be saved." Then the doctor went over to check on the black haired boy.

"He seems okay physically, but I assume that his mental state is not. Maybe he was hit with a powerful Genjutsu. We should place him in a room as I'm sure it'll take around 2-3 weeks until he wakes up. I'll get someone who's experienced enough with Medical ninjutsu to lessen the amount of days," said the doctor matter-of-factly. Yamato nodded as he was led to a room by one of the nurses.

"Shit, where the heck am I gonna find a replacement? I can't just ask someone for their eyes, like that's gonna work. Wait a minute...the Uchihas!" thought Kakashi as he immediately turned to the doctor. "Can you take care of him for me while I get the replacements?" he then said, causing the doctor to raise his eyebrow as he wondered where will Kakashi get the replacements. But nevertheless, he complied. Kakashi said thanks as he then shunshined to the Uchiha Compound.


*At the Uchiha Compound*

Kakashi arrived at the compound and wasted no time in finding the replacements. He didn't need to find any specific type of eyes, just the ones that's in good condition.

A few minutes of searching later, he finally found a pair that's in good condition. He took out the eyes and placed them inside a jar. After reciting a prayer of apology, he shunshined back to the hospital.


*At the hospital*

Kakashi came back and saw that Naruto was still safe in the hands of the doctor. He went to them and showed the doctor the jar that contained the eyes,"Will these do?" he asked.

The doctor inspected the eyes for a bit and then nodded as he said,"These should be alright. Okay please follow me to a room and we'll immediately start the operation." The doctor led Kakashi, who was carrying Naruto bridal style, to the ER where a nurse and two other doctors were waiting. Upon placing Naruto on the bed, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage, entered the room.

"Kakashi, what happened to him?" asked Hiruzen as he looked at Naruto, eyes filled with worry towards the boy.

"I found him while I was scouting the 'area' and it appears that someone slashed at both of his eyes so I immediately took him here. I take it that Yamato went and reported to you, as the reason why you're here now?" explained Kakashi as he didn't want to mention the compound so that the other occupants of the room wouldn't find out about the massacre.

"Yes. Now I want you to keep watch of Naruto until everything goes smoothly, then I want you to report to my office immediately," said Hiruzen as he shunshined back to his office.


*In Naruto's mindscape*

Naruto opened his eyes as he gazed at the ceiling of what appears to be a sewer. He stood up from his position and studied his surroundings. His conclusion was correct, he IS in a sewer. The place was quite foreign but it also had a sense of familiarity and he didn't know why. He looked behind him and all he saw was a brick wall, so his only option was to move forward and see where it leads him.

After hours of walking along the passage of the sewer, when it was just mere minutes, he came across a large and open area where there was a gigantic red cage that didn't have a lock. Instead, the cage was kept closed by a paper that was located in the middle of the cage with the kanji "Seal" on it. Curious as to why there was a cage, he went and got a closer look.

"So my jailer has come to pay me a visit, how thoughtful," boomed a voice that came from inside the cage. Suddenly, a pair of big red eyes with slitted pupils appeared with an animalistic grin that showed the set of razor sharp teeth that it contained.

Naruto fell on his butt as he was caught off-guard by the voice suddenly speaking and widened his eyes at the huge grin that the thing inside the cage had. "W-who are you?" asked Naruto as he was shaking violently from sensing the amount of evil aura that was coming from the cage. It was just too much evil!

The voice chuckled as it got closer to the cage revealing itself. Now Naruto knows who the voice belonged to and it shook him to the very core. It belonged to Kyuubi, the Nine Tailed Fox. "I am the Almighty Kyuubi," said the demon fox as he then laughed at Naruto's frightened state.

"T-the Kyuubi?! But you were killed by the Fourth!" exclaimed the blond with wide eyes. This caused the Kyuubi to laugh even more.

"Your Hokage didn't kill me, in fact it's impossible to do so. What he actually did was that he sealed me inside a vessel strong enough to contain my massive amount of chakra," clarified the fox as he gazed at Naruto, expecting him to notice the hint.

At first Naruto had a confused look on his face when the Kyuubi gave him the look, but then he realized what it just said and instantly connected all the dots. After coming to the conclusion, he lowered his head as he spoke,"I'm the vessel, aren't I?"

The Kyuubi gave a hearty laugh as he then spoke,"I'm surprised you were able to catch up quickly and notice the hint, I'm quite impressed. For someone like you, I thought it would take hours for you to figure it out."

Naruto's eyebrow began to twitch in annoyance at hearing that last statement and decided to give him a piece of his mind,"Stupid fox, how dumb do you think I am! I have a brain, you know."

Now it was the Kyuubi's turn to twitch his eyebrow upon being called stupid. "What did you say, brat! How dare you call me stupid," growled the Kyuubi.

"So anyways, where are we?" asked Naruto as if they didn't have the argument before this. The Kyuubi grew pissed but still complied by explaining that they're inside Naruto's mindscape.

"He's quite interesting for a kit. Besides, he's the second person to ever talk down to me since the old man. Maybe he's not so bad after all," thought the Kyuubi. He then told Naruto to tear a small piece of the seal and when he was asked why, the Kyuubi answered by saying that it'll help them to communicate in the real world as well as gaining access to his five senses, therefore enhancing them greatly. Naruto complied and did it.

"Well it was nice meeting you, fox. Didn't expect to make friends with you, to be honest. But I'm glad I did," said Naruto as he smiled and began to leave his mindscape.

Before Naruto left, the Kyuubi immediately spoke up,"Kurama," which caused the boy to look confused. "My name is Kurama," said the Kyuubi as he saw Naruto nod his head and left his mindscape.


End of Chapter

A/N: That's all for this chapter so I hope you guys like it! Be sure to review on this one if there's any corrections in it that needs to be done. Do tell me which one you want me to continue since I'm torn between this and WTIU heheh.

I'll see you soon. Peace.