Apprentice of a Demon

Prologue

CG1 Temporal

A/N: This is something that just came to me as I was reading some fics. I know that there will be some things that I will admit that I have taken from other fics, but I hope that I have changed the elements enough to make them my own. Now on with the fic.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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A young, blonde haired, blue eyed, whiskered faced boy was running for his life from what most would call a large mob, for the boy this was something just slightly out of the usual. He was used to people yelling at him, calling him names, and even trying to assassinate him. The only difference is how many people were after him. This time instead of one or two it was almost all of the adult civilian population of the village. It's because of what day it was. Today is the anniversary of the day when the Yondaime Hokage defeated the Kyuubi no Youko at the cost of his own life.

The child didn't know why he was hated so much, but he had an idea that it had something to do with this day. Even though he acted like one he was no fool. While he wasn't a genius he was smart enough to put up a mask in front of the villagers. The boy had left the village, Konohagakure no Sato, behind long ago and was now running through the forest of Hi no Kuni. Suddenly he tripped and the villagers caught up to him.

The villagers started to surround the child. The boy, scared, crawled on his back until he was forced to stop because he ran into a tree, stopping all other progress. As the villagers encircled him, a lone person jumped down in front of him with a kunai drawn. The man was dressed in standard ANBU gear, except for the mask or cloak. He had jet black hair, even though the child could not the man's face, the villagers could. They could see the hatred and disgust in his onyx eyes. This intimidated all of the villagers. Then he spoke, while his voice did not betray his feelings like his eyes, it did command the absolute respect of any one who heard it.

"Why is it that you, the respected people of the community, are trying to kill someone who you should help raise? If not that then you should at least treat civilly. Can anyone of you tell me why you are chasing one small child, who has done nothing but live, with the intent of killing him? Why do you insist on killing him?"

After this small interrogation session no one could answer him, well almost on one. One man, tall with dark brown hair and eyes, had and answer. "Because he is the demon Kyuubi no Youko reborn. We need to kill him before he can destroy us like he almost did five years ago."

The man was smug that he could finally say that in front of the kid. He wouldn't be so smug if he was looking at the man who was stopping them from killing the boy. When he did finally look at the man he froze. The man's eyes were no longer two endless seas of darkness; instead they were two blood red rubies with three onyx tomoe and a circle connecting them, and a small abyss in the center of the blood ruby. These eyes were what everyone saw, and they were looking into their souls. When the villagers saw the eyes they realized just who they were talking to, it was Uchiha Itachi, The prodigy of the Uchiha clan and one of the youngest Uchiha to unlock the Sharingan. He is also the youngest person ever to join the ANBU. As Itachi began to speak it seemed as if something began to seep into his voice. The emotion that was seeping out was anger that was so strong that it was generating killer intent directed at the villagers. "So that is what you think. You would condemn an innocent child to death just because you believe him to be the Kyuubi. You are worse than scum if you believe him to be the Kyuubi. He has shown no malice towards our village, in fact he has done more for this village in his five years of life than many of you have ever done in you entire lifetime. This is because eh is the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Youko. He is NOT the Kyuubi no Youko. Now go back to where you came from and leave the child alone, before I have to use force."

After he was finished speaking all of the villagers ran off, leaving him and the boy. Itachi turned to look at the child. As he studied the child, who was backed up against the tree still, the child's eyes showed a mixture of emotions. Among the stronger ones were fear, gratitude, sadness, and surprisingly understanding. As Itachi got closer he could see the ribs in the boy's shirt and pants. Under the shirt Itachi could clearly see the child's ribs, meaning that he hadn't eaten in awhile. Itachi crouched down to the eye level of the child and began to speak to him in a calm manner. "Are you alright Naruto? They didn't hurt you did they?"

Naruto looked into Itachi's eyes and saw something that he had seen in one other person, the Sandaime Hokage. He tried to say something, anything, but when he opened his mouth the only thing that came out was something between a croak and a groan. The jinchuuriki was about to try and speak again when Itachi held out a canteen. "Here. Drink something. It'll help your throat."

Itachi preceded to hand Naruto the canteen. As the child drank from the canteen he tried to figure what he saw in the young ANBU's eyes. It wasn't the hate, anger, or even fear that everyone else had. It wasn't the pity or sorrow that he saw in the eyes of people visiting from other villages. What he saw scared him, not because of what it was, but because he hadn't seen it in anyone other than the Hokage. What he saw was a mixture of respect and something else. Naruto was beginning to realize that this man was someone he could rely on just like the Hokage. When Naruto realized just what Itachi could be he ran to Itachi and hugged him. As soon as Naruto got a hold of Itachi every single emotion that he had deeply hidden away came rushing to the surface. With all of these emotions flooding out Naruto did the only that he could do he cried.

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Okay prologue done. Hope fully I can get this one going better than my other one. Any CC is welcome flames will be used to burn down my school. I will not give any promises about updating.

Translations:

Kyuubi no Youko – Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox

Hokage – Fire Shadow

Itachi – Weasel

Naruto – Maelstrom

Yondaime – Fourth

Konohagakure no Sato – Village Hidden in the Leaves

Hi no Kuni – Fire Country

Sharingan – Copy Wheel Eye

Jinnchuriki – Power of Human Sacrifice