Guys! I decided to start a new story. I took a break from writing and now I figured I get back into it. Anyways yeah, enjoy.
Disclaimer; I don't own anything.
Silence was the only thing I ever heard as I walked through town. No one greeted me with kind words; no one even acknowledged my presence. They wrote me off a long time ago, before I could even comprehend words or hate. This was my role to fill though. The center of evil, the center of blame. Eighteen years ago a terrifying monster known as the Nine-Tailed Fox destroyed my village and killed hundreds: women, children, men. That thing demolished lives, erased lineages, wrecked family homes, and most of all took the faith of many. That's where I come in. I hold that beast inside of me. After days of destruction a brave ninja emerged from a crowd of the scared and the hopeless. He gave his life to seal that beast inside of me. I was just a baby. A two day old baby that was just given life for it to be taken away by that beast. That's when that sweet little blue-eyed baby boy died. After that I might as well just be the monster that destroyed so much.
As I grew up things got worse. Kids always picked on me and their parents whispered to one another about how I was the demon baby, the harbinger of destruction. I had no friends, not because I wasn't friendly but because of those parents. They wouldn't let their kids hang out with me. Shit, they even tried to get me thrown out of school for being what I was. But I always prevailed. Legally the village couldn't kick me out of public schools unless I actually did something wrong. I made sure that never happened. Everyone thought I was a monster, but I was never going to live up to it. I was determined to change people's minds. I was going to relieve this village's hate for me one day. I wasn't exactly sure how. But I would.
Finally I was done with school in the smaller village where I resided. It was now time for me to go to college in the main village. There are several smaller villages surrounding the big village, Konoha. That's where the college is located; the center of Konoha. Tsunada, my legal guardian since I was 4, is the dean there and she helped get me in. It wasn't particularly hard per say but Im not the brightest kid. I had always struggled in school and being around kids that made it a living hell everyday didn't exactly help my case.
Im starting a new chapter in my life, I kept telling myself. I will be fine.
I snapped out of my thoughts as I heard the train come near. I looked down at my satchel and went through my mental checklist for the third time since I got to the train station. I had my ticket, my wallet, and of course my lucky little frog pouch full of happy childhood photos of me. I smiled to myself. I really was starting a new chapter.
As the train came to a stop in front of me I lifted up the handle on my beat up old orange suitcase and took a step closer to the boarding line. I heard a few whispers behind me, but I was used to this. The demon child, him being me, isn't really hard to miss. You see im the only person in all of Konoha with bright sunshine blonde hair that sticks straight up, I also have sky blue eyes and scars across my cheeks that look like whiskers. Not helping my case anymore but I always wear orange. It's not even a subtle pastel orange, its bright and loud and in your face orange. It's my favorite color though, regardless. Oh and don't let me forget my tattoos. See when the fox was sealed inside of me, the seal was basically tattooed on my skin and every year on my birthday and I have a searing pain that spreads throughout me and the tattoo grows. It looks cool but fuck it makes me hate birthdays. As of right now it looks like I have an entire sleeve on my right arm and a big swirly looking thing around my belly button. Im assuming itll start on my other arm shortly and eventually my entire body will be covered in this weird tattoo looking shit.
"Ticket sir?" The train attendant asked in a monotone voice.
I held out my ticket and he scanned it waving me onto the train and muttering some kind of greeting as he took the next persons ticket. I found a seat way in the back and put my luggage up on the top rack. I slid down in my seat and sighed. This was a four hour train ride and I cursed myself for never buying a magazine or an ipod.
"N-Naruto-kun?" A small, almost childlike, voice called.
I looked up. It was Hinata, a girl my age that was always nice to me regardless of who I was. She knew but I never really thought she cared. She surely didn't act like it.
"Hey Hinata, what're you doing on the train?" I asked. It was always nice to talk to her. When we were younger she always acted like an older sister but letting me cry on her shoulder when the other kids were done picking on me. We weren't open about our friendship, mostly because I didn't want the kids to pick on her as well, but we were friends.
"We're going to the same college Naruto-kun and this is the only train that takes you to Konoha." She replied, looking at me confused.
"Oh shit, right. Sorry." I rubbed my head and gave a dumb smile. I told you I wasn't the brightest kid.
She took a seat next to me and put her hand on top of mine and just smiled like she always did.
"Im glad you're making something out of yourself Naruto-kun, I always knew you would." She said softly. "But I must excuse myself, Neji is waiting on me. I lied and said I was going to the restroom."
And with that she got up and briskly walked away before I could say thank you or goodbye.
Once again I was alone. I smiled as I stared at the seat blankly. I was smiling because of her words. She was right in every way. I was going to make something out of myself. I was determined.
When I woke up I was being shook by the train attendant.
"Wake up sir, we've arrived." He said in that same monotone voice.
I grunted and slowly got up, grabbing my satchel and my suitcase from the top rack. It seemed a lot heavier now since sleep was still trying to cling on to me. I moved pass the attendant and got off the train looking around. I don't know what I was expecting to see. Familiar sights? It would only make sense since some part of me was here. The monster part. The part that destroyed this place and burnt it to the ground. I smirked, nope nothing familiar.
I felt a body slam into me from the side and fell onto the ground, landing on top of my suitcase and dirtying my clothes.
"Watch where you're going child." A dark, velvety voice commanded. I looked up angrily ready to fight when I saw a tall, maybe 6 foot tall, man beaming down at me. He had long, jet black hair that was tied back in a ponytail, with piercing black eyes. He had on a suit with little red clouds on his tie.
"S-sorry dude." I stammered out as I began to pick myself up. There was suddenly a hand thrust in front of my face. I took the hand reluctantly. His hands were cold, almost unnaturally frigid. I tensed up, frightened. I had a weird feeling about this guy and the monster's senses even recognized it as well. I withdrew my hand as soon as I got up on my feet and looked at the man once again. He squinted at me and then his lips formed a smirk.
"Ahh, the demon child. What a pleasure it is to finally meet you." The velvet voice cooed.
I winced at the name and clenched my jaw. "And you might be?" I asked sternly.
"Itachi Uchiha." He replied briskly. "Im one of your professors."
I shuddered. This guy made me feel some type of way and it wasn't good. Tsunada always taught me to be polite though so I gave him a small smile and offered my hand for him to shake it. He grabbed it gently and shook it twice, rubbing the top of my hand before letting it go.
"If you'd like, we can share a cab. I was just about to head back to the campus now. I'll pay, no worries." Itachi said, smiling at me.
I nodded and followed the daunting man to the cab.
We made small talk in the twenty minute cab ride and I found out that he teaches psychology and had a younger brother the same age as me that was also a first year student this year at the college. I didn't tell him much about me cause he seemed to know everything already. It was creepy. Really, really creepy.
When we arrived I noticed that the pictures of the campus online didn't really do the actual sight justice. The big cherry blossom trees in front of the main entrance where beautiful and I could tell they had just recently bloomed. The sweet scent filled my nose and I smiled, remembering the time when Tsunada took me to the big cherry blossom festival in one of the smaller villages. The architecture was just as beautiful and the size of the place was a lot to take in. There was nothing this big where I lived, not even close.
"Enjoying yourself Naruto?" Itachi asked as he put his hand on my shoulder. I cringed at the touch but nodded. "Well this way." He took his hand off my shoulder and guided me to the sign in center.