Author Notes(I'll keep it short): So as read in the description there is no decided pairing as of yet. Hopefully, you can help me pick one out. I'll read some other fanfiction to see how to portray them, so I don't butcher it. Also, tell me if the chapter is too short and if I should make it longer.

I don't own Naruto. I don't even really own Gon; he's just my character off of NtB: SS.

He's a boy with long spiky hair covering his left eye, and his hair is reminiscent of blood. Right now, he is running for his life as some angry villagers chase him down. As he's running, one of the villagers threw a rusty, discarded kunai at him. It hits him in the ankle just above the tendon. he falls but still tries crawling away to get far from the villagers. It was to no avail as they start to creep onto his position, some laughing nigh hysterically.

"Let's cut off his fingers and bleed the demon dry. We'll avenge the ones he killed!" exclaimed villager 1.

"That's too good for this filth. We'll break all his bones, rip out his nails, and drug him so he experiences the whole thing. After that, we'll all take turns carving him up." offers villager 2.

"I like the sound of that." choruses the rest, at the exact same time.

They start to close in on him when a crow lands on one of there shoulders. The villager slaps at it only for him to pause and drop three seconds later. In those three seconds, five kunai planted themselves into different skulls of the outlandish "demon" crusade. The boy looks horrified and relieved at the same time. He notices an ANBU ninja jump down, specifically operator "Crow." Crow walks over to the boy.

"Let's go and get you fixed up. You're bleeding a bit," said Crow.

o - o - o

10 minutes later

The pair arrives at the hospital where some staff is waiting. The staff take the boy and start evaluating him.

"Minor scrapes on the upper forearm, deep laceration to the ankle with minor damage to the joint. This isn't too concerning, except for the joint damage. It may affect some mobility if it's not taken care of in the proper way. Which isn't anything to worry about if he stays a civilian." said the head doctor.

"Then, it'd be best if he stayed here while he is recovering," says someone with a commanding voice.
Everyone in the room turns to look at the figure, spotting the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Old man!" exclaimed the boy.

"It's nice to see you, Gon. Though, I wish the situation was better." sighs Hiruzen.

Crow is kneeling on the floor awaiting his orders, but his body language clearly shows that he wants to say something.

Itachi hesitates. Then he speaks up and says, "I think we need to start training him early if his birthday is gonna be like this every year. He'll need to know how to defend himself, not to mention his relations to the Uchiha clan. I'll need someone to carry on my legacy instead of Sasuke."

Hiruzen sighs; he'd been expecting this as he had sent away the doctors before Itachi started speaking. He knows that the plan is coming up in a few months, but he can't help feeling a little hesitant. Seeing today though, he knows that something needs to change.

"Alright, Itachi, you can train him until the day before the plan is enacted. I want you to rest that day though. You'll need it for what you'll have to do." Hiruzen resigns.

"I will take good care of him, Lord Hokage. You don't need to worry about it," assures Itachi.

o - o - o

1 week later

Gon stretches. He finally got to leave the hospital and his ankle is completely healed with no loss of mobility. He's glad to have finally been released along with his faster than normal healing. Right now, he has a training session with Itachi that he's heading to. As he gets there, he's greeted by Itachi.

"Hello Gon, glad to see you're finally released from the hospital."

"So am I, Itachi. It was pretty boring in there. All I could think about was training with you after you told me about five days ago."

Itachi smiles. "Well, I'm glad, but," his features darken, "it won't be easy. Even if you are only 7."

That day Gon was put through the ringer. He had a regiment of 100 push-ups, 200 sit-ups, 25 laps around the training field, and then trying the leaf exercise for an hour. This should've left most kids, even children of shinobi, exhausted. While Gon was physically exhausted, he felt that his chakra was still pretty full.

"Alright, Gon. That should do it for today. Go home and get some rest. Come back the same time tomorrow; we'll repeat this for a month." says Itachi, happy with how the day ended.

Gon lays there for a while and ends up falling asleep. He opens his eyes but realizes very quickly that he's not at the training field. He's in a sewer with water up to his ankles. With nothing better to do, he starts walking around. He then comes across a large opening with a massive cage closing off half the room. Inside that room, a massive nine-tailed fox lies, seemingly asleep. Gon walks closer to it; when he's about 6 meters off the fox springs forward and tries to impale him with its claws. The fox is stopped about a meter from Gon's face.

The fox growls. Its eyes are bloodshot with a deep crimson iris, full of bloodlust.

Gon falls on his ass, terrified of this massive monster.

"Well, human," it spits out in spite. "Why are you here?"

"I don't know how I got here. I just woke up here and want to get out." whimpered Gon.

"Stupid retch. The only one keeping you here is you. Now leave before I kill you." snarls the demon.

Nodding furiously, Gon tries to go back, but it doesn't work.

"Leave before you really piss me off!"

With that inspiration, Gon feels his vision fade. He gets up and sees that it's still night and decides to head home. He arrives at his house which is an abandoned apartment complex. It looks like it might collapse in a few weeks, but he trudges on in and gets to his room, number 505. It's on the tallest floor, and he picked five for the lucky aspect of the five yen piece. He goes to his bed and falls asleep.