Naruto: Archer and Loner
Disclaimer: Over the years, I have been an avid fan of many of the fan fictions written by many people. This is my try at writing something I hope you all enjoy. I will apologize now if at any time it seems I take something from another writer. I will try my best to make this 100% mine. If you do see something that isn't, let me know so I can give the credit where it is due. I do not own Naruto or Bleach. This is for my enjoyment and for the readers enjoyment. I make no money doing this.
"talk" speech
'thoughts' Thoughts
"Demon" Demon speech or thoughts
Chapter 1: Who am I really?
The village, Konohagakure. A village situated in the Land of Fire. It is a ninja village. Peaceful, but deadly. Led by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. He took over after the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze died sealing the nine-tailed demon fox into a young boy.
Pain and loneliness. That is all Naruto Uzumaki has known in his short life. As he digs in another trash can, hoping to find something edible, he thinks on his short life. At 6 years old, he has been on his own for over 2 years now. Ever since he got kicked out of the orphanage at 4 just for asking for some food. "Why isn't there ever anything to eat here," he asks himself. He tenses as he hears a bottle roll. Eyes darting around, looking for any danger, he turns down the ally. "It's nothing," he murmurs.
"There he is!," shouts a voice coming from the other end of the ally. "Today we will finally get our revenge! We will finally finish what the Yondaime Hokage started 6 years ago! We will kill the demon and get revenge for killing our families and the Yondaime!"
Naruto turns and looks behind him, frightened as he sees a large group of people standing there. He sees both villagers and ninja holding various weapons. From pitchforks, kunai and even broken bottles. Naruto bolts in that moment. Knowing it is his only chance of survival. The group gives chase.
"I never did anything to you," Naruto shouts as he runs for his life.
"You lie demon," shouts a man leading the pack. "Just stop running so we can end you like the Yondaime would want!"
Naruto doesn't slow down for a moment. Knowing from past experiences that the best thing for him to do is run as far and as fast as possible. He knows if he can make it to the Hokage tower, he may be saved. But, that only will work if he can outrun the ninja in the mob behind him. Something he knows he won't be able to do.
One of the ninja grins maliciously as he throws a few kunai towards the running boy. "I'll get you, you demon," the man yells angrily. Naruto turns and sees the kunai heading towards him. He knows he's doomed. He can't dodge or deflect them. He does the only thing he can think of. He covers his face and chest with his arms as the kunai hit him. Two kunai impacting him in his right forearm and another going into his thigh.
"Ahhhh," Naruto screams in pain. He drops to the ground screaming as blood slowly pools around his wounds. He tries crawling away, but that ends quickly as the mob surrounds him. Naruto knows this is going to hurt. He curls up into a ball hoping that someone, anyone will save him.
"We finally caught you now. Now you will suffer and die like you should have 6 years ago, you demon." The mob moves in, anger in their eyes and malicious smiles on their faces. Then the beating begins. Each person in the mob uses whatever they have and even things picked off the ground to beat the poor boy.
'Make it stop. Let me just die already' Naruto thinks. He can feel how weak he is. He can feel himself growing weaker as more and more blood is spilt and bones are snapped like twigs. He is no longer screaming in pain. What comes out wouldn't even be called a grunt. Just an escape of air. Luckily or unluckily the blackness of unconsciousness envelops him and he knows no more.
"Do you want power, child," a voice rumbles through the blackness. "Do you want to live and teach them," the voice asks.
"Yes, I want to live. I want to be a powerful ninja. I want to protect those who need to be protected," Naruto replies.
"Very well. I will give you what you have been denied. Not out of the kindness of my heart, but because I want to see what you will do. I want to see if you will hold to your convictions in this hellish world. We will meet someday. I will be watching," the voice says fading away slowly.
All of a sudden, Naruto feels power coursing through him. He can feel his bones being snapped back into place and healing in an instant. He is suddenly thrust back into consciousness.
"I see you are awake, young Naruto," a voice beside him says. Naruto opens his eyes and sees the Third Hokage sitting beside his bed.
"What happened to me, Jiji," Naruto asks.
"You were found laying in an ally unconscious, Naruto. No one knows how you got there or why you were covered in blood," the Hokage replies. "Can you tell me what happened," he asks.
"I was beaten by a bunch of people. They called me a demon and chased me. I fell unconscious when they started beating on me. I then heard a voice offering me power and saying that I was getting what I was denied. Then I felt power run through me and I woke up," Naruto states. "What does this all mean, Jiji," he asks.
"I don't know, Naruto. I will have to think on it and let you know what I find out," he replies. Concern written on his face as he stares at the young boy. 'Is it the Kyubi or something worse,' he asks himself.
"Boy, tell him the word Quincy" a voice booms in Naruto's mind.
"Jiji, the voice told me to tell you Quincy," Naruto says, looking at the Hokage as he pales. Fear rushing over the old man's face.
"Naruto, wha-," Hiruzen tires to speak. Tries and fails. Frightened by what the young boy said. Concerned that the beast sealed into the young boy might be breaking free. Unsure how to proceed, he takes a moment to compose himself. "Naruto, there are many things I have not told you. I have not told you these things in order to protect you. You may hate me for hiding this information from you, but I hope that one day you will forgive an old man for trying to shield you from the truth. The word, 'Quincy,' dates back even before we ninja came about. It is something I have heard of spoken only in myth and legend. Spoken with fear and awe. What little I do know is this. On your mother's side, there is a saying, 'A Quincy will rise from the ashes of the new world to give birth to the old.' I don't know what that means, but if you are truly a Quincy, then you will have a long, hard road ahead of you. Your life will not be the same if you choose to go down this path. I will leave you to think on this and I will be back tomorrow to hear your answer." The Hokage gets up slowly, looking even older than his 67 years. Drained by what he learned from the boy and what he told him. He pats Naruto on the head, giving him a sad smile and leaves the room.
'Tomorrow I will find out about my mother and what a Quincy is' Naruto thinks to himself. 'I will go down this path even if it kills me. Nothing will stop me.'
'Hehehehe. I can't wait to see what this boy will become. He will either destroy everything around him or he will die,' the voice thinks to itself. 'I wonder just how far I can push the child. I wonder if I can trick him into releasing me sooner.'
Well, that's chapter one. Hope you all enjoy it and please, leave criticism. Like I said, this is my first shot at a fan fiction of my own and I would like feedback.