Naruto and the Dark
The sun was setting after a beautiful day in konoha. A young boy stood their watching all the other children walking home with their parents. None of these children played with him, of matter of fact they all avoided him. Their parents preached "Do not associate with that brat." The young boy didn't understand why everyone despised him so much. In the beginning he was a nice child, he started to cause chaos to get attention, which in turn made the villagers hate him even more.
The boy started to tear up from sadness.
"Why do they hate me?"
"Even before I was a troublemaker, they still despised me."
"All I want is a friend!"
There in the shadows someone was watching the boy.
Without even realizing it it grew dark. The light from the sun vanished leaving only darkness for the boy to walk home from. The boy fell to his knees. He started to pound the ground. "I hate them! they bully me, they tease me, they hate me, why should I keep trying?"
"I can't give up, I must keep trying." The boy stood up and sat on the nearest swing. Looking at the night sky, trying to understand why everything the way it is.
The boy sat there still crying. He started to hear faint footsteps. Making a brisk turn "Who's there?" the boy asked in a startled tone.
A young man stood there looking at the young boy.
"The name is Itachi." the man said crouching down to the boys level.
"Itachi huh, what do you want?" the boy snarled at the older boy.
"Will, I just think it's a little late for a child to be out by himself." Itachi said as he stood back up.
"Why do you care. I have nothing to go home to. I do what I want!"
"Do you want to be friends?" The older boy said sticking his hand out to shake the young boys hand. The young boy stood there puzzled. "What is your name, young one?"
"My name is Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto shook the older boys hand.
"It was nice too meet you Naruto, talk to you later." With that the young man started to make his retreat.
"Wait! Why do you want to be my friend?" Naruto asked still confused.
"We can discuss that another time, I think you should go home, it's getting late."
"Okay, only if you really mean it. I don't want to be hurt anymore." Naruto said as he balled up his fist.
Without another word Itachi vanished into the darkness. Naruto was perplexed how he just vanished without sound. The boy decided to return home and retire for the night.
Naruto laid in his bed pondering why that young man didn't bully him are try to hurt him. It was a restless night, he couldn't stop thinking about Itachi.
"Does he really want to be my friend? Or was he lying."
The boy kept talking to himself. Tell he drifted off without even realizing it.