Title: I Don't Belong Here

Summary: He wasn't meant to be here. He could feel it. Feel it in the way they looked at him…did you know, when they look at him, their eyes could be…frighteningly cold?

Pairing(s): Hi-Mi-Tsu

Rating: G Kind of brood-full o.O (I seriously doubt that was a word…)

Other: It's kind of a one-shot. I can't decide. I had an idea to for a short sequel…

Disclaimer: I hereby state that I, Keitorin, do not claim to own the Naruto Manga or Anime. The show and all it's wonderful characters are Copyright to Kishimoto Masashi sensei, and umm…whoever else? The only thing I own for sure is the plot. I'm just using my evil and twisted ways to scare people off. Honest.

Okei~! If you're reading this, which is unlikely, then hihi! *glomp* I had this idea poking at me yesterday, but it wasn't a thought yet. I just wanted to get a feel for how Naruto lived when he was younger. Then a small plot formed, and this is what I came up with. I'm not sure how many chapters there will be, as I've only written this prologue and a paragraph on the first chapter. I'm thinking of having a sequel for when Naruto is older, but don't take my word because I have to see that this gets written first. I have a tendency to never recover from writer's block .;;

But we'll see…

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"Hyaaa mmm." He yawned as he snuggled deeper into the small bed. But it's very hard to get comfortable in such a small and bare bed. He cracked his open a bit and peeked out from under the thin blanket.

One of his caretakers was already there at the small kitchen area, making him his breakfast. He scowled in a fox-like manner as he saw it was the usual 'baby food'.

The woman had just noticed Naruto was awake and actually looked sort of scared. She stared at him, with a weird expression on her face. Naruto stared right back. Why didn't they just keep the same people each time? It was extremely annoying to have someone come in and stare at him like that. Especially sense he didn't know why. He secretly wondered if it was because he was ugly.

"Ugly?" He whispered innocently as he blinked up at her. Apparently she had heard, as her eyebrow twitched. Naruto didn't understand what was wrong…was she sick?

She seemed to be a bit angry.

"What did you say?" She asked quietly. Naruto didn't answer. He just sat there and stared up at her blankly. Her hand started twitching but she appeared to be trying to calm down, and she went back to work. Naruto mentally shrugged and before absently staring around the room. As usual, the impersonal white walls met his eyes, as did the nearly furnishless surrounding area. It looked more like one of those rooms people used as places to take brakes. Not that he knew what they looked like…

Naruto slipped off the bed and silently began to fix it up a bit. It was small and cramped, but it wasn't the ground. He yawned and stretched a bit before the baka onna put plate of food on the small desk near were Naruto was. Nothing more was said as she cleaned up the kitchen area and left, while Naruto skipped up to the desk and slipped into the chair. White Rice again. He sighed and picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.

A while later Naruto put down his bowl and chopsticks and just sat there. He sat there, for how long he didn't know. He lowered his head to stare at the floor sadly. Where was he? He was usually here by now, and he would've told him if he weren't coming…wouldn't he?

He was interrupted by the sound of the door opening and Naruto looked up expectantly. But when the person came through…he was sadly disappointed. The same woman as earlier was standing there with a hand on her hip, looking at him with…that expression. The expression that said he'd done something bad, or his very existence made her disgusted. She turned around and began to clean the table with his utensils off. She washed them in the small sink quickly before drying them off and putting them away. Naruto just sat and watched quietly.

As she turned to look at him, it appeared she was trying to decide something. It was then that Naruto saw a flash of conflicting emotion flit across her face. Sadness. Bitterness. Grief. Guilt. Resolve.

"Someone will be by to check up on you later." Was all she said before turning on him and walking back out the door. That wasn't what she was going to say. He knew it. He knew he was pretty young and shouldn't really understand any of those feelings…but he did. And it hurt. It hurt him to the core to see those emotions laid out on someone's face only meant for his eyes to see. Those eyes told him it was his fault. In that instant he had see…he had felt such hatred as he'd never felt before. And it hurt.

~Owari Joshou~