Chapters 1-6 have been officially redone as of today, 6-19-12
"Why are you doing this!" the just turned five year old, as he zigzagged through the alleyways expertly, tears splashing on the frozen ground.
"Get back here Demon brat!" A large man roared after him.
"How dare you interrupt our festivities, you little piece of filth." A women this time.
The boy turned the corner only to find a second mob waiting for him. He turned quickly, but stumbled on a piece of ice. Before he could regain balance, someone grabbed him by his hair.
"Got him" one of the crowd crowed amongst the bloodthirsty cheers.
Bracing himself, he waited for the pain to come, closing his eyes to stop the tears. They only ever made things worse.
He wasn't disappointed.
It started with an uppercut to the jaw that caused his hair to be torn out of his captors grip. Before he could recover the punch was followed with a slice across the chest. As more people got their hands him, the pain escalated. During the mobbing, his only clothes were torn off and ripped into unsalvageable pieces. Finally done they tossed beaten, bloody, and nude body into the bank of early snow. Naruto sighed and closed his eyes, letting blackness claim him as the pain finally became too much.
The Hokage rushed through the hospital. He should have known this would happen, but he let his guard slip for a second and look what happened! He was pissed at himself, and the villagers for being blind fools.
"How is he?" The Hokage asked the nurse that came out of the operating room.
"He's in ER, only the doctors and nurses you approved are allowed in.."
"What's his status?" he asked urgently.
The nurse took a deep breath, bracing herself. "Stable, for now." She replied. "He has multiple cuts and bruises, severe internal bleeding, 10 stab wounds, 3 broken ribs, a broken leg, both arms broken, a fractured jaw, smaller fractures in his skull, slight hypothermia and a small concussion. Are medic teams are skilled enough that we can heal it in time to save his life, but the mental damage from this attack…"
"Those will be a bit more difficult" he agreed with the unspoken assessment.
"We are doing all we can sir" the nurse assured him, looking back at the room.
"And that's all I can ask for" he said, giving the nurse a nod in thanks. She rushed back to the Emergency Room.
"Naruto," He whispered to himself. "Please be ok."