Who can he trust?
Naruto was gone. All that was left was an empty shell. His bright, shining blue eyes now dull and full of sadness. The once happy, cheerful, fun loving boy was gone now there was a serious, hating, killer. All because of one mistake when Iruka tried to kill Naruto and Naruto ended up killing him by
accident. Naruto killed his only friend the only person he trusted and cared about. But maybe Naruto still has a chance. Will a certain sand kunoichi help save him?
It was graduation day and Naruto failed the test. He was stuck in the academy while all the other kids his age went on to be ninjas. He was mad. Then, his brother Iruka came up to him.
Flashback
8 year old Naruto Uzumaki was sitting in the ramen shop when Iruka walked in. He looked at the kid. He was short, had spiky blond hair, and wearing a hideous orange jumpsuit that should have been illegal. That little boy felt like he was being watched and slowly turned around. He saw a man staring at him. Iruka noticed the fear in the boy's eyes. 'That's right, this is him. This is the Kyuubi's host.'
Now Naruto was very scared. 'Was the man gonna hurt him and try to kill him? Should he run.' He thought.
"Don't worry kid I'm not going to hurt you." Iruka said and smiled at Naruto as he sat down next to him and ordered his food.
Naruto had still not spoken. 'Was this man really going to be nice to him?'
"Oh yeah I'm Iruka Umino. And you are?"
"Naruto Uzumaki," he said softly almost so quietly that Iruka couldn't hear.
Iruka started more conversations and soon Naruto began to get more comfortable around Iruka and started to like him.
"Um… Iruka can I you do me a favor?" Naruto asked
"What you want another bowl?" Iruka who had already offered to pay for Naruto's meal asked
"No I want to try on your headband. Please, please, please!"
"What? You mean this," he fixed his headband, "no way. This is a sign to say that you are a ninja of the Leaf. Why do you want to wear it?"
"Because when I grow up I'm going to be hokage. Not just hokage, but the greatest hokage ever. That way everyone will look up to me and will respect me." Naruto did his believe it pose.
"Why do you want everyone to respect you? I mean there is always some who won't get along with you."
"Well you see, all the villagers, everyone, hates me. They call me a demon and a monster, I get beaten a lot, and everyone treats me like dirt. I never had a single friend or a person that cared about me." Naruto said sadly
Iruka looked at the boy with a sad look in his eyes. 'How can anyone be so cruel to a little kid?' "Naruto how would you like me to be your first friend?"
Naruto's face lit up, "Really, are you serious? You will be my friend."
"Of course." Iruka smiled.
The two of them became friends. Over the course of 4 years they became close, they became brothers.
Flashback End
"I'm sorry you didn't pass, but there's always next year." Iruka said trying to comfort his little brother.
"I know, but I really wanted to pass." Naruto said sadly
"Well I guess you can always do that." Iruka said mysteriously
"Huh What?"
"Well…" Iruka explained about where to get the scroll and what he had to do.
That night…
Naruto had snuck into hokage tower and stolen the sacred scroll.
The ninja of the village were arguing on whether or not to kill Naruto. The hokage walked in and said, "Naruto will not be harmed. I want him back unhurt."
With that the ninja took off in search of Naruto.
In the forest…
Naruto opened the scroll and read the first jutsu, "The multi shadow clone jutsu. Oh man! My worst jutsu." He sighed, "I better get practicing."
One hour later…
Naruto had just finished mastering the shadow clone jutsu.
"Iruka sensei said he'll be here by now." Naruto said to himself
Just then four kunai whizzed by. Naruto heard at the last minute and tried to dodge, but was hit by one.
Naruto pulled the kunai out and gasped at the pain. A masked ninja jumped out holding more kunai. He threw them, but Naruto managed to dodge. "Who the hell are you and why are you attacking me?" Naruto asked. His voice full of anger and pain.
"I'm sorry, but it is time that you die." The masked man said calmly. "You don't deserve to live, you're a demon."
'Why does everyone think that? I never ever did anything to anyone. Yet they all hate me and accuse me of being a monster. Well, maybe I'll give this guy a reason to call me a monster.' Naruto thought. Anger built up inside him. His face turned red with rage. "You think I'm a demon? Well I'll show you what a demon is! Multi shadow clone jutsu." One hundred Narutos appeared and they all said, "Come on, I thought you said you wanted to kill me. Why don't you try?"
Then he fought the ninja. He had his clone punch him, kick him, and throw kunai and shurikens at him. Finally, after a 15 minute battle Naruto was out of clones. He was also exhausted. The ninja was in worse conditions though. He was beat up and stabbed and not to mention tried.
Naruto using his remaining energy and strength took a kunai and ran at the man. The man didn't have enough time to react and was hit in the chest.
"Now who are you?" Naruto said pulling off his mask. He wished he hadn't. His heart shattered as he saw that the man who attacked him was Iruka. Naruto's whole world went off like a bomb. His brother, his only friend tried to kill him. "Iruka why?" for the first time in 8 years the blond cried.
"I'm sorry little brother. I was tricked. I was put in a gen jutsu. They made it seem like the hokage gave me the mission, but it was that evil man, Danzo. Naruto I sorry, but I'm dying. Before I go I want you to know that I really do care about you and I wouldn't be mad if you hate me."
"Y- you don't hate me?"
"Of course not. All those other people are blind. The only reason they hate you is because of some thing that happened to the village 12 years ago."
"What?
"Naruto they day you were born the nine tailed fox attacked the village. There was a story made that said that the 4th hokage killed the demon, but he didn't. He sealed it inside a newborn baby, in you Naruto."
"What? He sealed it in me, but why?" Naruto asked. He couldn't believe his idol; his hero the 4th hokage sealed the Kyuubi inside him. The reason he was hated, beaten, and had no friends was because of the man he looked up to.
"Naruto the 4th hokage couldn't seal the demon inside just any child. He couldn't ask anyone to make that kind of sacrifice. So instead he sealed the demon inside his son. Naruto you are the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze. You are Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the jailor of the Kyuubi, the hero that protects everyone from being killed by the demon." Iruka said
It took Naruto a while to process everything. 'The 4th hokage couldn't seal the Kyuubi inside any random kid so he sealed it in me because I'm his son. He is my dad. My dad is the 4th hokage!'
"Naruto it is almost time for me to go."
"What? No Iruka please. I'll go get help, don't worry I won't let you die."
"No Naruto it's okay. Don't go."
"But-"
"Naruto I want you to know that I don't hate you. I care about you and always will. I proud of you and I'm sorry." He pulled a headband out of his vest. "Naruto congratulations. You are an official genin of the village hidden in the leaves."
"Iruka thank you." Naruto gripped the headband tightly in his hands.
"Naruto because of the Kyuubi you won't be accepted by most people and I'm sorry about that. Remember don't trust anyone. They might be some backstabbing dumb ass that doesn't really care about you. Change your ways Naruto. I know you want to be accepted, but it won't happen easily. Train hard and become a great shinobi. Trust will bring you pain and that is something I don't want you to feel. You can love someone, care about them, protect them, but don't trust them." Iruka sighed," Before I go please promise me one thing."
"Anything Iruka."
"Don't blame yourself for my death."
Naruto took a deep breath, "All right I promise."
"Goodbye Naruto. I love you little brother." Iruka's eyes closed. He died with a smile on his face.
"I promise Iruka, I will be strong and the greatest ninja ever." Naruto thought out loud. He was filled with sadness because his brother had died, anger because of the village keeping his heritage from him, and hatred, to everyone for what they had done to him, but mostly to Danzo.
Naruto sat there staring at his headband. He was thinking about what happened. He was thinking about his parents. He knew the 4th hokage, but who was his mom Kushina. He thought about Iruka, he said a man named Danzo tricked him. 'Who ever Danzo is, I'll make him pay.'
"MAYBE I COULD HELP YOU WITH THAT."
Naruto looked up, "Who said that?" 'Wait where am I?' he thought as he looked around. He was in what looked like a sewer. And then there was a giant cage. He studied the cage. It was huge, probably 30ft tall and on it was a seal. Naruto read it, "Kyuubi."
"HELLO BRAT."
Naruto saw a giant pair of red eyes and a mouth full of razor shape teeth each bigger than him appear in the cage. Then, he saw the Kyuubi appear. He stared into the eyes of the mighty beast, "You, you're the reason my brother died! The reason I'm hated!"
"YOU LOOK AT ME WITHOUT FEAR. IMPRESSIVE, YOU'RE DEFINITLY BETTER THAN I THOUGHT. ANYWAY, DON'T BLAME ME FOR BEING SEALED INSIDE YOU!"
"I will blame you! If you didn't come and attack my village than my dad would never have had to seal you in me."
"I DIDN'T COME HERE AT MY OWN WILL. I WAS FORCED; I WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY THAT MAN, MANDRA UCHIHA."
"Uchiha, just like stupid Sasuke."
"YES BRAT AND I WANT TO MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU."
"What kind of deal?"
"YOU TOLD YOUR 'BROTHER' THAT YOU WOULD TRAIN HARD AND BECOME STRONG. SO I WILL TRAIN YOU. IN RETURN I WANT YOU TO KILL MANDRA UCHIHA. I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT NO ONE MAKES A FOOL OF ME AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!" Kyuubi said starting to get angry thinking about Mandra
Naruto thought about it 'Get trained and keep my promise to Iruka and all you have to do is kill some guy.' "Deals, but I'm not killing him yet, I'll do it when I get stronger."
"GOOD AND TO SHOW YOU THAT I'M SORRY ABOUT RUINING YOUR LIFE HERE I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME GIFTS. BUT FIRST-" Kyuubi wrapped Naruto in chakra
Naruto was enveloped in kyuubi's chakra and it teleported Naruto away.
The hokage sat at his desk looking through his crystal ball. "This is not good. Naruto has made contact with the Kyuubi." 'I wonder where he went.'
Naruto-
"Wow! Where am I?"
"YOUR IN MY WORLD NOW KIT. I BROUGHT YOUR BODY HERE. THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL DO YOUR TRAINING. TIME HERE IS MUCH SLOWER THAN IN YOUR WORLD SO A 1 WEEK HERE WOULD BE LIKE 1 HOUR IN YOUR WORLD. SO I EXPECT YOU TO COME HERE EVERYDAY FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR."
"Ok it's not like I have anything better to do. The more time I spend here the stronger I get." Naruto said
"NOW, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU NINE GIFTS."
"And they are," Naruto gestured for Kyuubi to explain
"1. I will change your body to make you taller, give YOU FANGS AND CLAWS.
2. I WILL ENHANCE YOUR SENSES
3. I'M NOT TRAINING YOU WILL WHILE YOU ARE WEARING THAT SO I WILL GET YOU A NEW OUTFIT MADE BY DEMONS SO IT IS SUPER STRONG"
"Hey." Naruto interrupted
Kyuubi ignored him, "4. I WILL GET YOU A SWORD MADE OF DEMON METAL
5. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE BEING INSIDE AN IDIOT." Kyuubi continued before Naruto could interrupt
" WILL GET A FOX SUMMONING CONTRACT
7. I'M GOING TO LET YOU USE MY CONTROL MY CHAKRA (manga 505)
8. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A DOUJUTSU, THE KYUUBIGAN
9. AND I'M GONNA TRAIN YOU"
"Cool, when do I get the gifts?"
"NOW!" Kyuubi wrapped Naruto up with chakra again and it got bigger and bigger. Then in a flash of light it disappeared. Now stood a 5 foot 5 inch Naruto in black pants, a blood red mesh shirt with a black unzippered jacket. He had on his back a 4½ foot sword. On his right arm, under his shoulder there was a tattoo of the kanji of trust.
"Cool."
"YA TO USE THE KYUUBIGAN APPLY CHAKRA TO YOUR EYES." Naruto did and his eyes turned blood red and became slits. (Like Kyuubi's when he uses its chakra)
Kyuubi pulled out a scroll, "SIGN YOUR NAME IN BLOOD FOR THE FOX SUMMONING CONTRACT."
Naruto did as he was told. He bit his thumb and wrote his name on the scroll. He was the first person on the scroll.
"TRY IT."
Naruto went through several hand signs and called out, "Summoning Jutsu." A small fox appeared. "HUH? WHAT IS GOING ON? WHAT AM I DOING HERE?"
"YO DAN."
"MASTER KYUUBI."
"I'D LIKE TO INTERDUCE YOU TO OUT FIRST SUMMONER, NARUTO."
Dan looked over to Naruto, "SUP."
"Hi." Naruto said
"YOU TWO WILL GET TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN. RIGHT NOW NARUTO YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO YOUR WORLD." Kyuubi said
Kyuubi sent Naruto back to where Iruka was.
The hokage was at the scene where Naruto had disappeared he had contacted the Anbu to tell the ninja out looking for Naruto to stop. The hokage looked down at Iruka, 'I hope Naruto is okay.'
Just then there was a flash of blinding silvery light. Naruto appeared in front of the 3rd hokage.
"Naruto there you are. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Naruto said without any emotion in his voice.
The hokage looked at Naruto. He took time to notice all the changes. He saw that Naruto got taller, his cloths were different, he had a sword on his back, and he looked stronger. But the main change the third saw was then hate in his eyes. The previously bright sapphire eyes full of happiness were now dull and stormy blue.
The hokage said with sadness, "I'm sorry that this happened Naruto. I'm sorry you had to find out about the Kyuubi like that. I should have told you the truth from the start."
"It doesn't matter now. Iruka gave me a headband and said that I am now an official genin is that true or is he not allowed to make a choice like that?" Naruto asked
"If you want to be a genin then yes it is true." The hokage said
"Good then I will be attending the genin meeting tomorrow or will it be cancelled?" Naruto questioned
"No it will still be there." the third said. "Naruto will you come to my office tomorrow afternoon after you meet your sensei because we need to talk?"
"Okay, but you have to do a favor for me."
"Yes, what is it?" the hokage asked hoping there was something he could do to make Naruto feel better.
"Can you make sure that I won't be on the same team as Sasuke?"
The hokage sighed hoping for a better more Naruto-ish request, "Yes I will make sure that you won't be one his team."
Naruto looked down at Iruka. Naruto saddened seeing his brother's body lie there. "I'm going home. See you tomorrow."
"I'll see you tomorrow Naruto." The hokage said as Naruto headed home in a rush
Naruto went into his room and sat on the bed and began to meditate. 'Time to see Kyuubi again.' He thought.