Naruto sat in his apartment. He recently returned from his hiding spot to find his apartment trashed. He was only seven years old but everyone hated him. "Why do they all hate me? Kami why do you hate me?" Naruto leaned against the wall fighting tears back and then gave in. He slide down the wall and sat on the floor. He pulled his knees in close to his chest and wrapped his arms around himself. The Anbu in a dog mask was standing on the other side of the door and decided enough was enough. She knocked on the door. And she waited for the small child to open it.
Naruto heard a knock on the door and tensed. He was afraid. He was always afraid. His fear only got worse as he approached the age to enter the academy. He would start in 6 months. He knew somehow they would make him fail because no one ever helped him. He recultanly stood up and went to the door. He still had it chained and he grabbed the kunai someone threw at him a few weeks ago. The blade was rusted and dented and bent. In the blade a single word was carved. "DIE!" He opened the door careful to keep his face back for when they inevitably kicked in the door to assualt him. What he saw surprised him. He saw a woman in Anbu gear except a mask. When he cracked open the door she knelt down and removed her mask. She smiled at him and gently pushed open the door. She offer him her hand and spoke gently to him as a mother would to her son. "Naruto, we are going to see the hokage about getting you into a more suitable location to live and train for the academy. Naruto nodded knowing deep inside she would probably kill him in an alley then disappear. He accepted the offered hand hoping to prolong his earthly existence. She smiled and began to walk him to the hokage. When they exited the apartment two chunins laughed and launched kunai at the small blond boy. He grimaced expecting a lot of pain. Then he heard two thuds. He cracked one eye to see the two chunins falling over with blood pouring out from between their eyes where a kunai sat in each's head.
Naruto looked at the Anbu member and she smiled. She knelt down again and put her hand on his shoulder. "Naruto-kun its going to change really soon don't worry." She hugged him then started walking at his side when he grasped her hand and held on tight. Naruto never had anyone be nice to him so he would do everything within his power to prevent the inevitable disappearence of this Anbu guard. They arrived shortly after the incident with the chunin and the Anbu turned to the secretary. "I am here to see Hokage-sama. Is he available it is about Naruto." The secretary glared at the boy.
"Naruto are you in trouble again?"
The Anbu guard tensed until the boy chuckled a little. Before the sound disappeared and his face returned to its normal lack of emotion. "No ma'am, I am not sure why I am here." The secretary nodded and told The Anbu that Sarutobi was available. The Anbu and Naruto entered the room. The then bowed and removed her mask. "Hokage-sama, I request to adopt Naruto." The Hokage looked up in shock. He was surprised, no one ever cared about Naruto. The other Anbu meerly did their job nothing more or less. He then saw who it was.
"Tsume-san, I will agree to this on one condition."
"What is it sir?"
"Train Naruto for the academy."
Tsume just face palmed. "Begging your forgiveness Hokage-sama, but I didn't plan on adopting him then using him as Dog Food. He will become an honorary Inuzuka."
Naruto began to shake. He was scared, this whole concept of adoption was something he never had to worry about. When he was in the orphange he was in the basement locked in a cage until the Hokage found out. When he found out he had the workers at the Orphange publicly whipped then executed for their crimes. This however had a reverse effect on the populace. He expected Naruto to be treated better but instead the civilians and a lot of the more ignorant ninja used the workers as a martyr. Tsume sensed this and knelt down to the boy.
"Naruto, you won't need to fear anymore. The Inuzuka clan is a well respected clan and when they attack you they attack the entire clan." Naruto nodded then the Hokage realized what he was afraid of. He sat in his desk then called Naruto over. He lifted the blond boy and put him on his leg.
"Naruto, are you afraid because of how they treated you at the orphange?" The blond simply nodded.
"Well Naruto I give you my word as Hokage and your Jiji-chan that you will be safe at the Inuzuka complex." The blond boy light up and hugged his grandfather figure tightly before jumping and embracing Tsume. The Inuzuka clan head laughed and hugged the boy. She walked carried him home and then sat with him in the living room. She told her partner, Kuromaru to gather the clan and bring them to the clan training grounds. Shortly after she called to Kiba and Hana.
"Hana, Kiba come here and meet your new brother!" The two siblings ran down the steps and stopped. They saw a blond boy about Kiba's age with their mother standing with her hand on his shoulder as he hid behind her leg. Kiba reacted first and sniffed the air hesitantly before approaching the blond boy. He then offered his hand to the blond who took it slowly expecting an attack. Instead the boy smiled showing his slightly longer canine teeth.
"I am Kiba, your Nii-san." Naruto smiled and replied with happiness.
"I am Naruto." Kiba smiled before dragging his new brother over to Hana who smiled.
"Hi Naruto, I am Hana currently a chunin of the Kohona Shinobi Corp and I specialize in Tracking." Naruto smiled before he hugged her and Kiba. He began to shed tears of joy for his new family when Hana spoke up again. "NAruto, if you want to be a Shinobi we should probably get you darker less noticeable clothes." Naruto face immediately lost emotion.
"I can barely afford these clothes I have. I only get 12,000 Ryo a week and I spend 10,000 ryo just buying a patch kit to repair the jumpsuit." Hana and Tsume became instantly furious. Hana didn't know why the village hated Naruto but it would stop now. She smiled at the boy then stated like it had been the plan all along.
"Well Naruto You and I are going shopping tomorrow." Naruto smiled again and then noticed a large Black and white wolflike dog with an eye patch enter the room. He went over to Tsume and spoke.
"THe clan is assembled and awaiting you." Tsume nodded then jumped alittle at Naruto's outburst.
"YOU CAN TALK?!" Tsume made a mental note to explain the Bonding ceremony to Naruto soon. She then lead the family to the clan's training grounds and they immediately feel silent.
"I have called this assembly to welcome Naruto Uzumaki into our clan. He has suffered much from this village but no more. From now on an attack on Naruto will be an attack on us. And we will retaliate as such." She turned to Naruto and put him on her shoulders and lifted him up. "From this day until the end of days Naruto Uzumaki Inuzuka will be acknowledged as a clan member." The entire clan then let up a howl. All throughout Kohonagakure people heard the cheers and howls and tried to block it out. They pictured all the animal programming that they have watched and many got bloody noses and fainted while other began to dry heave at the thought.