Naruto : Misbegotten
I don't own Naruto or any related charactes. I wasn't meant to be
Chapter one: forlorn and forsaken
In the land of fire, the once peacful village of konhagakura had been attacked and ravaged by a hidious nine tailed spirit. The fourth Hokage, the yellow flash of Konoha and considerd by some the best ninja the village had ever produced stepped forward to battle the monster. Using a tecnique to seal the fox into a new born child, the Hokage gave his life as payment. His last wish was that the boy used for the sacrifice be considerd a hero for his unwilling role in saving the village. The boys name was Uzumaki Naruto, and the ungratful villigars of Konoha did everything in their power to dishonor the fourths request.
It was the ninth year since the Kyubi had been sealed and the anulal festival to celebrate its defeat was at hand, but this year a rumor had spread that since this was the ninth year of the kyubis capture, the nine tails would rise to ravage the village once more. The rumor spread and intensifide with help from the inebreates being consumed, until there was a tense buzz, and a pressure in the air as if a storm were about to break. The tension in the crowed was pierced by a single shout Kill the Demon, but that was all it took to rouse every person in the crowed, civilliion and Ninja alike into a blood frenzy as they picked up the closest thing at hand to hunt down the villiage demon.
The "Demon" of note was peering around the corner of an alley at the festival. for three of his nine years, Naruto Uzumaki had tried to join in the celebration, but every year he would get a beating as a reward if he didn't run away as fast as he could. Now the crowed had turned into a mob and was headed toward his apartment. "What did I do this time" the boy thought silently as he fought the tears threating to spill out of his eyes.
On the other side of the village, a young Hyuga was getting the tar beat out of her by her father as a means of training. "Move your feet." Hiashi Hyuga growled in his gruff voice, and gave his daughter a particularly hard strike, sending her flying across the dojo to land on her back. Stand up Hinata, Hiashi growled, and watched as his eldest rolled over on her stomach and tried to push herself to her feet. "Hopeless" Hiashia growled, not caring if his daughter heard him. Turning, the Hyuga lord left his daughter to struggle to her feet or not. " The clan is lucky you sister was born" Hiashi said without turning, "If you can not rise above this pathetic display, your sister will lead the clan." and with that he left. Hinata collapsed back onto the floor, not trying to hide her tears since no one was their to see them or help wipe them away, no one. "Father, I don't want to lead our clan. all I want, just once, is to tell me your pleased with me." she sobbed in her mind. As the numbness of her fathers final strike left her, Hinata dreaded going back into the house, back to her father and his cruelty, to the pitiying, contemptable stares of the other family members at her weakness. "Do I have to go back" she thought, as she slowly walked to the door. Then it hit her, like a bolt our of the blue. "Did she" did she have to go back to the house. If her father considered her so weak, would he really miss her if she just left. "Of course. No main house member could run away and live. The house would never allow the byakugon to fall into enemy hands." All that flashed through her mind as she stared at the door. "I don't care. Even death would be better than the hell I'm in now" she thought as she made her decision.
Naruto had followed the mob at a discreet distance, watching where they were going and getting a cold lump in his stomach when he realized where they were headed. The mob arrived at the apartment the third hokage had given him when he was tossed out of the orphanage. The mob halted in front of the building as the leader stumbled up the stairs with two cronies and bashed Narutos door open. "Aw man how am I gonna fix that" he thought as heard yelling and crashing from the apartment in the expectant silence that had fallen over the mob. Naruto winced each time he heard a crack, or a bang. All the stuff he had was one step above junk, but that was what anybody would part with and who knew if he could find replacements. Eventually the crashing quieted as the leader came stumbling out. "He isn't here." Again that one statement was enough to send a roar through the crowed that made Narutos hair stand on end. "Burn the demons den" Someone shouted and the crowed was more than willing to comply. Naruto however was running in the opposite direction as fast as he meager training at the ninja acadamy would allow.
Hinata had gone back to her room and packed her bag with food, a few changes of close, and all the money she had, wich was a consederable allowance. Having finished packing, Hinate sat and thought about her decesion. "I'me leaving. I can't stay here anymore, but I don't want to be alone. Maybe Naruto-kun..." Naruto Uzmaki had fascinated Hinata form the first day she had seen him. His golden hair and expressive blue eyes were so different from the uniform look and closed expressions of most of her clan. What had really impressed her was he confidence. He never stopped trying, and no matter who made fun of him, he never let it affect him. "I've seen the way the villagers treat him, I could get him to come with me." Her mind made up, Hinata jumped from the window into the night.