Uzumaki Naruto had only one toe on the edge now.
He had just brought Uchiha Sasuke, his best friend, back from trying to go with the ultimate traitor, Orochimaru, and he was hated more than ever.
First the girl he had loved for his whole live had been furious at him, as well as the one he saw as his little brother and his friends, for keeping his promise no less!
*Flashback*
Naruto was limping toward Konoha, two Chidori holes through his chest, clothing almost ripped to shreds, and had it not been for the Kyuubi's regenaration ability's, would have probably died hours before this.
He had a unconscious, covered in Naruto's blood, Sasuke on his back, the most critical injurie having a broken leg because he wanted to be careful with him.
Finally, he caught sight of the gates of his home, and limped faster.
'Come on…' he thought desperatly, as he reached the wide-eyed guards. 'Come on… Almost there…'
'Pass the guards… Forward… Pass the gate… Forward… Into the open arms of Sakura-chan… Forward…'
But he was not greeted by open arms, rather greeted... by a slap to the face.
'Wha-what?'
"You monster!" he heard a familiar female voice shout at him.
"I said bring him back! Not KILL him! How could you attack Sasuke-kun! How could you attack your own teammate! I guess everything the village has been saying about you was true! YOU ARE A DEMON!" The voice shouted, now identified as Sakura.
His eye-sight had temporarily worsened considerately, as a Goukakyu from Sasuke had burned him for a couple of seconds before he blasted it away with his newly-found, Kyuubi-sourced power, but had still burned his eyes a little, as well as his skin, but he could clearly make that pink-topped blob and that voice out as the girl he loved for his entire life, Haruno Sakura.
"Come on, Forehead! Let's take Sasuke-kun off of that… that MONSTERS back." He identified that as Yamanaka Ino.
He heard a gasp, and another voice joined, this time male.
"Naruto-nii-chan! How could you! To think I looked up to you!"
Konohamaru…
"Come on, Udon! Let's take Sasuke-san from the demons back!"
Moegi…
"Okay!"
Udon…
His heart had made a large crack, and his soul had begun to split in sadness.
He vaguely made out somewhat of a groan in the back of his head, but pushed it aside, it was just Kyuubi.
But it was a little too human...
*Flashback end*
His teacher had neglected him.
*Flashback*
He was walking around Konoha, not even bothering to go to the hospital, as it would probably throw him out anyways.
He was at the training grounds where the bell test had taken place now, and was suddenly grabbed by the front of the cloth covering his neck, and lifted.
He came face-to-face with an furious Kakashi.
"I'm ashamed to be your sensei, demon!"
'No… This cannot be true…'
"Not only did you abandon you're comrade, you attacked him! You are worse than the worst of trash!"
'Not Kakashi-sensei too…'
"You… Are the worst student I've ever had." he heard him say at last, as the grip on his top cloth was released.
The crack in his heart had begun to seperate it, and his soul was now almost split.
He absent-mindly felt a tug on his whole body, but pushed it aside, just a shiver from the cold and the blood he lost.
Didn't feel like a shiver tho...
*Flashback end*
And now he was making his way towards the Hokage's office, having been called, hoping to also find some comfort in his mother-figure.
What he found was not comfort, far from it.
Rather, what he found was Tsunade annouching him he was to be exiled.
Bye-bye toe.
He heard his heart-beat faster than normal, as his supposed 'Baa-chan' was still ranting about how he hurt the precious 'Last Uchiha'.
And then, he sweared he heard a snap.
He let out a burst of chakra, and If he had looked at his side, he would see trails of black, blue and red chakra around his body, forming two wings of black and nine tails of red, while blue surrounded his body.
His chakra fought for dominace, a dragon of blue fought a fox of red and a angel of black, adjusting themselves to a white wolf eventually.
He could feel his ears lengthen, hair growing on them, he could feel his nails sharpen to claws, and he could feel his teeth grow.
Absent-mindly, he heard Tsunade call for ANBU, to either restrain him or kill him, he could not make out, all he felt was agonizing pain as the people he called "friends" and "family" betrayed him, and then; RAGE.
He could feel his heart shatter, his soul split in half in the agony of his pain.
His body grew longer, his muscles became bigger.
The hairs on his head were fighting over color; blonde, black, red, and then once again keeping themselves at white.
His eyes flashed red, then blue, then red again, finally settling.
And then, as if it was never there, it settled.
All the chakra was drained into him, the wings dispersed, tails dissapeared, and the white glow his body had been surrounded by was drained quickly.
But the eyes, the hair, the lengthened ears and nails stayed, as well as the teeth.
He opened his eyes, and he looked upon the world with red eyes and slitted pupils, white hair blowing in the wind as he stood in the destroyed office of 'his Hokage'.
And then he dissapeared.
Dissapeared to his apartment, picking up some spare clothes and some food and drinks at rapid speed.
He came upon the picture of Team 7, another picture next to it, this time Tsunade and him.
He scowled at them, then pushed them over.
He ran towards a secret closet, pulled it open, and took a special katana with a golden fox at the hilt out of it, which he had holden onto, for when his so called "precious people" were in danger.
Hmph, what a fool he was.
He made his way towards the libary, sealing scroll in his hand, so fast that the only thing a high-class ninja would see was a vague blur, and anything below that wouldn't see a thing.
Once there, he pulled open the door, and began collecting scrolls at rapid speed, on the level of even Gai.
He and the scrolls that seemed of interest were gone in mere seconds, and so were the Hokage libary's scrolls he had also stolen.
Then, at the same speed he had been for these activity's, he was out of the village, away from the hate, away from the betrayel.
Only at a hidden cave, which he had found years ago while running away from the villagers, did he stop.
He begun setting traps and Genjutsu around the area, he was going to be here for a while…
A while that would lead to something new, something fresh that would give him a second chance at his life, this time not as a naive little boy that thought he could become Hokage, no, this time as a man that had experienced unbelieveable pain, betrayel and anger at the place he called home and had driven to protect for the majority of his life.
But first, he had to become strong.