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"This is talking"

Jutsu

A light shuffling sound could be heard coming from a small dark ally way. In the ally was a young boy possibly aged 6 or 7, who was responsible for the light shuffling sound as he gingerly moved around.

The boy had blond hair and deep blue eyes, 3 small scratch type birth marks on each check, this boy was Naruto Uzumaki.

The reason Naruto was in an ally at night was because he had passed several men who had grabbed him on his way home and had proceeded to beat the little boy. A few hits some of them kicked him and they even cut Naruto's little arms with a piece of glass from a bottle they broke on his head.

The reason they beat Naruto? Well it was simple orders those men were in fact shinobi, the very shinobi who were responsible for protecting the village.

Now you might be wondering why several of the villages 'defenders' would be beating up a small child. The answer to that question is simple, they were simply following orders of there commanding officer.

The shinobi answered to the strongest man in the village, an aged man known as the Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The Hokage was responsible for maintaining the peace and prosperity of the village as well as ensuring its safety, and it was for that same reason that he ordered his ninja to disguise themselves as civilians and hurt Naruto. You see Sarutobi was a smart individual, he always acted in what he thought was the best interest of the village. The monthly beatings that Naruto received were always answered with Sarutobi arriving to help Naruto, most times Sarutobi arrived after the attackers had left so that he could take Naruto to the hospital or walk him home if the injuries weren't serious.

It would also appear as though his plan was working, Naruto at such a young age was already dependant on Sarutobi for guidance, a parental figure if you will. Naruto was unknowingly the most loyal subject of the very man who makes his life miserable.

The reason for all of this, well its pretty simple Naruto was the container of the most dangerous and powerful being on the planet, the Kyuubi no Yoko.

The Hokage being responsible for the village was therefore responsible for ensuring the loyalty of this child, this weapon.

Of course the beatings where only temporary, with the added isolation that Sarutobi had ordered everyone to subject the boy, meant that the boy was more dependant on his 'jiji' then even Sarutobi had anticipated.

The only people who where allowed to interact with the boy in a non hostile manner where a retired shinobi who ran a simple ramen shop and his daughter, one of Konoha's elite ninja also known as ANBU.

Of course they were only friendly to Naruto as a contingency plan in case Sarutobi ever died, they would then start guiding Naruto towards the next leader and/or members of the village council.

There where numerous plans in place all to ensure Naruto stayed loyal to Konoha.

Today was meant to be one of those days again, simple let Naruto get hurt at the hands of several drunks and when they had left Sarutobi would appear to help Naruto and promise retribution on those who had caused Naruto pain. It is unfortunate that on this day the Sandaime Hokage was currently talking in discussion with several of his advisers, they had recently received a report that the Uchiha clan might be in talks about a possible rebellion against the Hokage.

Although bad for the Hokage, this could be just the chance that changes Naruto's life forever. A small group of individuals have been waiting to speak to Naruto for a long time, unfortunately with the Sandaime's crystal ball and his ANBU agents always keeping track of Naruto, they haven't been able to approach Naruto before.

"Uzumaki Naruto" stated a cold emotionless voice to his left, causing Naruto to jerk his head that way in fright. Only to let out a sigh of relief as he saw the white porcelain mask of the ANBU member crouching down next to him.

Naruto had spent enough time in the Hokage office to know that the shinobi with the white mask were the best shinobi in Konoha and worked for his jiji quickly made Naruto lower his guard.

"Hokage-sama is busy in a meeting" the ANBU said when they noticed they had Naruto's attention, "I was asked to escort you to a specific location" the ANBU finished off as they lightly grasped Naruto's arm.

"I will shunshin us there directly" and with that both Naruto and the ANBU disappeared from the ally.

To Naruto he experienced a funny sensation almost as though he had been flying through the air extremely fast, and yet he hadn't moved, he was still sitting, well he was actually lying down when the ANBU had used the shunshin no jutsu Naruto had been sitting against the wall and now there suddenly wasn't anything for him to lean against causing him to topple over when they arrived at there destination.

After slowly getting to his feet he looked around, he was in a small room with no windows, a single light bulb hang from the ceiling and a small wooden set of stairs led up to a door, Besides that there was an old brown couch and nothing else, realising he was alone, Naruto was about to head up the stairs when the door at the top of the stairs opened and several people came walking down them.

The person in the front was the same ANBU who brought Naruto here, he hadn't even realised she had left him, now that there was actual light Naruto was able to make out the ANBU properly, it was a women, Naruto could tell from the long purple hair that reached down to the middle of her back. Another thing Naruto focused on was the mask, Naruto had seen the same mask a few times, it resembled a cat, with 2 red whisker like marks on each cheek and one down the centre of the mask.

The people who followed the ANBU down was an old women, she had brownish hair that was sticking all over the place also her eyes where a dark red colour, that reminded Naruto of the Konoha police members. The last 2 people where another elderly couple, Naruto thought they might be the ANBU's parents, both had purple hair although the man had bandages wrapped around his eyes and was leaning onto the women who guided him down onto the couch.

To say that Naruto was confused would be an understatement, he had absolutely no idea what was going on and was about to voice that fact very loudly mind you when the lady with the red eyes spoke gently "All will be explained soon Naruto-kun" that caused Naruto to hold his tongue.

"I.. I have a story to tell you, will you listen" the old man spoke, if you asked Naruto to describe his voice he would probably say "sad and old" for that is how he sounded. Naruto nodded his head yes until he realised the man couldn't see him "Uh yes please" Naruto said, still slightly confused but the only person to ever him before was the Hokage.

"Good good" the man said as he lent back into the couch "This will be a long story, so don't interrupt until I'm done"

And done first chapter is very small I know, but I just finished it and felt as though it was a good time to end here.
Next time we here a interesting tale.

Also I will just say that I am a student and am studying, so updates will be slow and I wont set a time limit, I will update as soon as I am able, this gives everybody plenty of time to review. As I am a new 'writer' I would say that any reviews that would help my writing or just tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.