Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto except one of the fallowing characters. This is purely fan based, please do not sue
PrologWe begin our tale not with Naruto, Sasuke, or any known Naruto character. Instead we begin our story in an old mansion off Konoha some seven years before the genin graduated.
There was little light in one of the dark rooms of the Firestarter clan's main building. In fact the only light in it were two oil small lamps at what appeared to be the end of the room. There was a man meditating in between them, he seemed deep in thought. Only the trained in eye could see the light coming off the candles shift in between his breaths.
A door opened to revile a man and a small boy, maybe seven or eight. The boys name was Axle. Axle's head was down so you could not see his face, but from the soft whimpering he made you could tell he was crying.
The man closed the door, but as he did so said, "Your son Milord fire chief sir."
The man didn't even take notice of the intruders of his thoughts until after the door was closed.
Axle sat down across from his father. Not one of the two said anything for quite some time. It wasn't until Axle stirred slightly that his father began, "I truly doubt that you know of the actual reason you've been summoned here so stop crying."
Axle just looked at the man he called father. In fact he had stopped crying the moment he sat down, but his father took no notice.
"Then why am I here if not to be punished?" axle said with a deep fury in his voice.
His father sat there quietly for a while until, "Oh you are here to be punished, but for not what you think."
"Really, then why should I stay?" Came axle's reply.
"For this is Counsel business." Yelled axle's father.
Some time passed leaving Axle to his thoughts. What would the counsel want with me? What have I done to annoy them? Why am I truly here? Were some of the questions he asked himself. None were answered by his own thinking so he repeated them to his father.
"To be frank it's not what you've done, but simply what you might do." He said ion response.
"And what does that mean?" Came Axle.
In response Axle's father said,"The Firestarter Counsel has made a prophecy, and it states that you will do what Itachi Uchia did a year ago."
"I am not Itachi Dammit." Yelled Axle, "And besides you'd punish some one off of a profecy some crack pots came up with. I'm eight and I can tell you the future is ever changing."
"Boy, you will listen to me and obey my orders." Yelled the chief of the Fire starter clan.
"Yes sir." Came axle, grunting.
"It is the counsel's decision to exile you from this clan." Said the chief.
"What?" Screamed Axle with a dispirit look in his eyes.
"You heard me. Although I wish it not so, but I have to follow the wishes on the counsel on this one. I am truly sorry my son." Said the chief.
"You have no son, for I have no Father!" wisped Axle though it felt like he was yelling.
Axle dropped a smoke bomb and ran away from his so-called home. He ran as far as he could, almost making it to Konoha. Where he stopped was but a small walk from the south gate, in fact you could see the Hokage Mountain faces, or at least you could is it wasn't midnight.
Waiting for Axle almost exactly where he stood was the Third Hokage. His expression was very empathic.
"So they did it anyway, Huh?" he said in a calm voice.
"I guess so." Said Axle trying to look tough by holding back his tears.
"It is alright to cry young Axle." Said the Hokage; "In fact this of all times no one would judge it against you."
"B-but what's going to h-h-appen n-now" said Axle letting the tears flow.
"I'll tell you what's going to happen," Said the Third no Sarutobi, " You're going to be strong, I know you, you can do it. I have already found you a place to live. I'll check up on you from time to time. Also, even though you are technically Genin level I'd like you to go to the Ninja academy, if just so you have some thing to do all day so I don't worry."
"But why can't I do Missions?" said Axle.
"Because without your clans permission you can't you are far too young." Said Sarutobi.
"But Itach-" began Axle.
"I believe you said it your self, you are not Itachi. Come walk with me I'll take you to your new apartment." Said Sarutobi.
"Thank you Sarutobi, but no." said Axle, "Please just give me the address I'll find it myself."
"Well if you insist, here." Sarutobi read the address and gave Axle his key.
"Thank you Sarutobi, and I will of course be seeing you." Said Axle.
"And I you" was his reply.
Axle walked into Konoha thinking of how and why he was wronged. He agreed technically it was all Itachi Uchia's fault, but eventually dismissed it. Axle walked passed several Houses, one showed little of a dining room. Axle thought that only a few Hours ago he too was sitting down for dinner with his family.
Axle felt the tears come again, but remembered Sarutobi's words: Be Strong.
Axle eventually found the Apartment complex that was home to his new, well, apartment. He opened the door and without even bothering scoping the place he found the bed and fell asleep.
