Blind Luck – Prologue
Naruto always knew he was hated, and he was used to being chased out of places because of it. But today the mob chasing him was angrier than usual and persisted to chase him even when he left their area of the city.
Naruto knew when the day started it was too good to be true; he was off to meet his new friend. It was this that took Naruto to the Hyuuga manor, the place that housed his new friend. Unfortunately the Hyuugas wanted the least to do with Naruto, he couldn't even show his face there without getting harassed.
He started by sneaking into the city section under the henge of a girl about his own age, and he did just fine until he tried to convince the guards of the gate into Hyuuga manor that he was searching for one of the residents. It was only a matter of seconds before his disguise was seen through and guards demanded that he take it off. After doing so the guards became aggravated the guards refused him access. Very disheartened, Naruto slowly walked off down the street, too disappointed to remember that his disguise wasn't up anymore, and that proved to be a near fatal mistake. Just around the corner he was noticed, a man yelled something out and a few people gathered, angry and wanting to chase after the "Demon". Usually Naruto could escape an angry mob in a matter of minuets, but this time they were determined.
They were currently chasing him down the empty streets in the abandoned section of town, and by this time they had picked up a few ninjas to help them with the chase.
Unable to run anymore Naruto slipped around a corner and into an ally before any of his pursuers were close enough to follow. After a few minuets Naruto could no longer restrain his childish curiosity and stuck his head around the corner to see if he was still being pursued. And him his timing could not have been any worse. Just around the corner not even twenty feet away were two Chunin searching the street and he was spotted almost immediately.
The nearest Chunin leapt into action instantly launching a kunai directly at Naruto's face. To scared to think rationally, Naruto relied purely on instinct to save himself from harm. Unfortunately all his instincts told him to do was close his eyes and turn his head. Less than a second later intense pain exploded across his eyes and nose.
Screaming in pain Naruto fell over backwards clutching his face, unaware of a crowd of satisfied people forming around him. Unable to fight the pain, Naruto released his grip on awareness and faded into unconsciousness.
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No matter how much he wanted to ignore the dull throbbing pain in the bridge of his nose and go back to sleep, he couldn't, the pain was too persistent. But, his alarm wasn't going off so it wasn't time to get up yet. Although something seemed odd, it felt much later than the time he usually got up and he couldn't remember exactly what he had been doing the previous evening. Thinking back to the previous day, he remembered going to meet his new friend, then his encounter with the villagers. Then, he remembered the attack and the burning pain across his eyes. Suddenly panicking he cried out and reached up to his face, felt bandages across his eyes and froze. He stayed there, frozen, until he heard a door open and a person entering. Instinct of self-preservation overruled shock and Naruto shrunk down into the blankets fearing who it might be.
"Naruto?" a voice Naruto easily recognized called out to him, the voice belonged to the leader of the village, the Hokage.
Scrambling out from under the covers, Naruto ran blindly in the direction of the voice he heard, only to be caught by the arms of the one he was looking for.
"Come on Naruto we're going to see the doctor to see if he can help you." The Hokage said with as much reassuring in his voice as he could muster at the time.
Naruto's only response was a whimpering cry and to pull himself closer to the old man. Carrying Naruto in his arms the Hokage made his way through the dark halls of the hospital, his destination being the office of his personal doctor. Entering the office, the Hokage went strait to the doctor and asked, "Is their anything you can do to help?"
"Well, I'd have to take a look first now wouldn't I?" the doctor replied.
Reassuring Naruto that the doctor was a nice person, the Hokage set him down in a chair in front to the doctor. The doctor unwrapped the bandages from Naruto's head, and placed them in the trash. Naruto had cowered in fear now that the bandages were unwrapped so neither man had had a good look at his face, but what the saw when he tilted his head up amazed them both. The wound that only hours before had been a heavily bleeding gash was now not more then a small scar at the outer edge of the boy's eyes and across the bridge of his nose. Even the bone the kunai had broken through on the bridge of his nose had returned.
The one thing the Hokage found worrying though was the lasting damage. He had done research on the jinchuuriki and the effects of the demon chakra. According to his research the demon's chakra should have fully healed him, leaving no scar. While the Hokage was pondering this, the doctor asked Naruto to look up at him and open his eyes, and what the saw made them think twice about how complete his recovery was. Across his eyes were small red scars, they began just beyond the iris and passed across to the direct other side, both across the same level, cutting clean through his pupils. Meaning the attack of the villagers had robbed him of his sight, and most likely his dream of being a ninja.
"It doesn't look like I can do anything about this, sorry Sarutobi." the doctor said after testing Naruto's eyes with a pocket light and returning it to his pocket.
"Is he well enough to leave the hospital?" the Hokage asked the doctor, wondering why he puts up with this village, and why he chose to lead it again.
"Aside from the scar and eyes, he's the healthiest person in the village. It's a shame though; he would have made an excellent ninja." The doctor replied.
"He was well on his way." The Hokage said sorrowfully. Before picking Naruto up and walking out of the hospital.
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"Naruto! No running in the house!" The Hokage yelled at Naruto as he ran from hall to hall for some reason known only to him.
"Can't catch me, Sarutobi-san." Naruto chanted running around the room, avoiding the furniture with precision earned from nearly a month of living in that household.
"Naruto, have you been practicing those exercises I gave you?" Sarutobi asked following Naruto into the kitchen.
"Sir, No Sir." Naruto said, pretending to salute while stand at attention.
"And why not?" Sarutobi asked, imitating an annoyed teacher.
"Brail is confusing." Naruto answered with a downcast face. "And they're boring anyways."
"Naruto, those exercises are to get you used to using your chakra to help you see." The Hokage lectured.
"But I've been trying something else, and it's better and more fun." Naruto said smiling at the Hokage.
"Can you show this exercise you have been using?" he asked.
"Okay." Naruto said putting his hands forward as if placed on a wall, and concentrated hard.
Sarutobi winced when Naruto released a condensed wave of chakra thick enough to feel and almost see. Any time the chakra hit anything, instead of passing through like chakra should, it bounced back in the general direction of Naruto, although some missed the boy. When the last of the chakra dissipated, Naruto sighed and bent over, obviously exhausted by the usage of such a large amount of chakra.
"What does that accomplish?" the Hokage asked, having never seen any technique like that before.
"I found the theory for it in the back of one of the books you gave me; I get images back from the chakra that comes back to me." Naruto explained, "But it sends back confused images and takes a ton of chakra."
"Naruto, your going to come to my office and we're going to study how to make this technique better." The Hokage said with a smile.
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This is version 2 of the prologue, I'm working on rewriting and extending the first chapter, and may get back into working on my other story soon.
