A/N: I DWELL IN THE TWILIGHT.

A/N2: Edited.

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to the people who like to sue me.

Summary: Her life was a living hell with no hope of ever escaping it. Then he came and changed everything. He put the world at her feet. Follow Naruto as he helps his alternate self out of her misery. A Naruto&femNaruto fic.

Warning: Epic length follows.

Key:

"Talking"

'thinking'

"Demon talking"

flashback/dreams

some cool Jutsu


CHAPTER TWO:

Her reality: Nightmare, Hatred and a Dream.

Uzumaki Kushina could only watch in horror as the Kyūbi closed its hand around the motionless body of who was known as the most powerful Shinobi at the time. The body belonged to no one but the Yondaime Hokage.

"Tch, so much for being the most powerful Shinobi around... can't even fend against a simple Genjutsu of mine..." the Kyūbi then turned its attention to Kushina who was frozen on the spot.

"Release me Kushina and I might feel generous enough to leave your precious Yondaime live. Should you say no I'll squeeze the life out of this worthless human. You have ten seconds..."

"What will you do once I release you?" she tried to keep a strong facade but the Kyūbi saw right through it"

"*chuckle* I'll level that damned place you call home. I'll level Konoha to the ground. What weights more for you? The Yondaime's life or Konoha? Your time is running out."

Kushina thought about it. Kushina loved Minato with all her heart and would not hesitate to offer all of Konoha in exchange for his life but knowing Minato as she knew him, he would be downright angry at her. They both knew what was life for those who didn't had a country to call home. A pair of tears rolled down her cheeks as she decided to honor Minato. She would seal the Kyūbi within her and end this nightmare. Sensing the determination in Kushina's heart the Kyūbi decided to put some pressure on her.

The demon started squeezing the Yondaime until the sound of bones cracking was heard. Kushina snapped out of her thoughts after hearing the sick sound and in retaliation she started wrapping her chains tighter around the Kyūbi's monstrous frame. She didn't had much chakra left, she started doing hand signs. The Kyūbi recognized those signs, they were the same the Shodaime's wife; Mito, had used to trap it the first time. Anger boiled inside it.

"You are an Idiot if you think you will seal me inside you again! For daring to challenge, me not only will this Human suffer but this one will have the most painful death I can give."

In that instant one of the Kyūbi's tails that had been loosely bind by Kushina's chakra chains raised above the tree tops. It was wrapped around a tiny frame that was squirting trying to free itself as if sensing its incoming doom. The tail unwrapped itself from the small frame so Kushina could get a better view of its prisoner. It was her little baby. The moment she laid eyes on her little baby, the baby started crying as if hopping that her parents would come and protect her.

"Stop! Please don't harm my baby! I will do anything you ask me to do, just don't hurt her!" Kushina pleaded. Konoha be damned, her baby was the most important thing for her in the whole world.

"That's more like it. Release me at once. Don't try anything funny, you know what will happen if you do."

"Yes! As you wish, just give her to me!"

In that moment Kushina let go of the Kyūbi, her chains unwrapped from the beast's frame and as they had came they were gone. The Kyūbi got on its feet and let out a massive howl. Its tails moving freely once more. The Kyūbi brought its paw to its face and let out a growl, in its paw rested the semi-crippled form of the Yondaime. The Kyūbi opted to throw the body to the side. With the Yondaime out cold, the barrier collapsed and the Kyūbi was free once more to roam and lay waste of the land as it once had so many years ago.

"Here, take it." the Kyūbi threw the little baby in Kushina's direction. She caught her little baby and wrapped her arms around the baby's tiny frame.

The Kyūbi paid no attention to Kushina and her baby. It headed once more to Konoha, this time there was no one who could oppose it.


Minato woke up with a painful groan. He tried to remember what had happen, one moment he was making the necessary hand seals to summon the Shinigami and the next he was laying on his back with his body hurting all over. After taking a quick glance at his body he could see some ugly bruises and could feel broken bones.

'Damn it... What happen? Where is the fox? Kushina? My daughter?' he was brought back from his thoughts when he heard the sound of a snapping twig. He got his kunai ready only to put it away when he saw the face of his wife.

"Kushina!"

"Minato thank goodness you are still alive!" Kushina moved next to Minato and hugged him like her life depended on it. He winced a little and then noticed the small bundle in her arms, he saw it make a small move. It didn't take a genius to know what that was.

"Thank god you and our daughter are safe. Tell me what happen? Where am I? More importantly where is the Kyūbi?"

Kushina looked the other way, she didn't had the courage to tell Minato that she had released the Kyūbi and that now it was pretty much laying waste of their home. If there was something Minato hated, it was being left in the dark. He needed to know what was going on.

"Kushina tell me what happen now." the tone in which he said it made Kushina wince a little

"Don't hate me Minato..."

She started telling him what had happen and how the Kyūbi had blackmailed her into releasing it. Kushina saw different emotions run through Minato's face. First surprise, then deep thinking and now it was showing extreme hate. She just hoped it wasn't being directed at her.

"That fucking fox, I would have never thought it would stop so low... still, I won't let it destroy my home..."

"What are we going to do Minato?"

"We stick to the original plan, you know its the only way."

"Minato..."


By the time Minato and Kushina had reach the gates of Konoha the Kyūbi had destroyed almost everything. Half of the Hokage monument had been blown up to bits, the Hokage mansion was in complete ruins, what little of the Konoha hospital had been left after the first attack was now completely gone, the surrounding forest was set on fire and was now illuminating the ruins of the once proud village of the leaf. What stood the most was the giant fox sitting in what had once been the middle of the village. It just stood there taking the multiple Jutsu that were thrown its way.

"Yondaime-sama!"

Minato and Kushina turned to the side to see an ANBU limping his way towards them. His mask resembled an owl. Once he got close enough he fell on his knees and took deep breaths.

"Owl tell me what's the situation."

"Yondaime-sama, after you first left with the Kyūbi, we were taking all of the injured to the hospital by order of the Sandaime. Then out of nowhere it appeared once more and attacked the Hospital blowing it up sky high. The few ones of us who survived the first time attempted to attack it only to be killed or eaten on the spot." Owl took another deep breath

"My captain sacrificed her life to push me out of the way when the Kyūbi decided to eat me. I tried to avenge her death but it was futile, the Kyūbi swatted me to the side. The Kyūbi kept going on its killing spree blowing up everything it set its eyes on until it finally decided to use one of those monstrous chakra blast you had deflected earlier. Then Fugaku-sama appeared with the rest of the Uchiha clan and started attacking the Kyūbi, as you can see they are still at it."

Minato turned around to inspect the Shinobi that were attacking the Kyūbi, he could make out the police force crest on their arms. Minato then started looking around for Fugaku, he saw him kneeing and panting in front of the Kyūbi. He wasted no time to go to his side.

"Fugaku!"

The Uchiha didn't turn around but waved his hand a little to acknowledge his presence. Minato put his wife down and moved closer to the Uchiha.

"What are you doing here? More importantly how did you tame the Kyūbi?"

"I didn't tame it *pant* its just under a special Genjutsu. I thought we could take it down with our Jutsu but we might as well be trowing it cotton balls. The beast *pant* isn't even showing signs of wear. I am the one getting tired... I can't take this any *pant* longer. I am sorry Minato for not being here when it attacked the village..."

"No need to apologize, there was little you could have done... I am the Hokage and even I have been powerless to stop it."

"Then, is this the end for all of us?"

"No, we came up with a plan to stop it. We are go-"

"Save your explanation and put it to work, I'm almost out of chakra."

Minato just gave him a nod and turned to his wife, tears rolling down her face. This was it, time to do the ultimate sacrifice for his family and village. He started doing hand signs and in no time the spectral form of the Shinigami appear before him. Fugaku couldn't hold anymore and fainted due to chakra exhaustion. The Kyūbi blinked a couple of times unsure of what was going on, it wasn't until its eyes landed on the form of Fugaku that it remember what had happen. Anger boiled inside it once more when it saw the Yondaime and his family and with the help of its demon eyes it could see the Shinigami behind them.

"So you are still alive uh? And you brought a friend..."

Its answer came in the form of long arm with prayer beads wrapped around the hand. The Kyūbi jumped to the side avoiding the creepy hand, the hand just turned around and drove straight to the Kyūbi once more. The Kyūbi barely managed to dodge the hand. It turned its attention back to the Yondaime, if the Yondaime died the Shinigami would disappear.

"Fuck you! You aren't touching me with that shit! I'll kill you first!"

The Kyūbi charged straight towards Minato and his family with the intention to tear them apart. Minato turned around to see a pair of Uchiha successfully dragging an unconscious Fugaku to a safe zone. He then took one of his prized kunai and threw it at the demon fox, the kunai flew right between the fox's legs and imbedded itself on a rock just below the Kyūbi. In a flash Minato and his family were gone. The Kyūbi came to an abrupt halt and quickly started looking around trying to find the Yondaime, it wasn't until it felt a stinging sensation on its seven tail that it knew it was over.

The Kyūbi turned around just in time to see the Yondaime muttering the word seal. The feeling of being ripped apart flooded every chakra in its system until just the feeling of numbness was left. Minato wasn't in the best shape either, after the paralysis passed he summoned a ceremonial pedestal and asked Kushina for their daughter. The Kyūbi saw Minato getting the preparations for his new sealing and quickly acted. It brought its fist down in an attempt to crush Minato and the baby. Kushina saw this. She had barely enough chakra to summon her chains once more, still, her chains wouldn't be fast enough to stop the beast's fist. She made her decision, Minato had sacrificed himself for her and their baby, it was only fair for her to do the same. With what remained of her strength she pushed Minato and their baby out of the way, the next thing she knew was the feeling of immense pain.

Minato could feel the earth moving under him, he quickly got up and turned around to see the fist of the Kyūbi firmly pressed on the spot he and his daughter had been standing a couple seconds before. The sound of chains moving caught his attention. He saw the chains pulling the Kyūbi's fist up and wrapping themselves around its snout, arms, legs and tails. He heard someone crying. He quickly made his way towards the small crater the Kyūbi's fist had made. In there he saw something he wished he had never seen, it was the crippled form of his wife.

"Kushina No!"

Minato kneed next to her, he was crying. This wasn't supposed to happen, she was supposed to live and watch over their daughter. She was not supposed to be laying there with bones popping everywhere.

"M-Minato *cough* let me watch her for the last *cough* time." she said weakly while a pool of blood surrounded her broken body.

Knowing that there was nothing he could do to save her, he put their daughter next to her. The small baby started crying and attempted to touch her with her tiny fingers. Kushina felt a tiny warm spot on her cheek, she shed a single tear and then stared at nothing. Her eyes taking a glassy look, her breaths coming slow and further and further apart.

"I won't let it end this way Kushina! You will see our daughter once more, albeit it will be in many years but you will see her. That I promise you."

The Yondaime turned around and saw the Shinigami finally taking the knife out of its mouth ready to finish the sealing. He bit his finger and summoned one of his toads along with another pedestal, he quickly made the key for the seal he was about to give to his daughter and gave it to the toad. With a final look at his wife and daughter he finished the nightmare.

"HAKKE FUIN..."


Young three year old Uzumaki Naruko was currently sleeping in her "bed" which was made up by old newspaper and dirty old clothing. Every night she always dreamed the same thing but for her it never got boring, after all, the dream always showed what she wanted the most; a family.

In Naruko's dream

Naruko had just woken up, she got out of her small bed and went to the kitchen. Her mother by this time would have breakfast served and was just waiting for her little girl to show up. Naruko's mother didn't liked to wake her up because she was so cute when she was sleeping. Her mother knew that she would just wake up on her own like she did everyday and come to the kitchen looking for her.

"Good morning mommy. Good morning daddy." said a cheerful Naruko.

"Good morning my little girl." said her mother from behind the counter

Her father put his newspaper down and greeted her as well. "Good morning princess, did you sleep well?"

"Yep, I had one of the best dreams!" answered the little girl a little too exited.

Naruko's mother came from the kitchen and put the breakfast on the table which consisted of some steamed rice, miso soup, natto, nori and broiled fish. Both her parents got green tea to drink while she got milk.

"I cant wait to hear it but that will have to wait. Lets eat breakfast first and then you can tell me all about your dream." said her mother

Naruko nodded her small head and dig into her food. Halfway her food she stopped and turned to her parents.

"Mommy, Daddy, I was wondering if we could go to the park. Please?"

"Um... ok, but first finish your food." answer her father.

"Yay, we are going to the park!" said an exited Naruko. Her parents just exchanged smiles.

Naruko was now standing in the middle of the Park. She was playing with a bunch of kids her age, they had decided to play tag and then hide and seek. In the end, little Naruko had won both games. She was hungry and decided to look for her mother and father. She saw her mother talking with other woman, they were sharing the most recent gossip. She turned her head and started searching for her father. He was leaning against a tree talking with some men, they were his friends she thought. She made her way towards him.

Naruko's father saw his daughter getting closer until she was next to him, he quickly picked her up and gave her a kiss in the cheek. Naruko giggled a bit.

"What do I own the honor of being in the presence of such a beautiful lady?"

Naruko giggled a bit more and then put a "serious" face which only made the other men laugh a bit.

"I am hungry daddy."

"Ah. I see. Very well, lets get your mother and go get something to eat."

Naruko's father excused himself and went looking for his wife. Naruko's mother saw her husband and daughter approach, she excused herself and made her way towards them. She took little Naruko out of her husband arms and gave her a kiss.

"Little Naruko is hungry. Lets go eat something and then come back so our princess can finish playing with her little friends." said her father.

"Sounds good. Come on lets go."

Naruko and her parents made their way towards a small restaurant a couple blocks from the park. After lunch and some small talk the family made their way back to the park, Naruko's mother went back to her friends and so did her father. Naruko just went looking for her friends.

Afternoon soon hit and the family decided to call it a day, little Naruko bid her goodbyes and left with her parents. When they arrived at their home, Naruko's mother decided they should take a bath, the little girl squealed and headed to the bathroom as fast as her short legs could carry her, her mother hot on her tail. Once they finished bathing, Naruko's mother decided to make some dinner. Naruko offered her help and soon both mother and daughter were in the kitchen. After they put the food on the table, Naruko saw her father reading a scroll. He had a frown on his face.

"What is that honey?"

"I just got it, it seems I'll have to leave for a mission tonight."

"Does it say how long it will take?"

"If everything goes according to plan, I should be back in a month."

"That's an awful long time, what are you going to do?"

"It doesn't say much... some patrolling around the border with Mist..."

"I see..."

Naruko didn't understand what they were talking about but she did understand that her father was going to be away for a month. After they ate dinner, Naruko went to brush her teeth and came back to the living room to see her father off. Both mother and daughter saw him off at the door, he just waved and disappear into the darkness. In the distance she could hear some bone-chilling laughter. Her father never came back.

End of dream

The young blonde girl woke up with a start, someone was poking her hard. She turned her head and saw the lady who ran the orphanage. A scowl could be seen on her face.

"Wake up! Get dress, take a shower and go to the lunchroom to get some breakfast. Then head out to the playground." It was more of an order than a request.

Little Naruko did as she was told. After she got dressed up, she headed to the bathroom while rubbing her small eyes to get any sleep out of them. The water in the bathroom was at room temperature; not so cold neither hot, it was somewhere in the middle of cold and warm. After she took her small shower, she headed to the lunchroom. The lunchroom was somewhat large, it had enough space to sit around 30-50 kids. Naruko disliked coming here, she always got the feeling that something was always missing in her lunch, whether it was some fruit, a rice ball or something else. She could never confirm her suspiciousness since all kinds seemed to avoid her like the plague, resulting in her never knowing what others got that she was missing. With a small sigh she formed in line and waited her turn, after she got her food, she headed to the corner, there the other kinds would never mess with her.

Having finished her small breakfast she went outside, she hated being in the playground. It was mostly because other kids would mess with her, call her names, pull her hair, make fun of her whisker like marks and do other nasty things to her, she would complain to adults about the other kids but most of the time she was just ignored or plainly told to fuck off.

It wasn't long before she was kicked out of the orphanage. She was kicked out because she tried to defend herself from the other kids, she punched one of them in the face making him cry. The lady who ran the orphanage took it as an opportunity to kick her out, alleging that she was just too violent to let her be near defenseless children, she would end up killing one of them if she didn't go.


A year had pass since then, she had grown a couple of inches and her hair was a bit longer. Naruko was smart for her age, she had learned how to count and how to read a little by watching and listening to adults around her. Sometimes she would see adults playing with little kids, she would wonder where were the adults that were supposed to play with her. She would later learn that those adults were called parents and that those without them were called orphans. Her undeveloped mind could tell the difference between what was supposed to be wrong and right. She also had a basic idea of what was money.

"ummm... I don't have any money, maybe a merchant will give me something... maybe not... but its worth the effort." with that thought the young blonde headed to the market district of Konoha looking for a kind soul. Once in the market the young girl headed to the closest merchant, this one sold fruits and vegetables, she shyly approached the guy and started talking to him.

"Excuse me sir..." she started, once she got the merchants attention she keep going.

"I am an orphan who doesn't have any money, could you be so kind and give me an apple?" shyly asked Naruko.

"Hello little girl, of course I'll give you an apple, here take it." the merchant gave her a big red apple which she took. She gave her thanks to the merchant and went her way.

In the following weeks she learned that the guy traveled all around the five elemental countries selling fruits and vegetables depending on the season, he told her that some fruits or vegetables were popular in Suna in the summer and were sold better than in Konoha and vice versa. He being a merchant had to look for the most profit. At the end of what she learned was called Summer he left not before teaching her how to grow some plants. In what the guy told her was called "Autumn" she began to notice some changes in the people around her.

It was nothing new for Naruko to see people scowl at her every time she passed by, what surprised her was the fact that now some adults would throw rocks at her. It had always been the kids who would try to physically harm her. As time went by more and more adults started abusing her. She remembered a time in the Konoha shopping district when some guy got a little too close for comfort and out of the blue pulled her hair hard, she fell on her butt and the guy keep walking like nothing had happen. Her complain died on her throat when the guy turned around and shot her a look of pure hatred, she felt insignificant under that glare and opted to take another way.

There wasn't a day when the little blonde girl wouldn't be bothered. Adults around her would encourage their kids to treat Naruko worse than trash. Sometimes instead of rocks, sharp objects would be thrown at her. Hurtful remarks would invade her ears every time she walked by. She didn't understand how people said she smell bad when she took a bath everyday in a pond just outside the village. She opted to believe that people just said that to make her feel bad. She wondered if it was even worth the effort to walk in that section of the village anymore. In the end nowhere in the village was safe anymore, she ended up in a den outside the village.

Winter soon hit. She was somewhat grateful that it was always warm in Konoha with rain every once in a while. The only thing she hated about living in a den in the winter was the lack of food. It seem she would have to make a small trip to the village. Once in the village she made her way towards the shopping district with stealth that would make a Chūnin proud. She got closer to a guy who sold bread. The smell made her mouth water, it had been a while since she had last ate any bread. Once close enough she began.

"Excuse me sir..."

The baker shifted his attention to Naruko and upon closer inspection of the little blonde girl, the baker noticed the small whisker like marks in her small face. Rage suddenly took over the once peaceful man.

"YOU DEMON! HOW DARE YOU COME NEAR ME! I'LL KILL YOU WITH MY OWN HANDS!"

The baker tried to grab the now surprised girl, he was about to get his hands on her neck, when Naruko's shocked brain started working again. She quickly jumped away and started running from the enraged baker, her undeveloped mind couldn't understand why the once peaceful man she had barely spoken to was now hot on her tail.

She took a sharp turn around a corner, the man was dangerously close now, in a couple more seconds he would catch her. She saw and alley and decided to enter it, maybe she could hide somewhere in there. Once she was inside the alley, she realized that it was empty, there was nowhere she could hide. Looking around she saw a hole in one of the walls, it was just small enough to let her pass. She run towards it as fast as she could, never taking a glance backwards to make sure the guy was still following her. She didn't had to since the guy started shouting at her once more.

"COME BACK HERE YOU DEMON! I'LL KILL YOU!" the baker keep shouting.

'What did I even do for you to try to kill me? Better keep going, I am almost there! There!' with that last thought Naruko jumped straight into the hole, leaving an angry as hell guy behind. She could hear him shouting all kinds of obscenities at her. She decided to keep going through the tunnel, maybe it would let her out somewhere far. It wasn't long before she saw a small light that announced the end of her journey. Once she got out she took a small glance at her surroundings, she was in another alley by the looks of it. Coming out of the alley she could now see that she was in the residential area of Konoha.

"I didn't think there was a tunnel that connected both areas... I should remember where it is, it could be useful if someone else decides to run after me." said Naruko to no one in particular.

She memorized where both ends were and then decided to go back to her den. Maybe she would have better luck at trying to fish...


Things went downhill from that day onwards. It didn't matter how happy people seem to be, once they spotted Naruko they would suddenly enter rage mode and run after her. On top of that, news of Shuusuke; the fruit dealer had made their way to her ears. He had been killed with a group of other merchants on one of their trips from Iwa to Suna, apparently they were ambushed by a group of Nuke-nin. She mourned his death for a week. Most of the times she was chased around the village by an angry mob, she would somehow manage to escape without a scratch. Unfortunately for her, today was not one of those times.

'Gotta keep running! Holy crap! I can almost feel them hovering above me! One more block and I'll be safe, come on, come on, almost there, there!'

During the time she had spend exploring the village, she had found different secret passages and shortcuts, many of them had saved her from immense pain. She saw one of said passages in the form of a hole and jumped straight into it, her feeling of victory didn't last long. A hand grabbed her by the ankle and started pulling her out. Naruko screamed and tried to kick the hand with her other leg but soon her other leg was also caught by another hand. She tried to hold into something but it was futile since she didn't had the strength to best a fully grown man let alone two. Once out she could see a small enraged mob waiting for her.

"Look what I did just catch! It seems its my lucky day!" one of them exclaimed with malice in his voice.

"Well, if it isn't the demon fox! I think we should teach it a lesson!" one of them shouted.

"Yea! Kill it! Lets finish what Yondaime-sama started!"

Several people were screaming for the dead of the Kyūbi, from there it got really ugly for Naruko. It started with name-calling varying from demon to hell spawn, followed by degradation and humiliation. It promptly escalated into striking, hard kicking, shoving, slapping, bruising, pulling ears and hair, choking... overall torture. Between the rain of blows and kicks Naruko saw someone pull a kunai out.

'So... Is this the end uh?' she thought before passing out.

The mob stopped its aggression two hours later, content with the unspeakable things they had done to her. They had a sick sense of accomplishment when they saw that her small body wasn't moving anymore, not even a twitch. Happy with their work they decided to go back to do what they were doing before they had decided to go on a demon hunting trip. It was true that they had abused Naruko before, but it had never left her this bad, they had given the word "beating" a whole new and brutal meaning.

There she stood all beaten and bloody for a couple hours, it wasn't until an ANBU who was patrolling around the village found her. He was shocked and disgusted at first, how could someone brutalize a poor and defenseless child? He wondered, coming out of his thoughts he dropped next to the girl. He stretched his hand carefully towards her, he feared that maybe touching her would harm her even more. His fingers landed on her neck trying to find a pulse or something that would tell him that she was alive, sensing a weak pulse he quickly put his fears away and picked her up. He speed towards the Konoha hospital. Once there he gave her to the Hokage's personal team.


Sarutobi Hiruzen had just bested his Nemesis; Paper work. The old Hokage got up and let out a long sigh, he stretched a bit to disperse the feeling of numbness and took a seat once more. His hand searched around the bottom drawer until it felt a button, once he found it he pressed it. A soft clicking sound was heard and a small hidden compartment pop into existence, inside it there was one of his most treasured possessions. He took it out, An extremely rare limited edition of Icha-Icha Heavensu shined in the light. Hiruzen was grateful that his student had decided to give him a copy, after all there were only ten copies in existence and in Hiruzen's opinion, it was a masterpiece. He was about to treat himself to happiness when he felt the presence of an ANBU ninja land in front of him. With a defeated sigh he put the book away.

"What is it?" the old Hokage asked, annoyed to no end he had been bothered.

Hiruzen turned his head up to meet the ANBU. Alarm bells went off in his mind when he saw the drying blood on the ANBU's vest. His lazy demeanor quickly changing into alarm mode. It wasn't everyday one of his ANBU's was attacked and wounded.

"What happen? Who attacked you Tanuki?" asked Hiruzen to the ANBU with a raccoon mask.

"This blood isn't mine Lord Hokage. While I was on one of my usual patrols around the village, I spotted a young girl, it seem like she had been beaten to an extreme. I quickly picked her up and went to the hospital. I came here to report to you sir." said the ANBU while kneeling in front of the Hokage and bowing his head in respect.

"Any idea on who she may be?" asked the Sandaime.

"Sir, by the looks of it, the girl is Uzumaki Naruko." the ANBU quickly prepared himself for the tempest that was about to come, he knew that Hiruzen was quite attached to the young Kyūbi jinchūriki.

"Excuse me? I think I didn't hear you quite well? Could you repeat that?" said the Sandaime with a tone of incredulity.

"Sir, the girl I found was Uzumaki Naruko. There is no doubt, she has the same blond hair, the same deep blue eyes and I could make out the whisker like marks also-" He couldn't finish, an angry as hell Hokage was now in front of him.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS NARUKO! I AM SURE AS HELL THAT SHE IS IN THE ORPHANAGE NOW!" screamed Hiruzen, he quickly stood up and headed to the orphanage to prove his point. The ANBU not have been dismissed, decided to follow him.


The enraged Hokage headed to the orphanage as fast as he could, his old mind was in a state of overdrive. It may be true that it had been a while since he last saw the young girl, but he had made sure that Naruko had anything she would need.

'There is no way that girl is Naruko! I am sure I told Seiko to take care of her, hell I even gave her enough money to cover all of what Naruko would need until her sixth birthday! There is just no way! Better hurry, I am sure Seiko will explain everything and will let me see Naruko just to confirm this is a mistake.'

It wasn't long before he arrived at the orphanage, his mind was set on one thing; see Naruko and make sure she was well. He was greeted by the employees, he waved them hi and headed directly to Seiko's office. Once he stepped in he saw Seiko signing a couple of documents. She greeted him as well.

"Lord Hokage, its a pleasure to see you! How may I help you today?" Seiko asked.

"I came to see Naruko, could you be so kind and ask her to come over?" said Hiruzen while keeping his cool.

"N-Naruko?"

"Yes Naruko, now can you please call her over, I would like to take her to the park."

"Well... ummm..."

"What's the matter? Is she sick? Is she sleeping? Taking a shower? Or something? I can just go and pick her up if you are too busy."

"Lord Hokage *gulp* she no longer lives here, I don't know where that de-girl is now."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE NO LONGER LIVES HERE!" Hiruzen was now really pissed off.

"Well you see, not so long ago she punched one of the other kids. She was way too violent. I had to kick her out, she would have killed one of them! I thought about the well being of the other kids!"

"Nonsense! Who in their right mind kicks a small child out into the cold streets! Apparently you lack common sense! Why didn't you send me a message or something!" questioned the old Hokage.

After he didn't received the slightest of answers he took a deep breath and calmed himself a little.

"What happen to the money I gave you to take care of her?" Hiruzen took a glance around the small office. He could see expensive vases with flowers, expensive furniture, even some expensive looking paints. There was no way someone working at an orphanage could make enough to buy those kinds of things, now he knew where the money had gone to.

"You wasted it, didn't you?"

"..."

"Tanuki, take this woman out of my sight. Send her to Ibiki or something, charge her with the crimes of theft as well as child abuse, anything you can come up with. Just take her and go." said the Sandaime knowing that Tanuki had follow him.

"As you wish lord Hokage." answered Tanuki, he just appeared with a poof of smoke and took the now screaming Seiko away.

As Hiruzen left the office he could see that a small group of employees had gather around the office to see what the commotion was about, he would deal with them later. Hiruzen quickly made his way to the hospital in hopes of being told that Naruko was alive and ok.


When he reached the Hospital he was told that Naruko was being operated. He spend a couple hours outside the room until he saw one of the medics come out. Hiruzen quickly made his way to him.

"Lord Hokage!" said the surprised medic.

"Tell me whats going on? How is she?"

The doctor gave him a dark look and shook his head. Hiruzen eyes widened, had Tanuki been too late? Did she pass away? Why wasn't the medic telling him anything? Hiruzen saw the medic's hand tremble and close into a fist, he was trembling with rage.

"It was inhuman, whoever did this to the poor girl wasn't human. I have seen and treated ugly injuries in Shinobi who came from a close encounter with death but all of that looks like a walk in the park compared with what she went through. I'm afraid to say that it would be better if she died."

"What! How can you say that? Aren't you supposed to be trying to save her instead of just deciding to let her die?"

"Lord Hokage, believe me when I say we are doing the best we can to save her but the amount of physical trauma would be enough to kill a hardened Shinobi not to mention the internal damage."

"Is it that bad?"

"Yes it is. She has broken bones and ribs, a perforated lung, severe head trauma and I can swear there is no one in this world who can bleed that much and still be somewhat alive. Worst of all is that It doesn't stop there, there are more details that I can't tell you right now but I will send you a report. When she was brought by that ANBU she was just entering cardiac arrest, we managed to stop it but I fear she may enter grade 4 shock in a couple of hours... she may not pass the night. Now if you excuse me I have to go back." The doctor left Hiruzen and went back inside the operation room.

With each word the doctor said, Hiruzen felt like he was being stabbed in the heart. At the mention of the possibility of Naruko not passing the night, something snapped inside him. The kind and righteous Hokage Hiruzen was known for died and was replaced by a blood thirsty demon who only had revenge in mind. After the doctor went inside the room, Hiruzen quickly Shunshin to his office, once there he called the ANBU captains.

"Lord Hokage." they said in unison and kneed in front on him.

Hiruzen saw about half of the captains, he was quick to give his orders.

"I have a mission of the utmost importance. About four hours ago I was informed that a defenseless child had been brutalized in an alley, right now she is debating between life and death. She may not pass the night. Here is where your assignment kicks in, I want you to find the culprit/s and erase him/er/them from the face of the earth. You may do anything you wish but you may not under any circumstance make it quick, make it as long and painful as you can. I expect results within two days at the most. Disperse now."

"As you wish my lord." the ANBU disappeared in a poof of smoke.

Konoha was a dictatorship, Hiruzen as its leader was the maximum authority and therefore what he said was law. He was justice. The moment the culprit/s had decided to land a hand on the girl he considered a granddaughter, him/er/them had forfeit their right to live. After the ANBU left, he made his way back to the hospital. There he waited another couple of hours until another doctor stepped out of the operation room. He made his way next to him.

"Please tell me she is going to be alright."

"Lord Hokage... We did everything we could..."

Dread started setting in his stomach after hearing those words, his hardened mask slipping with each passing second. A feeling of extreme guilt started downing on him. 'did I fail you Minato?'

"Is she..." He couldn't finish his sentence, it was too painful to even think about it, let alone say it.

"We managed to fix most of the damage and bring her to the safe zone but unfortunately she slipped into a coma. She may wake from it in a couple of hours or days, she might also never wake up again. We will have to sit and wait."

"Can I see her?"

"I'm sorry but you can't, its not recommended. You may see her in a couple of days after we have accommodate her in a new room." In that moment the door open and Hiruzen saw a bunch of medics and nurses carrying Naruko to a new room. His eyes widened when he saw her, she had ugly bruises all over her small arms and face. His hands closed into tight fists, his nails breaking into skin drawing small amounts of blood.

"Its my fault... if I had visited her more frequently at the orphanage, I would have known that she had been kicked out. Maybe I could have prevented this..."

"Its not your fault sir. You just don't have the time to look after her, being Hokage is very taxing on one's life and time."

"That's no reason to have completely forgot about her, I thought I was doing well but reality just slapped me hard... Now that I remember, I still have some loose ends to attach in the orphanage. I will take my leave, I expect you to inform me about any thing that happens with Naruko."

"Hai."

When Hiruzen left the hospital it was already night... what a pity. He opted to go home. Tomorrow he would bring sweet justice to those who worked at the orphanage.


Naruko woke up two weeks later, her body ached but at least she could move. She took a glance around the room unsure of where she was, looking around she saw some white curtains and plain looking things. Her attention shifted to her left arm. There was a thin transparent tube attached to the back of her hand, she followed the tube and saw a weird thing with a bag of water. Water dripping into a small tube attached to one end. Her ears picked an annoying beeping sound, she looked around the room until her eyes fell on another weird thing that keep beeping every second or so. She tried to sleep a bit but the beeping kept her awake.

'If this is heaven, it sucks...'

With nothing else to do she just stood there with a blank look waiting for something to happen... anything. Her attention shifted to the door when she heard the handle turn. In came a guy wearing a white coat. The guy blinked a couple of times and then he smiled. He got closer until he was standing next to her bed.

"Are you an angel?" she questioned.

"I'm flattered you think of me as such but I am no angel, I am a medic. You are in the Hospital."

"Hospital?"

"Yep, you were brought here after someone decided to attack you. Do you remember anything?"

Naruko tried to remember the last thing she did but her head hurt every time she tried. She shook her head.

"I see, that's alright. Lets just hope you never remember. I wouldn't want to remember that."

An awkward silence settled between the two, feeling uncomfortable with it Naruko decided to start talking.

"I feel bad, my body hurts all over."

"Let me check..."

The doctor took out a notepad and a pen, he started checking her. He checked her pulse and how her eyes reacted to light and scribbled something in the notepad. He questioned her a bit and scribbled some more. He finally put the pen and notepad away.

"Amazing..." he muttered.

The doctor came out of his thoughts and took a small vial and syringe out of his breast pocket. He filled the syringe with the liquid in the vial and approach Naruko. He injected the liquid into the transparent tube.

"What's that?"

"This will help you with the pain."

"Oh..."

"Lord Hokage will come to see you in a couple minutes. Rest while he arrives." with that he left the room.

A couple of minutes later the doors flew open once more. The Hokage walked into the room, followed by an ANBU. He quickly made his way next to her and hugged her like his life depended on it.

"Thank god you are finally up Naruko, you don't know how good it does to my heart." Hiruzen let go of her and wiped a small tear that formed in his eye. Naruko squinted her eyes a bit and then a frown appeared on her face.

"Who are you?"

That simple question keep echoing in Hiruzen's mind until just the sound of breaking glass remained. He came back to his senses. His mind told him that it was normal that she had forgotten about him, after all it had been over a year since he had last seen her. He decided to refresh her memory in hopes that she may remember him.

"I am Sarutobi Hiruzen, The Sandaime Hokage. I used to visit you when you were living in the orphanage, don't tell anyone but you were my favorite. Do you remember me?"

Naruko absorbed the new info and tried to remember the time she spend in the orphanage, she remembered the other kids picking on her and the adults telling her to fuck off. She took another glance at the Sandaime and noted his robes, she tried to remember harder. A small memory invaded her mind, she remembered a time when she was crying below a tree and an old man in red robes approached her. He made her laugh and forget why she was crying. Several more memories invaded her mind about other times when the man in red robes visited her. She came out of her memories and looked at Sarutobi straight in the eyes.

"jiji?" Naruko asked with uncertainty.

"Glad to see you remember me." said the Sandaime with a smile.

"Jiji!" Naruko exclaimed and extended her arms in an attempt to hug him, Hiruzen leaned closer and hugged her as well. She cried and cried on his shoulder.

"You don't know how much *sob* I missed you jiji."

"I missed you too Naruko."

After she ran out of tears, Naruko let go of Hiruzen and leaned back in her bed. He took his handkerchief and wiped her tears off. She smiled a bit.

"How do you feel Naruko?"

"A little better but I still feel like crap..."

"I can see that... Listen Naruko I am sorry for what happen, I should have paid more attention to you. If I had, I would have known that you had been kicked out of the orphanage... I am sorry that you had to go through all of this." said the Hokage with a look of sorrow on his old face.

"Its not your fault jiji, you don't have to apologize to me... I just don't know why the villagers hate me so much. Every time I try to get close to one of them, they either ignore me or come after me... I just don't understand it..." said Naruko with a look of sadness.

"Do not worry about it anymore Naruko. I will make sure that no one ever lays a hand on you ever again, that's a promise of a life time." said Hiruzen with a smile while placing his right hand on her small shoulder. She gave him a small smile.

"By the way how long has it been since you were kicked out of the orphanage? Where are you living? What have you been eating?"

"I was kicked out of the orphanage about a year and a half or so ago. I've been living in a small den outside Konoha and I've been eating berries and what I can find in the woods. Shuusuke; his name was, he taught me how to grow plants before he was killed in one of his travels. I was doing fairly well..."

Now she looked at the floor with shame.

"But when Winter hits I can't find anything, I come to the village and steal a little from the merchants... its not like I want to but the hunger is just too much." finished the blonde girl.

The Hokage looked like he had been hit in the face with a boulder, here was Naruko telling him that she had been living for the past year and a half in a den with nothing else to eat other than berries, plants she grew and stuff she stole. A feeling of pain filled his old heart, he would have to make up to her for all the time she spend living in that place. An idea suddenly hit him.

"I had no idea Naruko... its okay, you did what you had to do in order to survive, anyone would have done the same. You know Naruko, how would you like to have your own house... well an apartment but what matters is that its yours and only yours." said the Hokage with a smile.

Naruko's eyes widened in surprise, was he saying the truth or was he just playing cruel jokes on her, she decided to ask him.

"An apartment? Are you serious jiji?"

"Yes, I am serious Naruko. I will give you an apartment and a monthly allowance so you can buy food, clothing and anything you may need."

"Yay, thank you so much jiji!" She was about to hug him and give him a kiss when she leaned back in her bed, pain shoot through her body.

"Ouch!"

"Take it easy Naruko, rest well first. When you get better we will go and take a look at your new apartment." With that said, the Hokage gave her a hug and a kiss in the forehead.

"Rest well." After saying that he left.

Outside Naruko's room, the Hokage was talking with the ANBU he had brought along.

"Tanuki, I want you to guard this room, don't let anyone who isn't my personal team of medics or myself inside. I fully expect you to follow my orders."

"Of course Hokage-sama, I will guard this room with my life."

"Very well, I must take my leave now." The Hokage left to do his much neglected paperwork.


Two weeks passed and Naruko was as good as new, the doctor told her she could go. Hiruzen was there when she was released. He took her to what would be her new home, the apartment he had brought her was in the top floor of the building. It was a four room apartment, it had a small kitchen, a small dinning room, a bathroom and what would be her bedroom. She had been delighted, in her eyes it was huge and had anything she needed. After he show her the apartment he took her to buy some clothing. The clothes she had had been thrown away because of the pitiful state they were in. She only had the clothing the Hospital had given her.

Once in the store the woman who was in charge tried to kick her out, only to meet the cold and unforgiven eyes of the Hokage. She quickly acted polite and let them wander around the store, she even gave them a fifty percent discount. At the end of the day Naruko had so many different types of clothing and shoes, she would need at least two wardrobes to fit all of that in. after getting clothing, the Hokage bought her some furniture so her apartment wouldn't look so empty.

Finally night came and he invited her to eat to a fancy restaurant. Without a doubt Naruko would remember this day as the best day of her short life.


Life for eleven year old Uzumaki Naruko couldn't be worse, but it seem that people got creative with each passing day. It would be a good thing that people got creative but for Naruko it was all the opposite, this was bad because people's minds always came up with new and twisted ways to torment her. Whether it was beatings in a dark alleys, overcharging her for the food she bought, ignoring her and sending glares and disgusted looks or just vandalizing her apartment.

She was fed up with all of that but she would stand tall and proud waiting for anything they felt like trowing her way, she would not run. She would gain their respect and admiration and prove everyone that she was not weak nor a disgrace to the village, much less a demon as all of the village liked to call her.


Naruko was currently sitting in a chair in the small kitchen of her apartment, an empty cup of ramen was in front of her. Her outfit consisted of an orange jacket with blue on the upper shoulder areas as well as up and down the front, a white swirl with a tassel on the left side, a red swirl on the back and a big white collar. She also had an orange skirt with thigh high black socks which would be replaced by orange pants on cold days and blue sandals.

She was thinking about all that has happen to her in her short life. She remembered the time she spend in the orphanage, the time she spend sleeping in her small den, her first beating, the day the Sandaime gave her the keys for her small apartment, the day he signed her up at the academy and of course the upcoming festival.

It had been a little over six years since the day the Sandaime had given Naruko her apartment. A lot of things had happen since then, mostly bad but bearable. Since that day Naruko had been beaten at least one out of the seven days of the week and brutally beaten at least two more times, the only thing that saved her life were the ANBU that Hiruzen had assigned to protect her. Most of the time they had arrived late but none the less they had taken the mob away to never be seen again. This didn't seem to stop the beatings, it would seem that it only served to enrage the villagers even more.

"I should get going before the Kyūbi festival starts." with that thought she left the village to go hide in the forest.

The Kyūbi festival lasted three days. During those days people would celebrate the defeat of the fox at the hands of the Yondaime, the problem was that some of them would go hunt Naruko down and others would go vandalize her apartment. There was no safe place for her during those days. She wouldn't like to be present while they destroyed her property and sure as hell she didn't want to be wandering around the village while the festival lasted.


Today was the third day of the festival, Naruko had done a great job at hiding, so far no one had found her. Still she had heard them in the distance looking for her but it seem that she would get away without a scratch this time.

'Great, a couple more hours and the festival will come to an end. I just have to stay put and not make any kind of sound, still I am hungry... I should get some sleep, maybe that will take this hunger away.' with that last thought she drift off to sleep.

Unknown to her, footsteps could be heard getting closer, by the looks of it the villagers wouldn't rest until they found Naruko and beat the crap out of her. The mob that had initially left Konoha had been about 120 members strong but when they couldn't find her, they had decided to split into team of eight that way they would cover more territory in less time. Unfortunately for her one of the fifteen teams was pretty close to her. She realized she had been found a little too late. She had woken up once she felt a hand on her leg trying to pull her out of the den she had been hiding for the last three days. With a mighty pull she was out.

"Just look what I found! I knew this time we would find the demon!" one of them said exited.

"Hell yea! lets show the demon what happens when it tries to hide."

"Nooo! leave me alone! I have never done anything to you, don't hit me please!" Naruko was starting to cry.

"Like hell you haven't demon! Now shut up and receive your punishment!"

For the next couple of minutes she was punched, slapped, kicked, cut and even step on, now they were about to start punching and kicking even harder when one of the men spoke up.

"Wait a bit guys!"

"What? What is it?"

"You have heard about what happens to those who "Abuse" the demon scum, right?"

"Yea... it pisses me off."

"Well, if we are caught b-"

"Don't even say it!"

"Fine... anyways, if that happens, we should at least make sure we take the demon down with us. We would be hailed as heroes."

"You are right but... how do we kill it? I mean, it doesn't matter how many times we punch and kick, fucking demon won't die... its not even funny, its frustrating."

"I know, I have been thinking and came up with the solution."

"Well what is it?"

"We have two options. We can either decapitate it or..."

"Decapitation? Well it makes sense but it wouldn't suffer that much... it seems merciful in a kind of way... you get what I mean?"

"Yea I know, that's why I came up with another way to get rid off it. We burn it alive."

Some of the men shivered at the though of being burned at the stake. Some were delighted with the idea and were quick to act.

"Then what are we waiting for? Start getting logs and anything else we need to make the fire."

The group dispersed and went looking for wood, two guys stayed behind to make sure the demon wouldn't escape. A couple of minutes later a pile of wood was resting in the small clearing they had moved to. Naruko had been tied up to a log and thrown in the middle of said pile.

"Anyone got a light?"

Several men started looking in their pockets, one of them took out a shinny lighter and gave it to the "Leader".

"Let's make history."

The guy threw the lighter into the pile and it started to burn, helped by the dry leaves and paper that had been put in there as well. A couple of minutes later the fire was at its peak and was starting to burn Naruko. She keep trying to free herself but she had been bind tightly. A part of her pants catch on fire, the extreme heat making her scream in agony. Another part of her jacket also caught on fire and was burning its way to her stomach. Her vision started to fade but the pain kept her awake, she looked at the people. She saw wicked grins and excitement in their eyes. There was no way out of that hell, this was it for her. She heard someone shout.

"Suiton: Suihachi!" (Water Release; Water Wave Palm)

A cold jet of water hit her, successfully extinguishing the fire. She cough some water that had made its way to her lungs, she was shivering but was grateful that she was no longer roasting in that stake. She open her eyes just in time to see six people landing around her, five were wearing black cloaks and the other a white one. The one in the white cloak raised his hand and snapped his fingers, in an instant Naruko was released from her binds. An ANBU took Naruko in her arms and left for the Hospital, in the distance she could hear the screams of who would've been her killers.


It had been nearly a year since that night. Naruko had repaired her apartment and had also failed to graduate twice. She was grateful that the ANBU had shown up when they did, she didn't wish for anyone to be burned alive like she had almost been. She was happy that her attackers had gotten what they deserved. Now she was back doing what she did the best; pulling pranks all around Konoha. Her latest prank being vandalizing the Hokage mountain. Naruko could be seen running and jumping from place to place from two angry Chūnin.

"You have gone too far this time!"

"Stop at once!"

"SHUT UP! You are just jealous you can't do that! I can because I am the greatest! Dattebayo!"

The Chūnin kept chasing her, once they were out of sight, Naruko appeared from behind a cloak which she used to hide herself.

"Way too easy... Nothing like the ANBU... I should get going, all this chasing made me hungry..." Naruto told herself.

She was just turning around when a hand was placed in her shoulder, making her blood go cold. She had a pretty good idea who that hand belonged to. Turning around she confirmed her suspiciousness.

"I-Iruka S-Sensei! I was on my way to the-" She couldn't finish, Iruka placed a hand on her mouth, tied her up and carried her over to the academy.


A tied up Naruko could be seen in front of the classroom, an angry like hell Iruka was on her side glaring at her.

"Listen Naruko and listen well! You have failed the graduation exam twice! Stop fooling around and start working harder!" said Iruka. He didn't care about her, he just wanted her to graduate so he could finally get rid off her. He didn't want to see her anymore.

"Whatever..." said the blonde turning her head away from Iruka.

Iruka's eye twitched "We are going to have a review test for the Henge no Jutsu! Those who have passed it will have to line up as well!" shouted Iruka earning groans of displeasure from his students.

Sakura was first followed by Sasuke, Ino, Shikamaru. Choji, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Ami, a couple of other students and finally Naruko.

"This sucks" said Shikamaru

"Its all your fault Naruko" said Ino

"Tsk, like I care..."

"Naruko stop fooling around, you are next!"

Naruko stepped to the front of the classroom and gathered her chakra, with a poof she transformed... in her place now stood a young naked woman with really thin clouds of smoke around her breast and lower body, the clouds did little to nothing to cover her up. Iruka froze up and with a big gush of blood he was skyrocketed backwards, so did some of the other kids in her class. She transformed back to her original form.

"I should have known better... I call this technique the Sexy no Jutsu!" said Naruko with a smirk.

"IDIOT! HOW THE HELL YOU DARE INVENT SUCH STUPID TECHNIQUE!" Yelled a pissed off Iruka with his famous Big head no Jutsu, angry he had been made look like a fool.


Naruko was now in a cleaning platform a wet cloth in her hands, she had to clean the Hokage monument, Iruka had been assigned to watch over her and make sure she didn't try to escape.

"Damn it. Damn it." cursed Naruko

"You aren't going home until you clean it up good."

"I don't care, its not like anyone is waiting for me at home..."

"I don't care, I won't spend all my day looking after you. Better work harder, I have stuff to do." a couple of seconds later Iruka spoke once more "You know something, if you hurry up you can go home and train and possibly pass this year's exam. Becoming Genin is the first step to reach your dream of becoming Hokage." Naruko's eyes lid up.

"You are right! the faster I finish this, the sooner I can go home and train. I wont fail this time, I will become Genin Dattebayo!"

With that Naruko finished in no time and headed to her apartment to train for the rest of the day, in hopes of passing the graduation exam that would take place the next day.


"We will now start the final exam! If your name is call, head to the classroom next door. The subject will be the Bunshin no Jutsu" explained Iruka.

'Daaamn it, the only thing I am not good at!' thought Naruko.

Students were called to the next room, before long it was Naruko's turn. Her examiners would be Iruka and Mizuki.

'I have to do it, I have to do it! Dattebayo!' "Bunshin no Jutsu!"

After the poof of smoke cleared, Naruko took a glance at her clone. Its outfit and skin had the right colors... but it was laying in the floor with its tongue out. It looked like it was begging a quick and painless death. Naruko looked at it with horror in her eyes. Iruka's eye twitched, by the looks of it he would spend another year with her.

"You fail!" Iruka said through gritted teeth.

"Iruka, her movements and stamina were great, she did replicate, even if it came out like that, perhaps we should pass her." said Mizuki. Naruko's eyes lid with hope after Mizuki's comment.

"Mizuki, everyone else could at least create three perfectly looking clones. She could only make "That" and it looks like its begging for death, I cannon pass someone like her."

Naruko looker at Iruka with anger in her eyes.


Naruko was sitting in the swing in front of the academy looking as sad as someone who had failed three times could look. She could hear the adults praising their children. She could also hear how bad people were talking about her and her failure. He had had enough and decided to head home. Halfway her trip she could hear Mizuki calling out her name. He walked with her towards her apartment.

"Why does he pick on me the most? Its not fair!"

"He only wants you to become strong, you know."

"Yea, but I really wanted to graduate this time!"

"Fine, I'll tell you a big secret"


Naruko was inside the Hokage residence looking all over for the scroll Mizuki had told her. Apparently if you learned a technique from it, you would instantly graduate from the academy.

"What are you doing in my house, this late at night?"

Naruko froze on her tracks, turning around she saw Hiruzen with a cup of coffee. She did the first thing that came to mind. "Sexy no Jutsu!"

"What the-"

After seeing the sexy technique he was instantly knocked out, passing out from blood loss. Naruko keep searching for the scroll, after she found it, she headed to the spot Mizuki had told her to practice the technique that would help her graduate.


In front of the Hokage residence, several ninjas were gathered. Word that Uzumaki Naruko had taken the forbidden scroll had been spread through the village by Mizuki, the latter just having arrived from picking up Iruka.

"Lord Hokage, we cannot let this slide as a prank!"

"The scroll of sealing is something dangerous that the Shodaime Hokage Sealed! If its used in the wrong way it can..."

"If she carries it out the village it would become a major problem!"

"Very well, bring Naruko here!"

"Hai Hokage-sama!"


Naruko had arrived to the spot Mizuki had told her, there was a small wood cabin and a spot where she could train. She unfolded the scroll of sealing and started reading it.

"Lets see, the first technique is Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu… Really...? Are you freaking serious! Whats up with this god damned technique following me everywhere! Damn it! Damn it all!" Shouted Naruko.

After her outburst she decided its was better to get the Bunshin technique out of the way. A couple hours passed when Iruka suddenly dropped in front of her, it didn't matter she had finally learned the Jutsu.

"Hey Naruko." Said Iruka with a tint of malice in his voice.

"Oh, hey Iruka, it seems you found me. I could only lean a technique, it doesn't matter I'll show it to you so you can graduate me! If I learn a technique from this scroll you will pass me right?"

"What are you talking about Naruko?"

"Mizuki told me about the rule where you have to get this scroll, come to this place and learn a technique. If you can do it, you will automatically pass!" shouted an exited blonde.

"Mizuki said that?"

Before the blonde could answer him, a barrage of Kunai flew towards both of them. Iruka pushed Naruko out of the way by more of a reflex than anything, resulting in him being pinned to the cabin wall.

"I am surprised you found this place." said Mizuki from the spot he was in one of the branches of a nearby tree.

"I see, so that's how it is Mizuki." Was Iruka's pained reply

"Naruko hand over the scroll." Mizuki commanded.

"Hey, what the hell is going on here? Why is Iruka pinned to the wall?" asked a confused Naruko.

"Naruko, whatever you do, don't hand the scroll over to Mizuki. That scroll contains powerful forbidden techniques, he used you to get the scroll!"

"Uh..."

"Naruko don't listen to Iruka, he is afraid of you possessing that."

"What?"

"What are you talking about Mizuki? Don't listen to him Naruko, he is lying!"

"Hahaha, I will tell you the truth Naruko. You see there was this rule that was created after the demon fox attacked twelve years ago, a rule that prohibits everyone from saying that you are the Kyūbi reincarnated! In other words, you are the Kyūbi who killed Iruka's parents and destroyed the village!"

"What! That can't be true! There is no way that I am the Kyūbi, its just not possible!"

"Didn't you ever wondered why everyone hates and abuses you? Why everyone ignores you? There you have your answer!"

"No, No, NO! Damn it, Damn it!"

"No one is ever going to recognize you! Even Iruka hates you! You killed his parents and destroyed our village, you will never be Hokage! NOW DIE!"

Mizuki then proceed to throw one of his giant shuriken to Naruto who was frozen in the spot, Iruka could be heard shouting at Naruko to duck. She tried to get away but she wasn't fast enough to avoid the shuriken. She closed her eyes to embrace the excruciating pain that was sure to follow, once she didn't feel a thing, she opened her eyes to find that Iruka had received the hit trying to protect her. She asked him why he had protected her, he told her about them being equal and seeking everyone's attention.

Naruko was starting to believe him when she heard Mizuki telling her that he was lying and that he only wanted the scroll... he had hit the nail right in the head. As soon as Naruko saw Iruka making a disgusted face, she quickly got away from him and run into the forest. Never looking back to the lying bastard. Mizuki laughed at Iruka's failed attempt, he retrieved the Shuriken that had been a couple of moments ago in Iruka's back. And soon followed Naruko.


Naruko was resting in one of the trees when she heard the voice of Mizuki and Iruka arguing, she could care less but her curiosity got the best of her. She could hear them arguing about she being the Kyūbi and all of that, she decided to leave when she heard Iruka talk one more.

"Even if I hate to admit it, Naruko is an excellent student that I recognize. It may be true that she doesn't work hard and is stubborn at times and no ones accepts her but she knows whats to have a great pain in the heart, she is not the Kyūbi but Uzumaki Naruko of Konoha!"

By this time Naruko was crying, that was the best thing that someone had said about her besides the Sandaime. Finally someone recognized her and she would be damned if she let that person die.

Mizuki's eye twitched "What an idiot. I was planing to kill you later but I changed my mind. Get ready to die Iruka!" With that he speed towards Iruka, shuriken spinning madly in his hand. He jumped back once he sensed someone trying to land a kick to his face.

"Damn you! Why did you interfere?" Asked an enraged Mizuki.

"Don't lay a finger on Iruka-sensei, if you do I'll kill you!" growled Naruko.

"Hahaha, I will kill you in less than a second!" Shouted Mizuki.

"Try it jerk, I'll deal a thousand times more damage back to you!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Come on foul beast!"

"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" shouted Naruko.

Suddenly the clearing they were in was filled with at least 300 Naruko. All of them were grinning like a madman. Mizuki fell on his butt at seeing the sheer number of copies Naruko had made, he quickly regained his composure and stood up. He tensed his body for the upcoming battle. As if on cue all of the Naruko jumped on him.

"I AM A CHŪNIN! I WONT BE DEFEATED HERE!" Mizuki roared.

With a mighty battle roar he took the two giant shuriken that were strapped to his back and started spinning them madly, he released them and took about fifty clones with them. After seeing that the clones weren't too tough, he gained some confidence. With Taijutsu alone he took about fifty out. He no longer had kunai but he had shuriken, with shuriken he took twenty out. He had some paper booms, he used them taking out about 100 of the clones. By now there were less than one hundredth clones left. He had to finish this quick, the paper booms would surely caught the attention of more Shinobi. He decided to finish the battle with a fire and earth Jutsu, take the scroll and leave to never be seen again.

"Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" Shouted Mizuki.

With that great fireball he took another fifty clones, finally there were less than fifty clones remaining.

"Retsudo Tenshō!" He shouted again.

The rock that was surrounding the remaining clones began to churn and twist up crushing all those trapped within it. Finally only Naruko was remaining, she was frozen in the stop. She couldn't believe that all of her whole army had been decimated in less than ten minutes, she turned her head to a panting Mizuki.

"Hehehe *pant* did you thought your stupid tricks would beat me? Me a Chūnin? A simple academy student cant *pant* compete with me! Now hand over the scroll!" Mizuki shouted and ran towards Naruko.

"RUN NARUKO! RUN! DONT EVER LET HIM LAND HIS HANDS ON THE SCROLL! Shouted Iruka who was trapped below a branch that had fallen on him after the paper booms blew up.

She came out of her trance and did as she was told, once more she started running trying to get away from the now enraged Mizuki. Mizuki was still tired from the battle but he just wouldn't give up on the scroll after being so close of getting it.


Naruko had been running for twenty minutes. She could feel Mizuki just a couple feet behind her, it was a matter of minutes before he would get his hands on her, kill her and leave the village with the forbidden scroll. All of this was her fault, she had been tricked like a little kid who had been promised candy if he behaved but at the end got nothing because they were bad for him. She cursed her luck, now there wasn't anyone around who would protect her. She was destined to die this day and be forgotten. The thought made her cry. She was just so tired of running, she just dropped to the ground trying to catch her breath. A couple of seconds latter Mizuki dropped next to her.

"If I had known that Iruka would drop by, you learning the Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and make things harder, I would have come faster instead of shouting through the village that you had stolen the scroll... but none of that matters, I finally have the scroll." He came closer to Naruko, punched her in the stomach, slapped her a couple of times and picked up the scroll.

"Hehehe, Finally the scroll is mine! I will become invincible! HAHAHAHA!" maniacally laughed Mizuki.

He proceed to leave but stopped and took a glance at the blonde laying at his feet. An idea assaulted his mind, he smirked and crouched in front of Naruko and started talking.

"You know, I couldn't have done it without your help. There is also this little thing I want to experience before I leave this damned village and you will be the perfect partner. You will serve me one last time."

Mizuki then proceed to rip Naruko's jacket and shirt off, revealing all her belly and chest. He then ripped her pants and undergarments leaving her completely naked. He started taking his flak jacket and shirt off as well as his pants. Naruko tried to get away but was quickly subdued by Mizuki. He started touching and kissing her everywhere. Naruko screamed, cried and kicked all over trying to get away. Needless to say she couldn't. This time they were deep in the forest and there wasn't anyone around who could save her from the terrible fate that awaited her.


A/N: Would you believe me if I told you it took me 4 or so months just to write these two chapters... as you may have already noticed, the first chapter is just a glance at how Naruto's life is going. The main story will take place here in Naruko's world.

Anyways, if you read this before you should see some differences if you did not, you aren't missing that much... maybe you are... w/e. Basically this is just a revised version with a lot less typos and errors. I'll be posting chapters as I finish editing them.

Devilbeast. Yea, Hinata doesn't have the slightest idea of who Naruto is. I been wondering about the idea of pairing Naruto/Naruko since the beginning but I remember someone saying it was taking the idea of loving yourself a little too far...

What are your thoughts on paining Naruto/Naruko?

Review and tell me how I am doing. If you have any questions leave them in a review I'll answer it through a PM or in the next chapter.

A/N2: I snipped a couple of little bastards... hopefully you won't see that many spelling errors this time.