Extrovert Thespian

As a kid Naruto didn't have any friends. People didn't abuse him, hurt him, overcharge him or any of that, hey just avoided him. He didn't have people to spend his time with, play games with or anything like that. A boy with no friends and nothing to spend his time with however will still be able to find a way.

One day at the age of six a traveling theater group came to Konoha, theater groups weren't well liked because of the easy chance to sneak in a spy but still they came, they passed all the security checks, allowed all of their possessions to be searched and after hours they were given clearance. The first thing the theatre group did was they made their way to the park and put on an impromptu show, nothing fancy, nothing special just a small show to let people know they were in town and get their name out a bit.

Young Naruto found himself in the park and watched on as the theater group did what they do best. He watched on as they spun a tale with all of their actors, a tale about a little girl, an evil wolf, a sickly grandmother and a bumbling woodsman.

Everyone 'oohed' and 'aahed' at the right moments, the theater group was rather good after all, but Naruto didn't ooh or aah. He screamed when the wolf showed up, cried when the granny was devoured, shouted at the little girl for trusting the wolf and he yelled in joy when the day was finally saved. To everyone else it was just a story, a play but to Naruto it was much, much more than that.

When the impromptu play was over Naruto found himself face to face with the actress who had played the little girl, she and all of the other actors had noticed how much he loved the play and decided that they would offer him a free ticket to the rest of the plays they did while in town. "Money was nice," she told him, "but someone who truly enjoys our work is even nicer."

They stayed in town for two weeks and for those two weeks Naruto followed them around like a lost puppy, eagerly watching all of their plays and while he was loud and annoyed some of the other people watching the plays, he was still the theater groups favorite customer, even if he never actually paid for anything.

They didn't come back to Konoha many times after that but every now and then Naruto would receive a letter or a gift from the theater group and he made sure to practice, practice so that oneday he could be up there on that stage with them.

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"YOU ARE THE KYUUBI KITSUNE!" Mizuki yelled, pointing straight at a twelve year old Naruto.

Iruka felt his heart break when he saw Naruto look down in sadness, his hair shadowing his face and a hand raised to wipe the tears that were sure to be falling. When Naruto lowered his hand Iruka watched as his student's body began to shake, convulsing as he cried. But something was wrong, that didn't sound like crying coming from Naruto, but what else could it be? It couldn't be laughter could it? It...It was laughter. Naruto was laughing? But why?

"SHUT UP DEMON!" Mizuki screamed angrilly, rushing towards Naruto in a blind-rage.

"Naruto RUN!" Iruka cried, himself rushing forward but he was too slow, he knew that.

But Naruto didn't run, he just looked up and both of the chunin froze, terror clenching their hearts. Demonic, red eyes bore into the both of them, chilling them to their very souls as Naruto's laughter slowly subsided. "Oh my oh my, the prey thinks that it's the hunter, how…..cute," Naruto drawled through fanged teeth.

Neither Mizuki or Iruka said a word as they slowly inched away from the boy before them.

"You were hoping to cut me open, see my stomach spill all over he ground weren't you?" Naruto asked, slowly creeping forward like the hunter he was. "Never fear you will get to see my stomach, the dead deserve a final wish after all. But you will be seeing my stomach from the inside," Naruto informed Mizuki, a wicked grin on his face.

Mizuki did the only smart thing in a situation like that, he bolted.

"Run, run, run my cute little prey! I like to work up an appetite before a meal," Naruto crowed after the fleeing man.

Iruka stared at the demonic boy in fear, he wanted to run, to say something, do something, do anything but he couldn't, he was frozen in fear. When Naruto turned those red eyes towards him, Iruka felt his bladder empty.

"And you thought that theatre was just a waste of time Iruka-sensei," Naruto laughed as he spat the fake teeth into his hands. "All I did was copy my script as the big bad wolf and I sent that bastard running away, screaming like a baby."

Iruka passed out.

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They were on a mission in Wave, protecting a drunk bridge builder and he built his bridge and Naruto decided to go and check out the town, have an up close and personal look to see what this Gato was doing to the place. After a while of looking around he found himself in a bar, a plate with a plate of food and a drink in front of him.

"Look at this little brat, boys!" a large, burly man shouted as he sat down next to Naruto. Naruto didn't say a word. "What's the matter boy? Missing ya mama's mangos?" the man laughed.

"As a matter of fact I am!" Naruto said calmly, he then moved fast and had his face in front of the man's face, but not as much as your daddy's cooking!"

"E-exactly where did ya say ya was from?" the man asked in shock, he hadn't expected for the boy to have a spine after all.

"Me? I'm from Kiri. Out there, beyond the horizon, past the sunset. The bloody mist," he finished with a whisper as he lent back against the bar. Getting into the swing of things, Naruto started to slowly swagger away from the bar, "yeah that's right, the place I come from we kill a man before breakfast just to work up an appetite!" there was a large gasp from the bar patrons. "Then we salt them, pepper them, then we braise them in clarified butter and then, here he lowered his voice to a low growl, we eat them."

A man, covered in scars, a tri-corner hat on his head and an axe on his back gulped, "you...you eat them?" he asked fearfully.

"THAT'S WHAT I SAID!" Naruto screamed in his face, stealing his hat as he did so. The crowd gasped again. "Hell I've seen things that would make a grown man lose control of his glandular functions! You spend three days in a horse carcass, living of your own juices, it'll change a man." Naruto grabbed a cardplayers deck, "oh yeah," he muttered as he sent the cards flying everywhere. "Got a few extra aces in this deck gents, just the way I like it."

Naruto then swaggered back to his seat and sat down, he looked at the burly man who whimpered in fright. "You're paying for my meal or you can become my next meal," Naruto finished casually. "The names Naruto."

The crowd muttered amongst themselves, "say are you the one who killed the Jenkins brothers?" someone asked.

Naruto nodded, "yep, killed them with one shuriken. Don't get any deader."

"All seven of them?" someone asked in shock.

Naruto nodded again, "yup all seven of them."

"Er how exactly did ya do that Mr Naruto sir?"

Naruto took a swig from his drink, "well listen up because this is where it gets complicated..."

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Kakashi looked at his blond student, "let me get this right, you walked through town, had a meal, got made the local constable, picked up not one, not two, not even three but four woman at the same time and all of whom are way too old for you, got into a business deal with Gato and have freed the people of Wave how exactly?

"Well ever heard of improve acting?" Naruto asked with a sheepish blush.

Kakashi just sighed and buried his face in his hands, he would not cry, he would not cry.

It was at that time that a naked woman only wearing Naruto's newly acquired hat came out, "Naruto my twin sister showed up, come on!" she called.

To this day Kakashi would not admit that he cried.

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Totally got this idea from Rango