Crossroads.

Crossroads was an abandoned apartment complex. It was kept up with by the stray's, runaway's, and children kicked out who lived their. Everybody had their own apartment and sometime had to share it with someone with the same reasons for running away. Each Letter was a reason, each room was a different story. How so many kids kept the electric and gas on is a mystery...not. This old man often called pervy-sage bought the whole complex and had the eclectic company bill him the bill for the entire place. He was one of the kids over in H building but he lived in N building with a few others they left priodicly and had the building restored so that it was closed to all except for the ones who lived there and pervy-sage. It was more like a mansion fortress than 6 three bedroom apartments. Each letter had a purpose.

A = abused (all forms)

B = beat

C = caualties in family

D = depression

E = drinkers/drugies

F = fell from grace

G = gangs

H = hated

I = ignored children

J = junior raped

K = kicked out

L = lashed

M = molested

N = Naruto' house

O = the emotionally deprived

P = parent death

Q = queens (of the drag variety)

R = rape

S = stray

T = travesties

U = Homosexuals (males)

V = Homosexuals (females)

W = over violent when angry

X = exiled

Y = mixed

Z = Illegal druggies

(A.N. please note that I do not approve of bashing of any kind.)

Seven people lived in Building N, just seven but Building N was always packed unless a red-head and a blonde were arguing, then it wasn't. Naruto lived in building N with his like-brother's Pien and Gaara. Itachi and Neji would come frequently until they were offered a permanent residence. A girl called Haku, and the ever weird Sai.

Neji had a cousin who would sneak over here often times but she never came to this building she always went to Building's A,D,F,H, I, M,P, and X. Neji was fine with until he knew what they meant. he flipped out and had to stay in Building W for a while.

With them all living their you must wonder how they got in a prestigious ivy league private school like Five Nations right? Well you had to be one the list since you were in the womb that and the parents had to have some money, or were working for somebody with connections to FN.

Naruto found crossroads when he was around 6, their he met his grandfather and asked his grand father to buy it for him he wanted to live here. They fixed up most of the building after school and wit lots and lots of help. his grandfather changed the leasing office into a small three story house. He and naruto lived there until Naruto turned 11, He moved into the H building where the most hated kids stayed. Why do that when he had a loving grandfather? The school and city aren't as loving as one or two people from a village unless you make the village.

Crossroad starting getting people in it after a 8 year old extremely smart Naruto posted fliers in the most go to spots for runaways and strays, eventually it became common knowledge, What was not common knowledge was how to get into the village's fortress like walls. Food was supplied to every apartment. and a small store was in the bottom floor of the leasing office/house.

Naruto refused to let any one move into Building N, he always said that was his and when he turned twelve when the professor first got sick it was, a month latter Haku came, Gaara close after, With Neji and Itachi coming together. Pein would often come so he was given a room, and one day he just dragged Sai in by the hair saying he need us more then Building O, he said we could help more then they could.

When they had been together for a year they decided this was home and home had to be protected, so it was made into a fortress/mansion. Then years later they broke apart left for long periods of time but always came back. It was home.

Sure now they live in collogue dorm's and apartments with bfs/gfs, but they had a family dinner at least once a month. Crossroads was home, and home had a fucking awesome underground black market for everything except organs, guns and swords, Ropes and spy gear, they had it all, plus it was free for Building N residents. Naruto was voted King of the village and he just got thing and people that lived with him were his court.

The people of most of the school groups had has or will live in one of the buildings in Naruto's village of Crossroads. Itachi and Gaara were the Shadow Kings. Pein had a guy be in charge of all the money, Haku was often referred to as medic. Sai was the go to Artist if you didn't mind a few insults about yourself, Neji was the official enforcement, if his glares were anything to go by not considering Itachi, because you just didn't do anything wrong in front of him or when you thought him to be by. Naruto was the law.

A.N. Just thought I would do some background. Any questions just leave it in a Review other wise it may never get answered.

With love...Ryou-Chan