Inside of the escape pod, Naruto was thinking back to the time that he was adopted...

It was on a September day, lunchtime to be exact, and Naruto was only five at the time. He was running around, two bottles of pink Silly String in both hands, as he was laughing and running away from two elder shinobi, who both had Silly String upon their angry faces. Naruto didn't understood why the two elderly men were so upset with him. He wanted to have some fun. He wasn't trying to hurt anyone. He needed a friend. As he was running from the yelling, angry men, he saw Iruka Umino, that scumbag teacher of his. He growls in disgust. Why was he here? Didn't he somewhere better to be? Or someone else to go bother? Naruto chuckles to himself.

Sensei really needs a girlfriend badly., thought the little five year old, but he stops as he saw two unfamiliar people with a young child next to them. What? Why were they here? Didn't they know how BORING this place was? He needed out. OUT. Now. His dumb ass let himself get reprehended by one of the shinobi that was chasing him. It was a pale man with a smirk on his face and some wrinkles on his lower eyes, who laughs at his success.

"YES! We've got you! Oh, lookie here! Your sensei is HERE.", says the older man.

The other man, who was light skinned with a goatee, high-fives his buddy as they head for Iruka, who was in a deep conversation with the English-accented parents of one. Iruka smiles.

"Well, WELL. Naruto. We were just talking about you.", says Iruka with a smirk.

"Huh?", says Naruto. "About what? And tell this IDIOT to put me down!"

The older man who had Naruto by the shirt collar, drops him to the ground, making him land on his butt, and laughs at him. Naruto got up and kicks him in the shin, making the old man scream in pain.

"NARUTO!", says Iruka, a caramel-colored man who was almost twenty, a scar across his nose and his brown hair tied into a small ponytail, yells at him. "Be respectful in front of our visitors."

"How the heck did they even know where this rathole WAS?", asks Naruto, already upset that his fun was already over.

Iruka groans and apologizes to the Uno family, who were still smiling. Mrs. Uno got on one knee to look at the young boy, who looked at her with disgust.

"What do YOU want?", asks Naruto.

She giggles and says hello to him politely, pinching his cheek. He growls and backs away from her. Iruka sighs.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what his problem is. All I know is that he can be...complicated with strangers."

Complicated? What does THAT mean?

Naruto sticks his tongue at Iruka and looks at the boy, who was hiding behind his father, but waving at him. Naruto didn't trust him, nor the adults. Naruto had been by himself all of his life, so of COURSE, he had trust issues. Naruto shakes his head. "What's the big idea, dolphin head...?"

Iruka sighs and gets on his knees to look him in the eye as he told him that the Unos wanted to adopt him. Naruto staggers back.

"WHAT? Adopt me?! Are you NUTS?"

Naruto never knew who or where his parents were. Why did he need parents now?

"C'mon, Naruto. It's a VERY good thing."

"Yea, right! You dummies just wanna get RID of me."

"If we were to REALLY get rid of you, we'd-"

Iruka stopped for a minute. He didn't want to say what he REALLY want to say in front of this nice family. For they didn't know the whole story. Naruto was a pain, a menace, a headache. He did anything and everything just to get under peoples' skin, and they hated it. They needed to do something. And adoption was the only option. They COULD kill him, but what good would THAT do? Except made them go to Hell or jail for killing a child. Iruka grabs Naruto's arm, handing him off to the Unos, who were still smiling as they shook Iruka's hand. There was no turning back now. Naruto was going to America, against his will, but it was better than being in that hellhole they call a village. The boy extends his hand in front of Naruto to shake, but Naruto refused. He wasn't giving them a chance. Not yet.

Naruto let a tear come from his eye and as he lands in a unknown place, he quickly remembered that this was where Naruto was token back to. Naruto goes over to the Unos house. But, when he got close to knock on the door, he stopped and turned back around. Why go to a place where he wasn't wanted? If that was the case, he was better off back in Konoha. He groans and goes into the park, where he buries his face in his hands. This was hopeless. He was lost and miserable. He can't go back home. He can't go to Konoha. If he did, he'd kill everyone who'd turned their backs on him. Naruto slowly glares at the ground and slowly smirks. He had a plan. A good plan. Naruto leaves the park and goes to a neighborhood where he knew. He walks to a mansion with a smile upon his face. He knocks on the door and come sin when the door opens. He sat upon the comfy blue couch, leg crossed. When he saw who he was looking for, he stood up quickly to shake his hand. He was face to face with an all-black man with a pipe in his mouth, accompanied by five well-mannered children.