Chapter 1: Prologue
Throughout the elemental nations, Konohagakure was known as the land of power, where the most powerful shinobi reside. Merchants view the hidden village as a capital for business, and sightseers are amazed by the beautiful landscape, cultivated by the Shodaime Hokage himself.
However, the surface beauty and the perceived righteousness mask a very dark truth. This village, the gleaming white pillar of the continent, is slowly rotting from the inside. Residents of the village keep to themselves, and aid very few. Even the most tightly-knit clans look at each other with suspicion.
One boy - a mere child - receives the blunt of Konoha's secret spear. To the villagers, he is the epitome of evil, the root of everything evil in the world. From the day he was born, this child has been beaten, abused, scarred, starved, and hated, for he is the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the feared nine-tailed beast. He is Uzumaki Naruto of the Leaf.
This boy has every right in the world to retaliate, to punish the simple-minded fools that couldn't tell a kunai from the container. Yet, by some great miracle (or just ramen), he is kind, open-hearted, determined to enlighten the souls in the dark.
One day, he will become a legend, more powerful than even he could have imagined. But for now, he is a child, and will do childish thingsā¦
Author's note:
Hey, it's my first time writing a story here! As the story progresses, I'll try to add better and more revised chapters. Please let me know what types of improvements I should add in chapters!
