A/N: Yo! Sorry this took so long, but I recently got a new job, and it's been running me ragged while I try to adjust to twelve-hour-days in a fast-paced setting. Alright, so this will be another fairly short chapter (I think, it depends on how much flows out) and will be another perspective on the Prelims about Naruto.

Guest: Big stabby thing- like a metal rod or something, and a small child's frail little body. Plus, consider how old Naruto was when Asuma saw that scar. Since scars don't expand while a body and skin grows(mine didn't anyway), by now it would be about the size of Naruto's fist, instead of bigger, in comparison to the rest of his torso.

Chapter 39: A Grandfather's Memory

"YOU CAN FUCKING WAIT A SECOND OLD MAN!" Hiruzen was a shrewd man. He'd faced more enemies than almost anyone else alive and won. He glared down the Kyuubi no Kitsune thirteen years ago without fear. But in the face of his beloved grandsons' rage and frustration, he was helpless.

He knew Naruto didn't mean to be rude, or disrespectful, and after what he'd heard had happened in the Forest, he'd honestly expected something like this. But for the normally cheery, or at least composed, blond, screaming at the man he held in such high regard was an indicator of such high levels of emotional fatigue, he feared for the life of literally everyone in the room.

Hiruzen also noticed Naruto visibly spaced out during his speech about the purpose of the exams. Naruto would at least try to appear to be listening if he were perfectly fine. Hiruzen hid a frown of dissatisfaction. It seemed the disbanded Civilian council were still making life hard for his grandson, despite the display they'd received when Naruto was adopted.

Flashback- The night before Naruto was brought to the Sarutobi home

"Absolutely not!" Screeched Homura, slamming a fist on the table before him, causing several people to jump at his sudden aggression. "We will not allow the Sarutobi clan to monopolize the power that boy holds!"

"I AM NOT DOING IT FOR POWER YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" Hiruzen bellowed, making everyone begin quaking in fear. The Hokage never cursed. Ever. He lowered a smoldering gaze around the room. "For too long I have allowed you insects to torture, starve, and isolate a boy you should regard as a hero!"

"The Demon is no hero! It killed the Yondaime!" one of the Civilians spat venomously, only to fall under a cold glower of barely suppressed rage.

"So you have such little faith in the man you regard as a hero?" a few people sputtered indignation. "No, that is what I gather. You call Naruto the Kyuubi itself, which all but declares you hold such little faith in the Fuinjutsu Prowess of my Predecessor. You idiots cannot tell a flower from a vase. Shibi!" the man snapped to a rigid sitting attention. " What is the Aburame take on their Kikaichu?"

"They are our partners."

"You host them within your body, yes?"

"That is correct."

"But does that make you a Kikaichu beetle?"

"No, hokage-sama."

"Tell us, if you would, what happens when an Aburame dies, or if your pact had not been formed with these insects."

"Had we not tamed them, the Kikaichu would all but erase any possibility of Konoha having Shinobi, for any being with active Chakra use draws their attention and hunger. They would kill indiscriminately."

"And when one of your clan dies?"

"One of two situations. If the current hive has not reached the middle to late stages of their two-day life cycle, they can be transferred to a new Aburame because they had not become solely dependent on the firsts' Chakra."

"And if they have reached the later stages?" Hiashi asked out of pure curiosity. Shibi surprised everyone by removing his sunglasses and leveling his eyes to lock with the Hyuuga Patriarch directly.

"We must destroy them immediately."

"And why is that Shibi?" Hiruzen asked pointedly, still fuming. He knew damn well why.

"Because if we do not, they will go feral within moments, become enraged for being 'locked up' so to speak. Without the guiding Chakra of the Aburame they become dependent on in the early stages of their life, they would fly around until destroyed or their life ends, and kill anything with Chakra, no matter how small a reserve."

"You're saying these feral Kikaichu would destroy the Village?" scoffed one civilian. "I doubt that." Shibi turned to the man, his face taking a much more serious set.

"Kikaichu are predatory beetles that feed on Chakra- the life force of every living being. They reproduce withing an hour in clutches of over fifty-three thousand per mating pair, and they live for forty-eight hours after hatching. Many Aburamae Kikaichu have been genetically altered and bred specificially to bore through wood and stone to infiltrate enemy hideouts for reconnaissance, and you are seriously questioning whether or not they could destroy Konohagakure in that time frame? Are you mentally retarded, or just plain stupid?"

"I don't see what this has to do with that fucking demon!"

"Thank you for bringing me around to my point. Naruto is very similar to the Aburame clan. He holds within him an entity that could raze this entire village in it's rage. And yet," he said, rising as Killer Intent so potent even Danzo began worrying for his life pervaded the room. "You IDIOTS drive the boy away, isolate him, attempt to kill him every year on a day he should celebrate, loathe him for something he did not choose, and attempt to drive him to suicide by denying his very existence for your PETTY VENGEANCE." Hiruzen's voice had been steadily growing louder. Now, he was roaring so loud the walls shook. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT BOY DIED?! DO YOU HAVE THE FAINTEST CLUE HOW FUINJUTSU WORKS YOU IMBICILES?! IF HIS CHAKRA STOP RUNNING THROUGH THAT GODDAMN SEAL, WE'LL HAVE A REPEAT OF FOUR YEARS AGO, AND THIS TIME MINATO WILL NOT FUCKING SAVE YOUR ASSES!"

"Yondaime-sama turned it human so we could kill it! We have to finish what he started!" one of the Civilians cried, royally pissing off Hiruzen past the point of redemption. "There was no births that day! It's the only logical explanation!"

"ANBU!" Four masked figured appeared around the man who'd found the will to speak, and within seconds were gone once more as the shocked-looking man slumped down, his head rolling across the table to Inuzuka Tsume, who stopped it with her finger calmly.

"Naruto is joining the Sarutobi Clan," Hiruzen said with such cold rage that everyone knew if they said anything, they'd die just like the man who's blood was spreading on the table. "If any of you have a complaint about that, you can shove it up your asses. This meeting is adjourned. Get. Out." within seconds, the room was clear, allowing Hiruzen to vent his emotions on the massive council table before him.

It shattered into splinters under his blow.

End Flashback

Even after that, many hadn't learned the lesson, So Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage, took the only option left to him at that point.

He began training the most lethal weapon possible.

And now, that boy was begin to kill merilessly.

Well... shit.