A/N When Team Kakashi returns, childhood fears surface and Naruto reacts the only way he knows how.

Summary: One fateful night in Konohagakure, the Yondaime Hokage chose his village over his only son; only time will tell if he made the right choice. Feral!Naruto, NaruXAnko, Some yuri

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto yada yada

Key: Normal, "Speech" 'Thoughts'

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Chapter 11

The Hornets Nest

There was a relative quiet as the group of five approached the gates of Konoha. Kakashi was reading his book, Anko was drooling at the prospect of dango, and Sakura was deep in thought, while Arashi was lost in his. The only one not affected by the calm atmosphere was Naruto, who was growing more anxious as the looming gates drew closer. He didn't like the feeling of fear that seemed to fill his body, not wanting to show fear in front of his newfound pack he bit his lip and tried to work with the fear, embracing it and the paranoia that came with it. Few things could intimidate the young blonde, the things that did he had quickly learned to avoid, fleeing at first fear. If there was something inside those gates that could intimidate him, he wanted to be as alert as possible. His muscles tightened, and his knees bent slightly, allowing for the natural instinct of fight or flight to take precedence. His eyes darted from side to side, looking for any movement.

He eyed the guards warily as they spoke to the silver haired scarecrow, before flinching when they turned to him. He matched their gaze with his, the hairs on his body becoming raised as he prepared for a confrontation.

"That's enough, Naruto" The soothing tone of his father's voice cat through his web of paranoia and caused him to blink, before relaxing slightly.

He quickly followed after his father as they passed through the gates, but not before flashing the guards a toothy grin.

"Tch, who was that guy?"

"And why wasn't he wearing any clothes?"

The incident outside the gate had helped calm Naruto down slightly, but once inside the hidden village fear gripped his mind once again. It was the people, everywhere he looked he saw people. He was fine around small groups, but when they grouped together, that's when things went bad, it was just something he knew.

He could feel their eyes on him, cold eyes, eyes that judge and deem unworthy, eyes that had haunted his childhood. Those eyes, they always spoke

"Die Monster!"

"K-keep away from my children Demon!"

"I'll finish off what the Yondaime started years ago"

Unconsciously, he was gripping the hem of his father's shirt, which didn't go unnoticed by the former Hokage.

"Naruto, are you-?" He got cut off when a teenaged boy with red fang marks on his face bumped into him.

"Ahh, sorry about that, didn't see you there" The boy moved to walk away when a deep growl emanated from next to him.

"Huh? Akamaru, what's wrong?" He bent over to look at the large white dog next to him when it let out an angry snarl

"Woah, what's gotten into you?"

Naruto was standing petrified, staring at the large white hound with terror.

'Dog, dog hunts…always hunted…the dogs…a day…certain day…Fox Hunt' He quickly glanced around, seeing a small crowd had enclosed around them, looking at him, considering wether to allow him to live or to kill him now, his mind interpreted.

"Akamaru! Akamaru! Down! No!" The large dog broke free of his master's grip and leapt at the blond jinchuuriki, to stunned to do anything, Naruto simply stood their as the hound latched onto his arm. As blood trickled down the limp his brain slowly registered what was happening.

'T-they attacked, they're coming, they're coming! The-the pain! RUN!'

"AAAAHH!!!" His scream echoed loudly throughout the area, he released a panicked burst of red chakra, accompanied by a healthy dose of killing intent. The dog on his arm instantly let go, running back to its master whimpering. Every ninja that had experienced the attack of the Kyuubi had the same expression on their face, one of absolute fear and hatred. With another feral cry Naruto fled the scene, leaping over the crowd and landing on all fours, traces of demonic chakra trailing behind him in wisps.

It took Arashi exactly even seconds to recover from the blast of youki, it had taken Naruto exactly five to flee out of site.

"Shit! Follow Me," He shouted, gesturing to his team.

'You stupid idiot, you know how he was treated here, of course he's going to have a bad reaction when he comes back, why did that stupid dog have to attack him'

Naruto was pelting through the streets of Konoha at breakneck speeds, barrelling past men, women and children alike. All of his senses where working overtime, trying to find an escape, a means to get away from the angry mob he was sure was chasing him just like all the other times. He was running for a good ten minutes before…

'There! Sanctuary!' He quickly changed direction and sped round a corner, following the new trail. It led him through alleyways, across the market, and over several houses. As he drew closer he braced himself before leaping across the street, flying over the counter and landing next to a startled girl in her late teens. He stopped hearing the sounds of the masses, crying out for his blood, he stopped seeing the angry faces, the cold eyes, there was only himself, safe behind a barricade of wood.

Ayame stared, frightened at the naked figure that had leapt behind the counter

'Is he a madman? An escaped criminal?' Her train of thought was interrupted when a kunoichi ran up to the stand, her brown eyes searching almost frantically

"Mischief? I know you're here!" She called out, grateful that Orochimaru had hammered into her head how to recognise chakra signatures.

"H-Hebi-hime?" He called out hesitantly. When Anko looked over the counter she was startled by what she saw.

Gone was the self-confident, prideful creature of power and influence that she had fought, in its place was a scared, frightened boy, unsure of the world, knowing only how to survive another day. He was no longer a being to be feared and revered, he was just another human, someone who had lost everything and was trying to cling to what he had left. Slowly she reached out to touch him, to reassure the young man. He stared at her with wide, fear filled eyes.

"Naruto!" In less than a second, Arashi had leapt over the counter and embraced his son tightly. Naruto started to raise his hands before letting them slump, settling for burying his head into his fathers chest, as tears flowed freely from his eyes.

"Chichiue, don't…don't go, never again, never alone again" He pleaded, he looked up and gazed at his father, for the first time in over sixteen years, blue eyes met blue eyes, their vibrant depths reflected in one another's.

"I swear, I will always be there for you Naruto, musuko"

Anko's eyes widened slightly.

"T-that's his son?" She gasped softly, just as Sakura and Kakashi arrived, all three having heard the emotional exchange. Kakashi coughed.

"Sensei, we still need to report to the Hokage, do you want us to go ahead or…"

"No, we'll be there in a minute, just…give us a second" He answered softly, cradling his firstborn's shaking body in his arms.

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A/N, yet again, I feel the need to end it before I cover everything I wanted to. Oh well, not like I only have so many chapters to finish it. Oh and good news, I think I found a way through the brick wall! If all goes well, I should be able to wrap up the fic in about 4-5 chapters.

I'm sorry about not working on the pairing so much, but I feel its more important to establish a strong bond between Naruto and his father, before working on any relationships.

Once I finish this fic, I'll get started on my epic rewrite, featuring NaruHina, basically it's another 'Naruto done my way' fics, before you cringe and etc, I give you a clue, I'm going to be borrowing heavily from elements of traditional Japanese beliefs and customs. I have a bit more info posted on my profile.

Read…Caged Fox by General Badaxe for some NarufemKyuu, and NaruHina. And lots of violence.