A/N: First Naruto fanfic. Plz don't kill me.

"person talking"

Person thinking

demon talking

demon thinking

Disclaimer: I know that it sounds weird an all but, I DON'T OWN NARUTO! WHY GOD? WHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY?

The third Hokage of Konahagakure sighed. He had been doing that a lot lately but he had good reason for it. In front of him was the teacher of the ninja academy, Umino Iruka. He was to put it lightly, very very mad. The third sighed as he prepared him self for what ever Iruka was about to tell him.

"Hokage-sama, it's…" Iruka began but the Hokage cut him off,

"Naruto." he said with an exasperated sigh.

"Yes Hokage-sama and this time he's vandalized the Hokage monument!"

The Third sighed again as he rubbed his temples. Naruto was a very interesting boy. He was never seen without his bright orange jacket and pants. He practically screamed, "I'm over here, come and kill me!" but you couldn't really blame him. Naruto had grown up being hated by the villagers. This had come as a great surprise to the Third. Nearly all of the people who had been supportive of Naruto seemed to do a complete change of heart. The utterly despised him. The Third assumed that it had to do with an understanding of some sort or not so gentle persuasion from the negative side but either way, it was a very unfortunate turn of events for Naruto. So, in order to keep Naruto out of more emotional pain he ordered that no one was to speak of the demon that was sealed inside of Naruto at all. Should this law be broken, the punishment would be severe. Luckily for Naruto, the villagers were to afraid of the demon within him to attack him. Unluckily, the villagers had found a way around the law. Although they never spoke of the demon itself, the entirety of the younger generation was "advised" to stay as far away from him as possible. Since they were naught but children, they did so without question. The Third sighed again. In order to deal with then hateful glares and being ignored, Naruto would do try to get recognition. Whether it be good or bad didn't matter but do to his tactics, which were to prank as many people as possible, it was usually the latter that occurred more often.

"Hokage-sama?"

The third was pulled out of his revere by the voice of Iruka who had been waiting patiently for the Hokage to stop staring off into space.

"Oh.. Uh yes Iruka" the Third said, slightly bemused as he had yet to fully recover from his little zone-out session.

"We were just talking about Naruto." said Iruka, who was a little bit annoyed at being ignored.

"Hm? Oh er yes. I trust you will deal with it efficiently Iruka."

It was Iruka's turn to sigh before he saluted the Hokage and turn to try to straighen out the mess.

"HAHAHAHAHA! LOOK AT WHAT I DID! HAHAHAHA!" laughed a certain blond haired, blue eyed boy.

"NARUTO!"

"Oh crap! I'm in for it now." Naruto had immediately recognized the voice of his sensei as he had heard it on many occasion when he did some thing wrong.

"Naruto, you are going to clean this up right now and you aren't going to leave until it's all done!"

Naruto's response was to "humph" in an obviously annoyed matter from his position which happened to be dangling from a rope which allowed him to hang right in front of the Hokage monument which he had just finished "remodeling". He was screaming at Iruka who was standing on top of one of the Hokage's head.

"Well it's not like I have anyone to go home to!" yelled Naruto before he grabbed a brush and started to half heartedly scrub off the paint. Iruka sighed before he jumped down to a platform which was not very far away from Naruto's position.

"Hey, how about I take you to Ichiraku's when your done? My treat." offered Iruka after looking at the sad look on Naruto's face. However, the second that he had mentioned Naruto's favorite restaurant, the boy's face lit up.

"Now that's what I call motivation" before he started to clean at an extremely vigorous pace. Iruka realized that his wallet was about to get a lot thinner.

After one and a half hours of work on the monument Naruto was finally done, and humming a happy little tune as he skipped to his favorite ramen stand with Iruka by his side. It was later at said ramen stand that Naruto could be seen polishing off his seventh bowl of ramen. Iruka sighed in both relief at the fact that Naruto was finally done and dejectedness as he looked at the thin piece of leather that had become his wallet. He probably would have begun to start to contemplate his bad luck had it not been for the fact that Naruto had broken his train of thought.

"Iruka -sensei?"

"Hm?" Iruka replied distractedly, still on the verge of "depression",

"why do all the villagers look at me that way?"

Iruka suddenly stopped, his eyes cast in shadow. He wanted to tell Naruto the truth to make him understand, and to show him that the villagers were fools but he couldn't. He knew that Naruto would find out one day but he didn't want to break this boys heart.

"Naruto," he began, choosing his words carefully, "I'm not allowed to tell you. And before you say anything it isn't a joke. I really can't tell you. I would get into a lot of trouble if I did."

Naruto looked puzzled at this.

"Why?"

Iruka sighed and put away his wallet.

"I'm not allowed to tell you why either Naruto. I wish I could, I really do but I'm not allowed to. I'm afraid that it might hurt you. If you ask the Hokage he might be able to tell you but if he does remember this, no matter what you learn I want you to know that I will always be here for you Naruto."

Naruto's eyes gleamed with trust and admiration as he got up, waved good by to his sensei, and left the restaurant. As he walked home however, he heard the shuffling of feet behind him. But by the time he registered that he was being followed, it was to late. He was hit from behind and was knocked to the ground. Although he was twelve and wasn't really weak, his assailants were obviously much older then he was. Has he was getting beaten into unconsciousness he wondered, "Am I going to die here?". Just as he finished this thought however, a voice answered him in the vaults of his mind. "Not yet, kit"

A/N: Okie dokie, time to bash the author, ME! First, apologies for taking so long. I would just like to say that I hat merit badges. Secondly, although not this chapter, starting from my next one I will be giving credit to reviewers who's reviews I reply to here. Sorry but I don't have the time to reply to all of the reviews personally. Thirdly, unaccredited reply time (sorry again)! Some people thought that Naruto is the demon but as you can see, that isn't the case. Others thought that I was being to vague but hey, It was the prologue! And just so you know, I will be revealing the plot info bit by bit. Sorry! ….I think I'm done here.