A/N: Hello again! Sorry I was going for a month, I was very sick and I missed a lot school so I had to put in alot time catching up, I still I'm but of course I don't have my priorities straight so yeah. I made a new rule for myself, I forced myself to write at least 5,000 words each chapter and the limit for each chapter is 10,000 words so I expect chapters in that range..

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Enjoy..


5 years later..

Harumi was waiting in line with the other children to receive the slop they call breakfast each morning. She trudged a little ahead in slow-moving line, not getting anywhere. She held tightly to the large red tray and kept moving as the skyscrapers they called 'little kids' moved along. There always this one kid behind her that couldn't keep himself from bumping to her, but she was use to it. It had been the same routine for the last 3 years for Harumi. Pick up a tray, smuggle her way into the line and get stomped on by the other orphans waiting in line to get their food. Nothing interesting ever happened and she never seemed to be moving fast enough, stuck in the same place for last 3 years.

When she first entered the orphanage she was assigned a caretaker for she was way too small to be in the nursery with the other unwanted young babes that were dropped off. The caretaker's name was Mieko and she was like the mother Harumi had always dreamed of. She was caring, sweet and very attentive for someone at the tender age of 25. She also seemed to put Harumi's needs before her own and never ever berated her for being someone unimportant to the rest of the village. Mieko was actually the one to name Harumi, since Harumi was dropped off with no information, it was like she came out of thin air, but again that didn't matter to Mieko. She named the young child Harumi, meaning 'spring beauty.' Even though Harumi always told her she could never compare to Mieko's beauty. Of course Mieko would always say,

'Don't say such things! Your beauty can't be touched like the sweet scent in spring. It just can't be touched.'

And then Harumi always shrugged it off saying she needed to get her eyes checked, even though she was slowly starting to believe it herself. Harumi sighed contently as she remember happier times at the orphanage.

"Move it gaki!" the boy behind her rudely yelled, pulling her out thoughts. He shoved Harumi ahead causing her to collide with hard back of the male in front of her. The male turned in front of her turned around and glared daggers at her.

"Watch it bitch" he growled. The amount killer intent he was giving off was impressive for someone who wasn't even a ninja or 10. Even though Harumi was scared shitless he didn't stop there, he tightly grabbed her wrist making her lose her tray and threw her out of the line, since she was the smallest out of the orphanage save the babies she wasn't that hard to toss around. She landed hard on her bottom and her head hit the hard, unforgiving ground.

"Oops. Since you're not in line it looks like I get your serving, isn't that right bitch?" the boy laughed as he went up to collect what would have been Harumi's.

Harumi slowly stood up and began shaking in her shoes as she dumbly nodded her head. There was silence for a short period of time, 'till the boy who pushed her started laughing, soon everyone who just witness the scene burst out laughing. Harumi just looked at everyone and held back the tears. This wasn't the first time she was beat up or treated badly or humiliated by her peers. It was actually a constant thing after she left the watchful eye of her caretaker. Everyone seemed to think she was their personal punching bag that they could let their frustrations out on, but she wasn't.

She was a human being.

Harumi decided there was nothing left for her in the mess hall and decided to leave without breakfast again, for the 3rd time this week. She wandered aimlessly through the hallways, peeking in some of the open doors. She could see some kids just sitting in their beds with tears thinking about how their life was damned for the start. She also see some kids beating each other up or playing 'ninja'. Fools. Once in while she would catch someone trying to commit suicide, sometimes she would report it or try to stop them herself. But she could never really save them for waking up everyday unwanted and unloved.

She finally stopped at a door that was slightly ajar. She was in the babies/ toddlers section, and she could hear the cooing and gurgling sounds. At least some kids at the orphanage were happy even if they would never remember it. She peeked in saw a woman in her late 20's, early 30's holding a sleeping baby, carefully rocking the babe back and forth. The woman had light brown shoulder length hair and very tan skin. Her eyes were gold color and she had pink-est lips Harumi had ever seen.

And Harumi only knew only one person with super pink lips.

"Mieko-chan!" she cried running in the nursery to greet her former caretaker. The woman sharply turned her head and looked for the source of the voice and finally she saw a very small girl running to her with open arms. She recognized the long black hair and crazy ocean blue eyes anywhere, it was Harumi coming to greet as always.

"Hello Harumi-chan!" greeted back as the small girl latched onto her slender leg.

"Hello Mieko-chan! I've missed you very much!" Harumi wailed as tears left her eyes. Mieko noticed the tears streaming from her face and wondered what was wrong with the girl.

"Harumi-chan," she said softly, the little girl looked up at with those doe eyes of hers, "let me go put the baby down, so we can talk, 'kay?" Harumi nodded and quickly looked at the young woman go put the sleeping baby in a crib. She came back to her and sat down Indian style, smiling at her.

"What's wrong? Why is my sweet Harumi-chan always crying?" she asked brushing some of Harumi's long hair out of her eyes.

"B-Because, n-no one loves m-me! T-They p-push m-me a-and laugh at m-me! They call me names too!" Harumi cried. Harumi's daily meetings with Mieko didn't always go like this, sometimes she would be able to tell her the few good things that happened to her, which didn't happen alot. But it usually always ended up with Harumi coming in with a black eye on her face or bloody nose, much to the hurt and discomfort of Mieko.

Mieko sucked in a breath stopping herself from asking her what names they been calling her since she knew wouldn't like it, instead she said,

" Forget them Harumi-chan their stupid if they can't see what such a good person you are" Harumi looked at her caretaker shocked she just called her tormentors stupid, even if they were. Still Mieko never insulted anyone!

" And you're wrong", Mieko somewhat enjoyed the confusion on the girl's face when she said that.

"I love you" Mieko smiled at seeing the girl's smile the minute she heard her say she loved her.

"Thank you Mieko-chan! I love you too!" Harumi said hugging Mieko with all her strength in that tiny body of hers.

"Don't thank me for loving such a sweet, pretty little girl!" Mieko said holding onto Harumi trying to wash the pain away. As she held to Harumi she stroked her hair, embracing the peaceful mood. All of a sudden Mieko stopped stroking her hair and brought her lips to her ear as she softly said,

"Sing."

Most people would be confused why she would something like that, but not Harumi. She knew exactly what Mieko meant when she said sing. Harumi wasn't just a lonesome orphan she had a lot of gifts and talents given to her by Kami, even if not a lot people acknowledged it. One of them was her beautiful singing voice. God, her voice was like heaven or being high on some drug, you could never get enough of it. The way she sung would smooth your soul and send you in a state of bliss. The way she sung should be illegal, it was just too good.

"Okay. What do you want me to sing?" Harumi asked letting go of her.

"Anything, just something happy." Mieko said with a smile.

Harumi gladly compelled and began to sing a glorious tune with her high but angelic singing voice:

'When the night has come and the land is dark

And the moon is the only light we see

No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid

Just as long as you stand, stand by me

So darling, darling, stand by me, oh, stand by me

Oh, stand, stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall

Or the mountain should crumble to the sea I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear

Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darling, darling, stand by me

Darling, darling, stand by me

Whenever you're in trouble

Won't you stand by me, oh, stand by me'

As Harumi sang Mieko closed her eyes and fell into the common blissful state she was always in when Harumi sang. In this state she imagined her and Harumi living in a world where everyone was happy and singing always holding hands, and always standing by each other.

By the time Harumi was done with her song Mieko was in tears. Harumi looked at Mieko in worry, she was smiling but her eyes were spilling out tears so fast that it became a waterfall of tears.

"Mieko-chan?! Was I bad?" Harumi asked concerned for her one true friend, and mother figure. Mieko gold eyes shot open and she stared at Harumi in awe, tears still gushing out of her eyes, she slowly and steadily reached an hand to Harumi who was getting scared for her Mieko-chan.

"I-I promise. I-I promise to always s-stand b-by you Harumi-c-chan! A-always!" Mieko engulfed Harumi in a strong embrace as she gently stroked her hair like before. She whispered incoherent things into Harumi's ear, but Harumi was able to catch one thing.

'I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I-I love you'

Harumi held on tight to Mieko-chan, as she realized she had just found her 1st precious person, who she would swear to always respect and love.

Who she would always stand by.


5:00 am

The next morning Harumi woke up bright and early. She was in a better mood than she had been in a while. Yesterday's hour-long meeting with Mieko had a lot to do with her change in mood. Never before had she had someone cry for her and tell her she would always be there. It was unreal, she finally had someone to protect, love and cherish 'till the end of time. She quickly jumped out of bed and began making her bed before her roommates could wake up and tease her like they would always do when they saw her. She quickly showered and got dressed, she decided to get her chores done early so she could go meet Mieko, before any of the babies woke up. As she was walking she realized something.

Today was May 9th.

Harumi hated May 9th. May 9th always brought pain and tragedy into her life. Nothing good ever happened on May 9th. When she was 1 someone pulled her hand into hot water and she got 2nd degree burns. When she was 3 someone snuck into her room and viciously chopped off almost all of her hair and she was left with a horrible boy's cut. Lastly when she was 4 she was brutally beat by her peers and had to go to the hospital to get her wounds treated.

Now she was turning 6 and she knew for sure that May 9th would bring something cruel to her today, she just didn't know what yet.

She slowly made her way to Mieko's room, on the employees side. She wasn't allowed there but she didn't care, she wanted to see Mieko now and she would be damned if anyone was going to stop her. She knew it was really early in the morning, the sun wasn't even up and there was only a few people up and that was just security, but Harumi knew that security didn't guard the employees hall since they were always low on staff. Harumi passed many rooms and she finally made to room 312, Mieko's room.

As she walked up to Mieko's door, she felt someone pull her by the hair and drag her down the hall. She screamed bloody murder as the person continued to drag her around like a mop.

"Shut up!" the person yelled, the gruff voice obviously belonged to a male.

"Let me go! SOMEONE HELP ME! MIEKO-CHAN!" she screamed, but no one seemed to hear her. The man held her by the hair and began to slam her head in the nearest wall repeatedly. She could feel her skull being crushed and pain erupting in her head, her eyes then seemed to roll up to her skull as the man bashed her head into the wall. She cried as the pain continued, getting worse as time went on. She could feel the thickness of her blood slowly flow through hair and drip down to the floor.

"Are you going to shut up now?" the man asked in a deadly whisper pulling her hair a little tighter with each word. Harumi could only nod her head slowly as her voice hurt from screaming and crying.

"Good." the man said. He let go Harumi's hair, and picked her up. Harumi couldn't see his face since it was covered with a black ninja mask. 'He's a ninja' Harumi thought as the man held her loosely in arms.

"Listen to me..you're coming with me..and you're going to make me a lot of money" the man said as he began to undress her with his eyes. Harumi started crying as she felt the man caress her cheek in a very sick way.

"HEY! LET HER GO!" Both Harumi and the man turned to see Mieko holding a kunai in her hands. Her eyes were glaring daggers at the man and her killing intent was through the roof. Harumi shuddered at Mieko's rage, but the man seemed unfazed. He actually began to laugh at the woman before him.

"Isn't this cute..didn't your mom ever tell you not play with knives?" the man taunted.

"SHUT UP! LET HER GO NOW! OR I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU!" Mieko screamed at the man. The man sucked his teeth in annoyance and completely let go of Harumi causing her head to hit the floor causing her an amount of unbelievable pain. She cried and screamed as she clutched her head, she could feel the blood seeping through her hands. That was enough to put Mieko into full death mode as she charged at the man.

The man just rolled his eyes as he pulled out a kunai of his own. Mieko thrusted her kunai at the man, trying to hit him in the fatal areas. The man easily dodged all of her attacks, and began switching to the offensive side. Harumi watched as her Mieko-chan tried to defend herself from the man and his sharp, deadly attacks, but it was obvious the man had the upper hand. Harumi vision began to blur as the pain seeped in.

"Enough! I'm late.." the man said. He pulled a slick sliver katana out of his holster and began to attack Mieko with it. Mieko just barley an escaped a stab to her throat, she decided to take to the defensive side. She barely made it out of the man's quick attacks. 'Crap..I need to save Harumi! I promised her..!'

Mieko knew there was no chance she was going to win this fight, so she tried to slow down the man by throwing the kunai in his shoulder. She launched the kunai and smiled as it's target. The man hissed at the sudden pain, put simply pulled the kunai much to the surprise of Mieko. 'Dammit!..Dammit to hell!' Mieko desperately thought of a way save Harumi, but her mind only drew up a blank.

"Haha..all out of tricks bitch? Too bad..now die you nuisance!" the man yelled. He ran to her sword high in the air, ready to split her in half. Mieko decided it was now the time to run as she ran as fast she could to Harumi. The man adjusted well to the detour and followed his target like any animal would when it stalked its prey.

Mieko knew there was no escaping death to so she threw her body on top of Harumi to try to tell her everything. Harumi looked up at Mieko in surprise.

"Mieko-c-chan?" Harumi looked at her friend in concern and fear. She could see the tears rolling down her cheeks and softly hitting her head.

"I'm sorry Harumi-chan! I'm s-so s-sorry! I-I failed you!" Mieko was talking as fast as she could trying to disclose all the information she knew, but she knew she didn't have anymore time left, "B-but s-someone w-will save you! R-r-remember that and r-remember that I-I love you H-" Mieko wasn't able to finish, for the man stabbed Mieko-chan right in the heart. Her heart that loved Harumi to no end, the heart that pledged herself to protect Harumi or die trying.

Her heart that only beat for Harumi.

"MIEKO! MIEKO!" Harumi screamed as she watched her only friend die right in front of her. She could feel the blood drip down and her face, showering her in Mieko's blood.

"P-Please! M-Mieko-chan d-don't l-leave m-m-me in this world a-alone," Harumi pleaded as her Mieko-chan's dead body fell on top of her. She could see all the color drain from Mieko's face as she joined the dead. Her blood seeped through her clothes and touched her chest, right at the heart.

"No..No..Mieko-chan y-you said y-you w-were going to s-stand by m-me! W-why? P-please I-I'm sorry for doing t-this..p-please come back!" Harumi cried to her mother figure and to the heavens.

Damn her! Damn her life! If she only stayed in be and waited like everyone else then Mieko would be alive! Damn it all to hell! It was her fault! All her fault! "MIEKO-CHAN! YOU! YOU KILLED MIEKO-CHAN!" Harumi screamed at the man who was staring down at the body in annoyance.

"Thank Kami I did..Now shut up!" the man yelled as he brutally kicked Harumi in the face. Harumi could only scream in pain as the man kicked her once more. She could feel the blood pour from her nose and her vision become blurry again, but only in her right eye. The man kicked Mieko's body off Harumi's as if it was a piece of trash.

He leaned down and picked up Harumi, Harumi could see the wicked smile play on the man's lips.

"Let's go get you cleaned up darling..you're in for a hell of night"

Harumi couldn't take the pain anymore and she finally passed out, remembering only two things:

Mieko was gone.

And that this was the worst birthday ever.


3 hours later..

Katsuo and his Jonin team were returning from an assassination mission that kept them out of the village for almost a week, much to displeasure of Katsuo. He didn't like to be out of the village for long, it meant that he would miss all the important events that happened in the village and Katsuo felt the need to know everything that happened in the village even if it wasn't his business. He couldn't help it though, ever since the night the Kyuubi attacked he seemed to always want to know what happened in the village when he was out, probably because he dropped of the babe at the orphanage. He was now more attentive than he had ever been. That didn't go unnoticed by his teammates though, Miyuki decided to exploit her teammate's attentiveness to get closer to him.

"Katsuo! That mission went well huh?" Miyuki asked walking beside him.

"Yes it did Miyuki. You did a good job, you've improved greatly" Miyuki blushed at the compliment from her teammate/ secret crush. Miyuki was in heaven, her crush was beginning to notice her and their talks were lasting longer and were no longer small talk but real conversations. Nothing could ruin this..

"Damn straight Miyuki! You're such bad-ass kuniochi! Like damn..you don't have a bad ass either" Isamo said openly staring at his teammate's behind, Miyuki's blush became deeper and Katsuo's sweat dropped. Maybe something could ruin this and that something was Isamo.

"I-Isamo!" Miyuki wailed her face red as a ripe tomato as she covered her behind with her hands from Isamo's eyes.

"Don't cover it up baby!" Isamo gave a toothy grin as Miyuki ran from them to the village's gate at an incredible speed, leaving dust behind in her wake. Isamo being the pervert that he was, was a little happy she ran away cause now he a nice view of that ass in action.

"Isamo, you're a pervert." Katsuo deadpanned as he tried to increase his pace to reach the village faster.

"No I just appreciate assets in motion!" Isamo said as he howled with laughter at his own comment, Katsuo just shook his head in disappointment and frustration.

"Well if you're done clowning around, maybe we could follow Miyuki's lead and get back to the village" Katsuo said as involuntarily grinded his teeth. Even though Isamo was his teammate and best friend he really tested his patience.

"Calm down Katsuo. We'll get there." Isamo said throwing is hands behind his head, taking his sweet time to get to the village. Katsuo looked like he wanted to kill the man, but kept his cool. He was Katsuo, always calm and collective even if his best friend made him want to rip his hair out. They both walked a slow relaxing pace to the village. They finally reached the village gates and they both saw Miyuki waiting for them, the blush still clear on her face.

"Sorry. Isamo wanted to take his time." Katsuo said to Miyuki who instantly shook her head saying it wasn't a problem. Katsuo gave another one of his famous death glares to Isamo who was too busy checking out Miyuki. Miyuki noticed him looking at her and blushed harder. The minute Isamo realized that Miyuki was looking at him, he shot her a smirk. Miyuki looked away from him remembering what just transpired between them on their way to the village.

Katsuo looked at his teammates interactions and only shook his head, they were wasting his time and he beginning to get mad, really mad.

"I hope you both can report to the Hokage. I need to check up on something" Katsuo said to both at his teammates who were both distracted and bothered by each other. Katsuo knew they both weren't really listening to him and decided if they were just going to goof around he might as well check out the orphanage to make sure everything was alright. He didn't check out the orphanage daily, he was lucky if he was able to check out the orphanage monthly. But every time he did check out the orphanage he would look into on little girl's room to make sure she was okay. Of course he never saw what happened in the morning or before she went to bed, he just needed make sure she was alive and well. But he was started wonder if he was just wasting his time. The Hokage still hadn't checked out the girl and he was losing hope that he ever would.

"O-okay Katsuo" Miyuki called out to him as he left them. As he went to up the gates he received standard procedure before he walked through the village. Once he was cleared, he walked in the village and he saw that everything was how he left it. Nothing bent or out the ordinary, everyone walking around and enjoying the day. He shook his head and wondered if he should check out the orphanage. He went back and forth through his head, trying to hold onto hope, that his predication 6 years ago was correct and that if he checked now he would be able to prove it. But then again it had been 6 years and nothing had changed so what was the point? It would just be another disappointment. The cons started weighing out the pros and he began slowly making his way to his home instead of the orphanage.

Maybe, just maybe he would take a rest and not check out the orphanage.


About an hour later..

"HOKAGE-SAMA!" everyone in the room turned to look at the young man who had yelled. Hiruzen looked at the man who was drenched in sweat and whose face was etched with fear. He was listening two of his finest Jonin report back to him about how the mission went when all of a sudden the young barged in.

"What is wrong?" Sarutobi asked, even though his voice or face didn't give it away he was worried that this was the one. This was the one that was going to tell him Naruto was in danger or had died. But he forced that thought in the back of his head trying not to jump to conclusions.

"T-the orphanage!" the man shouted as he tried to catch his breath. Even though the Hokage relaxed a bit that it wasn't Naruto, he was still very tense though. What happened to the orphanage? What was going on? Could Orochimaru have gotten to the kids? Oh Kami..

"What about it?" the Hokage asked, his voice was shaking a bit thinking about all the possibilities, all the things that could come out that man's mouth.

"A-a kidnapper came and k-killed Mieko-san! He took a girl.." the man finally said. Everyone present in the room eyes widened at the news. Never had that happened before, why would someone come in a kill an innocent person and take a girl in the process? It didn't make sense, but then again nothing ever made sense in the Ninja World.

"Hmm, call for an evacuation on the orphanage. Make sure that all the kids are accounted for. I'll send some of my Jonins to investigate.." the old 3rd Hokage told the man. After the man heard his instruction he quickly bowed and ran out the room to go fulfill the Hokage's orders. The Jonin still present looked at the Hokage wondering if they should finish their report and go help.

"..I'm getting too old for this.." Sarutobi muttered under his breath as he stared back at the two Jonin, who looked at him with curiosity.

"Go. Get Katsuo to help out, I'll send more later just go now!" the 3rd Hokage's voice boomed as he order his two Jonin to go investigate. They both nodded their head, they didn't need to be told twice. Once both Jonin exited the room, the old man stood up from his chair and looked out the window to see some people opening up their shops, oblivious to the constant danger they were always in. Hiruzen looked on and sighed, how? How did he get roped back into being Hokage again? Oh yeah, Minato died. But why did he have to die? Wasn't there any other way? Those were the question that always attacked Hiruzen, and sadly he could never answer them.

Thinking about Minato always made Hiruzen think about Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto. The nine tails jinchuuriki. The kid lived a sad life, shunned by the villagers for something that wasn't his fault. Abused and bullied, tormented and harassed every day of his life. Hiruzen knew he failed the kid, but he tried his hardest to keep the kid safe, but nothing ever seemed to work. No matter how many people he killed for abusing Naruto they always seemed to back and do it again. They were like leeches, always tracking the kid down just to beat and hate him. Naruto, the kid that everyone loved to hate. And he didn't even know why.

-Flash Back-

The 3rd was walking to Naruto's apartment to give him his monthly 'allowance', as he walked through the village many people gave him a friendly wave or cheery smile. Hiruzen always smiled and waved back, thinking in his head 'Why can't they be this kind to Naruto?' When he finally reached Naruto's apartment he saw graffiti stained the walls. He read some of the things and shook his head at the cruelty the villagers showed Naruto.

'Demon!'

'Die you fucking beast!'

'Monster'

'Rot in fucking hell!'

'Burn in hell bitch!'

And those were some of the kinder ones, the other ones just made Hiruzen slaughter every villager on the streets and make them pay for their crimes. But he of course he couldn't, he was Hokage after all. Hiruzen gently knocked on the boy's door, hoping he wouldn't think it was a villager who was trying to hurt him.

After a minute of two of knocking on the door Hiruzen heard a small shaky voice,

"W-who i-is it?! W-what do you w-want?!"

"Naruto?" this wasn't like him, Naruto's voice was usually loud and a bit annoying, not shaky and weak. What could have made him act like this? Now Hiruzen wasn't an idiot, he knew it was the villager's doings, but Naruto usually masked the pain he felt with an emotional mask of happiness, no matter what the villagers did he was always able to keep the façade intake. But now here he was going through a breakdown on the other side of the door.

"O-old man?" Naruto's voice croaked.

"Yes it's me Naruto, please open the door." the minute the words left Hiruzen's mouth he heard the sound of many locks unlocking. This broke Hiruzen's heart, a 5-year-old had to install an advanced security system just to keep himself from his own village. Hiruzen was starting wonder why he was Hokage for this damn village and all the sick twisted people who inhabited the place.

Naruto's head poked through the small opening in the door. His blue orbs were brimmed with tears as he looked up at the 3rd Hokage.

"Y-yes?"

Hiruzen noticed that Naruto had a black eye that was a nasty blue-ish black-ish color. His eye was blood-shot red and puss was emerging out of the corner of his eye, his eyes were puffy from crying. His eye was terribly swollen and it was beginning to close. Hiruzen also noticed Naruto was badly beaten up, blood was spilling from the side of his head and was slowly trickling down his whiskered cheeks. His bottom lip was busted and he skin was horribly bruised. His clothes were ripped and there bruises across his chest. Hiruzen could see scars forming on his chest.

"Oh Kami! Naruto what happened?!"

"What do you care?! Y-you c-could of stopped them! B-But you didn't! Now you're h-here a-after I g-get b-beat! You are just like the rest of them! Only difference is y-you do i-it secretly! Y-you let them beat me! W-why?! W-what did I ever do to you?!" Naruto shouted angrily at the man. His voice broke a bit, but you could still hear the anger and resentment in his voice. Naruto's fist were tightly clenched at his side, his body shook a little as he yelled at the man.

Hiruzen was taken back by Naruto's outburst. Never in a thousand years did Hiruzen think that Naruto would take his anger out on him, didn't he know that he deeply cared for him? Sure, he wasn't the best person or caretaker in the world, but he really did care! Did he really do that bad of job to make Naruto resent him so? Of course he did! Naruto was standing there beat up badly as he was comfortably living good life while his close friend's son was living a remake of hell everyday.

"Naruto tell me what happened..please"

"You really want to know what happened?!"

"Yes I do, so I can correct it."

"Well I'll tell ya! They ambushed me! They cut me with a kunai and threw stones at me! I screamed and cried, asking someone to help me, but everyone just laughed and cheered my attackers on! They said, Thank you sweet Kami! The day has finally come! Rot in hell demon! They left me for dead! And no one helped me, they just kicked me, or spat on me! Some even threw rocks and praised Kami!"

Hiruzen openly gasped at what he found out. The villager were just so hateful and cruel it was unbelievable and just shocking. Everything that Minato gave up for this village and this was how they repay him, by beating his son and legacy up. Someone was going to pay for this, and where the hell were the ANBU that he sent out to watch over Naruto?

"N-Naruto I'm so sorry, I didn't think they would go this far!" Hiruzen could only apologize, for he didn't know what he could at the moment.

"Don't be! Just tell me why they hate me! Tell me so I can make them see I'm not what that they think I am!" Naruto fully emerged out of the door and Hiruzen got a good look at what the villagers did to him. Kami, he almost throw up it was so sickening. How was Naruto able to come to their defense? How was he able to stand?! Hiruzen saw the pleading look in Naruto's eyes and he so desperately wanted to tell him, but he knew it wasn't the right time. Naruto would have to wait.

"I-I'm sorry Naruto I can't, p-" Hiruzen was cut off by Naruto's dark chuckle. Naruto pointed an accusing finger at the old man and began shaking violently.

"Of course! YOU the 3rd fucking Hokage can't tell me why! So I'm just a damn bastard every-"

"Naruto that's enough! Show some respect for your Hokage! It is law that I can't tell 'till the proper time!" Hiruzen shouted at the battered boy.

"And when would that be?" the hope in Naruto's voice was evident.

Hiruzen honestly didn't know when that would, he was hoping after he made Jonin so Naruto would be mature enough not do anything rash, maybe Chunin if anything dire happened and he needed to be told. But there were no appointed date.

"...You'll know at the appropriate time..." that was all Hiruzen could say.

Naruto looked crestfallen at hearing the man's dumb answer. Kami he was really started to question why he even stayed in the village or even wanted the people's respect if this how he was going to be treated by the one man he thought of a friend and as someone who might of respected him,

"LEAVE! JUST LEAVE!" Naruto screamed, he had finally reached his breaking point.

"Naruto l-.." Hiruzen pleaded

"I SAID LEAVE OLD MAN! LEAVE RIGHT NOW! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN! LEAVE!" Naruto screamed at the old man who looked heartbroken and anger.

"Okay. But here." Hiruzen said in an icy tone as he threw the money at Naruto who easily caught it.

Hiruzen began walking away until he heard Naruto soft voice whisper

"Everyone hates me..even the old man..I thought he liked me..it's all my fault..maybe I should just die and make everyone happy"

Hiruzen hung his head low and silently cried all the way back to the Hokage Tower.

-End of Flash Back-

Hiruzen felt the tears forming again as he thought of that day that only happened a month ago, he hadn't visited Naruto since. During the time he hadn't visited Naruto he was able to find Naruto's attackers and kill them on sight, he also found out the reason the ANBU weren't watching Naruto that day. Their reason was that they thought Naruto was going to be fine since he was just walking home and they were waiting at his window 'till he showed up. Hiruzen also killed those ANBU on sight. Hearing that the 3rd Hokage killed two civilians and two ANBU the council meeting the following day caused the council members to go up into an uproar. Of course Hiruzen silenced them with the power of reason making everyone in the room curse Naruto. If Hiruzen could he would have all them killed on sight.

No matter how many people Hiruzen killed he knew he wouldn't be able to erase the damage that was inflicted on Naruto by his own village. No matter what he did they also hurt him, Kami he couldn't wait to see their faces when they realize who they been attacking. Ha what a bittersweet they that would be. Hopefully he would live to see it, but his age was getting to him, he was even thinking about retiring soon, but there was no one he knew that could take his place.

Well there was one, but he knew she would never accept.

But that was a problem for another day, right now he needed to focus on keeping the orphanage safe. Thinking about how the girl was probably scared to death right now gave him a new resolve. He had already failed one child he wasn't going to fail another one. Hiruzen turned away from the window and went to contact the ANBU.

He was going to make sure another child wouldn't have to suffer like Naruto did.


A/N: Yes..there is singing in this story, but it's not going to be common thing. I listen to music while I write so I thought I would add some. Uhh, just so you know this rated M for a reason so yes there will be sex scenes. I'm not a prude so I'm going to write out, just be warned that I'm not the best at it. Along with the sex scenes there will be very intense scenes, like rape scenes kay? Kay. Violence as well so you're warned.

Hope I didn't lose half of my readers :/

Well again sorry for the long wait, I wrote this chapter in a span of 3 days..so you can expect a chapter from me weekly! :] YAY!

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Length: 6,559 words! yay