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Naruto awoke in a hospital bed with his normal tattered clothes gone and replaced with a hospital gown. "What hell is this!" he panicked. He tried to get up but saw felt heavy leather restraints holding him back. "Ahhhh!" he began to scream and to struggle with the restraints. A small creak was heard as the door to his room opened gently. At this, Naruto immediately stopped his struggle to break free. The third hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped in adorned in his white and red hokage robes. The old man was sporting a soft smile on his tan, wrinkled face.

"Oh your finally up, you've been asleep for quite some time Naruto, you had me worried there." genuine sincerity emanated from those words. A smile spread across the boys whiskered face. The third had been one of the very select few to never mistreat him or have a look of contempt in his eyes when he saw him. This selection of people where so few in fact that Naruto could count these people with one hand, five people, that was it.

There was the third of course then there was his secretary that was a very young and beautiful girl around nineteen years old, in fact Naruto thought she was so beautiful and nice that he gave her the nick name "hime"(princess), she would always let him in to see the hokage or listen to him when he had a rough day. Her name was Kimiko.

There was also the nice doctor at the hospital that seemed to not hate the boy, he was an old man but not as old as the third. He always treated Naruto very nicely and was appointed as his personal doctor. Every time Naruto ended up in the hospital, he would be notified and go check on him. The doctors name was Kenji.

Then there was old man Teuchi and his daughter, Ayame nee-chan. They owned a small ramen restaurant.

(Flashback)

He remembered after a long day of being kicked out of everyplace that he had tried to get some food, he walked around with his crumpled bills of money in his hand. He aimlessly walked for a good while until a heavenly aroma caught the attention of his nose. Being lead by the foreign scent, he came upon a small restaurant with a billboard reading Ramen Ichiraku. Hesitantly walking forward and using his free hand, rose the curtain and stepped inside.

He was greeted by a girl that looked to be a little older than him. "Hey there welcome to Ichiraku, I'm Ayame, what would you like?" her voice brought a smile to Naruto's face

"You'll serve me?' he asked almost not believing it.

"Well duh, why wouldn't I?" she asked really not being aware of how Naruto was treated.

"Well you'd be surprised Naruto said loudly "People kick me out of their shops and restaurants for no reason! I haven't done nothing to them" he finished quietly.

"That's stupid of them! You look like a nice kid to me" she said with a grin "Besides, anyone who likes ramen can't be bad, so what would you like?"

Naruto shifted kind of awkwardly "Well...I've never had ramen, I don't really know what to order" he said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck

Ayame looked at him incredulously "Are you serious!" she shrieked causing Naruto a bit of pain to the ears "We have to get you a bowl right now!" she disappeared into the back where she proceeded to scream from "I'll fix you up a bowl of my personal favorite, miso ramen! You just take a seat"

Naruto did as he was told. Just then a tanned squinting man walked in "Ayame-chan I'm back from the store" he then noticed Naruto sitting there staring at him hesitantly and giving a meek smile

"Well hello there young man I haven't seen you around before" he said with a little eagerness to his voice, Teuchi always loved getting new customers.

Naruto opened his mouth to respond to the man only to be interrupted by Ayame

"Oh hi daddy this is Naruto, he is about to have his first bowl of ramen right now!" she said while placing the hot steaming bowl in front of Naruto.

"Is that so? Maybe he will love it so much that he will turn into our number one customer" the man replied, he really had no idea of how true his words would become.

Naruto just stared at the bowl before him, the aroma the bowl was giving off was intoxicating almost addicting. "Well go on Nauto, try it see how you like it" Ayame couldn't contain her excitement.

Grabbing the chopsticks and breaking them apart "itadakimasu" he gently said

Grabbing some noodles and bringing it too his mouth, is eyes widened at the taste of it. The rest is just history from there.

(End of flashback)

Besides Ichiraku, there weren't any other places that he could sit and eat comfortably without worrying of getting kicked out. His home being the only other place really. The only things he had to worry at his small apartment was running out of instant ramen cups, his only real form of nutrients that he could provide his body.

Most of the stores he would go to, the minute he took a step in and the shop owner would notice him, they would chase him out or kick him out, some people had actually physically kicked him out right through the door he came in. The few shop owners who let him in scowled at him and kept a close eye on the boy trying to see if he would steal anything the whole time he was there. Naruto would just get the instant ramen cups because they were dirt cheap and he really didn't know how to make anything, that and the ramen cups never really expired, while on the other hand other foods would and the shop owners would sell things to him that had long been expired to get rid of the useless stuff that no one would buy but still making a profit.

Just then as Naruto finished reminiscing of the past, he noticed Sarutobi waving his hand in front of his face trying to get his attention.

"Oh sorry ojiisan I kind of spaced out huh" Naruto asked.

The old man chuckled "Yes it appears you did, What where you thinking about my boy?"

The young boy looked up at the hokage "Oh well nothing, just ramen related things " he finished with a foxy grin.

Sarutobi deadpanned at this statement "Only you would Naruto " he said getting a hard chuckle out.

Naruto took this chance to ask him why he tied down to the bed "Ne ojiisan why am I tied down?" the curiosity in his voice apparent "And am I here because of what those villagers did to me?" the old man winced at this. He knew of the attacks that the boy would suffer, he tried to persecute everyone he could but there were just so many people. He couldn't keep an eye on Naruto all the time, after all he was hokage and a very busy man. No matter how much he tried to protect the boy, he just couldn't.

"Your tied down because of last time you tried to escape from the hospital, do you remember" Naruto let out a embarrassed chuckle remembering having several doctors and nurses chase after him in the hospital gown, giving them a thorough mooning. Just then Naruto noticed the old man's wrinkled face become very serious and almost statue like as if someone had carved his face in to a perpetual stern look, it surprised Naruto every time he saw the old man changed his visage so quickly and in such sharp contrast. He then spoke, but this time with a much more stern tone in his voice "And yes Naruto your stay here pertains to that incident " he finally said. He noticed Naruto's cheerful face turn somber "Now Naruto, do you remember of anything that happened last night before you passed out?"

He saw Naruto trying to recollect memory of what happened that night. No matter how much Naruto tried to remember, his mind just came up empty. All he remembered was seeing the kunai come down before he shut his eyes. He physically winced at the memory and he brought a hand to his chest. "Damn it why is it so hard to remember" he thought just then he remembered something "Hold on! I heard a voice before I passed out, should I tell ojiisan of the voice I heard?" he felt that it wasn't a good idea fearing that the old man would believe him to be crazy. He also felt that he shouldn't tell him of the person who tried to take his life, he didn't want to cause more problems.

"Ojissan, I'm sorry but I don't remember anything besides the beating and I guess I just blacked out" Naruto said, the ending almost in a whisper "Besides, look! I'm all healed" he raised both arms and tried to show the hokage that he was really fine. To Naruto this was normal, he would suffer a beating and the next day he would be all healed up as if nothing had happened. He believed everyone healed like he did. He didn't know of his tenant that he had to thank for his accelerated healing factor, the true reason he was so hated. He would find out soon enough though.

"Are you sure Naruto? Nothing at all?" he asked again, he saw Naruto shake his head slowly "You didn't see any one approach as you blacked out?"

"No ojiisan, I'm sorry I don't remember a thing" Naruto replied a bit confused on the last question.

Again the old kage's demeanor became much more serious if possible "Naruto the people who attacked you, they are all dead" he finished, his voice sounding grave.

All Naruto could do was stare at the kage in utter shock.

(Fashback)

Naruto walked down the dirt road that led to his apartment very serious in thought. Having been released from the hospital with a clean bill of health he decided to just head home. He remembered what the old man had said to him earlier.

"Was it me!" Naruto screamed "D-did I kill them ojiisan? I am really a monster like the villagers say!" Naruto was a bit hysterical at the thought of him being the one that had ended those peoples lives.

"Naruto calm down!" the hokage said in a stern voice, noticing Naruto calm down he continued "It is very strange, there weren't any wounds to the bodies and we even did an autopsy on all of them to see if maybe they had been poisoned but nothing came out, it's as if they just dropped dead."

The whiskered boy was relieved to hear that he wasn't responsible but that brought up the question of how, how someone completely healthy could just die. Naruto wasn't a vengeful person and never thought of harming anyone and even if the people hurt him, he didn't think they deserved what they got.

"But ojiisan, how can that be possible? It doesn't make sense" he said perplexed

The hokage didn't seem to know any better either, he was completely baffled by it. In all his years as a ninja, he had never heard of a technique that can kill someone without a trace of any damage anywhere.

"I really have no clue my boy, but hey don't worry too much on it ok?" he said putting a hand on the boys head. " You can go home now if you would like, there is no need to have you here anymore, now if you'll excuse me there is a big stack of paperwork with my name on it" he finished with a scowl at the mention of paperwork.

(End of flashback)

Undoing the leather restraints on the bed he waved goodbye to Naruto who seemed to love his new freedom. Smiling he walked out the door.

Naruto was so engrossed in thought that he didn't notice someone running straight towards him. He came back to reality too late as he felt the person run in to him and with an "oompf" they both fell to the ground.

Naruto got up first "I'm so sorry I didn't see you there!" he exclaimed, genuinely sorry for knocking someone down " please let me help you up" he extended an arm to see the face of the person that he had knocked down

She had very fair skin and dark raven hair that was fashioned in the hime cut, what was most noticeable were her big pupil-less lavender eyes. She was no older than he was. Staring at her eyes he noticed that she was crying and he panicked.

"Oh no! please forgive me! I hurt you!" he felt really bad at this point, having made this girl cry for his carelessness. "Please show me where it hurts! I'll try to help"

The young girl blushed at someone actually showing concern for her. She felt bad for making this boy worry about her "I-it's okay" she stuttered meekly "I'm n-not c-crying because you h-hurt me, besides it w-was my f-fault" she cursed her stutter.

The blond let out a sigh of relief "Oh boy, I was worried I had hurt you" she finally took his hand, he noticed her turn crimson "Ne if you aren't crying because I hurt you then why are you crying? And you look kind of sick to me, your face is all red"

"N-no! I'm fine I a-assure you" she spurted out "I was c-crying because I-I'm so w-weak" she said whispering the last part but it didn't go unheard by Naruto.

He scrunched up his face "What do you mean weak? Where you trying to lift something up" he asked obliviously.

The girl giggled "No, I w-was t-training" as soon as she mentioned training Naruto saw that she put her head down

"Training?" Naruto asked scratching his head " as in like ninja training! Are you already training to be a ninja!" he asked astonished.

"h-hai, well I-I'm trying at least, I'm not v-very good" she said with no confidence at all.

"Nonsense! Your my age and already training! That's so cool!" Naruto was surprised to learn that this girl that was around his age was already training to be a ninja "I'm sure your super awesome and strong! I want to be a ninja too, I haven't even started learning how to be a ninja, but some day I'm going to be so powerful, I'll become hokage, the most powerful one in history!" Naruto finished almost screaming

The girl blushed at the praise she received from the boy, she never got any sort of praise. She was always put down and told her skills were mediocre at best. He confidence in herself wasn't that great either and she always agreed with them, she was a failure she believed. She was brought out of her depressing thoughts when she heard the over exuberant boys voice again.

"I know! You can teach me some ninja skills, what do you say...uh what's your name by the way?" he asked giving his trademark foxy grin.

The girl stood wide eyed at what he had suggested "I-I'm sorry, p-please forgive me, m-my name is H-hinata H-hyuga" She bowed "W-what is yours?"

"The name is Naruto Uzumaki! Future hokage!" he declared

Hinata giggled at his antics "I-it's a p-pleasure to meet you N-naruto"

"Nah the pleasure is all mine, wow to think you are training to be a ninja already! So what do you say Hinata-chan, think you can help me become a ninja too?"

The raven haired girl was completely caught off guard by the -chan. Her face becoming increasingly hot, she knew she was looking more and more like a tomato with each passing second. She opened her mouth to say something only to be interrupted by someone yelling her name.

"Hinata-sama!" The man yelled and both kids turned towards the man.

Naruto noticed that this man had the same eyes as Hinata "They are probably family" he thought

The man came up to them "Hintata-sama why did you run away? You had me so worried" he said somewhat out of breath revealing that he had been searching for her.

"Gomennasai" she said feeling bad for making him worry

"Don't worry Hinata-sama, we should head home before your father gets more upset" Naruto saw that Hinata flinched at the mention of her father. "Please say goodbye to your friend here and we will head home"

"Friend" she thought as her face became increasingly red "Does he want to be my friend?" she wondered as she turned around to say goodbye to Naruto

"Hey it's cool Hinata-chan, I get it, I'll see you around though right?" he asked

Again she blushed at the mention of her name, she couldn't explain it but it made her warm inside. "H-hai, I will s-see you l-later...Naruto-kun" she bowed and she took the man's hand as she turned around and walked off towards her home.

Naruto just stood there, also feeling a foreign emotion growing in his chest. He turned around and made his way to his apartment. Smiling all the way home, he opened his door and closed it behind him laying down on his bed with a, all he could think about was Hinata, his new friend! Now he needed two hands to count my precious people, he thought. Completely forgetting of the talk him and the old man had before, he closed his eyes and he drifted off in to a deep sleep.

Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter

As I said this chapter is a bit longer and they will steadily get longer as the story gets rolling

I didn't really think I'd get so many hits in just a few days, but I thank you all especially the ones who reviewed, Thank you!:)

I already started work on the next chapter, expect to see it around next week!

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