Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or form own Naruto. I am only writing this story for the enjoyment of my fellow readers and writers.
This is the third chapter of my story. I hope you enjoy this latest chapter.
Chapter 3: The early years
Naruto's early years were really hard for him. After The fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was assassinated, Naruto was beaten on a daily basis. Minato only had enough time to tell the general public about Naruto having the Kyuubi sealed in him and about how no one was to hurt the boy when the assassin came up with a huge burst of speed and killed the Hokage. The assassin quickly escaped before anyone could identify anything about him, and thus could not exact revenge. The populace of Konoha did not know who the assassin was working for but they all assumed he was here to free the Kyuubi. Without Minato, nobody realized what they were doing.
The earliest memory Naruto could remember was of his second birthday. The 5th Hokage made laws to protect Naruto, but because Danzo was a weak Hokage and could barely run Root ANBU, let alone Konoha, Naruto was never very well protected.
Naruto had just been walking around his apartment looking for something to do when 10 Chuunin broke into his apartment. The lead Chuunin took out his sword and yelled while crying "This is for the fourth, you bastard fox! This is for the fourth who is dead because of you!"
Naruto had quickly turned around, not knowing what was happening. The Chuunin rushed the blade through Naruto all the while crying and saying "this is for the fourth…… for the fourth….."
Naruto could not remember what happened next because he blacked out from the pain of the sword cutting him. He was later filled in on what happened after he asked Danzo why he was not dead. The ANBU arrived at the apartment shortly after the sword first entered Naruto. By then it was almost too late, for the 10 Chuunin started hacking pieces off of Naruto to be cruel to him in case if he did miraculously survived the attack. The first ANBU to enter quickly rushed Naruto to the hospital where Tsunade, the famous doctor, was able to reattach his arms, legs, ears, nose and eyelids before he died from blood loss. Unfortunately, they were unable to find his thumbs in time and could do nothing for that.
Naruto was never the same after that attack. He became slightly unbalanced in the head from being attacked for who knows what. He did not discover why he was hated until his 6th birthday when he was almost killed again by the same lead Chuunin as before. He was beaten up violently many times, but only once came close to death from them.
This attack on his 6th birthday was the second time he came close to death, and the first time he ever talked to the Kyuubi. The Chuunin was demoted back to academy student after the first attack, but was able to attain the rank of Chuunin again within 4 years. The Chuunin's name was Mizuki. Mizuki like everyone else in the village had loved the fourth, but unlike everyone else, he did not believe in the fourth's philosophies. Within Mizuki there was no will of fire, only a deep seated hatred that not even he could detect.
Mizuki came in through the window at night when he knew Naruto was least guarded because almost everyone was asleep. After making it inside he woke Naruto up and said "Naruto, I am a friend. I just want to talk to you at the park, okay? The park is more private than here."
Naruto not even recognizing the voice instantly agreed of course. Though he was slightly mentally unstable, he still had faith that there were kind people out there that might actually care for him. Even through all of the attacks he had suffered, he believed one day people would love and respect him like the fourth Hokage and the other previous Hokages.
At the park, Mizuki led Naruto to a bench to sit down and talk. Mizuki lied about how he was always one of the ANBU that helped protect Naruto so that he could gain the boy's trust. After Naruto became relaxed and comfortable, Mizuki started the attack. He pushed the boy off of the bench and onto a trip wire that released 200 kunai knives at Naruto. Naruto was able to dodge them only because they were all focused at the exact same point. Naruto rolled backwards causing all the kunai to miss, but Mizuki threw an extra kunai hidden by all of the kunai colliding and careening off of each other. Naruto saw this kunai at the last second and barely dodged. Unfortunately for Naruto, he dodged to the right, which was a pitfall full of poisonous snakes. Luckily for him, Mizuki forgot it was near a big tree that had far flung roots, which let Naruto grab onto said roots to pull himself out. Mizuki was already congratulating himself for killing the demon brat when he saw Naruto pull himself out of the hole. This made Mizuki furious and led to him pulling out kunai with exploding notes attached to them.
Mizuki was mad enough that it affected his aim, and the kunai landed short. It was still close enough, however, that Naruto was blasted 100 feet backward and knocked unconscious.
"Kit, I will not die now! Get on your damn feet! I will give you the power to defeat this guy as long as you promise to become a ninja so that I do not have to protect your worthless hide in the future!!" yelled the Kyuubi as soon as Naruto landed in his mind.
"Who are you? Where are you? Where am I? Who am I? Wait, I am Naruto. I remember now. Still, who are you?" Naruto asked scared.
"That exploding note must have hit you harder than I thought. Dear Kami, what the hell did I do to deserve this punishment? You are in your mind. I am also in your mind. As for whom I am…. If you defeat this thing that dares attack you I will tell you who I am. Understand?!" roared Kyuubi irritated that Naruto was wasting time.
"Yes, I understand. Except that I have no idea how to defeat him. Can you please help me? Also, if I do defeat him, can we get some ramen?" asked Naruto in his kindest voice he had ever used. He uses this voice whenever he believes there is a chance at free ramen.
"I already said I would help you. Just exit your mind and I will take care of the rest. No ramen, because I am in your mind and have no way of getting ramen, and that stuff is stunting your growth." The Kyuubi bluntly said so that she did not have to worry about her life any more.
"How can something that is so Heavenly like ramen stunt my growth? Isn't that impossible?" Naruto was completely confused. Ramen, bad for him? That is impossible.
"Kit, get the hell out of your mind before I make it to where you can never taste ramen again. Do you understand me?"
"Yes!! I am going now. By the way, it is not a good thing to threaten my ramen. I do not care if Kami himself is the one who threatened my ramen. NO ONE GETS AWAY WITH THAT!!"
"It is time for you to finally die, Kyuubi brat!! You should never have killed the fourth! Everyone loved him! And now you will die!" Cried Mizuki remembering how the fourth was killed. It did not matter to Mizuki that it was an assassin and not the fox or Naruto, and it also did not matter that he did not believe in the fourth's philosophies. It only mattered that he killed the demon and put him out of every ones miseries.
"You should not have harmed the kit. Now you shall die because I, the almighty Kyuubi, shall not die today!! Not from some measly human who can't even realize Naruto is not me!!" roared the Kyuubi possessed Naruto as he quickly jumped to his feet and prepared to attack.
"How!? You were unconscious! There is no way that you could be up right now! You should not even be alive! That was a grade A explosive note! No one should be able to survive it!" yelled a terrified Mizuki at the look of hatred on Naruto's face.
"Did you not hear me pathetic human!? I am the Kyuubi! A mere exploding note can do nothing to me! For your audacity to try and kill my container, I will give you an extremely painful death!!"
Kyuubi had had enough. There was no more talk. Only action. Mizuki was pinned down by the killing intent that Naruto was giving off. Then, without warning, Naruto disappeared. Mizuki looked in every direction to see if he could find him, but to no avail. Then, afraid of what he would see, he looked down. There, Naruto was kneeling after cutting off Mizuki's 'Goodies'.
"I will now leave you to die of blood loss. If you do not die, then you would wish you were dead any ways. You should never have messed with the kit. Goodbye, bastard."
With that, Naruto kicked Mizuki in the gut and left him to be found the next morning dead of slitting his own throat to fore bear the shame of losing his prized possessions.
Back at the apartment, Naruto received the worst news he had ever heard. "I am the Kyuubi. The third Hokage sealed me into you after I had destroyed nearly all of Konoha. The fourth was trying to make the villagers see reason why he sealed me in his son when he was assassinated. That is the reason why you personally had to suffer. The reason I went on a destructive rampage is because I believed that it was Konoha shinobi that killed my mate and kits. For this I am sorry. I have come to realize that I was indeed tricked by another shinobi village into attacking Konoha. It was a ploy to have the greatest man, and village, destroyed so another village could come to power," explained the Kyuubi to a startled Naruto. "If I had realized the trick that had been played on me, I would never have attacked. I am deeply shamed, and hope to be able to make it up to Konoha one day. Either by finishing it off because of how it treats you, or helping you protect it."
Naruto was shocked. He had the most destructive demon ever seen sealed within him. That was why he was hated. No one saw the human Naruto; they only saw the demon Naruto. Then something else clicked in his head. "Did you say……………Son? The fourth was my father?" Naruto was to say at the least very surprised. His own father caused him to be treated this badly? He was also a famous ninja. How could Naruto possibly take this news? "My own father caused me to be hated my entire life?... Why did he have to die? Why could he not live to tell everyone why this happened? And are you even paying attention to me?" asked Naruto as the Kyuubi was nodding off while thinking about chasing rabbits in the fields.
"Of course I am paying attention! I am the Kyuubi after all!! …..What were you asking again?"
"... (crickets chirping in the background.) Never mind. So you want me to be a ninja? That sounds cool! I could then follow in my father's steps! I could become the best shinobi ever!" Exclaimed Naruto as he really started to get into the idea of being a ninja. "Wait, does this mean you will train me Kyuubi? I would need a sensei in order to learn to be a good ninja!"
"Me, the Kyuubi, train a mere 6 year old?! Yeah I suppose so. As long as you listen to what I say and realize you are pretty much on your own for future fights, then fine. I will train you to surpass even your father. Of course, that is if you can even survive my training, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!"
"Yesssssssssssssssssssss. I get to be trained by the Kyuubi! I get to be trained by the Kyuubi! I get to be trained by the Kyuubi! I get……."
"Naruto?"
"Yes?"
"Shut up."
I hope you enjoyed my latest chapter. This will probably be in itself a short story. This story will have only one poll. That poll I will open now. Should Naruto be allowed to make up for the crime that he committed or should he hang for real? That is up to the audience. Until next chapter. The poll is open in my file. The poll will only be allowed to be seen when it is at the end to create suspense so the entire story is not given away.
