Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the concepts I may have borrowed from other sources, but I do own some of the OC's, so yeah, that's all I have to say
Normally I would like to make my chapters bit longer but I have decided to update shorter chapters more often than longer chapters less often
Chapter 2: The Meeting
A young boy of only four years of age on this day, with blond hair and striking blue eyes, finds himself once again subject to hateful glares and hurtful words. This boy is Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto did not know why the villagers hated him, nor did he know much about anything for that matter. Any opportunity he had to learn was quickly stolen from him, whether it is access to public libraries, theaters, and even shops, Naruto constantly found himself shunned. Because of this, he grew up physically malnourished and mentally underdeveloped. He didn't even know how to read!
Normally he could deal with all this, but on this particular day, the villagers took their resentment of him to a new level. He would be beaten, things would be thrown at him, and in general, everyone would go out of their way to make his life hell. He was used to it by now; after all he had been dealing with this for as long as he could remember, although that really is not a very long time. On days like this he usually stays holed up in his little apartment, with the door locked, and hiding under the covers. However, something was about to happen that would turn his sad little world upside down and inside out.
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The sun was setting on this day of October 10th, and Naruto had just finished his rather meager meal of instant ramen and not so fresh milk. As he was cleaning up his mess using the bathroom sink, he heard a crash and the distinct tinkling of glass breaking. He just sighed and thought, "Great, there goes another window. I wonder what they threw this time. Probably another brick " However, he was gravely mistaken, for something did not get thrown through the window, instead it was a man, who after landing on the floor littered with empty instant ramen packets and cups, went over to the door and unlocked, allowing four other men to enter the room. Naruto exited the bathroom, and upon finding the 5 men let out a yell. Of course, nobody heard or bothered to listen. The men advanced on Naruto and immediately started to beat on him with various objects such as bats, lead pipes, and empty liquor bottles. All the while saying things like, "Die Demon," and "This is for everything you did to the village."
After a while, the ninja, a chunin judging by the vest he wore, pulled a kunai from a pouch at his hip and raised it up, preparing to plunge it into Naruto's heart. Naruto seeing this, panicked, for split second, then he tried crying out one more time, but again, no one seemed to hear him. The chunin brought the blade down swiftly, and Naruto was sure that his life was going to end right then and there. However, at that moment, the sun had completely disappeared over the horizon. There was a mighty clang as the kunai met not flesh but instead made contact with steel. Before the startled ninja could do anything else, he found his world turn dark, as his head seemed to just roll off his shoulders, and fall to the floor. The other men panicked, and attempted to flee, only to find their path blocked by a dark figure.
"Now where are you going," the figure said in an eerily calm voice, "I would have thought that you would have been prepared die seeing as you have entered the lair of a so called demon. So why are you so frightened now? Where did all that courage go from a moment ago when you were beating on the demon?"
One of the men tried to respond but he found that he could not speak. It was if he had suddenly become mute! "Not going answer huh," the figure said, "Well aren't you the rude bunch. I really hate rude people." The figure then raised his arms and clapped them together, as if in prayer, then said in the same calm voice, "Mouth Ritual: Forced Mind Closing."
All four men fell to the floor with a slump. Naruto, who had up till this point had remained silent, finally spoke, "What did you do to them?"
The figure, stepped toward Naruto, entering the rays of moon light revealing to be a man no older than 20, dressed in ceremonial dark robes, a mane of ebony hair, his eyes completely covered by a blood red bandana. "They are merely unconscious," he said calmly, although the tone he sued was much lighter than the one he used when talking to the would be assailants.
"Who are you," Naruto asked suddenly not as frightened of the man as he was a moment ago, "What do you want?"
The man looked at Naruto, or at least he appeared to be looking at him, you couldn't really tell with his eyes covered. After a few moments he answered. "My name, young one, is Lev. And I am here to become your guardian."