-Naruto's POV-
I wake up… Where am I? Then I recall the events from yesterday. I sit up quickly. I winced. I looked at my wounds. They are mostly healed. But they are still a little painful. The ones that healed became scars… Why did I heal so fast I wonder?
"That's because I healed you. I can't have my host dying on me now can i?
Why not?
"Because if you die, I die you idiot!"
Oh… I stay silent
"So you're up." A voice said. I startled and looked up. There stood a young man with white hair and he had a mask that covered everything but his right eye. He started to walk over to me. Is he going to hit me? I think in fear. I scramble to get up but as I do I fall. I feel two hands catch me. I look up and see the white haired man.
"Are you okay?" he asked. I nodded. Then paused. Where have I heard that voice? Then I remembered, Last Night! He is the one that took my eye! My eyes widened in fear. I scramble away from him, fearing he would hurt me again.
"W-w-wolf." I shuddered.
He sighed. "Calm down Naruto, I won't hurt you. "
"W-why not?"
He paused then answered. "Because I have orders to keep an eye on you. . . Actually I volunteered. And my name is Kakashi not wolf."
"W-why w-w-would you d-do th-that?" I asked. He sighed.
"Because Naruto, I don't trust anyone to take care of you properly. This way I can make sure you don't get hurt again…" he said sadly. I was shocked. So basically he did it to protect me?
"Don't trust him Naruto." Why not kyuubi? "Remember the hokage? He said he would protect you, but he ended up hurting you more than anyone. Besides Kakashi is the one who took you eye. Why would he protect you?" You're right... why would anyone like me? I am a monster. He is probably waiting for a chance to hurt me again…
-Kakashi's POV-
I was trying to convey my concern for the boy. But I was finding it hard to do so. After I finished talking, I saw him process the information. Then his eyes lit up in hope but then quickly darkened as something talked him out of it. His face hardened and he then gave me an untrusting look. I sighed. It was no surprise after what he had been through. Especially since I played a big part in it… I just hope he relies soon the whole world isn't cruel…
I stand up and ask "so are you hungry?" He shook his head. I frowned. I knew he had to be lying. But as if on cue his stomach growls… He looked down quickly and I think I see a faint blush on his cheeks. He nods. I chuckle softly then head over to the kitchen, which was only a couple steps away. I'll make something that will be easy on his stomach, Porridge. After I am done cooking it I put it in a bowl and go over and offer it to him. Naruto looked at me suspiciously and hesitantly took the bowl.
"What do you say?" I asked him. He titled his head sideways with a confused look on his face. Has no one taught him proper manners? I sigh.
"When someone does a kind deed for you, you should say thank you to show your appreciation and to acknowledge their kindness." I say, struggling to find the right words to explain it. Naruto looked down for a moment. I didn't think he was going to say anything, when I heard
"O-oh. Th-thank you K-kasashi…" he said quietly. I reached over and ruffled his hair, ignoring the flinching.
"Good. Make sure to remember that, it's an important skill."
He nodded and his attention went back to his food. He stared at the bowl of a moment then slowly took a bite. Then he started to snarf down his food. I chuckled softly.
"Naruto," I started. Naruto stopped eating and looked at me nervously. "Don't eat so fast, you'll give yourself a stomach ache. " Naruto nodded then started eating more slowly, though I could tell he was struggling to do so. I look at the boy as he ate I took a look at the boy. He was as skinny as a rail. He looked like he was 3 but I know he is 5 years old. And not just that he was covered in wounds. And not just ones from last night. One that were weeks and days old… poor kid. . . I never thought sensei's boy would be treated this way. I noticed that naruto finished eating.
"Are you full?" I asked. He nodded. I slowly, not wanted to scare him again, took the bowl from him. After I quickly washed the dishes, I went back and say by naruto crossed legged. We sat in silence for a moment. Naruto was sitting quietly looking down at his hands. I sighed as I ran my fingers though my hair. I don't know what to do. I'm not good with people, children particularly. I took him in because I knew he wouldn't be treated well with anyone else. I decided to start simple.
"How are you feeling?" He nodded. "Use your words Naruto."
"I f-feel g-good." He responded. I sighed. Can tell naruto is scared. He doesn't believe I won't hurt him. This is going to take some time… what do other guardians do….shelter, feed, clothe… I looked at naruto again. His shirt was ripped in several places and it looks like it is getting to small. His pants were all ripped as well. There is something we can start with...
-Naruto POV-
I look down at my hands. What is wolf up to? He agreed to watch me then he feeds me. Why?
"He is trying to worm his way into your heart he wants to use and abuse you."
I won't let him! I'll never trust anyone again! No one is trustworthy. After all, who would care for a monster like me?
"Naruto?" I looked up at him. "Let's go shopping for new clothes." I blinked in surprise. Clothes? Why do I need clothes?
"Your clothes are falling apart Naruto. You need new ones?" he said. How did he know what I was thinking?
"Let's go." He stood up and put his hand out. I flinched and put my arms up in defensive mode. He is gonna hit me! He sighed "I'm not going to hurt you naruto…" He said.
I don't believe you, I thought. He outstretched his hand again. I hesitantly took it. He pulled me into a standing position. I stumbled a bit but steadied myself shortly. We excited the building and went down the steps. We walked in silence for a while. I kept a respectful distance behind him. Partly to give him space and so I have time to react if he tries anything. As we get closer to the market, I get more and more nervous. I have always avoided crowded places. It's like i'm begging for people to come and beat me up. Plus as the crowds grow its harder to keep track of my surroundings. We soon approach the heart of the market and I am having a hard time keeping track of the people. Wolf keeps walking ahead. I suddenly run into someone and I fall down.
"Are you Ok—" the villager starts but then stops short when he saw it was me "You! Watch where you're going you Fucking Monster!" He shouts as he raises his hand, ready to strike. I go into defensive mode and close my eyes. I wait. Nothing happens. I open my eyes to see Kakashi holding the man's arm firmly.
"That's no way to treat a child." He says to the man.
"A child?!" the man exclaims "That thing isn't a child! It's a monster in sheep's clothing!" Kakashi sighs.
"Well all I see is a scared, defenseless child. Now leave him alone or I will make you." He said as he tightened his grip and let out some killer intent. The villagers face drained from his face. He nodded. As soon and Kakashi let go he ran away, giving me a glare as he went. I look up at Kakashi in amazement. Why did he do that? Does he just want the prey to himself? He came over, bent down and picked me up, putting me back on my feet.
"Let's go." We started walking again. I still am struggling with keeping an eye on all my surrounding with this many people. Kakashi must have noticed because he said
"If you're having trouble walking come and hold onto me." I looked at him. He noticed. Should I take him up on his offer? Is it a trick? Or is he just being nice? I slowly reach and grabbed onto his shirt. He looked down at me with a puzzled look and asked
"Why the shirt?"
"I-I a-am n-n-not a-allowed t-to t-touch a-anyone. J-jiji said s-so be-before he…" I stopped not wanting to think of the previous night. Somehow he understood what I was trying to say because he nodded. I looked down at my feet. I felt warm against my hand. I flinched. I looked up and say Kakashi had taken my hand into his.
"Naruto," he started "it's okay to touch people. The hokage was wrong. Don't worry. Especially with me." he gave me an eye smile. I looked at him in awe. He wasn't scared of a monster touching him. Hands are warm… I look at him and give him a real smile. Kakashi gave me a surprised look then gave me an eye smile. We started to walk again, this time with Kakashi holding my hand. I had less trouble moving through the crowds. He warned me and helped me avoid objects and people. When people purposely bumped into me, he pulled me behind him and gave them a death glare, which usually chased them away. I wonder why he is being so nice? I'm not worth this… We finally arrive to one of the shops. I feel nervous. I hesitate at the entrance and move nervously. Kakashi notices.
"What's wrong?" I look up at him. He won't think I'm lying will he? Well he hasn't shown any sign of being like Jij—I mean hokage. Maybe I should…
"Don't do it Naruto."
Why not?
"He will punish you. No one usually believes you, why should he? This way you don't get two beatings, and will only get one."
That's true… I shake my head in response. Kakashi look at me in suspicion but we walk in anyways. Kakashi starts walking around. The shop owner comes out. "Welcome! What can I-! What are you doing here you little demon!" The owner comes over to me and I can see that he is about to hit me. I prepare myself. Nothing happens. I look up and see Kakashi holding the owners arm.
"Mah, mah, that's no way to treat a child."
"That's no child! It's a demon!"
Kakashi sighed. "Naruto, Can you go wait outside." I opened my mouth in protest but before I could say anything Kakashi said "Please?" I paused. No one has please to me before… of well… I guess it's worth it. I nodded and hesitantly go outside and go sit on a nearby bench, so I don't get trampled on. Plus it's fairly hidden so I won't be seen as easily. I heard familiar laughing… I turned around and went pale. I saw a group of young ninja's, who were in their late teens…. These guys in particular where one of the worst… They have beaten me almost to death many times and every time they do something different. This group consisted out three boys. Grell who had long red hair, Knives who had blond hair, and Kai had short black hair.
I watched them carefully, hoping they wouldn't see me. One of them just happened to glance in my direction when he saw me and he stopped laughing…. oh crap…. He looked at me for a moment then smirked. He turned to his buddies and said something. They all looked over at me. Oh crap… I stood up and started running as fast as I could. I heard someone shouting saying
"Let the hunt begin!" Some enthusiastic shouting was followed. And I heard them starting to chase me.
Shit. I thought. This isn't good. These guys are the worst out of most of the villager. What do I do? There is no time to find Kakashi. He may not even be in the same place…
"He probably wouldn't help a monster like you either." The kyuubi said
I decided to run towards the forest of death like always do. It's easier to lose them there. I weave through the crowd the best I could. Though I kept bumping into some people. Stupid eye. I finally saw the forest in view. I reached the fence and climber over it. I jumped don and heading into the forest. I heard them climb the fence. I know they could easily get over it with their ninja skills but I think they have a rule to not use many of their ninja training, except their weapons of course, just to make the hunt more fun.
"It's getting away!"Grell said
"Then do something about it!" Knives responded
Suddenly I see a kunai come my way. I dodged it but stumbled a little. I notice a tag on it. . . Shit. . . I did my best to run away but then it exploded. The force of the blast blew me away and into a tree. My ear is ringing…. It won't stop… The force of the impact took my breath away and I can move.
"Awe you missed!" The steps get closer. GET UP Naruto! Get up! I tried but failed. I felt a kunai go into my leg. I yelled out in pain.
"I got it!" Grell said.
"We should make sure our prize doesn't get away." Kai said
I heard chuckling and I looked at them see them looking down at me, smirking. Knives stopped smiling "what are you looking at you piece of trash!" He swung his leg and kicked me. I curled up into self-defense mode as they all started to beat me. Then I felt a hand roughly grab my hair and pulled me out of my curl. After sending a powerful punch to my stomach I went limp. I tried not to pass out. I felt my hands being tied with rope. They made sure to make it as tight as they could. I winced in pain.
"Oh! Look at that! He is feeling pain! I didn't know demons could feel pain." Grell said
"Well that makes this all the more fun." Kai said
The took my hands and dragged me across the forest floor. They picked me up and slammed me against a tree. I grunted in pain. I watched as they took some rope and put it over a sturdy looking branch. I was wondering what they were doing when they took my hands. I struggled but all they too did was hit my again. They secured my hands and now I was hanging from the tree. My feet barely touching the ground... crap . . . what are they going to do?! I feel the fear rise up in me.
"Naruto let me take over! I show them the meaning of pain!-
NO! I don't want to hurt anyone!
"Fine I will just watch as they punish you for your deeds."
Then it started. They punched me, kicked me, stabbed me, used me for target practice, so many things, I lost track as I drifted in and out of consciousness. All the blood I lost made it hard to stay conscious. I felt them stop. . Is it over? I tiredly looked up and saw them snicker. Knives come over to me
"Say… have you ever wanted a tattoo? No? Well today is your lucky day because you're gonna get one!" he said smiling and step sides and shows an old man who is smiling sinisterly.
"You killed my daughter… I am going to make sure everywhere you go people will know you're the kyuubi. And i'm gonna make this process as slow and as painful as I can as for revenge for what you did to my little girl." I try to focus on what he is saying but I keep going toward unconsciousness. He sighs
"I thought I told you boys to hold back so he would be conscious enough to be awake for this." He says frustratedly. "Well no matter, luckily I had the foresight to bring this." He brings out bottle. He takes the contents and pours into it my mouth. It tastes foul so I try to spit it out but he closes my mouth to make sure it goes down. I swallow. He smiles. Suddenly my heart starts racing and I am wide awake. I am gasping for breath for a moment. Then I am able to steady it "that forces your adrenals and heart to work faster you won't be able fall unconscious like that. Plus I added a special twist and it heighten all of your nerve sensitivities. Like I said. I am going to make this as painful as I can. Don't worry it will last just long enough for me to finish." He cuts the rope. I fall down to the ground with a thud. I cry out in pain as all my fresh wounds are jostled. Once again I get tied up to a tree. I start to struggle…
"Oh no that won't do" the man says. He takes out another bottle. And put it under my nose. I sniff and suddenly I can't move my body. I only can manga to move my head slightly. "There we don't want you messing up my master piece now do we?" He rips off the fabric on my shoulder. He gets to work. As soon as he starts touching my skin I start screaming in pain. He looks up angrily and punches me in the face.
"Shut up!" He turns to the teens who are just watching the show. "Shut him up will you I can't concentrate will all that racket." Kai sighed. He comes over to me and stuff a cloth in my mouth and ties another around my mouth so I can spit it out. He steps back and lets the old man continue. It seemed like hour and hours of pain before he was finished.
"There! Done!" he said stepping back, admiring his work. It was a picture of the nine tailed kyuubi. He looks at me and says
"Now there is no where you can run without someone knowing you're a monster." He walks away. The teens being bored and unusually gracious cut me down and walked away. I fell down and sunk into unconsciousness.
-Kakashi's POV-
I can't believe I was so stupid! Leaving Naruto alone. I know the villagers hate naruto, yet I brought him into the shop and not taking a damn clue at naruto's unusual behavior. Not just that, I sent him outside alone. I fed him to the wolves! Now here I am trying to find him. Where are you Naruto?! I hear one of my ninja dogs howl. I quickly go to the site. And I see… oh no… I see naruto chasing and killing some young men. I reconise a corpse of a famous tattoo artist, who is also well versed in herbal medicines and poisons. Why was he here in the middle of the forest? Then I see Naruto's arm… That doesn't look like any normal tattoo. I look at naruto and see how heavily wounded he was… I sigh sadly. Just as he was about to kill the next teen I appeared in front of him and stopped his strike with my kunai. Naruto's eyes went wide in surprise.
"That's enough Naruto." I said to him
"Out of my ways leaf Ninja!"
My eyes narrowed "Kyuubi."
"Hehehe. So you can tell. No matter, you won't live long to tell the tale. I was planning to let you live to quicken Naruto's breaking point. But this will do just as good." Naruto smirked
"I don't plan on dying anytime soon." I replied. Naruto laughed. He came at me once more. I blocked.
(A/N: I apologize I am not good at battle scenes I will work on it but I wanted to get this out for you guys)
We kept exchanging blows. The kyuubi was incredibly fast. We were getting nowhere. As naruto aimed for my heart I saw an opening and kicked him in the chest. He fell down with a grunt. I quickly put a Kunai against his thought.
"K-k-kakashi?" Naruto started tearing up.
"Naruto?" I asked unsure. He nodded. I held out my hand and helped him up.
"D-did I h-hurt s-somebody again?" he asked. I looked at him sadly and nodded.
"I-I'm S-sorry…" he said backing away, crying harder. He look like he was about to run. I quickly and grabbed his shoulders gently. He flinched and looked down at his feet.
"Naruto." I said. He was still looking down. "Naruto, look at me." he slowly and hesitantly look me in the eyes.
"This is not your fault Naruto. It is the Kyuubi's doing. You did nothing wrong." He looked at me stunned and unbelieving. His eyes softened. Suddenly his eyes were filled with terror.
"NO!" he pushed me away. Putting his hand on his head.
"Naruto?"
"GO AWAY!" he shouted frantically. Backing up.
"Naruto what's wrong?!"
"HehHe you let your guard down leaf ninja." I look down and see he has stabbed me in the stomach. I look up and see Naruto smiling. Yet he is crying. Then Naruto starts gather pure condensed chakra. Well that's dangerous. I try my best to run but then I feel pain….
-Narutos POV-
I open my eyes to see myself in a crater . . . what happened? Wait, what happened to Kakashi? I scrambled up the Crater and desperately and scan the place. Then I see a person on the ground... with white hair.
"Kakashi!" I ran over to him. He was bloodied and bruised. I put my ear to his chest, desperately trying to see he was alive. There was a faint heartbeat. I have to help him! He can't die! I try to pick him up but fail. He is just too big and I am too small. I kneel down and I started crying
"Kakashi! Wake up!" I cried some more as I was giving up hope that I'd be able to save him. . . It all my fault he is like this. I did this. "I-I am sorry Kakashi." I felt a warm hand on my own hand. I look down and see Kakashi looking at me tiredly.
"I-It's not your fault N-naruto." Kakashi said in weakly "None of it is. R-remember" He winced in pain "even if the whole village thinks you are, you're just a boy who is in…" he stopped
"Kakashi?" I looked down and saw he closed his eyes. Panic went through me. No! He can't die! I finally found someone who cared about me. HE CANT DIE!
"W-Wake up! Please!" No response "Wake up!" still no response. I started crying harder.
"Crying like that is very Unyouthful of you!" I hear someone say behind me. I look behind me and see a man in green outfit… and a weird haircut.
"You are…" he started
"Pl-Please." I started, hoping who wouldn't ignore me because of who I was. "H-Help Him!" The man finally realized who was at my feet.
"Kakashi!" he rushed over and knelt down. He pressed two fingers against his neck. He sighed in relief and whispered
"Alive…" I looked at him in hope. He's alive. The man looked at me. "Sorry kid I have to get him to the hospital fast. You're going to get home on your own." I nodded. The man quickly picked Kakashi up and left. I sat there for a moment, collecting myself, then got up and slowly and painfully exited the forest.
As I limped down the streets I heard the villagers whisper...
"Did you see what he did to Kakashi?"
"Yea he almost killed him that monster."
"To think Kakashi stood up for him and now it is his fault he is hurt."
"What do you expect from a monster?"
They are right. I thought. I hurt him. . . I still feel how it felt to stab him.
"You hurt the only person who cared about you. How could you?"
He said it wasn't my fault…. I responded. Mostly trying to convince myself.
-Say that at his funeral. Though he probably only said that in the moment. Once he wakes up and thinks it over he will change his mind."
Your right. Do you think he is going to die?
"If he keeps hanging with you he will."
Your right. I will probably kill him if I stay… I should leave Konoha... I don't want to hurt anyone else. .
I went home and grabbed the little things I had and shoved them in a pack.
"I hope Kakashi is alright…" I said quietly to myself. Then I hear a man run down the street saying.
"NARUTO IS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE HOKAGE! HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER! ANYONE WHO CAPTURES HIM ALIVE WILL BE REWARDED!"
I panicked. I have to leave quickly. With struggle I made it to the gate without being seen. And ran past the guards. They saw me and ran after me. I ran and ran. Eventually I lost them. I slowed down. I went to hide just in case and waited. After a while I decided it was safe. I just let myself cry over today's events until I cried myself to sleep.
Hello again!
I hope you liked this chapter. I tried my best to keep the character have the same personality as the anime minus a few details.
I know this is kinda a violent start but dont worry it will get better! thank you for reading!
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