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Life has been hard for one Naruto Uzumaki these past five years. He had just turned five and the orphanage decided to kick him out. Not that he was to upset about it they never treated him well. They barely ever fed him any food and the few times they did feed him the food was putrid. Also the food was always past its expiration date, rotten, and undercooked… if they even bothered to cook it but his favorite part was the fact that it was always laced with poison.
Today was a horrible one because when the orphanage kicked him out onto the main street of Konoha; all the people who were going to celebrate the festival saw him and decided to have a little sport before heading to the festival. "Hey brat you know what today is right?" at this Naruto shakes his head but he knows the answer anyway. The villagers were going to beat him again. "Today is the day we finally kill you, yea little shit." At this announcement some of the nearby villagers and one drunk ANBU operative who everyone was starting to fall behind as if signifying him as their leader. Started to pull out weapons or picked up whatever was lying around.
After seeing this Naruto started to run for his life hoping they would give up rather fast seeing as how today is the festival honoring the Yondaime for defeating the Kyuubi. Almost an hour later he was still running from this mob. Normally he would have lost them by now but with them being led by an ANBU, a drunken ANBU, but an ANBU nonetheless he wasn't losing them but just barely staying ahead of them. He was running down a side street when he saw an alleyway up ahead hoping it would get him a shortcut to the Hokage's tower he turned down it.
As he turned down into the alley all he was met with was a wall. He had gone down a dead end "Ha ha we got you know Demon brat!" one of the men said carrying a nasty looking rake. "Yea we're finally going to get revenge for all the terrible things you have done!" This was being said by a tall burly man with a metal pipe.
"Why are you doing this to me? I never did anything to harm you." At this point Naruto was starting to cry as he curled up into a ball in the corner of the grungy alley trying to hide in it even though he knew it was impossible to stop them now. "I mean yea I played some pranks, but they never harmed anybody! Please don't do this!" at this point he was full out sobbing as the villagers swarmed over him and started to beat him without mercy.
Naruto was truly terrified that he was going to die. "Where is Katsu he has usually gotten Old man Sarutobi by now? What's taking them so long? If they don't come soon… I might… I might actually … d... d... die…"
"This is the end for you Hell spawn!" the ANBU operative said. He then performs some hand signs and grabs his right arm with his left hand. All of a sudden electricity made out of pure chakra enveloped the man's right hand. "It is time to die demon, CHIDORI!" Just as the man started to charge at Naruto to end his life there was a loud "Yip yip" that sounded a lot like a fox barking. That's when the third Hokage, known as the Sandaime, appeared diverting the attack.
"What is the meaning of this!? You all are aware it's an S-rank crime to attack this boy!" the Sandaime yelled out in rage to the crowd causing many of them to cringe in fear. The only one who wasn't showing signs of fear was the ANBU operative and that's because one he is too drunk to think too far into the matter and two he is wearing a mask.
"But Hokage-sama he is a demon and you know it." "We all know it, so why protect him?" yelled out one rather retarded young man.
"I have to remarks to that comment you made. One is the fact that he is not a demon, he is a human boy that's just scared witless. Two I'm sure you and Ibiki are going to have a nice night together." At the second comment from the Sandaime the man suddenly paled considerably. "Also on another note you all have about thirty seconds to get the hell out of here before the ANBU arrive and if your still here by then well… let's just say it won't be pretty." Before he was even done with the sentence almost everyone had dropped their weapons and started to flee as if the very hounds of hell were chasing after them.
"It's alright now Naruto they are all gone," the Sandaime said turning to see if Naruto was all right. He let out a warm smile seeing that he was going to be just fine. Although his warm smile soon turned to a frown at what he heard next.
"Jiji-san what took you so long… did… did you… you not… not want to… to come… come and… and save me?" Naruto said in-between sobs as he hugged his only friend Katsu. Katsu is a small reddish orange fox that is about the size of a small dog. Katsu has been with Naruto for as long as either can remember. Even though one of them was a fox and the other was a human. They felt like brothers to each other.
"NO! Of course not Naruto I see you as a grandson to me. I would have been here sooner if it wasn't for the council I swear," Sarutobi said. Truly feeling sorry for the young boy. He should never have had to go through all this. I promise you Naruto this will all turn out for the better soon.'
"Really? You mean it? What happened with the council? Where am I going to live now? Am I going to…?" At this point Sarutobi decided to interrupt Naruto who was fast getting a headache from the barrage of questions the boy was sending his way. Although, he was extremely glad the boy wasn't crying anymore.
"In order. Yes. I do mean it. As for the council they had decided to call me into the meeting room for some stupid meeting about a quarrel that had happened earlier between some merchants. Along with other such trivial matters that really don't involve the Hokage seeing as how my main concern is the ninja populace. Nevertheless, though they refused to let me leave. In fact, I would never have known about your predicament until it was too late if not for Katsu howling at the meeting room door. I just want you to know I'm truly sorry this happened to you Naruto," Sarutobi said truly regretting the fact that he fell for the council's trap.
"It's ok Jiji-san I'm kind of used to it by now." These words struck Sarutobi deeply because no child his age should be "used" to this, he was an old man and he still wasn't "used" to it. It was just one more testament to his strength to keep going even though this happens every year.
"So Jiji-san where am I going to live now that the orphanage kicked me out?"
"Hmm… well for this week you can stay at my place until I can find an apartment for you to stay at."
"Really! Thanks a lot Jiji-san!," Naruto cheered as he gave the old man an affectionate hug.
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Its' been three years since Naruto had been kicked out of the orphanage and while the village, as a whole doesn't treat him any differently, he has found at least two people who care for him. He still remembers the time he met Teuchi-san and Ayame-neesan.
Flashback three years ago
It's been a couple of weeks since he left the orphanage and now he was living in an apartment given to him by Old man Sarutobi. When he first got the apartment it looked really nice even the furniture was brand new and state of the art. There was a kitchen, master bedroom, and a guest bedroom although it didn't seem any different than the master bedroom, and a living room. The cupboards and fridge were full of all kinds of FRESH food. He was so happy; he had never had anything that wasn't expired or rotten before. The only thing that didn't look any good was the cupped ramen.
At first, life was great, he had a place to himself, fresh food, new clothes, and he even was getting a monthly allowance from the Old man. He was so happy he didn't even care that the villagers were all glaring at him. Then it happened, the one thing that made everything go downhill.
"Hey Demon why the hell do you look so happy?" one man shouted out causing everyone to look at Naruto to see why he was so happy. "Yea what's with that damn goofy grin of yours, it seems different than usual." This came from the old women that had just come out of the store. "Oh I see why he's so happy. Look he's got new clothes." Shouted someone else. "Hey you little brat who are you stealing from now," Some Chunin said.
"No I didn't steal these clothes. They were given to me!" Naruto shouted to no avail. Why does this always happen to me. Just when my life was finally starting to turn for the better this had to happen now what do I do.'
"Get him!"
"Get that thieving Demon!"
"YEA!"
Then the mob started to chase him all over town again. He was desperately looking for somewhere to hide. In his desperation to hide he ran into the first building he saw. When he looked around the place, he realized it looked very familiar. It was a small three-room apartment; all the furniture was brand new. Then to add to his misery he realized he ran home!
No! Why did I run here, now they will know where I live? He started to panic when he heard some villagers shout out that he was in here. Crap what do I do now? Maybe if I barricade the door, they won't be able to get in and just give up.' Just as Naruto had finished putting a bookshelf that was given to him by the Sandaime so he could read in his spare time, they started banging on the door. "Let us in Demon!" "Bust down the door quick before he gets away!" So far the door was holding and he was glad he lived on the second floor, that way they couldn't get in through the window. The only way in was through the window and you had to be a ninja to get in through there. Surely none of them are ninja right?
As if in spite of his hope the two windows in his living room shatter and inside came two ninja. "Ha ha we got you now demon brat" As the ninja launched at him, he rolled forward just barely making it behind them. Instead of turning to attack him they went to go move the bookshelf away from the door. Seeing this Naruto quickly ran to his room to get Katsu while the ninja were still working on the door.
"Come on Katsu we have to get out of here." He then picks up Katsu and is just about to jump out of his bedroom window when he hears the mob start pouring into his apartment. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it the mob was more interested in the destruction of his apartment then coming after him.
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(Later that Night)
After hiding in a dumpster for most of the day, Naruto and Katsu decided to see what condition their new home was in now that it was night time.
When they got there it was not a pretty sight. The outside of the apartment had graffiti written all over saying things like "Demon Brat", "Hell Spawn", and the one that confused him was "Kyuubi Child." He didn't really know what the Kyuubi was. All he did know was that it was something worth celebrating about seeing as how the villagers seem to host festivals in his name.
Admittedly he really didn't know anything about the festival because if he ever asked about it or went near it, he would get attacked. So this really didn't make any sense to him. They honor his name don't they? So why are they saying I'm his child as if it's a horrible crime, I guess that's just one more thing to ask the Old man about.'
So stowing that in the back of his mind for now, he decides that it was time to see what the inside of the place looked like after the mobs rampage. The place was a horrible wreck, the sofa was torn all over the place, the table was missing its legs and broken in half. The bookshelf, which was hidden behind the door, was still intact but he couldn't say the same for the books, whose pages were torn and thrown all over the living room. Some of the walls had been ruined as well with holes and slash marks all over them.
"Okay so the living room is in ruins what's the kitchen like?" When he and Katsu enter the kitchen it was worse than the living room! All the cupboards and fridge doors were either completely torn off or just barely hanging there. The kitchen sink had somehow been torn out of the wall…and yet it still worked. "That's just …odd." Katsu barked in agreement. That wasn't the worst thing though. Food had been thrown everywhere, it seems that the only thing still untouched was the cupped ramen everything else was in ruins. "Not that I'm complaining, but why didn't they touch the ramen, is that bad?"
"Well only one more room to check." When he got to his bedroom the door was luckily still standing though it had food splattered all over it like everything else. When he went to open the door it was locked! Is someone in there waiting for me? It can only be locked from the inside after all.' After a few minutes of rummaging around the house he found what he was looking for. He found a screwdriver that must have been left behind by some villager.
He went back to the door and used it to undo the hinges on the door so he could get into the room. He was prepared for anything when he walked into the room but he wasn't prepared for what he saw next. The room was completely untouched no one had come in here and messed with it. " Why did they cost so much destruction everywhere in my house, but here in my bedroom?"
When he looked down at Katsu to see what his reaction to it all was like, it surprised him. Katsu looked happy if not pleased as if he just accomplished something great. "Please tell, what's got you in such a good mood Katsu?" Katsu just looked at him with a foxes grin and touched the door with his single tail. When he touched the door it disappeared, Naruto not knowing about genjutsus he thought it was the coolest thing ever. "Wow Katsu what did you do! Is the door still there?" As Naruto said this he went up to the door to see if it was still there. Sure enough even though he couldn't see it the door was still there. "That's awesome Katsu you made the door disappear so that way no one would try and come in here!"
Well as much as I hate to leave it in its current state, I need sleep. So we will start cleaning it up in the morning. "Good night Katsu." With that, Naruto went to sleep, with Katsu sleeping at the foot of the bed after dispelling the genjutsu on the door.
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(The Next Day)
Naruto had awoken rather early that day so he could start cleaning his apartment. He cleaned off all the food that was on the walls. Then using the screwdriver, that he had found the night before, he started fixing all the cabinets that he could. As for the sink, he just left it as it was, it did work after all. Hmm if it wasn't for the fact that half the cabinets don't have doors attached to them anymore and the fact that all I have is that ramen stuff, I'd have to say this was a job well done. Now I just have to fix the living room.'
The living room was going to be the hardest place to clean, since the table was broken, and the sofa was torn, and slashed all over. I'm going to have to buy some tape, if they even sell it to me.' So in the mean time, he decided to pick up all the paper off of the floor and threw it away while collecting all the book covers.
"Alright Katsu, let's go and see if we can buy any tape." With that, he and Katsu started out to the general store. Although Katsu was following in secret hiding of the shadows so that no one freaked out at his appearance.
After going to the general store and paying triple the price for some tape, he had decided to start heading home. On his way home though, his stomach gave off a nauseating growl of hunger. Hmm I wonder what I should do for lunch because all I got at home is ramen, whatever that stuff is. The orphanage never served it.' As Naruto was thinking this he heard some shouting down the street. Worried that it might be directed towards him like usual he went to investigate who was yelling and why.
"DARN IT! I told you opening a ramen stand was a bad idea. We should have opened a restraint." This was all said by a young girl with long brown hair. She was currently yelling at an older man whose hair was just starting to go gray. This man looked really nervous the kind of nervous that meant everything that could go wrong was going wrong.
"Look Ayame it's not that bad of an idea. Besides we just moved here from Mist we need to give it more time. Also we couldn't afford to open a restraint even if we wanted, a stand was the best we could do." The older man who must be the girl's father was trying to plead his case to his daughter.
"If we can't get one customer by the end of the week I'm going to go get a REAL job." Ayame yells at her father.
The man is now looking around desperately as if a customer was going to appear out of nowhere. As he looked around though he noticed everyone he looked at would quickly walk away. That was until he saw one little boy who had spiky blonde hair, big cerulean eyes, and three whiskers like marks on each cheek, and clothes that were worn out from overuse. "You there, come over here boy!" The older man says pointing at Naruto. Who at this point was very afraid that he had offended the old man.
"If you eat at our stand right now I'll give you half off on everything you eat." Naruto was amazed at this statement. Is he serious? Nah he can't be he will be just like everyone else. He will probably quadruple the price so that when he cuts it in half I'll still be paying more than usual.' Naruto was hesitating now because he was afraid of what was going to happen.
"Come on boy haven't you ever had ramen before?"
"N… no sir the orphanage never served ramen."
"Oh you poor boy what happened to your parents." This was said by the daughter who up until this point was upset at her father for taking advantage of some child.
"I don't know I never knew them. All I know is sometimes the villagers call me demon child but I don't know why." Naruto said all this with a shy and nervous expression on his face while looking at the ground most of the time. Just like a child who was being scolded.
"Phhf demon child my ass. I've seen children that look like demons kid. Heck I've seen kids with powers that could be akin to that of demons, and you aren't one of them kid. Here the first bowl of ramen is on use so come on in kid."
"Father!" when Ayame had yelled at her father like that Naruto feared she was going to scold her father for letting him come eat at their stand. "Your being rude father we haven't even introduced ourselves and your already treating him like he's your favorite child; and here I thought I was your favorite." Ayame had a cute pout on her face while she said the last part.
"Ha ha your right sweetie and I'm sorry. My name is Ichiraku Teuchi and this is my daughter Ayame. We just moved here a week ago from Mist country that is currently in the middle of a civil war. What's your name kid?" The older man who Naruto now knows as Ichiraku said all this with a warm smile on his face.
"You want to know my name?"
"Of course why wouldn't we want to know the name of our first friend here silly?" Ayame said with a warm smile on her face as well.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto and… did you call me your friend?" Naruto had a hopeful look in his eyes. If everything he was hearing was true he might actually be making friends for the first time ever.
"Yes I did. Now come on inside my dad here may be an idiot sometimes but he makes some pretty good ramen." At this point all three of them walked into the stand and while Ayame handed Naruto a menu from behind the stand Teuchi walked into the kitchen. "You just look that over and tell us what you'd like to try ok.
"Um ok but I can't read the orphanage wouldn't teach me. I only know how to count money because of jiji-sama. Naruto said this with regret but was happy that the Old man had been able to at least teach him that much with how little spare time he has.
"You've got to be kidding me that's just not right. Well if you'll let me your Neesan will teach you ok. I'll teach you to read and even write if they didn't teach you that as well as long as you come and eat here every once in awhile.
"Really!? Thanks Ayame-chan." Naruto was really happy now here were to people treating him like he was worth something. Is this what it feels like to have friends if so I don't ever want to lose them?'
"That's Ayame-neesan to you ok Naruto-kun." Ayame said this with a slightly goofy grin on her face hoping he would call her that. She had always wanted a little brother but ever since the civil war had taken her mother away from her any hopes of that was dashed. That was until now anyway, hopefully she could act like Naruto was her little brother even if he wasn't in reality.
"Ok Ayame-neesan." Naruto was very happy now he had four friends now Katsu, Jiji-sama, Ichiraku-san, and Ayame-neesan. Maybe life is going to get better from here on out.'
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It was thanks to those two that he was able to stand all the glares from all the villagers. He was happy that he had met them. The only thing he regretted about meeting them is it seems like no one else will eat there, all because it has been tainted by his presence. So while others do go and eat there, they would go out of business if he didn't go and eat there all the time. Not that it bothers him he loves ramen and would eat it every day for every meal. If it weren't for the fact that Katsu would bite him every time he tried to have it for more than one meal a day.
Katsu had grown a lot lately and while he might not be that much bigger, he was tall for a fox. The biggest difference in Katsu was his ability to make illusions. Which the Old man had told him was called genjutsu. Katsu was always either stealing food thanks to his illusions, or hunting small game to make sure he and Naruto kept a healthy diet. Well as healthy as any diet could be when you eat ten to fifteen bowls of ramen a day.
"Well Katsu today feels like it's going to be a good day." Naruto whispered Katsu was invisible next to him so that he could keep him company and yet not freak out the villagers. They both remembered how the villagers reacted whenever they saw a fox. Foxes seemed to be feared in this village. If you saw a fox it was you duty as a Konoha citizen to kill it. So therefore Katsu always remained in the shadows or used his illusions to remain undetectable. At first they didn't think think it would work but the old man explained that it would. Evidently kitsune don't use chakra like humans do they use something called youkai energy. Evidently when a genjutsu is used it is detected by the chakra that is generated by it, but because Katsu uses youkai which ninja aren't trained to detect no one would.
So ever since then Katsu was able to travel with Naruto undetected and even play horrible pranks on the populace that would be mean to Naruto. These pranks were rather harmless unless you consider tripping old ladies and throwing their canes far away, along with stealing people's belts so their pants fall down harmful but hey it was all in the name of fun. It's not like they didn't deserve it.
Currently the two were walking to Ichiraku's for lunch when they noticed something. The villagers looked even angrier than usual which was saying something considering how they usually looked at him. It was then that it hit him. There where decorations everywhere almost like there was a festival coming. Then it hit him even harder he was walking down THE main street of the village during the festival that celebrated the Kyuubi incident. Which he still didn't know anything about, the Old man always avoided the subject, but Naruto realized he was in some serious trouble right about now.
"What the hell are you doing here Demon brat." An ANBU member cried out
"YEA!" this was chorused by a lot of people who agreed with the first person.
"You know we don't like you ruining are festival with your evil taint." This was said by ANBU agent again. Which after hearing what he said, his entourage chorused their agreement again.
"I'm sorry I wasn't thinking. I didn't mean to interrupt the festival I just wasn't paying attention to where I was going." He cried out afraid that he was going to be beaten again. Even though he had Katsu he could only help Naruto avoid the people not fight them it would be too risky.
"Oh so we are so insignificant to one such as you that you just can't be bothered by the likes of us." The ANBU said emphasizing certain words to drive his point home.
"No that's not it, that's not what I meant!" He was getting desperate now because he new that this time it was going to be worse than before. This time he could tell the Hokage wouldn't be able to help him like usual. It was always like that on the day of the festival if the Hokage interfered he would be "ruining the festivities" and he would be a "Yondaime hater" he would lose too much of what little support he had. So Naruto would just have to take the beating and hope they wouldn't kill him.
"GET HIM!" and so the chase was on. Naruto was ducking, swerving, and turning around every stall, alleyway, and street trying to lose them. Although he knew he wouldn't lose them the ANBU agent who was usually drunk wasn't this time. In fact the only reason they hadn't caught up to him was because of two factors. One was his unusually high stamina that let him run full out for hours. The second factor was Katsu's illusions that continue to mislead his pursuers but just barely.
After running for almost an hour he had finally taken a wrong turn. Down at the end of the street was a second group of villagers. Crap I'm trapped. Here we go again.' He was resigned to his fate it did happen on a normal bases.
After the normal beating he got they did something they normally didn't. They picked him up and started to carry him away. What is going on? Where are they taking me?' "Wh… where are y… you tak… taking me… me?" he stuttered not being able to speak properly with his broken ribs constricting his breathing along with his busted jaw and most likely broken nose.
"We are throwing you out of town demon scum." Said the ANBU agent, which had been carrying him all this time. "We are being kind to you. Not that it is anything you could comprehend demon. Although this is a onetime thing only, if you ever come back here again we WILL kill you the moment we get a chance to."
With that they were at the city gates and threw him out far into the forest. Oh and with Naruto's horrible luck it was right then that it decided to start raining and it wasn't just raining it was a downpour. "Well Katsu there's a good side and a bad side to all this." At this Katsu revealed himself and tilted his head as if to ask him to continue with what he was saying. "well bad side we got kicked out of town and we will never see any of them again… what that's not to bad but I will miss my friends. The good side though is with all this rain the festival will be canceled. Thank Kami-sama for the small things in life.
"Well Katsu we can't go back there you heard what they said and I don't think Jiji-san is going to be able to help us anymore. Not after that display from the village, it would take a miracle to get me back there. Oh well it's not like things could get any worse right?" Katsu was afraid all of a sudden after all he as a kitsune knew there was one thing you never EVER did, and that was tempt fate it was the worst thing anyone human, demon, or spirit could EVER do.
That was that he and Naruto started walking down the path never to return to Konoha.
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(At the Hokage Tower)
"HOKAGE-SAMA!" a Jounin came running into the Hokages office in a slight panic.
"What is wrong?"
"You don't know sir?" the Jounin was obviously confused now.
"Know what spit it out man." All of a sudden it hit him what day it was. He hadn't realized what day it was due to all the paperwork the council had him doing. "Please tell me it doesn't have to do with Naruto." The Sandaime was really worried at this point the last time the villagers did something to Naruto they nearly killed him.
"It does sir, they chased him out of town and he is running off sir."
Hmm this isn't good I'll have to locate him with my crystal ball or else we might not find him before he is too far away.' "Get me my personal ANBU squad once I locate him we will set out for him immediately." Just as the Jounin was about to leave the Sandaime stopped him. "Oh and make sure no one knows what you're doing."
As the Jounin walked away he pulled out his crystal ball that has been with every Hokage since the very founding of the village. This crystal ball had the ability to track down any ninja of Konoha with one hundred percent accuracy, and even though Naruto wasn't a ninja yet he had made sure he could still track him regardless. hmm so where are you Naruto… Ah there you are. WAIT! What's going on here? Oh dear Kami-sama no.' His crystal ball showed him a scene he never wanted to see. Naruto and Katsu were surrounded by three ninja with a fourth one closing in fast. I have to get there fast. If I don't Naruto will die! Please Kami-sama if there are such things as miracles let us get there in time to save Naruto.'
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(A/N) there you go folks that's the official chapter one. Please review I don't mind flames as long as it's in the process of helping me improve.