Uzumaki Naruto, jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, was lying in the mud.

Rain was pouring from the sky, resembling that of Ame. It seemed almost as though it was weeping at the poor treatment of an innocent child.

The small child was covered in wounds that would cripple a full-grown man.

Flashback

"Get the demon! No ANBU are near!" a villager screamed.

A mob approached the cowering girl in an overlarge white shirt and blue shorts.

"Why?..." she whimpered.

"Why do you hurt me?"

An ANBU landed in the street, their gravity defying silver hair and dog mask distinguishing him from others.

"Please run, Naruto. I will handle this!"

The girl nodded and began sprinting. However, the villagers had been preparing for such a problem. After all, this was no the first time villagers hadt to pay a visit to Ibiki.

As Naruto turned the corner, she met another group. Her eyes widened in terror.

"You die today, demon!" cried a villager. "Charge!"

Naruto did the sensible thing.

She fainted.

About a half an hour later, while the mob was torturing Naruto, red chakra began seeping out. Those who had been in Konoha that fateful night seven years ago immediately recognized it.

"Run! Run from the strongest of the Nine!"

Present

So after the red chakra had knitted back together the injuries, it retreated.

And a small, small girl was left in the rain.