A few weeks had passed since the fall of Sasuke to Naruto on the first day of Academy. Whenever the young blonde-haired person was around the tension in the air was so palpable one would think they could slice it with a kunai.

Everyone kept clear and where careful not to give him a reason to attack. Their fear was well-placed since his power level grew day by day even if it was by small margins. His training when from sunrise until the academy began then afterwards he was right back in the thick of his training.

If the children had avoided him before at the command of their parents, they now blatantly ran as their fear dictated. Word of the fight had spread far across Konoha and many people now cursed twice as bad as he passed them in the streets. He was labeled a 'monster' by many.

The civilians would no longer throw things at him but the buzz of hushed whispering was now twice as loud. Even the people who did not think he was the Kyuubi incarnate shivered as he passed. They wondered where the energetic little boy had gone and what had caused the violent monster to appear.

Naruto merely ignored the buzz as he went his way home after a day of training. The sun was just dipping below the horizon and he was semi-tired. The warm air had caused him to leave his cloak and hood at home that day so people had gotten a good look at his hateful gaze and most took notice that his eyes were still blue, but they were dark much like the bottom of a lake. They seemed just a deep and endless as well.

One moment he was walking and the next he had jumped back as a kunai landed where he previously stood. Naruto landed in a crouch and glanced left and right. Closing his eyes, he let the various scents the permeated the streets wash over him. There! He located the smell of steel, blood and old dirt from within one of the overgrown trees just above a Dango shop and sent a kunai of his own in that direction.

He was awarded with the appearance of a hooded Shinobi who walked out of a cloud of smoke and stood a few yards away; he wore a Chunin's green vest. "Who are you?" Naruto questioned in a low tone and there was a slight growl behind the words.

The ninja gave a short, clipped laugh and took a step forward. "I don't give my name to the damned, but rest assured. This day will be your last!" With that, he leapt forward and brandished a kunai in each hand. He swung at Naruto and was mildly surprised when the Kyuubi container brought up a kunai of his own to block on each side.

"Well done demon! It seems you will at least make this somewhat fun for me." They slowly circled each other until Naruto leapt forward with a cry that promised pain to whoever was on the receiving end. His attack was knocked aside before Naruto felt a knee burry itself into his stomach.

The blond boy was sent careening into the front wall of the building behind him. The ninja let a smile spread under his mask, certain that the demon had been injured enough to become easy prey. However, he also dropped his guard and felt a sting in his back.

Looking over his shoulder he saw Naruto with a kunai buried to the hilt between his spine. The shadow coughed once and tasted blood. He swiftly turned and knocked the boy's hand of the kunai before taking him by the collar of his shirt and landing a punch on the boy's face that had been twisted into a scowl. The force sent Naruto back a few yards as the assassin pulled the offending knife from his back only to be blown apart as the exploding tag ignited and combusted.

It rained blood and human intestines on the dirt road. Naruto looked around and saw that the people who had watched the fight with hope that the scourge would soon be lifted covered in the gore of his opponent. No one knew that he had had to use some of the Nine-Tails chakra to boost his speed and defense, if he had not then that initial blow would have ended him, it was the only thing that had allowed him to prevail against the chunin.

The awed and frighten stares did not bother him. Not until they began throwing anything they could reach at him. Items pelted him as he raised his arms to protect his head and face. Cries of "Monster" "Beast" and "Demon" rose louder and louder until Naruto had decided enough was enough.

An hour passed before he climbed the stairs to what no one would call an apartment. The boy opened the door and began to strip of his blood stained clothes. He walked into his room and threw the offending clothes into a small hamper in the corner and turned to the bathroom door.

"Nice work out there kid," Naruto spun and crouched in one motion and let fly a few shuriken, all of which were picked out of the air by a youngish looking woman with grey blue hair pulled up into a spiky pony tail. She wore a shirt of fishnet under an open tan coat that reached to her knees. For pants, she wore a pair of fishnet shorts under a brown skirt with shin amour and basic ninja sandals. She was Mitarashi Anko.

"Who are you?" The question from Naruto's mouth was dripping cautiousness and danger. "Hold your horse's kid; I just wanted to meet the academy student who slaughtered a chunin, like I said, good job out there." Naruto's expression softened a bit and lost most of the danger that was covering his face but still remained in fighting stance and holding onto a few kunai's

"You still haven't answered my question… who are you?" He slowly approached the amused looking Kunoichi who vanished from her position on the wall. In an instant Naruto felt his wrist yanked into the air and reversed so that he was holding the blade against his own spine. He could feel hot breath on his neck and a deadly whisper caressed his ear.

"I'm someone who has taken an interest in you kid. I am Anko and I like your style: no bullshit whatsoever, and not hesitant in the least, to end another's life. I think you will be my student!" 'Wonderful…' Naruto thought sarcastically as he became as still as a statue.