A/N: Hey-o everyone! it's the one and only Khaos Kuma! *hears crickets chirping*…. Bastards… Anyways I do apologize for the massive delay on the updates. A lot of shit has been going on. Started up school, dealing with family issues, loosing my mind slowly, you know what I'm talking about, right? No trying to put my issues on anyone, but just wanted to keep y'all in the loop. So with that being said, here we go with the next installment of dis story!
Disclaimer: Yo, how many times do I have to say it… I don't own Naruto. If I did, you think I would be writing this? ….Actually I probably would
A pair of violet eyes slowly opened, closing briefly when they were assaulted by light. Blinking and draping an arm over them, the eyes opened again. Looking around, the owner slowly sat up and groaned. Naruto shook his head and looked toward a nearby mirror to see what the damage done to his body was. His jaw dropped and his eyes widened as he saw his eyes, a sudden change from the bright blue that they once were. His hand moved to slide through his hair noticing that it was longer. He looked into the mirror again and saw the color had changed from blonde to silver. He moved to get out of the bed and stood up, taller than what he was before. He looked down and saw all of the changes that were done to him. The door began to slowly open and the former blonde looked up and saw the nurse. The nurse gasped slightly as Naruto smiled at her, showing elongated fangs. He saw her look and quickly dropped the smile, turning slightly away from her.
"H-how are you feeling, Uzumaki-san?" the female asked him. He shrugged and laid back down in the hospital bed as she moved to check his records. Naruto closed his eyes and draped his right arm over his eyes.
"I'm fine, Nurse-san." he responded. "Can I leave yet?"
The nurse shook her head and walked out of the room. Sometimes the boy forgot that he was only six years old.
Naruto sighed and turned to look out his window at the village as the sun began to rise. Though the villagers hated him with a passion, he would never grow tired of this sight. He sat back up and swung his feet over the side of the bed, slowly standing up and making his way to the window to have a better view of that which despised him. His ears slightly twitched as he heard footsteps approaching his room door and he kept his back to it. It opened hesitantly and the smell of pipe smoke revealed who was visiting him this early in the morning. "Hey Jiji." he said quietly.
The Sandiame stopped moving when he heard the former blonde address him. As far as he knew, the windows prevented a reflection at this time of the day due to the sun rise. "Hello Naruto-kun. How are you feeling?" he asked the child. His eyes opened slightly in surprise as the boy turned around, revealing his features to his pseudo-grandfather. "I'm alright, Jiji. Though I have a question for you. Why didn't you tell me about the Fox before?"
Sarutobi stood ramrod straight at this, his eyes widening fully before narrowing to slits. He slowly began to reach for a kunai that he always had with him as he responded. "What are you talking about, Naruto?" The boy gave the old man a look, as if saying 'Are you kidding me?' "I know about the Kyuubi, Jiji. I met him last night. I know that its because of him that I'm hated. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
The older man sighed and moved his hand back to where it was before sitting down in a chair by the bed, gesturing for Naruto to sit. "I didn't tell you because I wanted you to be able to have a life without having to hold back anything because of the Fox. I only did it to protect you." The child scoffed and sat down, his hands curling into fists as he did. "Well, a lot of good that did." he mumbled. When the Hokage asked him what he meant, the answer he got shocked him. "I get attacked every night, my apartment gets broken into and destroyed on a daily basis, all I ever get is crappy food, and I'm stuck in an orange jumpsuit because if I try to get something better I get charged 10 times the normal price. Look." he said to the old man as he lifted his gown up, revealing scars decorating his body and his ribs were clearly visible due to malnourishment. Sarutobi held back tears as he wrapped his arms around his "grandson". "I'm so sorry, Naruto. Had I known earlier, I wouldn't of let this continue to happen." The boy leaned back slightly to look him in the eyes. "I tried to get to talk to you, but your secretary would never let me in to see you. Something about too much paperwork to deal with someone like me." At this, the old Hokage began to leak KI at the blatant show of unprofessionalism
"Don't worry about her anymore. She won't be there after today." he said lowly as he hugged the boy closer for a few seconds before letting him go. "Why don't you go get changed and we will go get you some stuff, ok?" Naruto nodded, his silver hair moving with his head, as he got off the bed and went into the bathroom to change. Sarutobi gestured and the hidden ANBU appeared from the corner. "Go tell my former secretary to get her things out of that desk before I get back and find me a Chunnin to take her place." The Inu-masked ANBU nodded and disappeared in a poof of smoke as Naruto came out of the room, dressed in his orange monstrosity. The two of them walked to the front desk and, after checking the boy out, walked into town to get him some new clothes. As they walked, the villagers who were preparing for the day began to glare at the child before suddenly shivering and visibly shaking as the Hokage began to flare his KI. Naruto smiled faintly, the tips of his fangs poking out from under his lips at the sight. They soon came to what appeared to be a rundown shack and stopped in front of it. Naruto looked up at the Sandiame, a questioning look in his eyes as the older man simply smiled at him and told him to feel if something was wrong. Naruto looked at the shack and thought. 'Why would he bring me to this place? Unless…' 'That's right kit. There is something else here. Try flaring your chakra, ok?'
'Wrath?' 'Yeah its me. Been trying to talk to you since you woke up but our bond wasn't strong enough. Now that it is, I can talk to you and help if you need it.' Naruto mentally nodded and put his fingers into the 'Ram' sign, gently flaring his chakra. Sarutobi gasped faintly as he felt the weight of the chakra wave as the image of the shack began to waver before disappearing, revealing a nice shop. He nodded to the boy as the child smiled widely, fully exposing his longer canines, before walking into the shop. The man at the counter looked at the duo before chuckling.
"Well well well. Its about time that you found this place, young one." he said to Naruto, surprising him. "What do you mean sir?"
"You've only walked past this place everyday to go home. I was about to feel hurt that you never noticed it." the slightly older man said with a playful pout. He quickly smiled and came out from around the counter. "I'm Sal, owner of the Salamander Weapons and Outfitters."
Naruto smiled faintly at the man, a faint gleam of happiness flashing in his purple eyes. "Thank you Sal-san. I did notice this place, but I though that you would kick me out. That was before you put that genjutsu up around it. I wondered where you went." he said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. Sal looked sadly at the child, sighing faintly. "I had to put it up so that only some ANBU and the Hokage could shop here. Otherwise, the villagers and the rest of the ninjas could shop here and really hurt you. But no matter! What can I do for you?"
"Well I need some new clothes because this," plucking his jumpsuit, "isn't cutting it. How can I be a ninja if my clothes scream 'Here I am!'?" he asked the man, the two older men chuckling at that analogy. He nodded and pointed Naruto in the direction of the clothes. As the boy went looking, he looked at the old Hokage. "Everything he wants today is on the house." he said to him before the old man could tell him to put it in his name. The older man nodded, chuckling before giving his thanks to the shopkeeper. Soon, Naruto came back. He had on a pair of black ANBU-like pants with red 'tears' running up the pant legs. He had on a tight red and black shirt, a pair of light weight black combat boots, black fingerless gloves and a black trench coat that had a red swirl on the back. The two men nodded at his new outfit as the child drew near. "Very nice, Naruto." the Hokage said to him with Sal nodded in approval. "Though it needs one thing." Sal said, pulling out a pair of black sunglasses, handing it to the boy. "And don't worry about paying. This is an investment for me in you, so as long as you come here to shop after you become a ninja you don't have to worry about paying, ok?" he asked the boy with said boy nodding furiously.
"Though can I get one more thing?" he asked Sal. Sal nodded, slightly confused as the child grinned and disappeared, swiftly returning with a katana in his hand. The blade itself was black with the handle having black and red threads intertwining. The two men stood still, shocked at this blade. This was supposed to be hidden from view by a illusion, how did he find it? Sal quickly got over his shock and began to chuckle, looking at the Hokage. "Well, if he found it, then it was meant for him to wield. Sure thing kiddo." he said. "Though what are you going to call it?"
Naruto thought for a few seconds before the Fox suggested a name for it. 'Are you sure?' he thought to the Fox with it giving its approval. He turned to the men and looked up at them, a mischievous grin spreading over his face.
"Wrath's Bite."
A/N: Aaaaannnndddd Done! That took forever… Though I blame my computer. Freaking crashed on me and I couldn't get to any of my stories… Which is why its so long since I've updated it. Anyways, R&R please. I'll try to update it faster, if my compy doesn't fail on me again. Ja Ne!