Ok guys, its been a while and I can go on and on about why this came late. But I'll just keep quiet about that.

IMPORTANT! READ THIS BEFORE READING STORY!

This story chapter is going to be a little different then regularly. It's going to feature Naruto as a young child and how he first meets Sasuke, Hinata, and even Hiashi

Interested? Then read and hopefully enjoy.

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Young Naruto sat alone in the sandbox. He'd been playing by himself for hours and no one had come over to play with him. He looked enviously at the other children. Playing happily with their friends and family. Naruto looked at his lone hands, holding only a bucket and a shovel.

These shovels were too small for him now. He'd only been given one pair by the orphanage and whenever he asked for a new one-they'd deny his wishes.

It couldn't have hurt his feelings more to see them give another child a new bucket and shovel so easily and without argument.

He didn't understand why they all treated him so harshly. He never did anything wrong. Just a harmless prank here and there. But everyone did that. Naruto really didn't like pranks- he only did them to try and fit in. But as people started to notice him less-he started doing pranks as retaliation. When they got what was coming for them he was filled with a darkly happiness. Still, he didn't believe his small pranks-witch also done by other children- was reason enough to be so cruel.

Naruto had always been a nice person. He always tried to make friends and offered to help the other kids and care takers. But they would have none of it.

Naruto begun building with the sandbox again.

"I'll just…make my own friend!"

It took Naruto quite a while to build a human shaped sand object. The more closer he got to finishing, the more hopeless it seemed. It seemed less and less like a person with each building clump of sand he added. However when he finished he was slightly happy.

"I'll name you Sandy!" He exclaimed excitedly to no one. However he wasn't finished. He still needed to add facial features!

Happily bring his finger up, he poked an eye into the Sandy's head.

At his simple poke his friend Sandy collapsed into nothing.

Naruto had reached out to the sand, grabbing a clump that used to be Sandy. He started to tremble and his face twitched with sadness. His eyes started watering as his head bent down in helplessness and soon he started to cry.

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Naruto begun to walk through the lonely streets, tears still adorned his small face. No one had comforted him when he was crying and it only made him feel worse.

In his daze he didn't notice another boy in front of him and bumped into him, falling onto his rear. The boy looked toward Naruto and offered a hand to help him up but Naruto flinched away violently.

"Don't hit me please!"

This confused the other boy. "What's wrong? I was only helping you up."

Naruto moved his hands away from his face and looked at the boy between the crevices in his fingers. He didn't recognize the boy. He must have not been from the orphanage. Reluctantly, Naruto took the boys hand and hefted himself up.

"Why did you think I was going to hit you?" The boy asked. Naruto frowned.

"Everyone does…"

"Well that's not very nice. Why would anyone hit someone that looked so scared?"

Naruto shugged. This boy seemed nice enough…

"I've never seen you before. Are you new around here"? The boy asked. Naruto shook his head.

"No…I'm never outside since I live at an orphanage. But they left me behind and I have to go back by myself." He frowned again- another thing they never did to other students.

"That's sucks." The other boy could only say.

"My names Sasuke. What about you"?

Naruto blushed in embarrassment. No one had…talked to him this much.

"N…Naruto."

"That's a cool name." He replied, pulling out a plastic kunai painted blue.

"You wanna play ninja with me?" Sasuke asked genuinely.

Naruto raised a brow in confusion.

"Ninja? What's that?"

Sasuke's eyes widened more then necessary. "Only the coolest people on earth! There super cool fighters! I'm gonna be a ninja one day!" Sasuke exclaimed excitedly. This all excited Naruto.

"Really? Cool! I wanna be a ninja too!" If he could be a ninja, maybe he could hurt the orphanage people back now!

Sasuke started walking off. Urging Naruto to follow. "Lets play then!"

Naruto smiled as he jogged behind. But as a burst of realization hit him his smile immediately faltered.

"But…I don't have a pointy thing like you…" He whispered as his eyes watered. Did that mean he couldn't play with Sasuke now?

Sasuke didn't seem to mind all that much "That's ok; you can buy one at a store for like 5 ryo."

There was a twinkle in Naruto's eyes. "Really? Will you be here tomorrow?"

"Sure, I'm here everyday around this time with my mom." Sasuke replied.

"Sassuke!" A woman called. Sasuke looked and saw it was his mother. "time to go home!"

Sasuke jugged off waving to Naruto. "Bye Naruto! See you tomorrow."

"Bye Sasuke!" Naruto screamed. Happy as any boy would be. He was going to buy that kunai today!

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Naruto stepped inside the store, the large surrounding atmosphere intimidating the small boy a little bit. He was nervous; he never had to buy anything himself. And worse, he should have been back at the orphanage by now. Deciding they probably hadn't noticed anyway, he marched himself into the toy isle.

He looked and looked and looked. He never could understand how things were placed. Some things were so high he couldn't reach. But soon he found a large assortment of plastic kunai. All colored differently. He stopped at his favorite color-orange. He picked it up and looked for a price tag.

=5 ryo= Just as Sasuke had told him.

Naruto put his hand in his pocket, counting his coins. 8 ryo, he had enough. Taking the kunai to the counter he placed his money and gave it to the cashier.

"30 Ryo please."

Naruto frowned. "But…it says 5 ryo on the kunai." Naruto's eyes started to water, he could almost see where this was headed.

"Yeah, for normal people! Your just a freak- come back when you have enough money!" The cashier screamed.

Naruto walked off with his head hanging low. He'd hoped it was only the orphanage who treated him bad. What did he ever do so wrong?

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It was nearing nighttime and Naruto was still walking to the orphanage. It was unnaturally far away from the park and some how the way just seemed longer on his own.

"Now Sasuke won't want to play with me because I don't have a kunai…" He sighed with remorse. The orphanage didn't have any money. And when Naruto remember the feeling he had when 'Sandy' had collapsed, he couldn't bear to lose a real friend who hasn't collapsed yet.

He saw a man walking through an alleyway; he was wearing a long robe and had equally clean long hair. Piercing white eyes completed the package of this formal man. Naruto's eyes softened. He looked like he had money, but he doubted he would give him any.

Naruto's eyes sharpened when a new idea came to mind. Something bad…

He charged for the dark alleyway and dashed for the mans back pocket where his wallet might have been. However suddenly the man was behind him, with a firmer then average grasp on his arm.

The light of the moon reflected off of the mans face, giving him the pure look of terror. Naruto trembled.

"Boy, why did you try to rob me!" He roared.

Naruto's face shook shakily as he tried to get out of it. "I-I wasn't trying to rob you I swear!"

"You lie!" The man whispered harshly, tightening his grip on the small boy. "tell me, if I let you go, will you run away?"

Naruto being so frightened only nodded.

The man sighed. "Then you're coming with me." At this Naruto shook his head like mad. "N-No! Where are you taking me?" The orphanage? Jail? Would he take him somewhere secluded and hit him?

"My home."

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Naruto was dragged behind the large sliding doors of this huge place. He expected the worse. He expected to be hit, he expected…

"Now, how long has it been since you washed your face?"

Naruto's eyes widened. He never realized he had dried tears, sand and dirt rummaged into his cheeks.

"I…I don't remember."

"Filthy". The man muttered. "Let's get you cleaned up, use the sink if you wish. I'll be right back." The main calmly stalked out of the room. Naruto couldn't have been more confused. He proceeded to wash his face, his eyes never leaving the open door. However any thoughts of leaving vanished when the man returned and closed the door. He was carrying with him a bowl of soup and a glass of green tea.

"Come. Sit." He ordered. And Naruto could only comply nervously. Naruto looked at the soup bowl, un-moving.

"Are you not hungry child? Is that not why you tried to rob me? For food?" He questioned.

"Why are you being so nice to me after what I did?" He muttered. And the man took a seat beside him with only a glass of tea for himself.

"I would sit here and tell you that you should have never done what you did. I could have just killed you and shoved you off. I could have told you I'd never once tried to steal another's belongings, however I cannot do so because then I would be lying."

Naruto's eyes widened. This man seemed rich, why would he need to rob anyone.

I didn't try to rob someone, but I still tried to take something of theirs that wasn't mine, witch is just as bad. The fact that of all people, you tried to rob ME, is what I find amusing. Do you know who I am?"

Naruto shook his head.

"My name is Hiashi hyuuga. I run a prestiged clan. Now boy, what is your name?"

The boy looked down at his soup and humbly took a sip. "Naruto."

'THE Naruto? I never realized it was him. Many say he is a demon, but he looks more scared of other people then anything. Witch reminds me…'

"Now, why did you try to rob me, if not for food?"

Naruto was nervous, another person who was talking to him so much, it was almost too much. "I made my first friend and I didn't have money to buy a toy that he had. Well I did but the guy made me pay more money for no reason…"

'Society is implementing bad behavior to him specifically it seems. For the Kyuubi sealed within his navel?'

"What did you want to buy?"

"A plastic kunai…"

Hiashi put a hand on his chin in deep thought. Coming to a conclusion he smiled.

"Wait here, I have something I'd like to give you." Hiashi stood from the table and stalked off to the second floor.

It was suddenly too quite for the small boys liking. He was uncomfortable when Hiashi talked to him a lot, but now he was in an awkward silence. He took a taste of his tea, but it was a little bitter for his tastes.

Soon a small girl with blue hair walked into the room, looking for a late night drink of water. When she saw Naruto, she stopped.

"What are you doing here? The hyuuga estate is closed for visitors after 8:00pm." She exclaimed, normally as ever, as if by routine.

"Hiashi brought me here." Naruto exclaimed softly. He said he was going to give me a present. What's your name?" Naruto asked genuinely. He was getting a bit used to this now.

She blushed as she spoke. He was kinda cute. "Hinata." She smiled and out stretched the back of her hand toward Naruto. Naruto was confused.

"Huh? What do you want me to do?"

The petite girl giggled. "I'm a princess, so everyone has to take my hand and kiss the back of it."

Naruto blushed. "Kiss your hand? Princess?" He really didn't know anything about high clan formality.

"Father says I'm the princess of the clan. So people always do that because that's what people do to princesses when they say hello." She said calmly as ever.

Naruto smiled sheepishly. He took her hand and kissed it. Then immediately dropped it in embarrassment and scratched the back of his head.

Hiashi watched on from the end of the hallway with amusement. He'd been watching since they introduced.

"Well Naruto, it seems you've taken a liking to my daughter." He chuckled and the two blushed. "Not to worry, kissing the princess of the family on the hand is strictly formal. Anyway, I have a small gift for you."

The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a grey kunai. A Real grey kunai.

"They give you your own at the academy, witch is where people train to become ninja. This was the kunai they gave me when I started out. I'd like you to have it."

He handed Naruto the kunai engraved 'H.H' on the blade. Naruto was ecstatic to the point where he happily grabbed the kunai gasping.

"Thank you!" He yelled. Probably waking one of the sleeping hyuuga in the next room.

"It would be quite nice if you went to the academy when your older, perhaps you will end up in the same class as Hinata."

"Definatly!" He exclaimed happily.

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The next day, Naruto waited for Sasuke in the hopes that he would brag about his new and REAL kunai. But Sasuke wasn't there.

He'd heard Sasuke's family had died from a murder scene. And probably couldn't make it. Naruto never had the chance to visit Hiashi or Hinata, and he'd never seen Sasuke since that major event took place.

Naruto finally turned 10 and his only true care taker-the Hokage- had enrolled him into the academy when he heard Naruto wanted to be a ninja upon his visit to the orphanage. Naruto had his own apartment now. And on his first day at the academy, he was excited to see Sasuke and Hinata. However Sasuke had grown cold and distant and Hinata had shied away and refused to look him in the eye.

Why, he didn't know.

However Naruto got used to his new environment and slowly begun to look at them like regular students in a regular school. And this, is where Naruto's story truly began.

I truly hope you guys enjoyed my returning chapter, tell me what you think, and again I hope you enjoyed. And the Chuunin exams segment will resume in the next chapter.

Byez!