I do not own Naruto
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked on the shivering form of a small child with pity. Unlike many, the Hokage of the Leaf Village thought of Naruto as a great hero, someone worthy of respect, yet looking upon this creature, he cant help but think that the Leaf isn't worth it.
"Come on now Naruto" smiled the Hokage. "Have you been studying and practising the things I've given you?"
In order for Naruto to protect himself from further attacks like the incredibly brutal one that occurred when he was 4, Sarutobi began secretly training Naruto in the art of the shinobi. Chakra control maybe below average, but the amount of chakra he possesses managed to render Sarutobi speechless the first time he activated his chakra coils, regardless of the fox.
Naruto knows of the fox, in fact, it could be say that the only ones who don't do anything towards Naruto negatively are a few select shinobi, the ramen stand owners, the Hokage and the fox itself.
"Come on Naruto, I'll take you for some ramen"
A small whimper was heard, and the sobbing boy just crawled into a foetal position.
Sarutobi sighed, placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder and shushined into his office, placing Naruto onto a soft couch and let him sleep. The amount of pain he sees Naruto go through makes him weep himself sometimes. But as the villages leader, he can do nothing. As the council of civilians force him to do nothing to intervene unless he is literally about to die. Fortunately for the both of them, all of the clans support Naruto and his right to exist. The Ino-Shika-Cho clans find that Naruto is the hero he deserves to be. The logical Aburame clan see a child, not a demon. The Hyuuga see Naruto only as the disappointment of the 4th Hokage, but also as a normal child. While the Uchiha tried to have their stoic children befriend the child of their own best friends. Unfortunately, their fear of retribution from the rest of the village increases the guilt they have for not intervening with the child.
'The Inuzukas' mused Sarutobi. 'They really don't give a damn about the rest of the village. Should I allow them to adopt him?'
Oddly enough, the canine like shinobi respect Naruto's plight most of all, seeing him as the (no pun intended) underdog who keeps getting up to fight his enemies.
'No, the civilian council would literally destroy them. The family wouldn't care, they see Naruto as kin'.
It is then that a knock on the door is heard. "Enter"
Inside walks a beautiful woman, and excellent Kunoichi, Anko Mitarashi. The scantily clad shinobi wears her standard clothing and her trademark grin. "S'up Old Man? Heard you wanted to see me?"
The Hokage had a dark look cross his face. "Yes. I want you to investigate what occurred last night with the riot."
"Oh yeah, I heard about that, what about it?"
"How do you feel about one Naruto Uzumaki?"
"Wait, the Kyuubi brat? Why?"
The Hokage nodded to his couch, where Anko witnessed one of the most awful had ever seen in her career as a shinobi. A bloodied 6 year old child. It was in this moment that an uncharacteristic trait became prominent on Anko's face. Pure rage.
"What the fuck happened to this kid? Was it the villagers?" Anko spit on the word. To them she was the snake whore, the traitors bitch, and this kid was the same as her. "Whatever you want me to do Old Man, who do you want me to kill?" at this, an evil glint was seen in her eye.
"I just want you to find the ringleaders of the mob so they can be punished."
"What if they get in my way?"
The Hokage looked at Anko. "Remove them."
Anko saluted her boss and turned to leave. Before exiting the room she takes one last look at the ruined boy. "I'll save you from your pain Naruto" she whispered. "We have the connection in spirit like no other."
Many people avoided Anko on the street outside, as they knew full well what the grin meant. Strange though, as Anko was taking her first real smile in years. "I'll help you Naruto. Just you wait and see."
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Just to let you know, I have got the entire story planned out, and I intend for it to be a happy one for Naruto. It started off with pain. But things will get better for Naruto in my story, but he will still feel the pain.