Well heres the next chapter, earlier than I thought, but I decided to work on it all day. Hope you all enjoy.

Don't expect another chapter for a while, I sacrificed a day to do school work to dothis, so Im going to be quite busy the next week or so.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Neverwinter Nights 2

Chapter 1

5 Years after the Kyuubi's attack...

It was a beautiful summer's day in the Hidden Village of the Leaf. A light breeze was sweeping across the peaceful village as the people of the village carried out their daily routines. The village that had been nearly destroyed by the nine-tailed demon fox five years ago had finally recovered to its former glory, and was now beginning to prosper once more. Though the attack still lay heavily on the minds of the ninja and villagers, especially those who had lost loved ones, some had been able to put the past behind them and continue with their lives, looking forwards to the hopes and dreams of the future. However, there were others who could only live in the past, and like a festering wound, they let their hatred and fear for the Kyuubi lead their lives. At this moment in time, a small group of these people were chasing after a young five year old boy with radiant, spiky blond hair and azure coloured eyes. The boy's t-shirt and shorts were ripped and worn the signs of previous beatings evident. The thing that made this boy stand out from any other five year old was the three pairs of whisker marks on the boy's cheeks. The young boy ran as fast as he could, fearful of what the mob were going to do to him if they caught him. He didn't understand why they hated him when he had done nothing to harm any of them. What he didn't realise was that his only crime was being the Container for the Kyuubi. Though the Fourth Hokage had asked that Naruto be looked upon as a hero, the mob only saw him as the demon that had taken their loved ones, and killed their beloved Hokage. The only thing on their mind was the death of the innocent boy they chased after.

"Demon-spawn!" a man in the crowd shouted.

"Go back to hell where you belong!" another bellowed.

Their hateful words struck Naruto deep, and as he slipped down an alley, tears began to flow down his face. Sobbing, the young boy continued to run down the route he had taken until he hit a dead end. Crying desperately, Naruto tried to climb the six-foot wall, but to no avail. He turned around fearfully facing the mob in front of him, their killing intent washing over him in waves. As the mob moved forwards, Naruto backed up until his back was pressed against the wall.

"This is revenge for all the people you killed demon!" a woman shrieked at him.

"Prepare for your journey back to hell!" a Leaf-nin shouted, brandishing a Kunai.

Sobbing, Naruto sank to the ground, covering his head, bracing himself for the beatings and wounds he was about to receive.As the mob moved forwards to carry out Naruto's death, a young boy the same age as Naruto pushed his way through them and positioned himself between them and Naruto, his arms opened wide.

"Stop this!" the young boy shouted at the mob.

The mob paused as they studied the boy standing between them and their prey. The boy had dark brown hair that could have easily been mistaken for black had the sun not been shining upon the alley they were in. A pair of heavily tinted sunglasses covered his eyes from view. The boy wore a white t-shirt and blue trousers which had obviously seen better days. Realising that he had not been harmed yet, Naruto looked up, seeing the boy with his back to him, arms outstretched as if he was protecting him. Naruto was astonished. No one had ever defended him before. A Leaf-nin who seemed to be the ring leader stepped towards the boy.

"Move boy, this is none of your concern." The ring leader said looking down at the boy.

"No I won't." the boy replied stubbornly.

The leader was taken aback by the boy's refusal. Scowling at him, he stared intently into the heavily tinted sunglasses. The boy just stared right back at him, his face set in determination.

"Listen to me boy. The thing behind you is a demon from hell. He killed hundreds of innocent people and the Hokage five years ago. He is nothing but a monster!"

The words made Naruto's eyes tear up. He wasn't a monster, he wasn't Naruto kept telling himself. The words, instead of scaring the boy like the leader thought they would only made him scowl.

"He is not a monster; he is just a kid like me!" The boy shouted through gritted teeth.

The leader growled in frustration, while the mob behind him muttered angrily to one another.

"I am not going to stand here and argue with you boy now move out of the way before I force you to." The leader threatened quietly. The boy shook his head no, standing firmly between him and Naruto. Losing his temper, the leader struck the boy. Surprised, the boy fell backwards, his glasses falling off his face in the process. The leader froze as he caught sight of the boy's eyes. They were a shimmering silver colour. Stepping back fearfully, he couldn't take his eyes away from the boy's which were continually shimmering. Standing back up slowly, the boy again stood firmly and held his arms to prevent them from getting at Naruto. Naruto had watched all of this in shock. He couldn't believe it. The boy had taken the blow and then had gotten straight back, defending him once again. He didn't understand why the leader stared at the boy fearfully but he was sure it must have something to do with the boy's eyes since as soon as he caught sight of them, his facial expression turned from anger to fear. Naruto wondered why the boy's eyes would scare the mob leader so much. The mob wondering why their leader had stepped away from the boy studied him intently. As soon as they caught sight of his eyes they all gasped. Some took a step back like the leader had, their eyes widened in fear. Others just stood there completely dumbfounded. All couldn't take their eyes away from the boy's.

Now I'm in trouble. The boy thought staring at the mob. The reason he wore the sunglasses given to him by the Hokage was to keep his eyes hidden from the rest of the village. There was a very good reason for this, and sure enough a woman in the front of the mob suddenly pointed at him.

"Oh Kami, another demon!" The woman screamed in fear.

This seemed to bring the mob and the leader back to their senses. All of their faces suddenly changed from fear to a mixture of both that and hatred. The leader pulled out his Kunai.

"Kill both of the demons; send them to hell where they belong!" The leader roared. Roaring in agreement, the mob surged forwards towards the two boys'. For the first time during the whole confrontation, the boy's eyes widened in fear. The leader tossed his Kunai at the young boy. Time seemed to slow as the throwing knife flew towards him. Just as the Kunai was about to hit him in the chest, there was a blinding flash of silver forcing Naruto and the mob to cover their eyes. As soon as the flash dissipated, they all opened their eyes only to stare in astonishment and in the mobs case in fear at the sight before them. Spinning around the boy was a barrier of silver…something's. They were spinning so quickly that all the mob and Naruto could see was the silver after trail of the objects. The Kunai that the leader had tossed at the boy lay on the ground, the edge completely gone leaving only the handle. The boy, who had had his eyes closed the entire time, opened them and did a double take as he saw the barrier spinning around him. He stared at it mesmerised. As soon as the boy opened his eyes, the mob all gasped in horror. His eyes seemed to be on fire, not a normal fire, but a silver fire. He didn't even seem to notice that his eyes were on fire, and this only frightened the mob even more. Finally breaking his gaze from the fearful sight, the mob leader took a step back, then another, then before anyone could react, he spun around and sprinted away, pushing through the mob in his bid to escape the demon. As he pushed himself out of the back of the mob, he froze as he found himself face to face with a Hyuuga, the Hokage and a squad of thirty ANBU members. The Hokage and the Hyuuga who he suddenly realised was Hiashi, the head of the clan, looked at him, barely controlled rage evident in their eyes. Hiashi took a menacing step forward only to be stopped by Sarutobi, the third Hokage. Then the Hokage took a step forward and stared into the mob leader's eyes, but addressed the whole mob.

"You are all under arrest for breaking an S-Class law and for attempting to kill two children. Any resistance will be met with execution." The Hokage said icily, the rage at the mobs actions evident in his frosty tone. The mob, stunned to hear the voice of their Hokage took their eyes away from the boy with the silver barrier and faced their Hokage, too stunned to understand the implications of what he said. Relief rushed through the two boys's as they realised that they were saved. There was a sudden silver flash, which forced everyone to cover their eyes. As it dissipated, Hiashi and the third Hokage opened their eyes and looked at the boy. The silver barrier that had once surrounded him had now disappeared, and he was now on the floor, clutching his stomach as if he was in pain. Hiashi moved towards the boy, pushing his way through the crowd. However, before he got there, Naruto had already gotten to him, and was helping him from the ground. Hiashi paused, interested to see what would happen.

"Are you ok?" Naruto asked in a shaky voice.

The boy nodded, slowly standing up straight. The pain had disappeared as quickly as it had struck. The boy then turned his head to look at Naruto. Naruto saw the silver eyes and just stared in astonishment. As the two stared at each other silently, the third Hokage ordered the ANBU to arrest the mob. As the thirty ANBU members handcuffed each member of the mob and pulled them out of the alley, the third Hokage walked towards Hiashi and stood beside him watching as the two young boys stared at each other. Finally, Naruto smiled one of his foxy grins and held out his hand to the boy. Startled, the boy took it and they shook hands.

"Thanks a lot, for a moment; I thought I had had it. Names Naruto Uzumaki, What's your name?" Naruto inquired loudly.

The silver eyed boy couldn't believe it. Naruto hadn't run away from him or tried to hurt him or even call him names. He only looked at him in surprise before offering his hand for a handshake and then thanking him and asking his name. This had never happened before when someone other then the Hokage had seen his eyes and he half suspected Naruto to say or do something. However after staring into his eyes for a moment and realising the boy was genuinely grateful, the boy smiled.

"My name is Tarek, Tarek Swordstalker." Tarek said shaking Naruto's hand once more.

"Wow! That's a brilliant last name!" Naruto shouted excitedly.

Tarek winced at Naruto's overly loud voice, but smiled, to glad to finally have someone his age to talk to. Naruto was thinking exactly the same thing.

Maybe I will finally have a friend. Naruto thought as he smiled at Tarek.

"Thank you very much." Tarek said quietly.

"By the way, that was one really cool Jutsu you did back there, how did you do it?" Naruto asked curiously.

Tarek couldn't answer him since he didn't know himself how it had happened, or that he could do something like that.

Deciding to steer the conversation away from the topic, at least for now, The Hokage frowned as he looked at the condition on Naruto's clothing.

"Naruto, why are you out here without your Matron?" The Hokage asked, already guessing the answer. Naruto's smile faltered, and he looked towards the ground.

"Matron Matsuri kicked me out. She said that she didn't want a monster endangering the children." Naruto said quietly.

The Hokage sighed. He should have known that the Orphanage wouldn't want to keep him any longer than they had to. They had not been happy about accepting him, calling him a demon and a monster, and since the agreement was only for five years, he couldn't punish the orphanage for kicking Naruto out. Suddenly he looked sharply at Tarek.

"Why aren't you with your foster parents Tarek?" The Hokage asked.

Tarek looked anywhere but at the old mans eyes. "My foster mother took off my glasses and saw my eyes" was all Tarek said. That was all the Hokage needed however. Sighing he turned to look at Hiashi. Though Hiashi stood rigid, with no emotion on his face, his eyes told the Hokage just how angry he was. He thought back to the council meeting five years ago when they were trying to decide Naruto's fate the day after the Kyuubi attack.

Flashback

The council members and Sarutobi, now reinstated Hokage, sat around the large table, waiting for Jiraiya and Kakashi to arrive. They had been there at the last moments of the battle, and the council members wished to know what had happened. Sarutobi glanced around the table, looking at each council member in turn, finally resting his gaze on Hiashi. The Hyuuga Clan head just stared at the table, his eyes completely unreadable. However, Sarutobi could tell he was in grief, grief over the loss of his best friend and his best friend's wife. Sarutobi sighed melancholy. He too couldn't believe that the couple were now gone, and was feeling the grief over their deaths much like Hiashi. However, he knew that he had to be strong for the rest of the village, who had also lost loved ones. Grieving could wait. Sarutobi was shaken out of his thoughts when the door to the council room opened admitting Jiraiya and Kakashi. In Jiraiya's arms was the cloth bundled form of Minato's son, Naruto. This caused a mixed reaction. Some council members just stared solemnly at the bundle; others were outraged, saying the demon should be killed here and now. This made Hiashi and Kakashi furious, and this started an all out argument as one side claimed that Naruto should be killed before he became a danger, while the other side insisted that nothing like that would happen and Naruto had the right to live. As soon as they two sides began resorting to threats, Sarutobi decided that enough was enough and slammed the wooden hammer down on the table, silencing all the council members, though some continued to glare at each other. Throughout all of this, the bundle that was Naruto slept entirely through it, not even waking up to the sound of the hammer.

"We will make one thing clear right now, Naruto will not be killed, he is an innocent child who carries a great burden and as the Fourth Hokage wished, he should be treated like a hero."

"I refuse to accept a demon as a hero." The Inuzuka clan head said abruptly, receiving many agreements among the council members who wanted Naruto dead. Sarutobi glanced at Jiraiya whom had narrowed his eyes at the Inuzuka clan head. Sarutobi could tell that Jiraiya was furious that the fourths wishes could be discounted so easily. Glancing around, he noticed that Hiashi and Kakashi had similar looks on their faces as well. Sarutobi rested his gaze upon the Inuzuka head, but spoke to the council as a whole.

"He will not be killed, and that is the end of the matter." Sarutobi said with a tone of finality. Those who opposed this glared at him, but he ignored them.

"Jiraiya, Kakashi, would you please give your report on what happened on the battlefield. Jiraiya and Kakashi both nodded. They told the council about what occurred on top of Gamabunta's head, and the sealing afterwards. After hearing their reports on the battle, Fugaku Uchiha frowned.

"I think we now have to ask the question. Where was the Swordstalker clan during this entire attack, why didn't they come to our aid?" He said, still frowning. Jiraiya, Kakashi, Hiashi and Sarutobi looked at each other. It was a question they had asked themselves the whole night.

"I have sent a squad of ANBU to the Swordstalker Clan estates, they will find out why they didn't come to aid us. However, I feel we can discount betrayal, since they have proven time and time again that they are trustworthy allies." Sarutobi said. The council members nodded in agreement.

"Moving on, we now must decide on where Naruto is going to live." Sarutobi said glancing at Hiashi. Hiashi stood up and looked around the council table.

"I made a promise to the Fourth Hokage that I would look after his son, therefore, I will adopt Naruto into the Hyuuga clan." He stated, daring anyone to argue. Fugaku stood up, he had an angry scowl on his face.

"I do not agree with this. You will only use the demon for your own gains; therefore he should not be adopted by the Hyuuga clan." The majority of the council nodded at this while the rest tried to argue that it was the best for Naruto to live with the Hyuuga clan. Hiashi glared at Fugaku, furious that he had stopped him from raising Naruto as his own son and for calling him a demon.

"Then I will adopt him, he is my sensei's son and I also promised to look after him." Kakashi said looking at the small bundle in Jiraiya's arms.

Fugaku however protested against this. "You are an ANBU Captain, and therefore do not have the time to look after a demon, and since you will be needed now that the village is recovering, you cannot resign your post." Fugaku said smugly. The majority again agreed with this, leaving the other side furious. Hiashi by now was gritting his teeth angrily. Sarutobi sighed and glanced at Jiraiya. He knew Jiraiya would not offer to take care of the child, so that left only one option.

"In that case, we will place Naruto in an orphanage to be cared for by the Matron's there. Is this agreed?" Sarutobi asked while glancing at Fugaku. Before anyone could say anything however, an ANBU member opened the door and walked up to the Hokage, whispering in his ear. Sarutobi paled at what he heard and stood up immediately.

"I have just received disturbing news. The Swordstalker clan are all dead." Sarutobi said clearly shaken. There was silence as the council members all stared at the Hokage in shock. Finally Kakashi shook himself the shock.

"How?" he asked quietly.

"Rock-nin. They killed everyone down to the last woman and child. However, it looks like there was some resistance as forty Rock-nin were found dead in the estate. Raven Swordstalker's body was nowhere to be found however." Sarutobi replied.

The silence lasted a lot longer as everyone took in this recent development. Hiashi finally asked the question on everyone's mind.

"Were there any survivors?"

Sarutobi took a deep breath.

"There was one." With that statement, he nodded to the ANBU who had given him the news. The ANBU walked to the door and spoke quietly to someone outside the door. Another ANBU walked in carrying a baby. As soon as Sarutobi saw the child's eyes and the seal on his stomach, he knew exactly who it was and what had happened to him.

End of Flashback

The third Hokage sighed. The council had argued over what to do with the child, and Hiashi had offered again to adopt Naruto, but also to adopt Tarek. However, Fugaku again scoffed at the idea, and everyone was forced to agree that they would both go into different orphanages. Tarek had been adopted about three months ago, but it seemed that after his foster mother found out about his eyes, she no longer wanted him. Now both boys were homeless and had nowhere to go. Hiashi turned to face the Hokage, but just as he opened his mouth to speak, the third cut him off.

"You know that the Uchiha clan will just stop you again, so I'm afraid you can't take them in Hiashi."

Hiashi gritted his teeth in frustration. He knew what the Hokage said was true, but he hated it. Aldiric and Minato had both been his closest friends, and knowing that he couldn't look after their children made him furious. Sarutobi was trying to think of a solution to the problem when suddenly he had it. Smiling to himself, he looked at both Tarek and Naruto. Both boy's had listened to the conversation between Hiashi and the Hokage intently.

"Naruto, Tarek, come with me, we need to go to the Hokage tower. We have many things to discuss, one of which is where you two are going to live." Sarutobi said grinning.

Hiashi looked at the Hokage sharply and saw his smiling face. What did he have planned? As the Hokage turned to go down the alley, he paused and looked back to the three behind him.

"Come along then, we have much to discuss." Sarutobi called, and continued onwards.

Baffled, Naruto, Tarek and Hiashi followed after the Hokage, not knowing that Naruto and Tarek's fates had just been entwined together.

Well hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know I probably shouldn't have introduced them this fast, but I honestly thought this was a good idea. Review and tell me what you think please.