a young blonde boy with whiskers was walking through the snow.
the coldness of the snow couldn't compare to how cold he always felt. ever since he was kicked out of the orphanage, he couldn't help but feel isolated.
nobody wanted to talk to him, hell, no one even wanted to be near him. it was as if they were scared of him and he didn't understand why.
he tried to talk to kids his age, but the parents would always make sure that their kids avoided him.
the only people who were ever nice to him were the hokage, when he gave him his own apartment and money to live, as well as the people at Icharku's ramen, however he rarely saw either, the former because he was always busy, and the latter because he wouldn't go to them unless he had money, so their kindness was short lived.
taking a deep sigh, he continued his walking, not really having a destination in mind, just walking.
"freak."
he stopped in his tracks upon hearing that word. it was one of many words people used to describe him behind his back, as if he wasn't listening, along with 'demon', 'monster', and many others.
'why? what did I do?'
he looked to see who was talking about him only to see something else.
three older kids were picking on some odd girl with lavender eyes.
"please, stop." the girl said with tears in her eyes.
"please? wow, for a hyūga. you sure are pathetic." one of the bullies said before pelting the defenseless girl with a snowball.
this caused the boy to become something he usually never felt, angry. he saw a little of himself within the girl, someone who was mistreated for no reason.
quickly he ran up to the bullies. "HEY! leave her alone."
the bullies turned their attention towards the blonde. "Hey, it's that freak my mom told me to avoid, don't know why. you look like a weak kitten." one of them spoke.
"I said, leave her alone!" the blonde yelled, proceeding to throw a snowball at one of them.
"Oh, you're dead."
the bullies then proceeded to rush the blonde.
a fight ensued between the three bullies and the blonde with whiskers.
after a brawl, the bullies ran off after being beaten by the blonde, a huge damage to not only their bodies, but their ego as well. they would make sure that the blonde would pay.
the blonde slowly made his way to the indigo haired girl, though he emerged victorious, he sustained many bruises and injuries.
he wiped the blood off the bottom of his nose. "are you okay?" he asked, caring more about the girl's safety than his own. he found out at a young age that he healed quickly, so it's not like he wouldn't be okay later.
the girl stood there stunned. here was someone who willingly put himself in harm's way for her. "y-yes, I-I'm fi-fine. wh-what about you?"
"Oh, don't worry about me. I'll heal." He said while taking deep breaths.
"what's your name?" the girl asked, confused on why she did.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. you?"
Naruto. she had heard that name before from her father, who told her to avoid him because he was 'dangerous'. when she asked why, her father never gave her a clear answer.
she couldn't understand it. this boy was dangerous? he looked nice and seemed friendly. and in her mind, a little cute.
realizing that she was just standing and staring, she replied "H-Hyūga Hi-Hinata. thank you."
"don't mention it, I'm happy to help." He said while giving a foxy grin and a thumbs up.
she blushed.
"Hey, are you okay? you-" before Naruto could finish he was cut off.
"Hinata-sama."
the girl looked up to see her bodyguard, Kō.
"there you are, I was wondering whe-" Kō cut himself off upon noticing injuries on Hinata.
"WHAT HAPPENED!?" he yelled before quickly noticing the jinchūriki. "what did you do, you-" before he could finish, he was cut off by of all people, Hinata.
"h-he didn't do it. so-some b-bullies did and he fended them off." the shy Hyūga heir said.
Kō stood there in silence before quickly recomposing himself "my apologies Naruto, please forgive me."
"It's fine, I should get going. here." He gave his scarf to the lavender eyed girl "you look cold."
the shy girl, took the scarf. "th-thank you."
the blonde turned around to head home, he took a few steps before falling unconscious due to his injuries.
"well. let's go, your fath-" Kō was once again cut off.
"we can't just leave him there, he needs to go to the hospital." Hinata said in a pleading tone.
Kō looked at the unconscious jinchūriki. 'if Hinata came back more injured, my ass would be on the line. I guess I owe him one.' "fine, we'll take him to the hos-" Kō was cut off again.
"no need."
Kō grew a tick mark, annoyed by being cut off.
it was then an ANBU with a wolf mask with gravity defying silver hair appeared out of the shadows. "I will take him to the hospital."
he then picked the blonde and made his way to the hospital.
"well... I guess we'll head home." Kō said, taking Hinata's hand and leading her home.
the shy Hyūga walked with her bodyguard, still surprised at how Naruto overcame the odds stacked against and won a fight with three academy level shinobis. she began to wonder. 'could I do that? could I overcome my odds?'
Naruto woke up the next morning in a hospital bed.
"ah, you're awake."
Naruto quickly turned to see a familiar face "Hey, jiji." He said, happy to see one of the few people that were nice to him.
"I heard about what happened to you."
the blonde's smile turned into a frown.
the professor quickly reassured the blonde "you're not in trouble, I'm actually happy. you have the makings of a great shinobi."
Naruto beamed a happy smile "really?"
it was a dream of his to become hokage, in his mind, if he became the hokage, maybe the village wouldn't be scared of him. however if he wanted to be hokage, he needed to be a shinobi first.
"yes, defending others is what shinobi do all the time." Hiruzen said while smiling.
"so does that mean?" Naruto asked with excitement.
"yes, I'll allow you to attend the academy to become a shinobi."
the professor was going to allow the jinchuriki to attend, regardless of whether or not the council would accept.
"anyways, come on. let's take you back to your apartment."
the blonde got out of the bed, his injuries already gone as if they were never there to begin with.
the two then exited the hospital.
Naruto and Hiruzen made it to the jinchūriki's apartment.
"welp, I'm sorry Naruto, but this where we end our time together."
the blonde frowned "okay" he then went to the door.
"one more thing." Hiruzen said.
the blonde stopped and turned his attention towards the hokage.
"in your apartment, I left you, not only money for rent and food, but a few gifts too."
the blonde gasped. "is it ramen?"
the professor couldn't help, but chuckle. "yes, but also some items that'll help you with your shinobi career."
the blonde was in complete excitement. "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" he then quickly entered his room.
the professor then proceeded to head to his office 'you have the makings of a great shinobi, Naruto. Minato would be proud.'
Naruto looked at his gifts.
on the table was a gourd and two big box.
Naruto then walked towards the gourd and read the letter on it.
'this gourd is filled with chakra infused sand and inside are seals that can give you more sand if needed. use it to defend yourself. read the scroll in the box that is titled 'sand manipulation' to learn how to'
Naruto then opened the box and in it he found many scrolls. some about fire jutsus, earth jutsus, water jutsus, wind jutsus and many others that caught his attention. such as lava release and coral manipulation. he searched through the box before finding the sand manipulation scroll.
quickly he opened the scroll and began reading all of its contents.
meanwhile within the boy's mind, a certain tanuki couldn't help but gloat "ha, looks like he is interested about using number one."
the fox was quick to respond "it is recommended that you start at the bottom. usually the weakest and easiest." He said while grinning.
"why you little-"
"oh just marry each other already." the blue cat groaned.
Omake: Kō's first words.
Kō's mother watched as her baby reached out for her.
with a smile, she picked up her baby boy.
"m-m-m-"
she held her breath.
the baby then looked in her eyes, and open his mouth "ma-" before being cut off
"HIS FIRST WORDS!"
a tick mark grew on the boy.
hope you enjoyed, please leave a review.
something to note is that those jutsus will be low level, nothing high.
he'll get there eventually.