All does he want is to be aknowledge by his own village, a lonely boy longing for love and to be loved by everyone but the village didn't give it to him. For all the sacrifice that he endure to become a scapegoat of konoha, every suffering and loneliness has taken toll on him to the point that his only coping mechanism is pranking every other villagers for his desires for attention even to unhealthy way.
His desire to become strong has lead him to think that to become hokage means that a very strong person who never cry, always stoic and proud in front of the village tha't why he always Laughing and yelling out his suffering to fight back every sadness that he kept on, but in this night he will yell his suffering for the sin that did not commit, torture for his upbringing that he didn't ask for. Many man gather around trying to find a way to make him suffer more than what he already is, stab him, slit his throat, amputate him, hanging him, and become a target practice. Some men enjoying his suffering for they thought that he deserve it and some men enjoying it for the sake of it.
" alright, listen up you genin. Today i'm gonna teach you how throw kunai to the enemy, especially to the monster check this out " the man throw several kunai right to naruto stomach making him squeled in pain
Many man and children join the parade of the cruelty beginning to enjoy the boy suffering like an act sexual satisfaction, the boy scream for help but to no avail, all he can do is to accept whatever torture that they will bring to his sight, he long forgotten to smile and his tears dry far too long, all he has now is despair.
" guys, i'm already satisfied. Let's just kill him "
" yeah let's just kill him and throw him out before hokage find out"
The celebration fill with joyous cheering thundrous at preperation to finish the boy once and for all, a big sword lifted through the sky and ready cut down the demon child. A roar "DIE" filled with anger. The boy finally can die he thought, such poor kid long for death to escape this hellish nightmare is pityful and sad
"die"
The moment that been waiting did not come, several man guarding in their back scream in pain that echoes through several meters away from them. The man with cloak holding a sword that doesn't belong to any elemental country shape appear out of nowhere, quick, undetected, swift like a ghost that appear from their nightmare cut them to death without warning.
" Who are you, state you busine- " the man crumbell like a domino, the slash of the sword happened in instant, no warning, no hint of action, no backup, no nothing just straight massacre with their bodies fall one by one, their scream heard by the man who order his men try to bring the jinchuriki on his death, but death appeared to not approved his action for the civillian who he bring fall with their limb's gone, the genin and his comrade lied on the ground with their souls empty. The leader, stands frozen like a scared deer ready to be taken at any time besides one remaining survivor genin who also fear for his life would be taken.
" Stay where you are or i will kill you " said with the obvious frightful toned that have no effect to the perpetratot whatsoever
" I SAID STAY BACCCKK!!!!! "
"..." The killer just stare at him coldly
The leader of the executioner
" aaaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHH " the man charge blindly with rage full of desperation, but his fate did not side with him as all his arm and leg being cut off except one arm, the newly genin frozen in place fear his life will be taken at any time but the killer show mercy by pointing him to go out of this place with his sword that still bathed with the blood of the enemies. the man see the child he try to save that become unrecognizable, the left eyes rip with hole in the pupil, the face broken in the most disgusting way caused by the blunt object that lie near the child savior feet, hit him repeatedly in the state where he should be dead but the healing process take over with the chakra that feels demonic, but even that not enough to save him from dying state. The man perform a handsign with one hand and point his hand with two fingers creating a cirlcle caligraphed with kanji, number and geometry that create a green light and emit a green bubble.
The green bubble filled with projection of the child memories, his life, his struggle, his pain and his suffering, all of it is filled with enourmous hate towards something that he have no control, liitle child that deserve love more than ever. The healing process is surprisingly smooth, the man realize why the demonic energy did not work, not because it's not working but it had difficulty to work. Realizing why the hatred pointed at the child he couldn't help but pittying him. The child has recovered to his original shape, no longer a broken face like an ugly creature but a beautiful boy with blonde hair and pair of deep blue eyes. The boy open his eyes waking up from his slumber, his face is so adorable making him look like an angle incarnated, the man in the cloak staring him with awe and intensely at the cuteness of the little creature in front of him but that was gone by the boy screaming, filled with fear, askin- no begging for mercy for his life while muttering a sad plea that promises nothing " please don't hurt me, pleeeaase " sobbing, cover himself with his hands and knees closer to his face like a scared turtle protecting itself from a hungry beast.
" Hello " The man greeted him with a small soft voice to calm the child reasure him to not be scared. " are you alright my, my dear? "
" Rest assured, i'm not going to hurt you " he spoke kindly to the child whom still not let his guard down, " pipi" suddenly something appear in the man shoulder with it's cute voice coming out that turns out is the red panda. The adorable creature get down from it's shoulder suddenly approach the scared boy touching his hands and cuddling it. The boy fear has now decreased and giggling to it's act, and let the red
approach him in it's arm embrace it, hold it to his near.
" His name is kino, and he's like to meet you " the man said suddenly forget that the man still there " may i see your wound? " the man said with a reasurring smile. The boy could not help but oblige to his request, having no choice but to accept his hand. " Thank you, it must be scary is it not? don't worry they will hurt you no more " the man said. " It must be painful, is it not? " the man excalimed " To endure such pain even though you still a child " The man then smile to him and said " it's okay to cry, crying is the best medicine to relieve the pain so we could bear another with a smile. That's why it's okay, cry. Because tomorrow you will smile and laugh louder than any other people to face a dark time " The man then pat the child head softly Whispering to his ear in kind and calm embrace " It's okay "
The child tears flowing, recalling the moment where no other person being kind to him. The blonde start sobing, holding the hand of his saviour to feel the warm that he never have before, the saviour still hide his face with the cloak's hood, but the mouth show a genuine smile " Let's get you out of here, my dear. do not worry, i will protect you "
The man got up and give his hand to the boy waiting for him to reach his, the blonde hesitated at the moment but eventualy he reach his hand and got up with his foot. The boy stand up see the man is taller than he expected, seeing around with his eyes that was broken before now he can see everything even beter like a high quality glass or eagle with it's majestic sight, it is unfortunate the things around him is not majestic, with the body of his torturer lying in the ground with their bodies slaughtered like a piece of meat in the butcher shop, the boys panic until his saviour wrap him with the cloak prevented him to see such horible view " It's okay, they will hurt you no more, even if another come gain, i will protect you and no one will lay a finger on you, you want to know why? " the boy shook his head waiting for the answer that he not known " Because i'm strong, hehe " The man chuckled and so does the boy, the humor has calm the boys down.
They continue their walk, the cloak have gone from the blonde body, they have pass the bloodied bodies and see the path with less bloodshed. The man and the boy continue walking into the exit while the man humming the song to serene the atmosphere replacing the previous horror and dreadful atmosphere before
( Yuki Kajiura: hime star ost: ensei ).
The blode boy look at the man still cover himself with his cloak hood, wondering what kind of face that he has, he see his saviour hand feeling the warm yet strong, just like his grandfather, the Third Hokage that always checks up on him when no one will. The man emited the strenght that make him feel safe, a strenght that he wish he have. The man continue to humm the music to his content, seeing the boy not scared anymore he lift the boy in princess-like position, causing the blond whine from this peculiar situation. Panic at first but the feelings gone once kino ascend to his arm, playing and giggling, he play with the joy that he never felt for a long time, the man then give him the berry enough for the blonde and the red panda. They share one berry for another, laughing and giggling in the mans arm, such beautiful sight from such miserable event.
The man finally seen the exit, but still raise awareness from the shadow that following them from the start ' Anbu, huh? ' The man though not only did he notice their presence, they also notice many people in front of the exit that got covered by thick bushes in front of them, arrive to their destination, the man drop off the child and tell the boy to follow the panda to the exit that the man pointed with his finger. The boy hesitated, he wants to know his saviour identity and try to persuade him " can you come with me? " The man shook his head, noticing the boy dissapointment, the man crouch to lower himself and patting the blonde " you will be fine " the boy express his sadness that he quickly brush from his eyes and smiled instantly " Thank you " the man noded " Take care, my dear little swallow " His saviour replied.
The blonde then follow the red panda before turning to his saviour " My name is Naruto Uzumaki, The future Hokage, Remember me, dattebayo. " the boy wave his hand toward the man and continue following the red panda. In front of him lies the red bushes the panda breakthrough the bushes and so does the boy, pass through the leafs and roots he finally got out from the forest and reunited with his adoptive grandfather accompanied by all special ninja presents
" Jiji " " Naruto " both of them scream at each other, his grandfather lower himself and hug him to his arm " Oh Naruto, are you alright? did they hurt you? " the saindaime ask " jiji, they-they hurt me so bad, they torture me, they, the-they hit me many times with hammer, an-and throw m-me with kunai, as target p-p,practice, they, the-" the third shush him and reasure him " it's okay, it's okay, i'm here" he pat naruto head and brush it softly softly " I'm here " the third hokage, look to the joi=unin commander and began to order his men to search for the perpetrators. " Let's get you home, first " sandaime said to the boy " Hmmnn "
His saviour see naruto's departure out of his sight, he began to retreat from their position, the anbu try to approach him from the shadow but the moment they do, he dissapear like he's never there, the anbu surprise like he was never there but he was there before, like fatamorgana or the dream that dissapear when they awake from the sleep" search for him thoroughly, he may not be far " the wolf mask anbu give command to their anbu subbordinate to search for the man that dissapear like a ghost himself " yes, sir " their execute wolf order as he's their commander, they began to searched the entire area, hoping to find the ghost.
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" So you didn't find him" The third hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sit in the hokage's chair around the council, smoking his pipe channeling his attention towards wolf anbu report " we're sorry sir, but we can't find him no matter how hard we search for him, He's like a ghost, sir, " all the council murmured, the fact that the anbu commander can't find him is what make this saviour of the jinchuriki dangerous " Shikaku " " yes, sir " The jounin commander, shikaku nara replied to report his searching " we report that the perpetrator who kidnaped The current jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, is 3 jounin, 4 chunin, 9 genin and 37 civillian. these people kidnaped naruto around 10:48 pm, close his home. the perpetrator bring the kid to the forest near naka river, close to the uchiha coumpound, where many people most likely never consider them to hide there and after that they began to torture the boy as target practice, sliced his limb, throwing kunai and shuriken, taijutsu punching bags and illegal torture tool that was gave to civillian. the boy have serious injury to the point he became unrecognizable, not until the mysterious man suddenly appear in 01:23 am defeating all of the perpetrator except one genin and began performed a healing technique with one hand created a seal that suddenly heal him like the injuries never there before. after the mysterious man delivered naruto safely in 01:59am anbus began to approach him but he dissapeared like he was an illusion, we assume that he using a genjutsu but it wasn't, he's just so fast that it feels like he just gone like he's not real to begin with. we try to locate the man's location in 02:15 with the help of the anbu, inuzuka clan, the aburame clan, and the hyuuga clan in two hours but the result is zero, the man just undetectable. We have no clue of his identity nor do we have a slightest hint regarding him. There is nothing further report."
All council that present began to whispering with themself, the fact that there is a most likely shinobi who manage to escape from not just best detection unit from pretigious clan, but from the anbu unit who known for their best high-ranking mission like, surveilance, stealth and assasination. " If the man still alive somewhere, that means he can be a threat that needs to be eliminated " Danzo Shimura, the war hawk that created organisation called ROOT replied to this report " He save the child danzo, he maybe save him out of good intention " Hiruzen replied, denying his claim " Or maybe the man save the jinchuriki to convince him to his side and use him as a weapon for his own gain " the war hawk also deny hiruzen claim and strenghtened his own " you too paranoid, old friend " the third answer " being paranoid is what we always do, hiruzen " The conspiracy become mush believable from the war hawk mouth.
" In any case we should focus on another matter at hand, Inoichi, report " " Yes, lord hokage " Inoichi, The head of yamanaka clan and head of department T, give him the report of the suspect " as we know, the suspect was consist of 16 different shinobi from different rank, although some of them still alive, their shinobi career are over except the genin who somehow survive from the ambush. We manage to make them talk thanks to ibiki interogation, they action motivated by shinobi and civillian who wants the liitle child dead and suffer for revenge. we already wrote a list of those people who willing collaborate to cover up the trail of their plot. "
Hiruzen take a look of the list of the name that plotting the demise of the young jinchuriki, Inoichi still continue his report " from the injuries that we analyze from the suspect, they were sliced by the swordman, but that's not it, we found the strange thing regarding the mysterious man " all of the people who attend the council begin to pay attention to the head clan report " the man give the remaining survivor a quick cut which manage to cause injury but the cutting manage to cause injury without destroying any cell structure of the body, when the medic try to attach the severe limb, the hand manage to put it completly back together as if it never been cut before, one of our best swordsman gekko hayate, also confirm this claim to be true, even he can't believe that a person with this talent still goes unnotice. " the council shock to hear this, even the third hokage himself almost surprise to hear this
" Did the medic manage to reattach the severe limb of the perpetrator, " the aburame clan head, aburame shibi asked the inoichi
" we did thought about that choice, but i think it will be good to reattach thei-" " No need " The third hokage cut in their conversation which manage to pull the council attention " They career as shinobi is already over the moment they broke the rules, the punishment for breaking the rules of jinchuriki identity will be way worse than the death penalty itself, consider this as a mercy from their punishment " the third hokage state his claim to the head TI department as well as the council. " Yes, sir " inoichi noded and return to his seat. "Now for the other person on the list, they will be captured immediately and sent to interogation, shikaku, you will lead your team and some member of anbu with you to find the person on this list and many other people who join this plot, ibiki will interogate them to search for any useful information " " Yes, lord hokage " Shikaku and ibiki who present at the council answered in synch
" Dismissed " the third hokage dismissed the council meating, all of the people in the council begin to disperse to continue their everyday work.
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Naruto just walk silently at the central district, the glare of hatred always aim at him, their eyes like a thousand blade that want him to die, the eyes that wish it could kill him. The loneliness caused by unknown reason, a thousand question always lingering in his mind, 'why he was hated ?, who am i to be hated ?, why people call me monster ?, why am i so different to be called monster ?,' over and over and over again he asked the question, the answer that he got is always these hatred that people emit, the disgust feeling like a parasite that should be remove,
" Tch, he's still alive, huh " i can't believe that monster still alive " What the hell are they doing? they say they gonna remove him from this world " i don't know if it's true but they say there is someone save him from them" Tch, he shouldn't intervere " did you think that the monster that did it " i bet that monster destroy that person " they say their limb is being destroyed, their shinobi career are over " how about their family, how will he feed his family " Such a pitiful people, if not for that monster, his family will still be fed by now "
The rock throw at him by the child of the father of ex-shinobi that was cut down by the mysterious man. Cursing him for the caused of his father demise "It's your fault " the boy screamed " because of you, my father become like that " the boy keep throwing rock at him over and over again, this time by the other villagers " Die " Kill yourself " because of you my husband kill himself in humiliation " How will you take responsibility " Just die " over and over again he's hated for something he doesn't understand, over and over again he have to take this hatred again. Something rising inside of him, something burning, raw and destructive, telling him to destroy these people, the tears he won't let go. He running, running and keep running to some place with no people will find him, he stop seeing the trash can beside the restaurant, he smirked, begin to grab the can and throwing what's inside to the villagers and the can to the kids who threw him rock before, he smile, laugh, he make fun of those people who cursed him while running away. he dodge every person civillian and shinobi who chase him, their effort while appreciative is also futile, they are somehow like a weaponless hunter try to catch a little fox with bare hand, they run, blocking the road but the blonde manage to outsmart them, his inner prankster is activated.
While he running away from angry villagers, he bump into someone and fall. He staring at the man angrily, he to scream at him " owch, watch where you going" he said venomously, but the man replied him only with gentle laugh " dear, oh dear. What a spirited little whirlpool we have here? are you hurt, my dear? is there any wound? " the blonde child shock ' why he's asking me that? what did he want? ' the man smile is genuine, something that rare to him, it itches him, he began to wary of him " i'm sorry i didn't see you walk, you are so small after all. just like a cute bunny "
the man apologizing with a playful manner, telling him an adorable creature" who do you call cute, you stupid old man ? " the child scream at him, angry at the mention that the name given him " oh, really, forgive me then for my insensitive remark, you're not a bunny, but a fox" the man grinned simply playing with the child" i told you i'm not a bunny, nor a fox. i am me you dumb oldman, you want me to kick your ass?" the blonde continue with his cursing dialogue with the man in front of him " oh, dear. what a word that you've said. for you to talk like that will not make anyone llikes you, my dear" the man advice the small bot in front of him causing the boy amgry at the man " shut up, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, it's not like everyone likes me anyway " the boy scream at him, throwing empty can of food aim at the man, the boy expect retaliation from the man, but what he expect never come, there is no violence nor the angry remark, " i guess you're right " the man replied, kneel to lower himself to match the jinchuriki height " i guess, that is the reason you continue this little michevious act, to scream yourself loudly, so they won't forget you " the man word sting, like it was stabed by a blade through his heart
" i guess it is better to burn the village than not feeling the warm at all " the man replied " a village without it's occupant is an empty shelter, yet sometimes an occupant can make us lonelier than before. " the man then pat his head like a child loved by his father "But a child like you deserve to have a village that filled with love more than ever " the blonde surprise, shock, something dwelling inside of him, something hurt, stabbed, yet relieve, he desire those word for a very long time but he dont know who is he, he was tall, his long beatiful black hair tied in ponytail, his black eyes that feel like can see your people soul, his face was beautiful, feminine like a woman, he smile like a mother worried for his child but the gentle masculine went through his mind that came from the man voice, like a father that cared for him " after all, there are no one who does not want to be loved, even you, is it ? " the boy want to cry, he want to speak but he forgot that that he was chased by the villagers for his prank, so he continue to run and forget the man that was chated with him. The man see the child running away, see a passing through villagers helpless to catch a small boy in his seventh year old.
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The boy manage to escape, the victorious smile mark upon him that didn't last long. He walk through the forest where his loneliness relapse instantly, a brood that replace with his daydream that still fueled by his lonely feeling. Walking through the forest, over and over again, no one will judge him in this forest, no one will hate him here, no more constant bickering of his existence, just continuesly silence of the nature without anyone judging him this feeling is better than what we have, but even he know it's all lie. ' i guess it is better to burn the village than not feeling the warm at all ' The child contemplated, ' what does he mean ? ' ' What does he know ? ' the child feel like he understand, but he lack context of those proverb, such is child, they are not stupid but lack context of the world. but something still gell in his mind ' But a child like you deserve to have a house that filled with love more than ever ' he loke those words, he want it, so much so that his eyes almost burning with emotion, he walk again and again until he shook his head and give up and continue his walk wondering in the forest again. Suddenly, he hear the sound of the bushes rustling, not just bushes but also the leaf on the tree.
Leaf and the bushes still rustling, causing the little jinchuriki panic. He try to act tough but his attempt throw out of the window when something approaching him, turns out it's just a cat chasing a mouse. he sigh of realieved unti " BAAAAAA" " WUAAAAAGHhhhHhh " the man came from the tree on top of the boy, hanging upside down, causing the boy screamed in fear, falling and stumble upon the rock where he fall and try to get up, and fall again comically, then hit himself to the ground. He try to run but it stoped when the man suddenly laughing causing the man fall from his hanging and laugh himself to the ground.
" What the hell are you doing that, you stupid damn, ?" The child screamed, angrily. Causing his face red from embarrasment, the man however have no sign to stop laughing. "stop laughing, you damnit. or i will kick your butt" the man kneeled, adjusting himself and hold his stomach to control himself "my, oh my, forgive me. but your reaction are spectacular just now, i couldn't hold myself, hahaha" the man manage to lower his laugh with enough self-control the blode stared at him, recalling the man that he meets a few minutes ago, that now sudenly in front of him
" YOOUUU " the boy screamed " you're that stupid guy from before " the boy screamed at him.
" Oh, dear, Am i ?, i have no recollection of meeting a boy who threw a piece of garbage at me " the man replied playfuly at the young child " but i do wonder what are little child such as yourself doing here in the middle of forest, don't they ever told you not to wonder around carelessly at the middle of nowhere ?" the man asked with a grace that feel like he belong to a noble family
" Shut up, i'm not a child, and it's not of your damn business, so i can do whatever i want you so scram, you filthy old man " the bot screamed, he expect some irritation, but the man just smile and stand gracefuly " oh dear. what have i done to you to treat me so poorly, my poor heart is deeeply hurt" the man close his face, crying at the comment making the boy feel guilty " i'm sorry, i didn't mean to be mean-" " Just kidding " the boy begin to throw some weak punch at the man but the man dodge, the man runaway from the bot causing the boy to chase him. The boy try anything to hit him, throwing rock, stab him with stick, punching, kicking but none of them work, the man is too fast and too agile for him.
after seemingly like an hour, the boy finally giving up and stop his endeavor realizing all of attempt is useless againts the man " my goodness, your tenacity is remarkable for such a young age, especially for seven years old " the man praised the child,causing the child flustered a little bit " of course i am, i'm the great Uzumaki Naruto, The future hokage and everyone gonna respect me cause i wil-" his declaration was cut short, replaced by heavy sorrow that drawn through his face " is there anything bothers you, my dear ? " the man asked, instantly denied by the boy himself " NOthing, nothing. by the way, why are you here? do you want a problem ? "
The boy asked with angry yet interogative tone " Oh no, not at all. You see, child, i'm just a passing by wanderer, and i'm here because i would like to visit for some business to provide myself some money, passing the knowledge that i've required and one that i have not yet required. " the man paused staring at the child genuinely.
" but i see a child that peek my interest so i told myself ' let's have fun with those child and having some tomfoolery together '. " the man then pat his head to the child causing the child a little bit uncomfortable
" But all i see is just a child who love nothing more than to get out from his own misery, wanting someone to acknowledge his existence, to acknowledge his effort, to love, and to be loved " the man whisper in such softly voice, the blonde boy petrified by the man's word the man then still continue
" Tell me boy are you sad? " the man asked, the boy just staring at him and began to talk " NO, i'm not sad, do you know who i am? i'm Uzumaki Naruto, the future hokage. And hokage never feel sad, ever " the boy talked to the man, declared himself as ' the future hokag ' the word or to be precise the mantra that he always put to himself over and over again, convince himself that sadness is weakness that, is why he is strong. The man did nothing, but smiling emphatically at the boy, the boy look at him, something didn't feel right within him, the silence manage to strip down all of his mask, something that scared him the most, he see the man eyes, staring at him intently like his soul being observe by the divine being himself. The boy want to runaway, he want to run but the man smile captivate him, telling him he's not going to harm him, that he will keep him safe
" I see " the man replied " You are indeed strong to endure such suffering, to bear such heavy burden that falls upon you even if you did not ask for such fate " the man then begun to hug him after he said such word "Yet the fact that you manage to endure it at such a young age...it pain me so much " the man squeked after he say those to the boy
" Yet nobody noticed it, all of them loathe you for something that you have no knowledge of, having to endure so much without knowing reason why, to live alone in agonizing silence that you wish you were dead, It makes me sad " the man tears start falling out, surprising the boy, He never saw people crying for him from the beginning of his life. The boy feel his tear falling in the back of his neck, he try to clenched his fist but he can't, he wants to assure the man but he don't, instead he's frozen try to understand everything, He feel warm, he feel sorrow that belongs not to the man, but he can't understand it, the boy having enough of his helplesness begin to asked " Why are you crying? " the man still hug him, trying to reach the boy hearts, he whisper, saying his word from his heart " Because I Care " the boy could not do anything, he adore those words, He want those warms. He wants to cry but he won't let it, he disgust it, He want to show weakness no more, he wants to be strong, he have to, everyone have to see that he's not vulnerable. The man stop his hug, holding the child head that still so small touching the boy head with his, looking at him with such gentle eyes that cared for the child and kind smile across his face. The man finally said a word
" It must be painful, Isn't it ? " Ah, The blonde hair child couldn't help it anymore, the tears finally fall and the reason began to sink. he finally crying, every pain, every bad memory, every worst feeling, is flowed through his entire body. He try to hold it again, but he can't help it, no one see him with eyes that look at him with so much care. No one understand him better than the man in front of him, he sobbing, his eyes that full of tears are on the ground, the word could not got out from his mouth.
The man staring at him empethatically, his eyes did not escape from the boy. The child have endured so much, that he afraid that his tears will make him weak, the boy then finally spoke while the sadness still overtaking him.
" Why doesn't anyone like me?, why doesn't anyone understand me?, why don't they tell me why they hate me? hic-hic " the boy said while tears still falling, his breathing still full on weight, the boy rub his eyes with his hand to clear out the tears. The man once again taking the boy to his embrace, helping him to calm down " I hate them, i hate them all, i wish i could destroy them, i wish i could beat them up, I WISH I COULD TEAR THEM UP LIKE THEY DID TO ME" the boy scream full of loath, his throat began to hurt, yet he still continue. " They nev-they never want me to live, they happy if i'm dead, THEY WANT ME TO DIEEE, hic-hic, THEY NEVER CARE ABOUT ME, I WANT TO KILL THEM... I WANT to- I WANT TO KILL THEM, HEuGH-HAUgh-HAUGh-hic-hic " his anger filled with sadness and sorrow, try to vent everything in his chest, everything from his mind, and his tears wet the cloth of the man that hugs him. the man pat his head slowly, softly, and tenderly, " hmmnn " the man noded " It's okay, let it out. Tears fall for a reason, and they're your strenght, not weakness " the man replied " so cry, cry as much as you can. Because tomorrow, you will smile widely than anyone else, even in the face of dark times " The child crying as loud as he could, all the pain being released from his chest, the painful memory that will be decreased for him to bear in the future accompanied by the kind man who he didn't know.
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After half an hour spended by the cry of the child, both of them began to stand up straight, the boy try calming himself while still wiped his tears that still falling like a drop of waterfall.
" Have you calm now, little swallow ? " The man asked, despite the boy apprehension at his inalienable situation. The boy Grumbled " Man it sucks, i can't believe i cry like that, especially infront of you, how lame " the man just chuckled, he pat the boy once again, despite the boy objection.
" Now people will make fun of me " the boy complained, his cry still not stoped despite his calm down, the man kneeled himself once again to convey something to the boy " Perhaps " the man replied, he wiped the tears that fall from both of the boy cheeks " But i won't " the man touch the boy left face, stroking the boy cheeks with his thumb saying " i wont " once again.
The boy smiled, " Thank you " giving his gratitude, feeling relieved because, for the first time, someone finally cared for him. " You don't know how much i need that " the boy replied, making the man smile " Oh, don't mention it, it is simply my desire to help you. " The boy however pondering again, He want to be with the man that have help him, he want to hang out and be his friend but the boy know he can't hope too much, but still he hoped. " What are you gonna do next? um...are-are you busy, you said you are wanderer that doing some stuff, are you gonna going far tomorrow? " the boy asked afraid to be alone again
( Fruit basket : i will protec you ost )
The man stroke his chin, " Perhaps " the boy look dissapointed and start sulking " or perhaps not " the boy surprise and see a little hope, seeing the man smiled smugly, he teasing the boy to make him irritated " Which one is it ? " the boy scream, the man pinch the boy cheeks with fascinated face. " whatever happen, whatever hard times you will face in the future, don't ever giving up on hope, on live your life with heart in the right place, if you keep moving forward, you will surely find the light that you searching for, either it's in the place, the passion, the thing, or maybe in people. " the man hold the boy hand with both of his hand looking at him tenderly
" when you find it, hold it tightly and cherish those light till the end of your life, the light calls LOVE "
the boy awed, he pondering what the man said, understand what he mean, the boy frowned " How? Nobody want's to play with me, nobody want's me, they want me to gone, no one want someone like me, i don't even know why. " the boy hold his own hand from the elbow " I'm afriad!i was tortured by the village just because i lived, somehow jiji didn't want to tell me, I'm tired, I'm tired of not know at all, i'm tired of being hated, IM TIRED OF IT ALLLL!!! " the boy screamed, the man just standing there, waiting for his next respond " and most it all, I'm tired of being alone " the boy said with the lower voice that tired from the screaming, he sit down tired from his outberst, his tears came back again " i'm scared, i'm sacred of this world "
The memory began to risen from his mind, the memoru of the room in a corner, sitting with his knees in his head, a darkness from the room with the loneliness that cover him, it pains him, it scared him.
" In that case, would you become my friend, starting here and now " the man bring his hand in front him, offering a handshake " Hello, It's nice to meet you, my name is kenzaki miharu, may i ask your name, i would like to be your friend "
Both of his eyes widened, his wishes finally appear in front of him, the moment that he waited for someone to tell him that, he felt hopeful, but of course for him is still a mere dream " You liar " the blonde hair boy slaped the man's hand " You say that, but if i cry, you'll get sick of me right away. If i complain, you'll get mad at me... If i do a bad thing, you'll stop liking me and you'll throw me out of your life " the boy become defensive holding both his own arm like a scared little child he is. The man however jus smiling, he can finally see the true feeling of the boy, to find the boy in the mids of people with the hateful glare, cursing his existence, crying alone in the middle of the streets, there he found a hand that willing to accept him
" don't worry, i have notice you "
The boy eyes widened again, this time, fully hopeful in his desicion, willing to accept miharu's hand " My name is uzumaki naruto, the one who will be the greatest hokage " say the boy with his smile widened and more genuine than before " It's nice to meet you, Miharu-nii " the boy hold the man's hand, both of them smile with the genuine feeling and care
" It's nice to meet you too, Naruto-kun "