Naruto Uzumaki was not a normal boy by any means.

Despite being orphaned early, he wasn't your ordinary orphan. Well, he was, as every orphan was, without a parent. He was, as every orphan was, lonely. He was, as every orphan was, sad. He wasn't, as almost every orphan was, looked at with pity and kindness, however.

No, Naruto Uzumaki was looked at with scorn and loathing.

Simply walking down the streets would always incur the cruel wrath of everyone who sees him walking innocently on the streets. He had no idea why but for some reason, the entire population of Konohagakure no Sato seemed to hate him. He had very few precious people, in fact the only ones he could name of the top of his head were Hiruzen Sarutobi, or as he had dubbed the Hokage, Jiji, Teuchi, the ramen cook who was the only civilian, along with his daughter Ayame, to take pity on the boy and gave him a warm ramen. It was sad actually that a boy his age is being hated by everyone.

Ever since, Naruto had learned this fact and was forced to age mentally as a result. He was ostracized in the orphanage where he was forced to live in. Ever since he learnt to walk on his own, the head of the orphanage started treating him like some kind of trash. He was not allowed to play with the children of his age and even when he managed to talk to them, they would mock at him and told him that a monster like him was not welcome in their group. Naruto can only watch, with sad eyes,

Walking the streets of the village was like his lifespan just suddenly got cut down bits by bits as time went by. He had to take careful measures to remain as unnoticeable as possible. If he got noticed, a civilian would point at him, shouting to others, "The demon is here! Get him! Let's finish what the Yondaime had started!" He would then run for his life, entering lanes and alleys, taking a shortcut through a shop, entering from the front door and exiting from the back, anything to get escape the beatings.

But it wasn't always a successful slip-away and if he wasn't able to escape from the mobs, he was punched, kicked on every part of his body, until he fell unconscious. When he woke up, very mysteriously, in his room at the orphanage, he healed up in an astonishing fast rate and he was very happy he did not die. However, when he tried to sleep that night, the beatings came back in full force in the form of nightmares. He couldn't sleep peacefully for several nights.

He was punched, kicked on every part of his body, until he fell unconscious. When he woke up, very mysteriously, in his room at the orphanage, healed up, he was very happy he did not die. However, when he tried to sleep that night, the beatings came back in full force in the form of nightmares. Because of his ability, he experienced the beatings down to the last detail. He couldn't sleep peacefully for several nights.

As of now, today was October 10 and normally and obviously, any child with any given birth date would have celebrated that day when they were conceived into this materialistic world. But in the case of Naruto, he was again on his usual runs, only that this time it was much faster than before as mobs of people armed with pitchforks and sharp objects are now currently chasing the hapless boy, who can only cry to himself as he was desperate to avoid his attackers.

Why do they hate me? What did I do?! Young Naruto's mind was filled with anguish and tears were starting to fall from his eyes as he turns into another corner, hoping to avoid his pursuers as he picks up his pace even faster. But in his haste to escape his soon-to-be executioners, he accidentally tripped on a small pebble that was lying on the floor and Naruto soon found himself rolling violently on the floor as his vision got blurry and pounded with stars due to the direct hit that he took.

"Argh!" He groaned as he clutched on his left knee, which curdled in pain as he was now lying in a fetus-like position. This was the tenth time he already got injured within the day although due to his past experiences with the hateful villagers, his already battered wounds in his body

"There he is!" Not far from where he was lying helplessly, a woman holding a rolling pin suddenly yelled to her co-pursuers as she had corners the boy some hundred feet away in the dark alley, "You won't get away from us now!"

Suddenly, the mob, bringing their weapons and torches, suddenly appeared and right now, Naruto can only hopelessly watch the mob sadistically drew their sharp knives and pitchforks while slowly advancing towards his location.

"Prepare to die, demot brat!" The seemingly leader of the mob was reeking of alcohol as he smiled sadistically while holding what looked like rusted chains as the mobsters are now preparing to slowly subject the young blonde into a series of torment before they can leave him for dead.

"You don't deserve to die quickly, demon brat!" Another member of the mob yelled as he held what looked like to be a butchering knife.

Somebody help me! Naruto mentally screamed as his vision suddenly blurred although he can still see that his attackers are now slowly but surely advancing. Helplessness gripping in his heart Naruto can only close his eyes as he murmured in his mind. Jiji…Ayame…Teuchi…is this the end for me?

But as he was already prepared to fully close his eyes, readying himself for the worst to come, something unexpected suddenly happened before everyone's sight in the dark alley.

A ball of what looked like to be a flash of white light suddenly appeared before the bewildered villagers and before anyone can step any more further, the ball of light suddenly exploded violently into a bright and luminous but blinding explosion that the woman who had exposed Naruto had ended up losing her own head due to the violent explosion and in a matter of ten seconds, the place where the young blonde and the mobster had met was reduced into a pile of burned wood, bricks, scattered thatch, and metal implements but what's more audacious is the pungent odor of the villager's bodies, which are now piled on top of each other.

Where…where am I…

Young Naruto's consciousness started to regain light as he can feel that he is lying on his back in a bed.

Did Jiji saved me from those guys?

The last time he remembered, he was surrounded by the angry and drunk people of Konohagakure and to he were to be asked, he had already accepted the fact that he was going to die there and then but it seemed that fate had other plans for him. Peacefully, he tried to get up but soon, he found out that his arms and legs were heavily bandaged but what surprised him is the fact that a long tube connected to a strange bottle just beside his bed. In fact, he can't even remember what kind of place he was right now.

But for some reasons, he felt so peaceful right now as he looked around his surroundings, which was white in general and had paintings and cartoon characters.

"Eh? Jiji? Are you here?" Naruto asked aloud as he was alone for the moment but due to his loud voice, the silence emanating the while room was shattered by loud and thunderous footsteps that seemed to get louder as if it was actually coming towards the door of Naruto's room. And when that door did opened.

"Yomikawa-chan, he's awake!"

"I'm glad. That boy looked like he was about to die, and judging from the wounds he got, he must have gotten into a fight and got beaten up pretty ugly."

"Well, he would have died if it wasn't for that kind man who brought him to you, Yomikawa-chan…"

Naruto can only blink.

Eh? Who are those two? I swear I haven't seen them before in the Hokage Tower before. Naruto particularly took note of the two women who was speaking loudly. One was a very tall woman, probably even taller than Sarutobi Hiruzen, his Jiji and the Sandaime Hokage. She had a bluish hair and, in his own words, glamorous proportions. She had this sexy appeal! Naruto can only drool as he looked on the second woman. The second female's appearance made her look like she was of the same age as the Uchiha prodigy although her way of speaking indicates that she was an adult. Weird. She also wears cute and childish outfit.

"Eh? So…where's Jiji?" Naruto decided to fire away.

"Huh? Who is this Jiji you're talking about?" The tall woman looked confused.

"Eh? You don't know him?! How is that possible?" Naruto looked mortified, "I'm talking about the Sandaime Hokage! You know…it's impossible that you don't know! I'm talking about the great Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi-jiji!"

The two women looked at each other before they turned their sights back to Naruto.

"I'm sorry boy but I don't know anyone named Hiruzen Sarutobi," the tall woman replied, "In fact, I don't know about this thing you call as a Sandaime Hokage."

"Mou…Yomikawa-chan, don't be like that. Maybe the boy experienced great trauma right now," the pinkette then scooted towards Naruto and patted his head, "By the way, I'm Tsukuyomi Komoe and this is my friend, Yomikawa Aiho-chan. What's yours?"

"Eh…Uzumaki Naruto…" For some reasons, Naruto felt warm and comfortable from the pinkette's patting.

"That's a nice name, Uzumaki-chan!" Komoe smiled as she then reaches out what looked like to be a tray of fried rice and chicken, "Do you want me to feed you?"

Naruto looked a bit stunned by Komoe's offer and stuttered, "Y-y-y-o-o-u wi-ill feed me? Are y-you sure about that?" For the record, she might be the fourth person to show kindness to him after Hiruzen, Teuchi, and Ayame.

"Of course, Uzumaki-chan! Here, ah!" Komoe motioned Naruto to open his mouth and since the blonde felt he could trust the pinkette in front of him, he then opened his mouth to accept the spoonful of rice and meat. As the Komoe was busy feeding the blonde, Yomikawa decided to take this cue to speak, "Uzumaki, you were lucky that someone found you at the Nature Park in School District 21."

School District 21? What the hell is that place?! Wait, scratch that, where the hell am I?! Naruto frantically screamed mentally for the second although he decided to push those thoughts later as he enjoyed the food being fed to him by Komoe.

"Do you know the identity of the man, Yomikawa-chan?" Komoe asked.

"I had him write his name on the records before he left pretty quickly. Must be one of those edgy guys," Yomikawa shrugged, "But from what he left, his name is Kurozuma Wataru…"

"Wataru Kurozuma…I felt I heard that name before…"

Well, thanks so much, whoever you are, Wataru Kurozuma-san. If we met again someday, I promise I'll be in your assistance. Naruto felt like he just met the fifth person who had just shown him kindness.

Outside of the hospital room, a certain frog-faced doctor was speaking on someone in the phone.

"Well, I'm surprised that you called me, Aleister…"

"I have my reasons, as you see…" the voice, which sounded very old, replied from the other line, "You see…it isn't very unusual for people from the Elemental Nations to defect or find themselves in this place but in this case, Uzumaki Naruto is a blue-chip among the rocks. He would be very helpful for my top-secret plan, along with that other boy now being taken care on the orphanages. They both carry burdens not being understood by the general public on both of those burdens are of the highest elemental power. I'm envisioning a Jinchūriki-Imagine Breaker duo of the future."

"What exactly are you saying?"

"I'd rather not share it with you for now. But at this point, Naruto Uzumaki would have to be sent back on Konohagakure after a week of his stay here since he's too young at this rate," the mysterious Aleister replied, "But someday, I'm certain he would come back to us…to me…"

"I see. Then I guess I can…"

"I have something to give you than you need to gift it to Naruto as a temporary parting gift…"

"And what is that?"

The doctor only ended up getting a dead line as a response.

Sneak Peak for the Next Chapter!

Naruto Uzumaki spends at least a week in a certain hospital despite the fact that he actually healed so fast. As he spends his stay in what he dubbed as a strange place, he began to finally learn what kind of place he was staying at from Komoe and Yomikawa. And what? He was getting an expensive gift from Academy City's Board of Directors? What does this mean and how will this affect not only Naruto's future but also those of his fellow genin? Stay tuned!