A Boy Who is More Than He Seems

Naruto rolled out of bed at six in the morning.

"Uhh. I'm pretty sure the morning and the devil are related."

He slowly put on his orange jump suit that was given to him long ago. As he got ready he mentally prepared himself for the training he was about to do. He sat down at the table with a thud and began to eat his cereal. He remembered that today was the anniversary of learning that he had the nine tailed fox sealed inside him. He grimaced… that was not a fun day.

Flashback

"Hey get back here you little brat!"

Naruto ran as fast as his legs would carry him and the stolen food he had with him. Soon the noise caught everyone's attention. Some of the people in the crowd started to join in the chase after the little kid. They were all out for revenge for what they believed this evil kid had done. Naruto tried as hard as he could, but he was only six and couldn't out run all of the adults. They eventually cornered him. The street vender pushed him to the ground and took the fruit that he had stolen.

Naruto started to cry, "But I'm sooo hungry!"

The older man's response was to suddenly punch Naruto in the face. Naruto's head flew backwards where it collided into a wall.

There was a moment of silence when the town's people expected the ANBU to step in, but they were nowhere to be seen. They all threw themselves at the boy to exact their revenge.

It was then that a man in the front row drew a sword and screamed, "Die, you nine tail fox brat. Die for when you attacked out city, and die for all the people you have killed."

He then drew back his arm and stabbed the blade through Naruto's stomach. It was only then that the ANBU acted and stopped the crowd.

Naruto slipped into unconsciousness and met the fox in his mindscape. His name was Kurama and he was the only friend, even if unwillingly, that Naruto had ever had. The fox had turned out to be a misunderstood creature… even though he was a savage and angry being in general. They had made a pact to tolerate each other as long as if Naruto tried to discover a seal that would release Kurama if he ever died. Naruto had agreed to it only after he had made the being promise to be his friend.

Flashback end

He yawned and walked to the door where the sword that had once impaled him hung on the wall. He would always keep it there to remind him what being weak felt like; he never wanted to feel that way again.

He headed out the door and took to the roofs so that no one would follow him. He arrived at a training ground that was located right behind the Hokage monument. He seemed to be the only one ever there which made him happy that he had at least one safe haven.

He looked at one of the trees surrounding the place and decided he would not leave until he had punched his way all the way through it.

He sighed, 'I can't wait for tomorrow when I get to go to the academy and learn actual jutsu's.'

He took his position in front of the tree. His nerves faltered a little bit when he saw that the tree in front of him had to be about two feet in diameter. He gathered all of his strength and punched the tree as hard as he could. There was a resounding

"Crack!"

Naruto's eyes watered and he let out a grunt and took a swing with his other arm. The pain was a constant for about ten minutes and then his hands went numb. He kept pounding away at the tree. He lost track of time and his mind began to wonder.

'I need a reason to train hard. What is something that is worth protecting?' He thought for a little while. 'Even though I don't like those damn villagers, I will protect my home in order to protect all my precious people.' He thought about it and grimaced, 'that's a pretty short list so far. There is the old man, that girl with the lavender eyes, and Kurama. That shouldn't be too hard. It's decided; I will train and get strong to protect the things I hold dear!'

His thoughts snapped back to reality when he heard the tree groan under its' own weight. He steadied himself and gave it one more punch with everything he had. The tree gave way to its own weight and fell to the ground.

He sat against the stump breathing hard and glanced at his hands there was blood running down his fingers into the ground. He laid his head back on the stump, 'no matter I will heal soon enough.'

He glanced at the sun a realized that it was almost the time when the other kids would be getting to the park.

'Maybe I can find a friend today.'

He quickly ran home and washed the blood off of his hands and took off for the park. He ran and found that there was no one there.

'Well I guess they can't come every day.'

With nothing better to do he walked the streets of Konoha aimlessly until he realized he was in a secluded part of town that he had never been to before. He looked around at the houses. There were almost no people outside and some of the houses even looked abandoned. As he as looking around, he saw a house with a wooded gate that had the same swirl on the back of his jacket.

His curiosity led him on further. He opened the gate and saw that the door had the same symbol on it as well. From the look of the yard it was probably abandoned. He didn't know why but he walked up to the door and knocked three times.

Nothing

He waited for even the slightest hint of noise in the house. He decided it was empty and abandoned so he was going to have a look around. He opened the door and went inside. He stepped into a house that looked wealthy but not overly so.

There was a living room in the middle and then different rooms and hallways that connected to it. He went to look and found that the house had multiple bedrooms, one of which looked to be like the owners had a child. He went into the short hallway to the kitchen. There was a huge granite island with all of the appliances surrounding it.

Naruto then looked at the dining table and figured that a ninja had once lived there because of the kuni on the table.

He went to the fridge to see if there was food, this would also tell him how long it was abandoned for. He was about to open the refrigerator when he noticed a picture and a list on the door. He looked carefully at it and gasped. It was the Forth Hokage and apparently his very pregnant lover.

He was in the house of the Forth Hokage. He then glanced at the list. There were tons of different names on it all crossed out and then the name Naruto circled.

Time and space stood still for Naruto as he made the connection. He stumbled backward until he sat in one of the chairs at the dinner table.

He spoke out loud in order to make sure this was real, "I am the son of the Fourth Hokage."