Alright guys this is my first fic I hope you enjoy. If you don't well I apologize for my standards that don't reach your reading crazed taste buds.

I am a bit crusty around the edges. This story starts off when Naruto is 7. He has already been in the academy for a year. The rest of the rookie nine will barely getting in. I don't know how long I am going to focus on their days at the academy. Hugs and kisses to all the NaruSaku fans. And a Kick to the groin for SasuSaku and NaruHina fans.

Love, Hate and a Pink Kitsune

ARC 1: Prologue

This was not how Naruto planned on having his 7th birthday. He didn't expect it to be suprising and grand. The only wish the poor boy had on this day was that he be left alone. The small boy continued to run through the alleys of Konoha with a mob right on his tail. He tripped along the way, but the adrenaline rush kept him getting back up. Unfortunatley a tall man had caught up and pushed him to the ground. The man kicked Naruto in the stomache, making sure to dig the heel of his foot farther in. There were shouts of anger, insult, and laughter at the boy's pain. He remembered how the day started.

Flashback

It was a normal day and Naruto had decided to take a walk to the park. Naruto walked through the park looking around. He spotted another boy at a nearby swing set. The blonde-boy slowly walked up to the other, and made his presence known.

"Hi, what's your name?" Naruto asked.

The child's eyes seemed to widen a little as he noticed the boy who was now standing in front of him. The current suprised looked switched over to a worried one. "I'm sorry, but otou-san said I would get in trouble if I ever talked with you." The child gave Naruto a small apologizing look. Naruto nodded in understandingly as the child ran away. That wasn't the first time he had ever heard it.

"What did you do to the kid demon?!"

Naruto turned to see a man who seemed to be a little flustered. 'Probably drunk' Naruto thought as he could smell the alcohol coming off his breath.

"I didn't do anything!" Naruto responded, a little angry of being accused of doing 'something' when nothing happened. The drunk smirked as he cocked his fist back a landed a hard one on Naruto's face.

"That'll teach you to talk to me like that you piece of shit. I can't wait to get my hands on you tomorrow." The drunk smiled one last time before spitting on the unconcious form of Naruto.

Naruto woke up hours later. His head felt like someone was pounding on it with a hammer. The air was cold as the boy rose to his feet. His legs were unstable as he swung back and forth. He stumbled through the park, occasionally tripping. His saphire eyes noticed a billow smoke in the sky. The boy's mouth opened and released the air that had been in his lungs. The day just seemed to be getting worse and worse. Although his legs still somewhat unstable he ran with a slight limp to his house to see if there was anything to salvage.

As Naruto arrived at the scene there seemed to be a small gathering in front of the flaming house. Even though Naruto couldn't see their faces he knew that the group felt proud of themselves for 'burning the den of the demon.' At the moment Naruto was in his train of thought one of the members of the group spotted him and started shouting 'There he is, the demon! After him!'.

All Naruto could think was 'Oh shit...' He turned around and ran as fast as he could. The boy ran through the streets, buildings, and alleyways of Konoha in hopes of losing his pursuers. He turned into another alleyway that was blocked off by some only wooden fence. He turned around to run out, but it was too late. The mob had already blocked off his only escape. A big burly man came through the crowd as it seemed he was the leader. He walked towards Naruto, grabbed him by the back of his head, and threw him at the wall. Naruto's forhead made contact with the wall. He could feel the red liquid that was running down his head. It crept into his eyes obscurring his vision.

End Flashback

Overtime the others of the mob seemed to join in on the beating. Naruto was kicked, bitten, punched, cut, and yelled at throughout the whole thing. They stopped beating him for a second which allowed him to get up and run. He tripped along the way, but the adrenaline rush kept him getting back up. Unfortunatley a tall man had caught up and pushed him to the ground. The man kicked Naruto in the stomache, making sure to dig the heel of his foot farther in. There were shouts of anger, insult, and laughter at the boy's pain. The tall man that had pushed him down, brought a fist down on Naruto's nose. You could hear the cracking as it broke.

Fortunately the two ANBU members that were assigned to watch Naruto finally took noticed of his beatings. I mean they could have noticed later, but they didn't. The two ANBU had the masks of a dog and owl. They jumped down from the roof and landed next to Naruto's body pushing the group away from the unconcious boy.

"Alright people wrap it up and get the fuck out of here before I kill you." The owl yelled.

Slowly the mob disbanded, and there was no one in the alley except for the dog and owl masked ANBU.

"We should get him to the hospital he looks pretty bad." The dog stated.

"Fuck that the Hokage said we just had to stop the fights, not help him." The owl replied.

"What if he dies?!" The dog yelled.

"Not my fucking problem neither is it yours. Now let's go thats an order."

The dog looked a little hesitant but also knew not to question the authority of a higher ranking ANBU member. They left him there bruised, cut, bloodied, in an alley. Though they didn't notice the woman at the corner of the alley watching the scene unfold.

'What happened?' Naruto frantically looked around the imediate area. It was a well lit room. The walls were a plain white, some small furniture like a nightstand, a drawer, and a couch on the other side of the room. He then noticed a picture on the nightstand. He looked closely to see...

"Oh, your awake."

He looks towards the door to see a middle-aged woman. She was slender and was close to 5 feet. She had emerald green eyes. Though the most peculiar thing about her was that she had

'Pink Hair' Naruto thought.

My Author's Notes When I was a Noob

Umm I think I am gonna have a poll for other pairs, but I will save that for later. R&R FLAME ME, DESPISE ME, DO ALL THAT YOU CAN TO MAKE ME A BETTER WRITER. ALSO THIS WAS WRITTEN WITH WORD PAD SO I PROBABLY HAVE A FEW SPELLING MISTAKES. It's short I know, but hey atleast I'm trying.

Re-Written 10/21/07

Lovely Author's Notes 10/21/07

Hi everybody! I've re-written my first chapter. I gotta say this came out better than expected. Man I sound stupid in that AN above. Anyways just here to say that I will be rewriting all of the chapters in Arc 1 and that Chapter 3 in Arc 2 is out.