Tiny feet pounded the city streets as a child with blond hair, and fear stricken blue eyes ran as far away from the place he had come as fast as he could.

His chest was tightening as he continued to run, his leg muscles were cramping and his breathing was hard. As he decided to take a chance and look over his shoulder, his eyes widened as he saw that his pursuers were closing in. And fast.

It seemed surreal at first, but then he noticed that it wasn't just his imagination. His heart beat slowed steady, his breathing became more relaxed, his leg muscles had softened and the stitch that had appeared in his side had vanished. It was as if he hadn't been running at all.

With an arrogant smirk replacing the scared expression on his lips, Naruto ran faster than he had previously been running, surprising the ninja following him and making them give up.

'Yes! Fate has finally looked my way for a change!' The boy cheered in his head, he rounded a corner into a dead end and quickly moved a garbage can and moved it so that a round shaped hole appeared beneath it.

Naruto double checked that no one was around before sliding himself in and moving the can back over the hole. It was as if no one had ever been there.

Four years later...

"Lord Hokage! You have to do something about the little monster! He constantly terrorizes the villagers and when we try to apprehend him he escapes! That's resisting arrest!" A Jonin yelled in frustration as he spoke to the strongest ninja, and leader, of the village hidden in the leaves.

"He's returning what has been done to him, no doubt." Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, said with a slight frown. "Let me ask you a question, Saori-san, who do you think is to blame for Naruto's behavior?"

Saori's eyes and mouth opened wide, as if surprised by the question. "The answer is simple, Hokage-sama, it's his own fault!"

"Wrong," Hiruzen said with a deeper frown, "He acts out because no one acknowledges him, because of the cold looks he receives, because he is always alone and everyone reminds him that he'll always be alone."

Saori's mouth was closed, as he was shaking slightly at the realization. Perhaps it wasn't the blonds fault after all, but that didn't mean he never liked to have a scapegoat.

"Some could say that it's Yondaime-sama's fault for imprisoning it within him, some could say it's the villagers fault for the way they look at him and treat him, and some could say it's the ninja's fault for the beatings he receives..." Hiruzen paused to sigh.

"Or some could say that it's my own fault for not protecting him as much as I could, or should have. So you see, Saori-san, the way Naruto reacts to certain things or acts isn't his own fault, but the results of our own actions. This is what we have forced him to become, even if it sometimes is merely pranks."

Saori never said anything, but he bowed and left the Hokage's office as it would seem he had a lot to talk about with his peers about the treatment of this blond haired youth.

"You can come out now, Naruto." Hiruzen said knowingly, a small smile tugging on his fragile face.

Naruto shimmered into existence from the shadows, a blank look on his face. It scared the old man to see the child like this.

"You said Yondaime sealed something within me… Is that Kyuubi?" Naruto asked.

Any hint of a smile vanished from the old man's face. "Yes, I'm sorry you had to find out this way."

Naruto just stared. "It's alright."

No, it wasn't alright; he had been lied to his whole life… He was hated because the Yondaime chose him, why did it have to be him?

Naruto briefly glanced at the picture of the blond Hokage, and it seemed as if pieces began to click into place.

"Hokage, I've just realized something… In all my time running from different ninja, and after seeing many different villagers, what other ninja have blond hair and blue eyes?" Naruto asked suspiciously.

Hiruzens heart stuttered and almost stopped; he inhaled a breath and said. "There are only a few Naruto..."

Naruto's eyes travelled to four pictures on the left side of the wall. The dark haired Shodaime, the white haired Nidaime, the brown haired Sandaime and... the sunshine blond haired Yondaime...

"Are him and I...?" Naruto paused, not needing to finish his question.

"Yes, Naruto... You two are bound by blond..."

Everything stilled as Naruto glared fiercely at the man he thought of as a grandfather. "You mean to say that Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage, is my... Father?"

Hiruzen looked down. "Yes, Naruto-kun."

"Fine." Naruto said, and as quick as he came he shimmered into the darkness, the last thing the Sandaime Hokage saw was his cerulean eyes glaring deep into his soul until they too vanished into nothingness.

'What have I done…?' Hiruzen regretted, as his fists clenched. With a hand sign almost invisible to the naked eye, he called for two of his mask wearing guards.

"Badger, alert the council members and clan heads that a meeting will take place in three days." Hiruzen commanded, and with a nod the Anbu agent vanished in a swirl of leaves.

"Weasel, keep Naruto-kun under severe watch for the next seventy-two hours, Dog is expected to return in a few hours… I'll assign him to this mission as well."

Weasel nodded and vanished in a swirl of leaves. Hiruzen hoped against hope that Naruto would be sensible with the knowledge he now owned.

Naruto snarled viciously as he punched a tree over and over again, shattering the wood easily as his rage took control.

"Fuck the villagers!" He yelled, punching the tree, "Fuck the ninja!"

"Fuck the Sandaime, fuck the Kyuubi…" Naruto punched harder and more consistently. "And last but certainly not least, fuck you Yondaime! I hope your rotting away in Hell!"

Naruto's bloodied and damaged hands had started to heal and in mere seconds as the skin had repaired itself stronger than it was before.

"Hn." Naruto said, making an indignant noise. "The healing must be the Kyuubi's influence; it's saved me so many times…"

A distant look crossed Naruto's face as screams from a child started to echo through his ears along with the laughter of older men and women alike.

A growl escaped Naruto's lips as he clenched his fist tight and closed his eyes shut, trying to block out his horrific memories.

"I'll show them… I'll show every one of them that Uzumaki Naruto won't take it lying down anymore! I'll become stronger, stronger than any of the Hokage's! Naruto slashed his palm with a kunai knife and raised his now bleeding hand into the air.

"If I have to walk a dark path to achieve my power, if I have to murder to obtain strength then that's what I'll do. Never again will I bow down to these pathetic creatures that call themselves humans."

"Tomorrow I'll officially graduate the Genin exam… then I'll stop holding back, I'll achieve my goal… I'll become the demon that I've been scorned as my entire life…" Naruto stated firmly, he then made his way back to his hideout underneath the village.

A shadow stood silently in the trees listening to Naruto's blood oath; he soon vanished into the darkness to report this to his master…