I saw it all (Naruto Fan-fiction)

Chapter 1: The Boy and the Fox

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As I was writing the story I realized I was listening to a lot of music scores and I typically like reading while listening to them. So I came up with an idea to provide you with music that you can listen to while reading my story.

I made a Spotify playlist that will have a new addition to it as the story goes along. The first song of the playlist (Desert Music) corresponds to this chapter. :) 

You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2otIKWcR3th5fkswnUDXNe?si=67f0ff1aa8a1408d

"Character Speaking"

'Character Thinking'

"Kurama Speaking"

'Kurama Thinking'

Blood trickled down Naruto's hands as he observed the scene around him. The bodies of the ANBU that followed Naruto were scattered across a wide opening in the forest, crimson liquid pooling around them, permanently staining the grass.

"They deserved this, they deserved all this pain"- a young boy thought to himself, for no matter how much pain he'd inflict on them nothing could compare to the void that was Naruto's heart, an empty dark void incapable of compassion. He wasn't always like this, there was a time when he didn't understand his suffering. He was weak once, but that old Naruto is no longer here.

For years the young boy had been subject to constant abuse and hate. He was shunned from every storefront; obscenities being shouted his way as he walked through the streets of Konoha, the village Hidden in the Leaf. With time Naruto learned how to tune out the screams but if only the villagers would stop there. Some were worse than others, they'd hit and injure the young boy, going as far as stabbing him, inflicting all kinds of wounds on the young boy's body. If it wasn't for Kyubi he'd be laying around dead a long time ago, but alas there he was, Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

He befriended the fox a while ago, it seemed like they had quite a lot in common, starting with the fact that everyone absolutely despised them. That fox demon sure was a feisty one but he managed to keep Naruto company for quite some time now, 9 years to be exact. Naruto first met Kurama when he was just 4 years old. The hate that he received on a daily basis was somewhat tolerable, a few bruises here and there, but the worst of it always happened on October 10th every year. On that day Konoha and its inhabitants lost their beloved Yondaime Hokage and many of their loved ones, but that was also the day Naruto was born. Every year on the blond boy's birthday the villagers hunted him down, determined to slaughter the Nine-tailed demon.

The worst of it happened on Naruto's 4th birthday...

Tears ran down the little boy's whiskered cheeks as he ran away from an angry mob as fast as he could. 'Just a little bit, just a little longer and I will reach the forest, that's where I can hide from them' - thought the blond to himself. He turned into a long alleyway and gasped as someone's hand grabbed him by the back of his collar.

"Let me go!"- the boy cried out, as he helplessly tried to escape the grasp of the stranger, but it was too late, Naruto could hear the terrifying shouts of the mob grow louder and louder as they approached him and the stranger who held the little boy down.

"You can't run away anymore demon!" a man who was holding Naruto whispered in his ear. He loosened his grasp on the boy and kicked him in the back. A loud yelp escaped the blond boy's little body as he fell to the ground. The rest of it felt like a dream, a horrible nightmare to be exact. Naruto could feel them kick him in the stomach, in the back. He cried out as someone stabbed him in his leg. All the boy could do is hope to die or lose consciousness sooner or later.

Suddenly the world went quiet. Naruto sat up tears running down his face as he clutched his knees loud sobs escaping his chest. A sudden grumble turned his attention as he found himself staring at the dark cage, some sort of an animal lingering its red eyes at him. He wasn't in Konoha anymore, the place looked like some kind of a sewer with a large cage right in the center.

"Where am I?" the blond asked, "Is this a dream? Am I dead? Where did the villagers go?"

He heard a laugh escape the cage "You really are clueless, are you kit?" he scoffed "Human children...so pathetic"

"Who are you sir?" the blond boy asked

"Who am I? Who am I?" the creature asked. Naruto saw a glimmer of red fur and what he could perceive as two huge orange tails when the orange beast leaned forward revealing a set of sharp canines "I am the Nine-Tailed Fox, the legendary Kyubi and the strongest bijuu"

Naruto's eyes widened, was it really true? Was he really talking to the Nine-Tailed fox the same fox that nearly destroyed the village, the same beast that he was mistaken and harmed for? Naruto took a sharp breath, now was not the time to panic, he had to figure out why he was trapped in this dark sewer and why that fox creature was there with him.

"Say what, Mr Fox, why are you trapped in this sewer? And why am I here talking to you?" - Naruto asked

"Who are you calling Mr Fox brat?"- the fox grumbled

"So sorry sir! What should I call you then? What's your name? My name is Naruto Uzumaki!" - the little boy exclaimed

"I know who you are!"- the orange creature yelled out. 'This little human wants to know my name, huh? That's a first' - the Nine-Tails thought to himself - 'Maybe I should give this brat a chance'

"You can call me Kurama kit"

"Kurama, huh? Nice to meet you!" - the blond exclaimed, his signature grin plastered on his face, however this one time it was actually a genuine one "Say Kurama, sir, you seem awfully lonely in this cage of yours if you want we can be friends, ya know! I don't have many friends in the village, they seem to not like me very much" - Naruto said with a sad look on his face as he finished the sentence.

"I know kit, I know...all right I will be your friend, under one condition"

"What is it?" - the boy asked curiously

"When the time is right, show all of them what you are made of kit, and don't hold back!"

"I will Kurama! Believe it!" - the smiling blond yelled out

'At least the kit is happier now' - Kurama thought to himself

From that day on the fox and the golden-haired child were inseparable and Naruto made his first true friend.

Now as he stood there in the forest, blood on his hands, a wicked and dark grin on his face, the young boy thought to himself 'I'm ready to show them Kurama, just what I am made of' 

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And done! How was it? Any thoughts?

So far I'm liking where the storyline is going. In the next few chapters, we'll likely revisit Naruto's academy days and Team 7, not sure whether I will focus on the Zabuza/Haku storyline too much or will skim through it and move into the Chunin exams arc, but once I'm done with that quick recap we'll be back to Naruto's escape from the Leaf and ultimately Minato :) So stay tuned.