Bonds

Dead Weight

The light crept its way through the blinds even though Naruto was against it. Damnit, don't I have that test with my team today? Well shit. Naruto thought to himself as he threw on a black t-shirt with a red swirl on the back, and matching anbu stile pants and a pair of midnight black ninja sandals. He was thanking the people above for giving him the ability to not have to wear the 'gross' jumpsuit he stuck with wearing. He saw things like buying new clothes or changing them while being in the academy as troublesome. His mind went to the test and the people he was taking the test with.

Well, we were put in teams of three, and by my research, Kakashi had some teamwork issues, so teamwork would have to be the purpose of the test. Both of them hate me, so it'll be tough. Well, lets think about this, Sayu wants to be a shinobi for her revenge badly it seems, so she'll work with me, which works because I excel in wind jutsu and she's a fire user, so that's perfect. Sakura has absolutely no talent whatsoever. I really don't know how she passed, but whatever. She can just like place a trap or something, other than that, I see nothing else she would be of use for. Well, maybe whining and shouting if it comes to that, she'll be very useful.

When Naruto escaped from his thoughts, he realized that he had made it to the training grounds. As long as they work with me, we'll pass. But just know I won't underestimate you like you want me to Kakashi, so don't underestimate me either! Naruto thought to himself before his thoughts drifted to his sensei. Is it really him? Kakashi Hatake? Kakashi of the Sharingan?

Flashback

Naruto was backed into a corner, his eyes were filled with horror, which only led to an increase of laughter from the eight or so villagers.

"Finally, you've given up, now we can have some fun!" a chunnin hissed as he pulled out a kunai.

"W-What did I do to you?" Naruto choked out. He was four years old, what could he have done. He wanted answers, though, that was very far from what he got. The eight villagers ganged up on Naruto, after thirty or so minutes, Naruto coughed out blood.

"What did I do to all of you?" Naruto croaked after receiving a kick to the head.

"YOU'RE THE CONTAINER OF THE NINE TAILED FOX!" they all shouted. Naruto eyes went wide, which wasn't very wide due to the cuts and bruises all over his face and near his eyes. How was he the container of the nine tails? He swore that he has heard that the fourth had killed it when it attacked four years ago.

"NOW, YOU'LL DIE, DEMON!" the chunnin shouted as brought his kunai down with Naruto as his target. Naruto watched everything happen with wide eyes. Is this really how I'm going to die? Was his thought as the kunai was about five inches from his neck. It was meant to be his last thought.

Suddenly, the man stopped, but it wasn't against his own will. Naruto saw the hand on the wrist of the chunnin. He traced the hand up to the face of his savior. He wore a dog mask which belonged to the anbu member who wore it, his left eye was glowing blood red and had three tomoes in each eye, and he had grey gravity defying hair.

"Last time I checked, Lord Third has a law that if anyone said a word about what you eight shouted as loud as you could, especially to the boy, that you were to be killed on the spot." the anbu said with no emotion readable in his voice. Before anyone could say anything in response, the anbu had disarmed the chunnin and stabbed him with his own kunai. He blurred to each of the villagers, mere seconds after he blurred over to them, their bodies dropped, dead. Finally, he reappeared in front of the chunnin who only had a couple of seconds left to live.

"Why do you protect the demon?! He's the nine tails reincarnated so why do you protect him?" the man questioned. The anbu turned his head slightly, allowing his normal eye to be seen by the blonde. He eye smiled before he turned back to the dying shinobi.