Naruto's POV
Flashback #1
I squeeze my eyes shut and bite my bottom lip as the blows start coming. Some punch and kick, others cut me with knives, and some find whatever's closest to them and just hit me with them. My body screams in pain, but I don't make a sound. I don't give them that satisfaction.
Honestly, I don't get why they hate Kurama so much. He's a nice fox if you get to know him. He was just controlled that day when he attacked the village. But I suppose the villagers wouldn't have known such details.
At some point, the blows stop, and instead are replaced by distant screams and sounds of swords slashing through the air. I'm in too much pain, and too tired to move to care. I feel someone pick me up, like how one would pick up a baby.
"Are you alright?" A voice asks softly, coming from the one who's holding me. Well. that's an understatement. I think at some point I start hyperventilating from the pain, because the person holding me puts me on his shoulder and starts rubbing my back. "It's ok, kid. You're safe."
I slowly open my eyes, and turn towards the person who saved me, rubbing the tears forming in my eyes. I wonder if he knows who I am. Maybe he'll regret saving me.
I come face to face with a raven-haired young man, with red eyes. His face is soft, his hair tied in a loose ponytail behind his head.
"Should we get you to the hospital?" He whispers. I blink a few times, registering this, then shake my head.
"No- Kurama heals me!" I squeak. "And I'm not sure if the hospital will heal me anyways." Gah. Was it safe to tell him about Kurama? The man raises an eyebrow.
"Who's Kurama?" He says. I gulp. Welp.
"T-the kyuubi." I mumble. His eyes widen. I wince, an inner instinct warning me that this man might hurt me too.
"You can talk to the kyuubi?" He inquires. I blink a few times again, then nod.
"Uh huh. His name is Kurama. And he trains me! I know lots of ninjutsu already." I pipe up, my courage coming back. He smiles. It seems genuine.
"Well then, that certainly sounds nice." He ruffles my hair. "How about we go see the hokage? We can tell him about the kyuubi and the villagers." He says, his head nodding to the dead bodies of the villagers.
"Are... they dead?" I whisper. He turns back to me, studying my face.
"Yes. Is there a problem? Are you glad, now that they are dead?" I stare at the bodies for a few moments.
"I... I don't know. Now I know they won't hurt me... but they should have their own families at home, right? Wouldn't they feel sad?" I ask. The man smiles sadly.
"You have a good heart, Naruto Uzumaki." He says. My eyes widen.
"H-how do you know my name? And you're not scared? Or angry? With me?"
He laughs. "I'm not sure why I should be angry with a four year old." I beam at his words.
"Well. Let's go see the hokage, hm?" He says. I nod.
Hokage's office
"Itachi." The old man, who I've already known to be the hokage, says when Itachi and I teleport to the hokage's office. My eyes widen in awe at the sudden teleportation. "You found him." The hokage continues. Itachi nods.
"Yes. He was being... attacked. By the villagers." He says slowly. The hokage grimaces.
"Hm. And you took care of them?" He asks, putting down his paperwork to fully look at us. I see his eyes widen when he sees me. Probably from the cuts and bruises and the blood on my clothes. Itachi nods again.
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