One Who Shapes The Future

Chapter 1: Naruto's Awakening

October 10th. That day was a celebration in the leaf village for the day the Yondaime Hokage defeated the Kyuubi No Kitsune. The people rejoiced at the defeat of the beast, but they also mourned at the loss of their loved ones.

But there was one person who hated October 10th, even though it was his birthday. He hated it with a fierce passion. It was a young boy, with golden blonde hair, sea blue eyes and three whisker marks on each cheek.

The boy was Uzumaki Naruto. Ever since he could remember, his life had been unfair. He had been hardly fed at the orphanage, and kicked out upon reaching the age of four. He was five now, and had been living on the streets for a year. He was currently hiding in an ally way, shivering.

'So cold...' the young blonde thought. He heard the villagers screaming as they searched for him. 'Why won't they let me be...I've done nothing wrong...'

"Here's down here!" One of them yelled to the rest, catching sight of him.

"Let's finish what the Yondaime started!" Another called. They charged into the ally and Naruto did the only thing he could. Run. He turned and ran as fast as his small legs could carry him, but a ninja in the mob didn't like that.

"Doton: Numa!" At those words the earth in front of Naruto become muddy, causing the young Uzumaki to slip and fall face first in the mud. The villagers caught up and began to beat him up. He screamed in pain.

"P-Please! Stop! It hurts!" He screamed.

"It hurt us to watch our families get killed by you!" One of them yelled at him, nailing him in the stomach with a kick, causing Naruto to cough up blood.

"I-I never hurt any of your families. H-Honest!" He tried to plead with them, but they wouldn't have any of it.

"Let's burn him alive!" A civilian yelled out, getting shouts of agreement from the others. A ninja stepped forward with a grin.

"This is for my brother you bastard!" He made hand signs. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" From his mouth burst forth a large fireball. It engulfed Naruto, who screamed in absolute pain and anguish. He fell the the ground as the screaming stopped. The crowed cheered...for a few moments.

Several ANBU in hiding came out of the shadows, surrounding Naruto, who was breathing shallowly. The one in the dog mask- Inu -glared at the mob. "What do you fools think you are doing?! You have assaulted a child for no reason, and you, Chunin, how dare you?!"

"We were just finishing off the demon!" A civilian yelled, causing the rest of the mob to yell in agreement.

Inu looked at them coldly. "For breaking the law of the Sandaime, you are all hereby sentenced to death!" He made hand signs as fast as lightning, and lightning crackled in his hand. "Rakiri!" He sliced through every civilian and ninja there in a matter of moments.

He went towards Naruto and picked him up. "All of you go inform Hokage-sama of what has happened here. I shall take Naruto to the hospital."

"Hai!" They all disappeared, besides one. This ANBU wore a cat mask and had long purple hair.

"Will he be alright Inu-senpai?" She asked, worry evident in her voice.

"I don't know, but I don't want to know what will happen if I take any longer!" Inu told her as he used a Shushin to get to the hospital.

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Naruto's Mindscape

Naruto sat up in what looked like a large pool of dirty water. He stood, shaking, as he looked at what appeared to be a large gate. "Wh-where am I?" He whispered. He looked around where he was. On the walls were several strange symbols- 'Seals,' Naruto thought to himself, the Hokage having shown some seals to the young Uzumaki a few times- but the scariest and biggest part was the gate in front of Naruto. It was huge, with several bronze-gold bars before him. In the middle of the bars was a piece of paper with the kanji for 'Seal'.