The guardian chronicles : Nirvana (Todoroki Shoto x Uzumaki Naruto)

Chapter 7

(12 years ago)

Uzumaki Naruto was, at the time, three years old when she realized just how different she was from the other children in her orphanage.

It was a memory she barely remembers, considering how young she was. When a child turned three, they should be able to freely show their emotions. Are you happy? Are you sad? Those were questions a child should freely express their answers. The importance of showing a person's real emotion was important in the development of a child.

The room she and another five girls stayed in had been the smallest room in the orphanage had to offer. Asami, Emica, Koharu, Kokoro and Nozomi. Those were their names. Only those five girls and the matron because Naruto couldn't remember anything else in that small, cold room in that little world she knew.

There was only one thing that set her a part from the other girls. All six of them had been born in the same year, with different months in between them but Naruto had been the only one born on October 10. Naruto never fully comprehend what was the significance of her birth the moment Asami announced the rules of her newly adopted parents.

The six of them had been seated on Asami's bed. It had been one of the bigger beds that could fit two of the girls and sometimes when the matron was asleep, they would eat chocolate. It was their little secret because the Matron never liked it whenever they ate Chocolate. Especially Naruto.

"My new Mommy says I can't hang out with you," Asami said softly, eyes setting on Naruto. At the tender age of three, Naruto doesn't fully understand what it means. She was just merely upset her friend was getting adopted, leaving her alone with the other girls. The other girls blinked, eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

"All of us?" Emica asked.

Asami shook her head, eyes fixated on the teary-eyed Naruto. "Only her. She says as soon as I'm in her house then I can't ever play with her."

Naruto's eyes widened, lips trembling as she found the usual warm eyes of her friend turning so icy-cold. The other girls were frowning, their eyes darting at her and then to their friend, asking for the oldest girl to explain—explain what? Mi-chan you're making the other girls sad. Naruto rubbed her eyes and met Asami's cold eyes gazing back at her.

"She is a monster and the reason all of you can't get new parents."

Her friends swirled their heads at her, eyes looking at her like it was really her fault that none of them could be adopted. Monster? But I'm not a monster. She defended Asami whenever one of the boys pulled her hair. Maybe she shouldn't punch him but he deserve it. He made her cry. That didn't make her a monster.

"I'm not a monster!" She yells again and again. Tears spilled out of her eyes and Naruto wanted one of her friends to comfort her. But children believed the words of an adult and the desire to be adopted was greater than any desire to protect their friends.

"You're a monster!"

"Monster!"

They circled around her, jeering and calling her the name Monster as Asami tells them of how they could be adopted. My name isn't Monster. Grandma called me her little Naru-chan, her maelstorm. Tears pooled out of her blue eyes and Naruto yanks the girls by the hair. She punches and kicks them, ignoring their cries for her to stop.

They didn't stop with the name calling and Naruto would get even.

The door to their room slammed open after the fifth scream and the matron stormed in. The screams and cries stopped and Naruto let go of Asami's ponytail. Cold eyes locked onto her but Naruto didn't understand why she looked at her like that. Why does she look at me like I'm a monster? They started it. She feels even more tears pouring out of her eyes.