Always with you (Naruto Fanfiction)

Always with you

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.

Warning: Some OOC character. Grammar error and misspelling

Summary: Everyone had their own guardian angel. That's why even though Naruto grown up without his parents beside him, he was alright. After all, he was never truly alone his entire life. It's only that his guardian angel was a bit special. He prefer to called him his guardian fox though...

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Sometimes Naruto had a dream. He was looking at a blonde man and a red haired lady. And even though he couldn't see their faces, he knew that they were smiling at him. It was supposed to be a nice dream, but no, it was a nightmare. Both that man and that lady were dying. They were leaving him behind.

Most of the times, Naruto dreams about a... fox. A brown fox that was so huge with an angry scowl, two big red eyes, and a lot of tails, nine of them. It was always there, behind those cage like prison, surrounded by smelly water, watching him in his sleep.

At first, that fox looked very scary. It always growled at him. Its red eyes were glowing in the dark, intimidating. Naruto would always cower with fear in his little blanket. He couldn't sleep. Why did that fox looked at him with so much hate?

As the time goes on, that fox started to ignore him. Or so Naruto thought. It was turning his back on him, its eyes closed. Naruto would peek behind his blanket from time to time, looking at its gigantic figure. He's afraid that the fox would attack him when he let his guards down. Why was the fox in his sleep anyway?

From night to night, the fox will always be there in his sleep. Every single night, without fails. Naruto started to sleep with his back to the fox. Sometime between their times together, he accepted the existence of the fox. Its presence became something natural for him.

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Naruto was playing in the park. One of these days, he started to realize that no one want to speak to him. Adults ignored him. They looked at him with disgust and something akin to anger. Then, some kids came to play with him. He was very happy. Maybe he could even made some friends. But, those adults came and dragged them away. He never played with them ever again.

It was lonely. That was what little Naruto thought every time he sits at the swing under the sunset. He wasn't careful that one time. He didn't feel any presence until a bad kid suddenly pushed his back and made him fell to the ground. He heard some people laughing. How could them?

It was hurt. He scrapped his knee until it was bleeding. He sat there in the ground with his hands holding his knee. He could feel his tears almost broke out. But he didn't want to cry. His knee was hurting, but his heart ached more painfully. He closed his eyes, willing the tears to stop. He never thought that the fox would be there, waiting for him.

That was the first time Naruto really saw the fox inside the cage. Its red eyes narrowed as it came closer, looking at the bleeding knee. Then its snorted, as if mocking the little boy who cried because of a scraped knee.

"Hei! It huts, you knoo," protested little Naruto, talking to the fox for the first time. He was four years old that time.

"Don't be a weakling. It is just a scraped knee."

"I'm not weak..." murmured the little boy.

"Said someone with waterfall from his eyes."

"I'm not crying..." the little boy pouted, wiping his tears.

"Hmph. Suit yourself," the fox closed its eyes, curled its tail around its body, and started to sleep.

Naruto wanted to protest, but suddenly something red seeped from inside the cage, moving toward him in the water. He almost screamed, but before he could utter a single cry, the red thing rose from the water and circled around him. It was beautiful. Sometimes later he would know that the red thing was the fox's chakra, but for now, it was only a beautiful red water. Weird, but wonderful.