The Rogue Fox

Another Demon

Warning: Strong language will be used in this story! You have been warned!

A week has passed sense Naruto ran from the Hidden leaf. Thanks to training with Kurama and no longer having a seal to hold them both back he had become a powerful ninja. Sitting in a rented room Naruto sat at the kitchen table eating instant Ramen. It was nothing like Ichiraku's Ramen back at the Hidden Leaf, but it would have to do. After cleaning up Naruto  got ready to go. Putting on his new brown sleeveless shirt and his tattered red cloak he went to leave the room. As he went out the door he grabbed his things and his red hilted Katanas and walked out.

He walked through the streets of the small village on the edge of the Land of Fire and it was very peaceful. Children playing, woman laughing,  and men drinking. This was what he wanted people to be like in every village, kind and peaceful. Sadly it was short lived as he heard yelling.

"There's that demon!" A man yelled.

Naruto have expected to see Uchiha Police behind him. They had finally caught up to him. After turning ready to fight Naruto was knocked over. He gathered his thoughts so he could focus and he then noticed what had hit him. A boy with short white hair and red eyes laid on the ground. It was the boy they were after. Men that looked to be drunk approached the boy. One placed his foot on the boys head and slowly added pressure. The poor boy screamed in pain, but no one was helping him.

"Mama," A girl said. "Why are they hurting that boy."

"He's a monster dear not a boy." A mother told her daughter. "No need to feel bad for it."

"Come on demon," The man said. "Scream some more."

"What the fuck is this?" Naruto asked getting to his feet.

The men chasing the young boy, who looked to be at least seven, looked at Naruto. They didn't know who he was and they didn't care.

"Piss off." One of them said.

Naruto could smell the alcohol on him. If they were drunk he could understand this little out burst, but no one wanted to help the poor boy and they called him a demon. This wasn't going to go unpunished. One of the men went to kick the down kid but Naruto pushed through them and knocked him out cold.

"Next person to try something is going to get it." Naruto spat.

"You want to go you *hick* demon lover?" Another drink man asked putting his fists up.

"I'll show you a demon." Naruto said pulling out his Katana only enough for the man to see its shiny metal.

Even though they were drunk they understood. They grabbed their unconscious friend and ran off. Naruto turned to the white haired boy who had tears I his red eyes. The kid didn't know if he should run or thank the stranger. The boy tried not to cry but failed. As he began to cry Naruto wrapped him in his arms and held him there for comfort. Naruto had always wanted someone to hold him like this, like a father or older brother, but he never got that chance.

Naruto took off his red cloak and wrapped it around the boy. His crying began to slow to sniffles. Naruto looked at the poor kid and saw himself. He wasn't going to let this happen to this poor kid. He grabbed the boy's hand and lead him to a near by Ramen stand. Everyone gave Naruto a mean glare and Naruto returned one only it was more of 'I'll kill you glare' then their pathetic 'I hate you' glares. Naruto ordered two bowls of Ramen, and thankfully the Ramen guy here was like the one at the Hidden Leaf, and was very kind.

"Here," Naruto said handing the boy chopsticks. "Eat until your full."

Naruto watched the boy try to eat but noticed he couldn't use the chopsticks. He showed the boy how and sure enough he was able to use them. At first he was afraid to eat the food, but after the first bite the boy licked the bowl clean in a minute.

"Were are your parents?" Naruto asked.

"They're dead," The boy said. "I live with my grandparents but-"

Suddenly a voice called out, 'Hal! Were the hell are you ya demon brat!?' At the sound off the voices the white haired boy lowered his head and cowered in Naruto's cloak. It was clear that 'Hal' was this young boy's name and that voice, that sounded like an old mans, was his grandfather.

"Hal!" The man said seeing his grandson at the Ramen shop. "Get you ass over here now!"

As Hal went to his grandfather Naruto stopped him. This man, the boy's own grandfather, would treat him like a demon. Naruto was not going to have this.

"How are you?" Naruto asked holding onto Hal's shoulders.

"I'm his grandfather," The old man spat like poison. "Now give me Hal, his grandmother needs him for...chores."

By the way Hal shook and how the man said chores it wasn't a good thing. Naruto looked closer at Hal and saw a scare poking out of his shirt that looked to run down his back almost like it was from a whip. It was beginning to make sense. He couldn't use chopsticks because he wasn't feed like a person, these chores must be slave work, and they would beat him for not working hard. He was a slave to them, not a grandson.

"Your not laying a finger on this boy." Naruto said.

"Boy?" The old man laughed. "He must not have shown you. Go on then show him."

Hal looked uneasy at the man's words and didn't d anything. The man shouted, 'show him!' and Hal did as he was told. He didn't pull down his pants only opened the back to let something appear out of his worn out jeans. It was what looked like a wolf's tail.

"See he's no boy," The man said. 'He's a freak, a monster, a demon!"

The boy looked at the ground and cried. He didn't want to show Naruto his tail in fear he would hate him, but now he had shown him. Hal didn't want to look at Naruto but he did only to see not a look of hate, but of kindness. Then it turned to anger as he looked at Hal's grandfather.

"You have no right to say such words to this kind boy." Naruto said placing his hand on one of his two Katanas. "Stay away from Hal, or I'll end you old man."

"Is that a threat?" The man asked.

"No," Naruto said his eyes turning red. "It's a promise."

Hal's Grandfather turned away in fear shouting 'There's another demon in the village!' and Kurama laughed in Naruto's head.

"Did you see his face when he saw your eyes change?" Kurama laughed. "He almost shit himself."

"I saw." Naruto replied to Kurama in his head.

"So," Kurama said. "I take it we're taking the boy?"

"We sure are." Naruto replied.

"Come on Hal," Naruto said giving the boy a piggyback ride witch he never had before. "We need to go before that crazy old man comes back."

"Thank you," Hal said his eyes beginning to close. "Big Brother."  

Naruto stood still in the road. Had the little boy just call him big brother? Naruto wanted to jump with joy but didn't because Hal was on his back now fast asleep.

"Hal Uzumaki," Naruto whispered. "You are now my little brother and first member of the Whirlpool village. Sleep tight my little brother."