Bonds ➳ SasuNaru

One | Enter: Naruto Uzumaki!

The boy fell to his knees, tiny frame trembling as he cried, clutching his stomach. He picked himself up off the ground weakly, stumbling a bit. Covered in dirt and blood, he turned to face his attackers.

About fifteen kids, all from his class, stood in front of the boy. Some boys as well as some girls. They were all gathered around him, pushing him around and hitting him, jeering at him.

He wiped away his tears and held up two shaking fists, looking around at all the kids.

One of the older boys - an eight-year-old - stepped up to the unsteady six-year old, smirking down at him. The older boy swiftly hit the younger in the head, knocking him over. The older jumped on top of the younger, punching his face multiple times which made his nose bleed.

"You're a stupid freak, you know that?" The older spat, punching the younger once more. "Nobody loves you. No one will, so love yourself so no one ever has to."

The older got off and some other boys jumped in, kicking the six-year-old's tiny body. One boy kicked him in the stomach and the young boy coughed up blood.

The boys backed off a bit to see if the six-year-old would attempt to get up again.

The young boy got up on his knees and one hand, clutching his stomach with his free arm. Trembling uncontrollably with tears streaming down his whiskered cheeks, he briefly looked up and saw a small break in the crowd of kids surrounding him. He shakily got up on two feet and glanced back at the older boys.

He decided to make a run for it.

He pushed passed the kids and took off as best as he could in his state. The older boys pursued him, running throughout the village.

"Get back here, you little monster!"

The six-year-old stumbled along but kept running the best he could. The nearby adults just watched the older boys chase the young one without even batting an eyelid.

They didn't care about little Naruto Uzumaki.

In fact, nobody really cared about the little blond orphan. All the adults saw him as a useless, freakish, monstrous nuisance that carried the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox within him.

The children hated him because their parents did. None of the children knew what Naruto had sealed inside of him.

Naruto didn't even know himself.

The boys finally caught the blond in a field where there wasn't really anyone around, tackling him. Two of the three boys held Naruto by his arms while the last boy punched him repeatedly in the stomach, chest and face.

"No, no, no!" The blond screeched in agony, struggling fiercely in the older boys' grip. "Stop!"

The boy hitting him didn't let up, and Naruto cried out harshly each time he was struck.

The hitting stopped after a short moment and Naruto heard the boy in front of him chuckling.

"You'll never be a shinobi, freak," the boy stated, and the other boys holding Naruto let the blond go, letting him fall to the ground.

The boy gave Naruto one last kick before he and his friends began to walk off.

"Hey, losers!"

The boy and his friends turned around, eyebrows raised. Suddenly, the boy was struck in the face.

He fell to the ground, staring in shock as another six-year-old with black hair and eyes to match stood in front of him, glaring down at him. The raven gave him another punch in the face and walked in Naruto's direction.