Naruto the Flying Thunder God

Chapter 1: Close call

Voices, filled with anger, chasing a boy too young to understand.

Rain fell on him as he sprinted as fast as his small legs would carry him. His blonde hair was wet and matted against his face, his breathing was heavy and labored, and his eyes blurred from tears.

"Get the Demon brat!" A male voice yelled out from behind him.

The two men chasing him were a couple of chunin who had witnessed the destruction caused seven years prior by the Kyuubi, the ninetailed fox.

One of the men tripped but caught himself before he could fall.

Naruto slid and cut hard around a corner, going into an alley and trying to lose them in the dark. He fucked under a pair of boxes, putting a hand of his mouth and trying to steady his breath and hide.

The chunin entered the alley and almost passed by, but the blonde one happened to be able to sense chakra. Normally being drunk would be a problem but Naruto has such vast potent chakra that it were almost glaringly obvious to any basic sensor.

He gripped the box and swung it around roughly throwing Naruto against the wall of the alley.

"Pl-please m-mister... I-I-I didn't do a-an-anything..." The young boy begged between sniffing and sobbing.

The man began slowly and methodically going through handsigns, while his partner just glared angrily. "Did you listen when I begged you not to kill my parents? Did you stop when you crushed a house on top of us and gave me this scar?" His right eye and cheek were burned badly and the color in that eye was milky, while the other was brown. "No...you didn't. Now I'm going to finish what the Yondaime started seven years ago. I will kill you demon. Fire Style: Dragon Turrent!" He breathed out a blast of flame that encompassed the boy, the blast was so bright that it blinded the two chunin.
_____.54 seconds beforehand_____

The world slowed down as the flames approached the boy. The heat from the blast made Naruto's eyes widen in terror. Then he was in a completely new place.

The first thing he saw was an elderly overweight man staring at him in shock. 

They were in a restaurant, Naruto knew from past experiences that restaurants were not very welcoming to him, so he tried to get up and run, but the old man grabbed his arm and stopped him. "They'd told me you died in the attack..."

Tears filled his eyes and he hugged the boy close.

Naruto was too shocked to move, he'd seen other kids get these from their parents, but the only one to ever hug him was the hokage, on his birthday.

The old man leaned back. "Y-your so dirty, young one... what's your name?"

"Naruto..." The young blonde whispered.

"Ayame, bring me some Ramen! We got a hungry young man I'd like you to meet." The old man called to the back. Then he looked Naruto in the eye. "My name is Teuchi. We'll get you something to eat and some clean clothes. Then go see the hokage, we need to talk... I have a question, though. A second ago you just appeared in my shop. Do you know how you did that?"

Naruto looked over at the wall, feeling something tugging at him slightly. There, in a frame and glass case, was a kunai with three blades, a yellow handle, and a finger hole at the base.

Teuchi followed his gaze and chuckled lightly. "The Fourth Hokage's kunai. He came here often with his wife and gave me that..." realization dawned on him and he whispered. "Hiraishin..."

He released Naruto as Ayame came into the room with a bowl of steaming noodles with an assortment of meats and vegetables. "Got it, who is he?"

"This here is Naruto. Naruto, this is my daughter, Ayame." Ayame waved and smiled happily at the younger boy, she was three or four years older than him with dark hair and brown eyes. Starkly contrasted to her pale shin and white apron. Her shirt was pink and she gave off an aura of total innocence.

Naruto tentatively accepted the bowl from her and after a single sniff he began to eat, almost ravenous.

"Calm down, young man. It won't disappear, don't you know you're supposed to be more polite in front of a lady?" Teuchi smiled fondly as Naruto immediately stopped and looked at Ayame.

"I'm sorry, Ayame..." He spoke lowly and then yawned, before beginning to eat again.

Teuchi ruffled his hair and smiled. "You look tired, and soaked to the core. I'll go get you something to wear." He stood and stroud from the room, leaving the two children.

Ayame poked his cheek. "These are really cool birthmarks."

Naruto smiled at her. "Thank you. Why are you being so nice to me, though?"

She looked at him funny. "Mom used to say, 'You should always help those who need it, because one day you might need it.'"

Naruto nodded as Teuchi walked into the room carrying a pair of small white pajamas and tank top. "Oops!" He accidentally bumped a glass with his elbow, making it fall.

Naruto watched it fall from across the room, before he reached out and caught it. He'd instantaneously crossed the room and caught the glass.

"Kami..." Teuchi whispered, staring at the boy as he looked at Ayame and realized what he'd just done.

Naruto put the glass down. "What's wrong with me?!?!"