A Phantom's Shadow

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Incident and a New Friend

Naruto's POV

I don't understand.

Why do they keep glaring at me? I didn't even do anything to them. It's bad enough they let their kids bully me. They won't even sell me anything.

Almost the whole village hate me, except the Sandaime Jiji and the Ichiraku pair.

I was just casually strolling around the streets, feeling their glares and hearing them whispering their insults. They're not even bothering to hide them.

"Look at that demon."

"He's nothing but a monster disguised as a human."

"That demon should've died a long time ago."

"Why won't Sandaime-sama let us finish what the Yondaime started."

I was in the verge of tears, when I felt a hand cover my mouth and began dragging me somewhere. I struggled but my efforts are in vain.

"Stop squirming, you demon!" My abducter yelled and punch me in the eye, giving me a black eye. I have never felt so much fear in my life before.

Suddenly, we stopped. I recognize this place as the village square. The man who took me threw me to the ground rather harshly. That's going to leave a bruise.

Two villager came and tied me to a cross, they weren't soft about it either. No...They made sure to hurt me every way they can.

That's when I noticed the crowd gathered around me. I guess I was in such a panic I didn't even realize.

Someone came up and punched me in the gut before saying, "Citizens of Konoha, you have endured long enough. This demon have came to our village, destroyed our home, killed our animals and murdered our loved ones!" The crowd yelled in agreement.

'When the hell did I do any of that?' I thought in shock and confusion.

"But today is the day it ends! We have had enough, it is time we have our revenge we deserve a long time ago! Let's teach the demon a lesson for doing what he did to all of us.!" He yelled giddily.

I watched in fear as the crowd began pulling knifes, bats, kunais and other tools that were meant for only one intention.

Pain.

As the crowd began closing in, my heart began beating faster.

The first villager to arrive was a young man who stabbed me in the arm and claimed, "That's what you get for killing my girlfriend!" I screamed.

Timeskip

Pain.

And absolute agony.

That was the only way to describe it.

They were stabbing me, beating me, carving words on my back. Some pouring alcohol to make the wounds worse and heal slower.

For a finishing touch, a shinobi launched a fire jutsu at the alcohol-covered me.

Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)

Every thing seemed to slow down as the fireball advanced towards me. A large pillar of smoke could be seen as the fireball hit it's target.

My screams of pain could be heard throughout the village. The feeling of your skin and flesh melting only to have them healed again.

'It hurts!' I thought as I cried out even more.