The stray fox (Naruto)

No one will miss me

"So that's the truth huh." A hollow empty voice says aloud to no one in particular. Were anyone listening they likely would have shivered and looked on in pity because of how young the voice was.

"It is kit. I'm sure you don't trust me but I refuse to lie, I've dealt with enough of that from foolish ningens looking to control me and my power." A deep rumbling voice responded but the only one who would ever hear it was the child who curled up deeper into his knees. "Now that you know the truth what do you plan to do now?"

His first response was ruthlessly crushed, the normal reaction would have been to ask his jichan the truth but he is the one who lied the most to him. If the Fox was telling the truth then he definitely harbors resentment towards him too. Not on purpose but subco.. sobcan... er 'subconsciously' 'whatever that word means' because of his grief and loss, according to the fox's negative emotion sensing.

"Can... can you allow me to use your negative emotion sensing to feel what they all feel for me?" A rumbling hmm echos in his mind as the idea is considered.

"Very well but only for a moment." The fox had let him use this power for but a moment as he said but it was enough. Just one second of feeling the negative emotions of everyone in Konohagakure had him on the floor gasping face down in his own vomit. Hate, anger, resentment, malice, malevolence, and spite. There is only so many words for what he felt but regardless for what you call it in the end they all feel the same thing for him, it was conclusive that he wasn't wanted here now or ever.

Naruto Uzumaki will never be accepted by the village hidden in the leaves. There is no other way to say it. He curls up crying all alone or well as alone as a demon container can get. That line of thought leads him elsewhere, he hasn't been alone not ever. From what Kyuubi told him he was in his mother before him. He was there from the very beginning sharing the same belly (the Kyuubi chose not to correct his lack of education in the birds and bees at this moment) as him when he was a baby in his mother. Now he is in his own belly he sits up and looks down at his stomach tracing the lines that make up the seal. Kyuubi has always been there but that phrase sounds wrong in his head. A lightbulb nearly manifest from how hard he thought and realized it.

"What is your name?" A long pregnant pause fills the air before a reply is given. "Normally I wouldn't tell you but you are the first human to ask me that in a long long time, so I shall tell you once so never forget it and treasure the fact that you are one amoung three ningens to ever learn it from me. My name is Kurama."

"Kurama, that is a nice name. I... I want to leave the village that is what I've decided but I want to know Kurama will... will you ever leave me?" The sentient mass of chakra could hear the hope and fear in his tone. He considered it for a long moment before telling his vessel "I won't leave you on the condition that you free me when you die, and that you must do a few other little things for me like fix this sewer you call a mind scape."

"Mind scape?" "Never mind I'll have you deal with that latter." "Okay Kurama, my partner."
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In the dark of night a small 5 year old slips out of the village using a small hole of dirt that allowed him to go underneath the wall and leave. All his possessions in a small travel pack the only evidence that he ever lived here being a letter he left saying that he was leaving and not coming back since no one wants him there. He left a second one addressed to that one girl with weird eyes he saved from bullies that she can keep his scarf and goodbye.

There was no one else he wanted to say bye to really. The old man didn't like him not as much as he thought and no one else was ever there for him besides her. (A/N: At this point naruto had not met the Ichiraku family.) his only regret being that he never got to eat at that one ramen place that always smelled really good, oh and he never got that really cool orange outfit. Shame he never had the money to.

He looks down at gamma Chan and sees how empty she is and hopes he can find a way to make some money. Shaking his head he continues out taking Kurama's advice to make sure they can't track and find him too quickly.