"Just smile, Naruto!" When he was six years old, Naruto Namikaze's life changed forever when the Nine-Tailed Fox attacked the village. Now alone, Naruto must learn and grow while having to deal with the pain and loss that the world contains, all the while smiling through the pain. Bad summary, great book. Sorry I suck at these lol Don't own the cover, I just edited it to suit my purposes. Don't own Naruto. . .yet.

It hurt... It hurt so very much, but he lived through it. There wasn't supposed to be a way to survive, yet here he stood, breathing, his heartbeat loud in his ears, gazing up at the gates of Konoha that should have been destroyed long ago. The people behind that gate shouldn't exist and most importantly, he shouldn't be here. Sasuke had done this to him; it was a last attempt so save his life at the cost of his borther's. Naruto hadn't wanted that. He would have gladly died alongside everyone else. Now he was here again, at the start of his hell and the only place he could ever consider home, Konoha