He had a secret. Multiple secrets, in fact.
Naruto Uzumaki had always been a smart kid. He knew about the nine-tailed fox, who his parents were, and how to execute the basics of ninjutsu as a kid. Thus, the Sandaime had ANBU train him to become one of their own.
Now, at twelve years of age, Naruto the ANBU was given a mission to find promising students and keep tabs on a certain boy at the academy, but that could be a bit hard, given that he's blind.
I don't own Naruto, nor do I claim I own anything having to do with Naruto (only the plot of this story). Masashi Kishimoto is the sole author of the Naruto series and he owns it. That is final.
"You're different from what I expected," she said softly.
"How so?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare."
He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that."
OR
Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.