6 year old Naruto Uzumaki ran through the streets of Konoha trying to escape a couple of angry villagers that had caught him painting faces on the side of their houses. He had only done it because those particular people always treated him horribly, their reasons unknown.

He managed to outrun them and made it all the way to the outskirts of the village while holding his two pain buckets, the evidence of his guilt.

He quickly hid behind a bush when he heard lone footsteps and listened carefully.

A man walked by appearing to struggle with his grip on a sack he had over his shoulder.

The man suddenly stopped a dropped the sack on the ground bringing a sharp cry from the sack. Apperenltly someone or something was in it.

"Quite struggling brat, or do you want me to kill you here and now?", the man snarled at the sack.

The thing in the sack whimpered and started to cry softly. There was no doubt about it. A person was stuck in that sack and needed help desperately.

With that thought Naruto his hiding spot and quickly splashed the man in the face with his paint and then proceeded to swing the can into his crotch. The kidnapper went down with a cry and groaned loudly.

Naruto ran to the sack and in did the bindings, freeing the person inside who turned out to be a little girl with pale white eyes that glowed in the moonlight.

"Run! Go get help! I'll hold him off for you!", yelled Naruto.

The girl hesitated for a few seconds before running back to the village.

"Your going to pay for that brat!", yelled the kidnapper as he got up from the ground.

But Naruto was ready for him. He had a jacket full of tricks and pranks AMD wasn't afraid to use them.

Naruto pulled out a handful of pellets and threw them on the ground, surprising the kidnapper who had thought them to be bombs that he would throw at him.

The area was quickly clouded by green smoke that smelled horrid and burned the man's eyes.

The man coughed and hacked for a few minutes and ran through the smoke to get clear air. When the smoke cleared the girl was out of sight and the boy was running back to the village. He made to run after the boy only to slip on some marbles the brat left on the ground. The man cursed before getting back up. He ran and was quick to catch up to the boy and grab him before he could reach the safety of the village.

"Since I can't have the girl's eyes maybe I'll just take your in revenge," said the man while taking out a hidden kunai.

Naruto struggled and yelled but it was to no avail.

The man slashed Naruto across the eyes quickly and deeply.

Blood flew threw the air and Naruto cried out covering his face all the while letting out a strong burst of chakra so strong that it was visible with the color red before passing out.

The burst of chakra made the man loose his grip and sent the man hurtling into a tree hard, sending him into unconsciousness.

Hinata ran back into the clearing followed be her father, Hiashi Hyūga, and a group of anbu, and the third Hokage.

Hinata seeing Naruto unconscious made to run to him but was held back by her father while one from the team of anbu stepped forward to check the boy.

The anbu looked at the boy's face and sighed. Naruto's eyes were deeply damaged and were bleeding profusely. The anbu member highly doubted that the boy would ever be able to see again. He informed his captain and the Hokage of the injuries before he shunshined away with the boy to the hospital.

Hiashi glared at the unconscious man who was none other than a delagate Kumo-nin and made to injure him further before the Hokage sensing his intentions, grabbed him and heald him back.

"Hiashi, I understand your ire at the nin for attempting to kidnap your daughter, but understand if you severely injure or kill the man now before he is properly interrogated then the village of Kumo can still spin the story into their favor and punish your clan. So I must ask you not to take any measures after this incident. We don't know if the ambassador was acting independently, or if he was executing a mission on behalf of Kumogakure. I would prefer avoiding war at this time," Hiruzen said.

"While this incident is disgraceful and appalling, I can not let this escalate into something much worse," Hiruzen spoke further.

"The Hyūga have no interest in war either, but rest assured my clan will defend itself when we are attacked," Hiashi said.

"But for the sake of my daughter I well let the matter rest for now, if you will excuse me, I will take my daughter home to rest in safety," said Hiashi.

Hiashi kneeled down to her height. "Are you alright Hinata?"

Hinata looked up at her father with teary eyes. "I-im fine, but-but w-w-what about Naruto?"

Hiashi sighed, "Naruto was taken to the hospital so they can heal him."

Hinata looked at her father hopeful eyes, "Can we visit him when he wakes up?"

Hiashi smiled lightly, "I believe that can be arranged."

After reassuring his daughter, Hiashi looked back to the Hokage, gave him a nod of respect and thanks, and made his way home.

Sarutobi watched the man leave with his daughter before looking to his anbu team. They had the Kumo-nin secured and ready to go.

"See that the man is placed in a "nice" and "comfy" cell over at the Konoha Intelligence Division where he can be properly interrogated when he awakes," said Sarutobi.

The anbu nodded in acknowledgement before they all shunshined away with their new prisoner.

Sarutobi sighed with exhaustion. This was a stressful night. He'd been about to leave his office for the night when Hiashi Hyūga, the head of the Hyūga clan, burst in shouting about his eldest daughter being missing and demanding for a team of anbu to be sent out to help him investigate. He complied and summoned a team only for the missing girl herself to run in shouting about how a foreign ninja tried to kidnap her only for her to escape with the help of one Naruto Uzumaki and how he needed their help before running back out of the office with everyone there following the girl quickly. Now he had to see to a severely injured boy and have a "talk" with the leader of Kumo.

Oh Minato how I wish that you were still alive. I'm getting to old for this.

The man gathered his thoughts and made his way to the hospital. He would not be able to rest well until he knew of Naruto's state of health.