Hello Ladies and Germs! This is the rewrite of Konoha's mirage. The pairing is Satsuki and Naruto. Expect Sakura and Kiba bashing along with the Namikaze's. Now, ON WITH THE SHOW! Shuuuultttz! WRONG SHOW!

"Where'd the Demon go!?" An angry village yelled.

"I think it went that way!" Another said pointing past a small alleyway. Had they looked inside, they would have found a pile of trash, and hidden in the garbage a small child.

It was an seven year old boy, with spiky blonde hair, and sky blue eyes. He was scared out of his life, as it was every year on this day. October tenth, his birthday. Every year on his birthday his beatings by the villagers were a thousand times worse than any other day of the year.

"Over here!"

Naruto's eye's widened in fear at realizing he had been found. He scrambled his way out of the trash, only to meet the evil look of the mob. In their hands were makeshift weapons. Broken bottles, shovels, kitchen knives, anything they could get their hands on.

"There's no running now Demon Brat." One of the mob members said. As Naruto went to turn, a strong hand placed itself on his malnourished shoulder, stopping the blonde from running for his life.

"Now now. We don't want you getting lost again." The owner of the voice said. Naruto squirmed, trying desperately to escape. "Besides, I owe you." The man said. With his free hand he motioned for the mob to approach.

"Hold him." The man commanded. Two of the mob members held him down as the man fished a vial out of his pocket. "You took my family from me. And not just that, you took my eye. And seeing as demon's like you have no family, an eye for an eye."

The man grabbed Naruto's face, holding open his eyelid as he uncorked the vial. "AAAAAHHHH!" Naruto screamed as the acid destroyed his right eye. The man smiled before leaving, his revenge complete.

The crowd parted slightly to allow the man to leave before blood thirsty grins appeared as they slowly stalked towards their prey. For the next hour, Naruto was beaten, stabbed, and tortured within an inch of his life. A woman stepped forward, brandishing a knife. "What say we rid ourselves of the demon permanently!?" She yelled.

The crowd roared in blood-lust as the woman raised the knife above her head. Naruto clenched his eyes tight, waiting in hope and despair at the thought of escaping the pain, and the thought of death. He flinched as he felt something splatter over his face. He opened his good eye only to see the knife an inch from his face. When he looked past, he saw the woman, impaled by a kunai.

Suddenly two dark figures appeared before him. He was just able to make out the masks covering their faces before he succumbed to darkness, the pain finally forcing him asleep.

Inside his mind...

"DAMN MEAT BAG!" The Kyuubi yelled as he slammed himself into the cage. "THIS INSECT IS GOING TO KILL BOTH OF US!" He said in a fury. The sewer that was Naruto's subconscious was dim, the only light coming from a glowing red pipe the Kyuubi was using as a conduit for his chakra. After a while, the Kyuubi started to calm down. When he did so, he noticed the sewer was getting brighter again, meaning Naruto was healing.

"This brat will be the death of me. And all because of that Uchiha scum. Had he not freed me none of this would have happen. I would have outlived all of them and be eventually free from my containment." It ranted. Suddenly his ear's perked up, an idea forming in his head. "Yes, yes, that could work. Now, how best to go about executing it..."

...

"Weasel, how bad was it?" Hiruzen, the Third Hokage asked. The anbu in front of him had been one of two who had rescued his surrogate grandson. He was staring down at the village, the festivities of the defeat of the Kyuubi at the hands of the fourth Hokage was always a time of joy, and agony.

"Fifteen civilians killed. Over fifty escaped, but we are working on a list of names." Weasel said. Hiruzen nodded, expecting as much. He took a puff from his pipe before sighing.

"And Naruto?" He asked. Weasel was silent for a moment. "Weasel?" Hiruzen said, looking away from the widow.

"This may have been the tipping point." He spoke carefully. Hiruzen leveled his gaze at the young anbu. The Hokage sometimes forgot how young his operative was, only being twelve.

"Explain." He said simply.

"He will at best, be scared for life." Weasel said.

"And worst?" The Hokage feared the answer he would receive.

"He will never see out of his right eye ever again." The pipe clattered against the floor, tobacco spilling onto the carpet.

"I-I see. Thank you for informing me of this. Where is he now?" Hiruzen's voice was full of emotion, but he steeled himself, needing to keep himself in check.

"The hospital. Crow brought him there." Weasel said. Hiruzen sighed once more, looking every bit his age.

"Thank you Weasel, you are dismissed." He said, waving his hand. Weasel nodded before he disappeared in a shimmer of speed. Hiruzen picked up his pipe before he left his office.

...

Great. I'm in the hospital. He thought as he woke from his coma. The smell of sterilizing alcohol burned his nose. He didn't open his eyes as he knew he would wince from the whole room being painted white.

"Naruto? Are you awake?" He heard the Hokage asked. Cracking open his eye he closed them, cringing at how bright everything was. After a minute he opened it again, realizing part of his face was covered in gauze.

Mentally shrugging he looked around until his eye found the old Hokage. "Hey gramps. Guess I got pretty roughed up." He said with a forced laugh. "Hey do you know when i can take those off my face?"

Upon hearing those words, the Hokage seemed to age ten years before the child's eyes. "Naruto. I have some bad news." Hiruzen said. A lone tear fell from his eye, causing Naruto to become scared.

"Naruto, last night when you were attacked, someone poured acid onto your eye, forever rendering the eye useless." He croaked out. All the color from Naruto's face drained away.

"What?" Naruto whispered.

"You will never be able to see out of that eye ever again." Hiruzen said. Naruto was stunned, his mind completely blank in shock. After a moment Naruto snapped, ripping the I.V. out of his arm and tried to rip the bandages off his head. "Naruto! Calm down!" The Hokage said, pinning the child down.

"You must control yourself!" He yelled.

"Like the villager's control themselves!?" Naruto roared.

"They are just angry! You must forgive them, soon they will release the hatred they hold within themselves." Hiruzen said, trying to reason with the seven year old. Naruto managed to get an arm free and ripped the remaining gauze off his face.

"Look at me! They will never accept me! They took my eye to prove that!" He screamed. Hiruzen visually flinched at this, releasing his grip as nurses came to wrap him back up. "Leave old man. Just leave." Naruto said before he was sedated.

Another tear fell from the man's face before he exited the room. He made a hand motion and a anbu in a cat mask appeared in front of him. "Guard this rooms occupant with your life." The anbu nodded before taking a position outside the door.

...

Naruto woke an hour later, the gauze and I.V. replaced on his body.

"Finally, I thought you would never wake." Came a voice frome the end of the bed. Naruto sat up and looked around, only to see the white walls of his room.

"Whose there?" He asked. No one answered as the door opened, an anbu on the other side.

"Is everything alright?" She asked.

"I thought i heard someone talk to me." Naruto explained. The anbu walked around the room, searching for intruders. When she found none she nodded at the kid before closing the door.

"Jeeze, can't have a conversation with anyone now adays." The voice spoke again. Naruto spun his head to see a man standing next to him. He was tall, with red hair in a pony tail and sharp teeth. His eyes were amethyst, and he was tan. His body was covered by a grey cloak, concealing any distinguishing features.

"Who are you?" Naruto whispered, not wanting to alert the anbu unless necessary.

"Now isnt that the question? You can call me Kikai. I'm sorta... your imaginary friend, so if you want to talk to me without looking like a crazy person, think what you want to say." Kikai explained with a grin.

"Why are you here? And how come no one else can see or hear you?" Naruto asked.

"Like i said, i can be called your imaginary friend. But if you want details, i was created to help you. As for why no one can see or hear me, I'm in your mind." Kikai explained.

"Who sent you to help me then?" Naruto asked, still extremely confused.

"Someone you're not ready to meet yet. But that's why I'm here. You most likely wouldn't survive your next birthday unless you have help. That's where i come in. Once you're out of here, you start training your ass off to survive." He explained.

"How can you help me?"

"You're joining the ninja academy next year right?" Kikai asked.

"Yeah, so?"

"You actually think the instructor's won't try to fail you at every opportunity?" Kikai asked, raising an eyebrow. Naruto deflated as he figured his new friend correct.

"So you're going to help me pass?" He asked, a bit of light returning to his eye. Kikai nodded. "Alright, but i need to get out of here first."

Alright. I hope you like it, expect to see more real soon. I bid you all adieu.