This is my first Neglected Naruto story I've ever done and it is for Dracohalo117's challenge! I would like to thank dracohalo117 for his advice in creating this story! Just to let you know there won't be major bashing towards any certain characters but just a little. Read, review and enjoy!

Konoha Nine Years after the Kyuubi Attack

In the backyard of the Namikaze manor, a party was taking place, birthday party by the looks of the balloons, presents stacked in a pile by the corner and kids playing around. For today was October 10th, the day that the children of the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were born; Mito Uzumaki Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze were their names. Despite it being the same day that the Kyuubi had attacked the village nine years ago, the spirits of the party occupants, along with the rest of the village, was a positive one as it was also the same day that their Yondaime Hokage, along with many other brave shinobi, fought and defeated the Kyuubi, saving the village.

However before it was said that today was the birthday of Mito and Naruto, but really the only ones being the center of attention was Mito, while Naruto was sitting on a tree branch that overlooked the backyard. The boy was almost a perfect replica of his father, with Minato's blonde hair and tan skin. However he had his mother's purple eyes along with whisker marks on his cheek. Naruto just sat on the branch as he looked down from his spot sadly as everyone else were having the time of their lives, with Mito getting dozens of presents.

It all started nine years ago, on this exact same day. The Kyuubi had been extracted from its host at the time, which was none other than Kushina Uzumaki, after she had just given birth to the twins. The culprit as a mask man, who claimed to be Madara Uchiha, and had succeeded in killing the ANBU guards and Kushina's midwives before separating Minato from Kushina after using Naruto as a hostage, and thus managed to take Kushina to an unknown location and released the Kyuubi.

The Kyuubi, under the mask man's control began attacking Konoha, causing massive casualties to both shinobi forces and civilians. While the fox was being held off by the shinobi, led by the Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his two students Tsunade and Jiraiya, Minato was battling the mask man before successfully injuring him and cutting of his control of the Kyuubi. Once the mask man retreated Minato head back to aid the others and was preparing to make the toughest decision in his life; sealing the fox into one of his newborn children.

It was a very hard decision and the current situation did not help make it easier for the father. But after hard thinking combined with the pressure and fate of the village, Minato chose to seal the Kyuubi into Naruto. Once he decided Minato took the Kyuubi to a location far away from Konoha in order to do the sealing process. What at that time is unknown, as Minato did not share what transpired, but the sealing was a success and Minato, Kushina and their children survived the whole ordeal.

Afterwards would be the turning point of their lives. While Kushina and her children were sleeping at the hospital, recovering from the whole ordeal, Minato was meeting with the council, Shinobi Clan heads, Civilians and Elders alike. After explaining the mastermind behind the whole thing, and that the Uchiha clan had no part in it, Minato was soon asked by the warhawk Danzo a question he dreaded: what became of the Kyuubi?

Minato told them honestly that the fox was now sealed within Naruto, though soon after he regretted doing so. While the Shinobi side was merely checking that the seal was flawless, the civilian side was screaming things such as to have the boy killed or locked away, while the elders minus Hiruzen, demanded that the boy be handed over to Danzo to be turned into a weapon. Of course both were shot down, following one or two civilian council members being arrested and the loss of their seats, Minato made a law that no one of the younger generation was to know of Naruto's status, as punishable by death. Despite this the civilians had spread word to the older generations of the new jinchuuriki. After so much loss and pain, the rest of the village began to hold resentment towards the newborn jinchuuriki, which continued up to this day.

Despite the glares, insults and the rare assassination attempts, the Namikaze family continued living a good life…until the twins turned five did the adults discover something. Apparently Naruto did not possess the unique chakra that Kushina had, which allowed the older Uzumaki woman to suppress the Kyuubi. In fact their daughter Mito possessed the special chakra, perhaps even at a level greater then their mother. They soon began to fear that because Naruto did not have the ability to suppress the Kyuubi that he might one day lose control of his emotions, freeing the Kyuubi.

At the time only the parents, Jiraiya, Tsunade and Hiruzen knew of this piece of information. Naturally they kept this a secret from the rest of the village. But somehow about a month later, though there were some guesses of how it happened, word of Naruto's inability of suppressing the Kyuubi spread throughout Konoha like wildfire. This made the village population scared that the Kyuubi could attack them again, while at the same time angrier at the boy and more desperate in their attempts to harm the child.

It only got worse when the other parents, despite not being able to reveal Naruto's Jinchuuriki status, told their children to avoid the boy at all cost and try to be friends with the Namikaze child, many greedy parents hoping for a marriage between their children in order to gain some control over the Uzumaki Clan inheritance and the Hokage too. Because of this Naruto was ignored by everyone, well almost everyone except by three people: Hinata Hyuuga, Sasuke Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha.

Sasuke and Itachi were both the sons of Kushina's closes friend, Mikoto Uchiha. Itachi was six years older then Sasuke and Naruto as well as considered a prodigy like Minato and Kakashi Hatake, Minato's only living student. However despite this, along with the usual Uchiha stoic and arrogance, Itachi was very polite to people and was a kind older brother to Sasuke and, in a way, to Naruto as well. As for Sasuke, he and Naruto had more of a rivalry-friendship but were on good terms nonetheless. However Itachi had left the village a year ago when he was accused of killing a fellow clan member, Shisui Uchiha. Though no body was found and there was no solid proof that Itachi did it, there was also no proof that he was innocent. So he was labeled a missing-nin and was to either be captured or killed when spotted much to the anger of the Uchiha Clan Head Fugaku Uchiha, Itachi's father, and the grief of Itachi's mother, Mikoto Uchiha. This event also made Sasuke a little bit closed from everyone else besides his mother and Naruto sometimes, as he now felt like it was his duty to prove his brother's innocent, because he would never believe that his older brother, his idol, would do such a thing as killing a fellow shinobi.

Then there was Hinata Hyuuga, the heiress to the Noble Hyuuga Clan. Naruto and Mito had originally met her when Hinata's mother, another good friend of Kushina's, met them at the park when they were three. Mito had begun playing with some of the other children leaving Hinata alone due to the Hyuuga's shyness around other people. However Naruto decided to play with her because she seemed like a nice person. That sparked their friendship and so they would meet whenever they could. Of course Hinata's father really didn't want them to play, since being the 'demon brat' rather then the 'Yondaime's son' such interaction might bring more shame then praise from the rest of the village. However Naruto and Hinata continued to play and as they got older, train too, sometimes with Sasuke.

Speaking of training, Naruto had to do it secretly and for his own safety. The former was because for some unknown reason until now, Minato and Kushina decided not to train Naruto but instead focused all of their attention on training Mito in becoming a ninja, in fact they started when the twins were only five. Despite all the begging to be trained as well, Naruto would always receive none and would then be sent to his room as a time-out. However Naruto was a bright boy and a sneaky one at that, and thus had been able to get his hands on some scrolls and do secret training on his own. He was even able to learn the Shadow Clones and one of his father's prize techniques, the Rasengan.

As for the safety part, well lets just say that Naruto needed more ANBU protection this his parents and his sister combined. Villagers and even some shinobi would sometimes try to beat him, especially if he wasn't with his family. Thanks to his training he was able to hold back most of the assaults, mainly escape them, though it was difficult when shinobi were involved. Despite all that Naruto had always hoped that one-day he could truly be happy with his family and the village would accept him. But that all changed three years ago when he had accidentally listened in onto a conversation between his parents and godfather, Minato's teacher Jiraiya that Toad Sage.

Back then a six-year-old Naruto had gotten up late one night to use the bathroom. After relieving himself Naruto had noticed that the living room light was on, and there were three familiar voices in said room as well. Being curious Naruto snuck downstairs to listen in on the conversation. What he heard was shocking; from what he could tell his godfather was ranting, though quietly as to not wake Naruto and Mito, that Minato and Kushina were playing favorites between the twins just because Naruto's chakra couldn't suppress the Kyuubi's chakra. Naruto couldn't believe it! He had the Kyuubi inside of him; his own father sealed the fox that nearly destroyed the village inside of him? Was that why he was hated by the villagers and shinobi and why his parents ignored him?

Then the conversation got worse for Naruto when Minato and Kushina explained that they were concerned that Naruto might not be able to handle the Kyuubi's influence. If so then Mito, with her special chakra and fuinjutsu, would be able to keep Naruto in control if the day ever came. In short as said by Jiraiya: Mito was basically Naruto's warden, something that greatly upset Naruto not just because his parent's were afraid but that they thought he was some kind of threat to the village and that his sister was suppose to keep him in line.

His hope rose a little when Jiraiya brought up the question of just training Naruto to suppress and maybe even use the Kyuubi's chakra. However Minato merely explained that they were thinking of letting Danzo handle Naruto's training, something that enraged Jiraiya and nearly causing him to shout.

Naruto had seen the man named Danzo time to time, during when he and his sister would go with their father to work. There he would spot the bandaged man passing by not even sparing his father a glance. Instead the older man would look down at Naruto, his sole eye looking down at the boy as if he was a mere object that he wanted to obtain, not a human being. Combined with the dreadful aura around the man, Naruto made it a fact to avoid Danzo at all cost. And judging by how badly Jiraiya was reacting to what Minato, it was clear that Danzo was very bad news.

It was at that moment that Naruto realized that he was no longer safe in the village and no longer safe within his own home; he had to leave. But he knew that just running away without a plan was suicide. That and the fact that he wouldn't last a day in the outside world with mercenaries, wild animals and missing-nin everywhere, followed by even getting past the guards around the village. So he decided to bid his time, train more until he could handle the world and at the same time scan the walls of Konoha, the guard shifts, anything that could help him in his escape. And now after three years of planning it was time. At night the entire village would be celebrating the defeat of the Kyuubi (as well as forming mobs to find him) and security would be lax. Even his family would be there meaning Naruto could just slip through the night unnoticed.

With that thought in mind Naruto shunshin into house, finishing up the things he would need to bring with him. He paused as he looked at some paper, debating on whether or not to leave his family a letter. However at the last second he decided not too; if they didn't care to give him attention, then they sure as hell wouldn't care if he were missing. But this also meant he couldn't tell his two friends that he was leaving as well, because there was the chance that his parents might find out.

With Naruto Later That Evening

It had been several hours since then and Naruto was jumping through the trees, having already mastered the arts of tree climbing. However he was also moving at a fast pace to escape his pursuers, three chunins by the looks of them, one of them being Mizuki, his former Academy instructor as well as one of the more physically of his abusers. He had no idea how they spotted him leaving the village, but Naruto had no doubt in mind that seeing how the young blonde was leaving the village, this was the best chance they could get to kill him and not worry about suffering the consequences.

What Naruto did not know however was in fact these three chunins were persuaded by Danzo, who had a Root agent watch the boy for the past several years, of simply capturing the boy and then staging it too look like Naruto was killed, and in the event that they failed or worse, captured, then Danzo could deny all claims of having been involved with them. However if they did succeed then Danzo would merely have them killed.

One of them pulled out a kunai with an explosive tag attached to it and threw it. The kunai impaled itself into a tree that Naruto was about to land on. When it exploded it knocked the young blonde off course and caused him to fall down towards the ground. Fortunately Naruto managed to slow his fall by hitting some branches though gained a few bruises as a cost.

He finally hit the ground, causing Naruto to let out a gasp of air. The blonde tried to get up but the explosion and the fall left Naruto severely bruised, and despite the Uzumaki blood and Kyuubi's chakra healing him. Getting his senses together Naruto tried to get up but was sent back to the ground when a foot roughly stomped onto his back, causing Naruto to cough up some blood.

"Oi Mizuki don't damage it to much. Danzo-sama wanted the demon alive." One of the chunins murmured to the silver haired chunin.

Said chunin just smirked before twisting his foot deeper into Naruto's back, causing the young blonde to cough violently. "I know I know but it doesn't hurt to at least get some fun while we're here. After all I doubt-"

Whatever Mizuki was going to say was cut off when the third chunin was suddenly cut in half vertically, causing the chunin to cough up a large amount of blood as his two halves fell to the ground. "What the hell!?" Mizuki shouted as he looked at the body and then at Naruto, who was barely conscious at the time. "Holy shit did the demon…?"

Then Mizuki heard a scream near him. He spun around and saw that the other chunin had a large slash on his chest, blood spraying out of the wound as the man fell to the ground dead a horrified look on his face as he fell.

Now panicking, Mizuki had all but forgotten about the injured blonde and was currently looking for some escape route or for the hidden attacker. "W-who the hell is there!?" Mizuki yelled as he waved his kunai wildly, just before something hit him in the back of the neck, knocking him out cold.

Behind the fallen man stood three people wearing black cloaks and hoods that covered their body and faces. "Get rid of the two bodies." The one at the front, obviously the leader, told the second person. While the second person was doing the job, the leader walked up to Naruto's still form. Bending down the leader check for any injuries but could already see them healing. Picking the boy up gently the leader looked at the third man who was doing something to Mizuki before joining up with the leader and the second person, after the latter disposed of the bodies. Once they were set they disappeared in a flash.

Konoha The Next Day

It's surprising how someone who is either ignored or hated can cause such a fuss the next day after they leave. It was only sometime in the afternoon, after recovering from the wild adult party last night, did it come to Minato and Kushina that their son was missing. After checking his usually hang out places (which took them awhile since they really didn't know where Naruto hanged out) and then asking the people he would be with (which were few) and then having members of the Inuzuka Clan and several skilled trackers search the village for any signs of the boy, they finally came to the conclusion that Naruto was no longer in Konoha and either that he ran away or was kidnapped, both uncomfortable possibilities.

So naturally they dispatched groups of ninjas to find Naruto, though a few might have been planning on killing the boy due to their bias belief of him being the Kyuubi. Hell he even sent word to Jiraiya to keep an eye out for Naruto.

Two days later it was a team led by Kakashi Hatake that finally found some sort of clue of what happened to Naruto. Kakashi's summons, ninkens, had located the scent of three people, one alive and the other two dead. He soon arrived to see an unconscious Mizuki and the ash remains of supposedly two other Konoha-nin. While checking the area for any signs of what happened, Pakkun, Kakashi's most trusted nikken, find a patch of recently dried blood and later identified it as Naruto's.

"And so I brought Mizuki back restrained to be questioned since he probably had something to do with Naruto's disappearance." Kakashi said to the Yondaime Hokage along with Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi. "I've also sent the ashes to the hospital to verify of who they were but it's most likely they were Konoha-nin too."

Minato nodded, a solemn look on his face as he had his chin resting on his hands. "We should already be getting a report from the I&T Department knowing Ibiki and Inoichi." The Yondaime Hokage commented. "We're you able to track down Naruto with the blood?" Minato asked hopefully.

Kakashi shook his head, much to his sensei's dismay. "No, we looked everywhere but couldn't find a lead. The only reasonable explanation that I can think of is that someone else took Naruto."

Minato sighed, a crestfallen look on his face, as he knew Kushina would be even more depress then she already was. But soon his attention was brought towards a knocking at the door. "Come in" Minato said.

The door opened and coming through were Inoichi and Ibiki, the latter with a file underneath his left arm. They both had grave looks on their faces as they bowed to both Hokages and Sanin. "Anything?" Minato asked hopefully.

Ibiki and Inoichi exchanged looks with one another for a few seconds before looking back at the Yondaime. "Well from what we found involving Naruto's disappearance, he and two other chunins were definitely sent after Naruto, though whether to retrieve him or…or to kill him" Inoichi cringed as there was a slight change in the atmosphere from Minato's killing intent. When it died down the Yamanaka continued. "However we have valuated that he nor any other accomplices of his took Naruto away, as it appears he was knocked out from behind. But besides that" Ibiki walked forward and placed the file on Minato's desk. "We found some shocking things inside Mizuki's head…apparently being a former chunin academy teacher, he had an important role for something else."

Confused, Minato opened the file, with his student, sensei and predecessor looking over his shoulder. What they saw shocked them and made Minato narrow his eyes in anger as he growled. "Danzo…"

Miles away from Konoha; in an unknown location

Naruto slowly opened his eyes and he soon found himself in an unfamiliar room. The room was entirely blank with plain white walls, a table, three chairs, and a bedside table besides the bed Naruto was currently on. On the small table was a tray of food and drinks set out.

Ignoring the tray of food and his growling stomach, Naruto continued to scan the room, trying to find a clue to where he was. "Where-where am I?" Naruto asked himself.

Suddenly a door opposite of him, that wasn't there before, opened and a person stepped in. The person was a man, tall, about the same size as Naruto's father. However the man wore a black cloak and hood, covering most of his body. The only thing that wasn't hidden was his mouth, which showed a small scar running across his lip and tan skin too.

"Ah, you're awake" The man said upon seeing Naruto. "And your wounds have healed too, though that is to be expected."

Naruto didn't reply, but kept wary eyes on the stranger as said man kept speaking. "You should probably eat before we go. We wouldn't want you to collapse from hunger after just waking up."

Naruto's stomach growled again upon the mentioning of food. But Naruto still kept his eyes on the man. "Go" Naruto repeated. "Go where?"

"There are some people that want to see Naruto." The man replied as he walked back outside the room. "Don't take to long though okay otherwise you won't be able to meet them." And with that he left the room, closing the door behind him.

When he was alone again Naruto stared at the door and then at the food, repeating this several times over. Finally he decided that he might as well eat something, Naruto grabbed some of the food and began to eat.

A few minutes later after devouring the entire tray of food, Naruto got out of the bed, put on his sandals that were stacked against the bed and headed towards the door. When he opened the door, Naruto peeked his head out and saw that the hooded man was waiting for him. Upon seeing the blonde, the stranger said, "Okay then, follow me."

The two were soon walking down a dark and seemingly endless hallway. Naruto still felt unsure about all of this but realizing that, in the chance that this was a trap, he had a better chance of escaping then remaining in the room. Even now his head was thinking of multiple ways to escape the stranger despite being outmatched in size and probably skills; along with the fact he was unarmed too.

His thoughts were cut off when Naruto spotted a light at the end of the hall, and appeared to be getting closer and closer to them. Finally they breached the wall of light, momentarily blinding Naruto. When it passed Naruto found himself alone, the stranger gone, in another room. This time however the room was larger and wider and had several lights on, allowing Naruto to see most of the room.

"So you're Naruto-kun?" A new voice asked.

Naruto looked around, trying to find the source of the voice. It wasn't until he noticed two rows of lights turning on did Naruto stop moving. The lights revealed a long red rug before the blonde heading off towards the end of the room. At the end Naruto could faintly make out at what appeared to be a throne or something, with a person sitting in it. "Welcome Naruto-kun" The man said. "My child born from the swirling tides."

And done!

So what did you all think? I have to admit its kind of rough but since it's my first neglected Naruto fic I expected as much. Anyway review and let me know what you think.

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