Red Fox

By: Darkflash

Summary: At age 5 Naruto was severely beaten. He was left to die, but was discovered by Suna's ambassador, Sasori Akasuna. He was brought to the Sand Village where Sasori taught him how to be a puppeteer. – Sasori is good and never left the village. – A smart\powerful Naruto – Naruto will grow up as a Sand ninja and dream of being Kazekage – Pairings are Naruto X Temari, Gaara X Matsuri, and Kankuro X (undecided) {either Tenten or Ino}

October tenth, a day in the Leaf Village where the villagers celebrate a great victory and feel sad the loss of their best ninja and leader. The Yondaime Hokage Minato Namikaze defeated the mighty demon fox, the Kyuubi, who was destroying their village.

The fight with the demon cost many hundreds of good shinobi lost their lives. Families were destroyed, children were orphaned, and homes were destroyed. The defeat of the unstoppable nine tailed demon lord and strongest of the tailed beasts, Kyuubi was a time of both extreme tragedy and celebration.

This day was also the day of a curse had been placed on a certain baby, a child who wasn't even aware of what was going on around him. An infant who the fourth hokage used to defeat the nine tailed fox once and for all, and it was because of this that the Yondaime sacrificed the chance of a good future in the village for the little boy.

The fourth thought the boy would be seen as a hero. Assuming any person, especially a child that helped defeat one of Konoha's greatest enemy would be seen as a hero. But, sadly he was wrong.

The fourth hokage used the technique, the reaper dead seal which was designed to call upon the services of Shinigami itself. The death god used its powers to tear the soul of the target and user from their bodies. The target's soul can be placed into any seal requested while the user's soul is devoured into the stomach of the death god as payment for its services where it will reside to do battle with its fellow souls for all eternity.

With the use of this technique, the Yondaime ripped the soul of the Kyuubi from its body, destroying him physically and sealed it into the only thing that could possibly contain such a monstrous spirit. Something so pure and innocent that it would be immune to the corruption the soul of a demon could bring, so long as said demon could not influence its host in any way. The Yondaime sealed the soul of the Kyuubi into a baby whose mother died after giving birth and father died in battle. The infant's name was Naruto Uzumaki, the human sacrifice used to destroy the Kyuubi and save the Leaf Village from definite annihilation.

The hokage's last dying request was for Naruto Uzumaki to be seen as a hero, the very thing that stops the village from being destroyed, and the person whose existence is the reason why they are still walking, talking, loving, caring, and living now. Naruto's body was used as the prison for the Kyuubi and he the warden.

Instead of recognizing their leader's skill and final wish, they transferred their hate of the demon to the next 'logical' choice, the boy who contained it. Instead of seeing him as hero, who sacrificed his own body to keep them alive, they saw him as the demon reincarnated who would wait until he is stronger and more powerful and finish the job it started on that terrible night all those years ago.

It was so bad that right after it was told to the public about Naruto's condition, the nurse who was caring for the newly orphaned child attempted to kill it to 'finish the Yondaime's work.' Luckily for Naruto, the third hokage, who just returned to the job as the leader of the village after his predecessor's death, arrived on the scene and arrested the nurse. This only to cause more anger from the civilians because an innocent civilian was arrested for only tried to kill the 'demon'.

It got so bad that Sarutobi had to pass a law that forbade mentioning the Kyuubi being sealed in Naruto. He had assigned the punishment of death for breaking the law. He hoped the villagers would leave the poor boy alone so that he could at least make friends his own age.

But it did not work. Naruto lived in an orphanage where the caretakers would allow the other kids to beat him up and even kick him out of the activities. They were sure the Sandaime would not notice. Parents wouldn't let their children include the 'monster' in their games and told them to not be his friend. Soon, the kids began to hate him too for getting them into trouble with their parents or because their parents told them to. In fact, in the whole village, it seemed that the only person who truly cared for him was the third hokage.

Eventually, on his fourth birthday, Naruto was kicked out of the orphanage when the caretakers believed he was more trouble than he was worth. He had spent months living on the streets searching from trash for food to survive until the third hokage found him and purchased him an apartment while giving him an allowance so that he wouldn't die on the street.

Naruto hating his home while at the same time, not knowing what he had done to make him so hated. He became distant, mistrustful, intelligent and cunning. One cannot live like he did and survive without having these traits.

Things began to look up for him though when he found a shop whose owner treated him like a person and sold him food. Ichiraku ramen, owned by Teuchi Ichiraku and his daughter Ayame Ichiraku offered Naruto food that was not spoiled or overpriced.

It was on his sixth birthday though when Naruto's life would turn upside down. He had gotten used to hiding on October the tenth, his birthday, because the villagers seemed to be extra angry with him on that day. They would always beat him at their worst. However, as he hid under his bed in the old, broken down apartment which had graffiti sprayed all over the walls with crude language and insults toward him, broken windows and appliances, dirty and unsanitary water and spoilt food in his fridge, his apartment door was broken down by a group of drunk villagers. In a large group, Naruto heard them break down his door and enter his apartment. It didn't take long for them to overturn his bed and find him hiding, where they then started to beat him, break several bones, and stab him with broken bottles. Then, they tied him up and dragged him around the village while the other villagers cheered and started to follow them.

They stopped when they got to the border of the village and tied him up on a tree branch and proceeded to use him as a human piñata for a few hours before leaving him to rot and die.

How could it be that all this awful behavior be allowed to happen right under the nose of the Hokage who seemed to care for his well being? That was simple, at the same time, a delegate from the hidden village in the clouds, attempted to kidnap the Hinata Hyuuga the heiress to the Hyuuga clan, to steal her eyes which required the attention of most of the shinobi of the village, taking the attention away from Naruto for long enough for him to be beat to death.

But, today was not Naruto's day to die because even though having the demon of the nine tailed fox sealed within him was a great curse, he was also blessed with gifts such as an abnormally large chakra supply, increased stamina, a perfectly fit body even though he should have died from hunger, and enhanced healing. The Kyuubi's spirit was tied with Naruto's own and the proud demon would not have his container dying at the hands of just civilians.

The legendary Sasori Akasuna was at the Leaf village on a mission as Suna's ambassador. This ninja for the Sand village and legendary puppeteer found Naruto Uzumaki while he was leaving Konoha because his mission was complete and he had finished speaking with the hokage.

"What the hell is this?" asked a confused and horrified Sasori. As his large crouched body covered by a black cloak with a red scorpion on it approached the almost dead boy being hung upside down from a tree branch with enough injuries to suggest he was tortured. Underneath the branch he was hung from, there was a massive pool of blood gathered, most likely from his wounds, what was confusing and disturbing though was the amount of blood there was. Someone of his skill knows a lot of the human structure and one thing he knew was that there was no way that there was so much blood within this small body. He approached the boy more closely to examine him, poking him a few times to realize he was still warm and had a pulse. He gasped when he realized who it was.

'This is the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki?' he asked himself as he traced the three whisker marks on each cheek with his hand 'this pathetic village of monsters can just treat a child like this? And I'm a considered evil and scary for turning dead enemies into puppets…'

Thanking god that it was impossible for him to vomit at the horrid sight, a large metal tail came out of his robes and shot out at the rope that was keeping the boy suspended, severing it. Then, Naruto fell right into Sasori's waiting arms.

'He is vulnerable and defenseless out here' thought Sasori 'I can't stand seeing a child abused like this. It just isn't right. I need to hide him where he'll be safe…'

He used the medical techniques he knew to seal his wounds and to stop the bleeding so it wouldn't leave a trail. He mended some of his smaller broken bones and cleaned the dried blood off his body. He then wrapped Naruto up in his cloak and head off from the leaf village.

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PLEASE READ!

Hey I hope you are reading this.

I have a bunch of story ideas that I try to write down. Then, I always post it on fanfic. So, I can't finish one story.

It is a really bad habit, but I keep doing it. Anyway I am trying to focus on Naruto's Perfect Life. If you haven't read that story please try it out.

K, I guess I'll cya later.

Darkflash-