Naruto: Warrior of the Blade

Chapter 1

A Kenjutsu Master is born

Konohagakure also known as the village hidden in the leaves. Some people call it a paradise with almost always perfect weather, the people where always nice, the shops where the best in the world.

Well the people weren't always that friendly, at least to a small seven year old boy. This boy had blonde hair; it was as if the sun shone from his head. His eyes were a deep blue, like they held the ocean back behind them. His orange jumpsuit had blue patches on the shoulders with a white collar; he also wore a pair of green goggles where he would place a Konoha headband once he graduated the academy he would enter next year. He sat in his apartment with a cupcake the third Hokage brought him. It was October tenth, Naruto's birthday and as usual, he was alone. He had stuck a candle in the top and lit it with a match. He watched the flame dance as tears built up in his eye. 'Happy birthday to me' he said to himself. As he blew out the candles he had one wish, the same one he had for the past three years. 'I wish my parents were here.' He said as a tear fell from his eye.

As the last of the smoke faded from the candle a stone came crashing through one of the windows making Naruto jump at the sudden noise. As he poked his head out the now broken window he saw the biggest mob yet. It was as if the whole civilian populace had gathered to beat him to death this day.

"THERE HE IS THERE'S THE DEMON!" one of the civilians yelled out as they threw another rock nearly hitting Naruto in the head. Naruto ran to his bedroom and sat on his bed cradling himself in an effort to get rid of the fear. He heard pounding at the door as a couple people tried to break down his door. As cracks started forming in the old door Naruto ran to the window and jumped out just as they broke down the door.

"HES HEADING FOR THE ALLIES GET HIM! TONIGHT WE FINISH WHAT THE FOURTH HOKAGE STARTED!" a man with green eyes shouted as he jumped out the window Naruto left through. This man was Arato Haruno. He had red hair that went down to his shoulders. He wore a red shirt with his families crest on the back and blue ninja pants. He had a deep hatred towards young Naruto for you see; Naruto is a very special little boy. On this day, seven years ago, a demon known as the nine tailed fox attacked the hidden leaf village, killing many people including Arato's mother and father.

Now, why would this matter? Well, on the day of the attack the fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, fought the demon fox and eventually won. At a great cost however. In order to stop the fox's rampage the hokage had to seal it away, and the only way to do this was to use a human newborn child with underdeveloped chakra coils so that their system could handle the great strain and adjust to allow it to flow naturally. An adult couldn't be used because their chakra coils would be overloaded by the demonic chakra and then destroyed, giving the demon a body of their own or resulting in the beast breaking free and continuing its rampage. The fourth hokage had to use Naruto, born on the day of the attack, to seal the beast away. He used the reaper death seal to remove the fox's soul and transplant it into the seal he drew on the boy's stomach. His dying wish was to have the boy seen as a hero for keeping the demon at bay and preventing it from destroying the village.

He must be tossing in his grave right now.

As Naruto ran through the back allies he could hear the crow getting closer to him. It was like no matter how hard he tried he just couldn't shake them. He kept running trying to lose his attackers in the maze of allies. He was trying to get to the streets where an ANBU patrol would hopefully see and protect him. He went to take a corner only for some of the group to catch a glimpse of him before he turned in the other direction trying to escape. However, in his desperate run for freedom he had come to a dead end with trash in a corner.

Naruto turned around; maybe he could get out of this ally and lose the mob. As he turned around he saw the mob, lead by Arato walking towards the boy. Naruto backed up only to fall on his ass and continue scooting away from the mob till his back hit the fence.

As the mob drew closer to the defenseless boy, Naruto started crying. "W-why do you do this to me? I never hurt anyone!" Naruto cried out as tears ran down his face.

"BULLSHIT!" Arato exclaimed as he threw a kunai into the boy's right shoulder.

As the weapon pierced the skin Naruto cried out in pain, his left arm aimlessly grabbing at the pile of trash. "YOU KILLED MY PARENT'S YOU DAMN DEMON! YOU ARE A THREAT TO MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER! YOU SHOULD DIE!" Arato shouted as the mob started pelting the boy with rocks.

As he was getting hit by the rocks his hand grabbed something. Naruto pulled on the object and pulled it free. Landing in his lap was the sheath to the blade Naruto now held in his hands. The blade was a katana, probably tossed away when the person couldn't wield it effectively.

"LOOK HE IS GOING TO KILL US QUICKLY GET HIM BEFORE HE DOES!" someone shouted from the back.

As Arato charged Naruto, the boy did the only thing he could think of. "Stay away, stay away, STAY AWAY!" Naruto shouted as he swung the blade. As the blade completed the sideways arc, a blast of chakra flew through Arato.

As the man stopped in his tracks he coughed up blood as more of the life liquid oozed out from where the chakra arc hit. Arato fell to his knees before his top half fell behind his bottom half. The chakra arc cut through Arato at the waist severing several major arteries and organs. Seeing the horrible death of their 'leader' the mob turned and ran from the boy.

Naruto quickly ran back towards his apartment, afraid of what he had done. As he ran into his apartment Naruto slumped against a wall and cried. The sword still gripped in his hand with its sheath in the other. The handle of the blade had an etching that seemed to look like a fox if one looked at it at the right angle.

As Naruto cried himself to sleep he had no idea that he had taken the first steps into the ninja world.