it's been seven years since the Kyūbi attack. seven long and painful years for Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, why you may ask, well before Naruto's and his brother and sister's fourth birthday he was treated as a member of his family but it all went to Hell when his godfather: Jiriaya, told Minato about a prophecy foretold by the toads.

flashback start

it was a lovely October evening and we see that three, four year old son were playing with their parents but everything changed when a man with long spikey white hair entered their home.

"Minato my student how have you been?" asked Jiriaya with a somewhat serious tone that both Minato and Kushina understood

"Kushina, take the kids into the other room while me and sensei talk" said Minato earning a nod from Kushina

"Alright sensei tell me what's up" said Minato. "The toads have prophesied that a child that carries a heavy burden will decide the fate of all of the elemental nations, to either save it or destroy it." replied Jiraiya.

"So what you are saying is either Menma or Nasumi could be this child of prophecy since they contain the kyūbi's chakra?" asked Minato, gaining a nod from the toad sannin. "What I was thinking is that we 'groom' those two so that they remain loyal to the village" said Jiraiya

"I see your point. okay both Kushina and I will start their training on their fourth birthday" said Minato who got another nod from Jiraiya but unknown for them a little whiskered boy with blue and red eyes had over heard their conversation

flashback end

on Naruto and his siblings fourth birthday, Minato and Kushina announced that they will be training Nasumi and Menma after the day was over. a little while later Naruto asked both of his parents if they would train him to but they responded with a "when you are older". at first he accepted the whole "when you are older" thing but after his fifth birthday he realised that they never intended on training him so he gave up on asking and tried to do his own training. keyword tried, since you really can't learn much if you are self taught (at the age of five no less). but every so often when he was alone in the village, he would see most of the villagers scowling at him very harshly. the villagers treated Naruto pretty rough I mean they would either sell him rotten food, kick him out of their shops, or just downright attack him. there was even a time when he was walking with his family, a single villager threw a stone at him and how did they punish the man for technically attacking the yondaime hokage's son. did they sentence the man with death? imprisonment? a trip to the TI Division? no, they just gave the bastard a slap on the wrist and just let him go.

after another year Naruto's parents completely ignored him nearly all together, they would even forget to feed him. Menma pretty much turned into an egotistical prick and he would occasionally pick on Naruto for the fact that their mother and father would rather give Menma training and not Naruto. Nasumi on the other hand would comfort Naruto but over the time they grew apart. they used to be really close, almost inseparable but now a days she too would ignore him for her friends Ino and Sakura who were both fangirls of Menma and the so called elite and last Uchiha named: Sasuke.

after that we are back to the present and after training for so long on an exercise that both Nasumi and Menma haven't even touched yet, what is it you ask well it's simple really, it's the tree and water walking in exercise which he actually completed due to the fact that he took a scroll from his father's study and he can't wait to show them what he can do and he thought that they may even start training him to since the ninja academy will be starting soon.

the Namikaze estate training ground

at the training ground of the Namikaze estate we see Minato, Kushina, Nasumi, and Menma were having a ramen break since they had a long day of family training. their meal was interrupted when Naruto ran up to them.

"Tou-san, Kaa-san can I show you something?" said Naruto who was trying his best to hide his glee.

"*sigh* show us what you want and get back to doing what you were doing before" said Minato who sounded really annoyed

As soon as he heard his father say that, Naruto's face lit up as his smile grew to that of a cheshire cat's. He soon ran towards a nearby tree and ran up it, he saw the the shocked expressions of his family. then he back flipped off tree and landed on the small lake in training grounds, except he didn't sink but stood on the surface of it and started to walk back towards his family while walking on water.

"So, what do you guys think?" said Naruto who wore an innocent smile on his face, not noticing the looks of rage on his family's face. his mother was about to get up and yell at him but Minato beat her to it and smacked Naruto.

"Where the hell did learn to do that?!" shouted Minato as he showed no sign of remorse for hitting his son or for the fact that Naruto was crying from being hit by his father

"I-I *sniffle* l-lear-ned it f-rom a s-s-scroll in your l-library." Naruto replied in between his sobs.

"You little bastard!" yelled Minato "I gave you food, clothes, and a roof to sleep under and this is how you pay me back!? By stealing from me!" shouted Minato as tears seemed to fall from Naruto's face even more now. "Now go to your room, you will get no dinner tonight!" yelled Minato as Naruto began to trudge to his room.

only to be tripped by Nasumi and had some dirt kicked in his face by Menma. hoping his parents would do something about that, he got a reaction from his mother but not the one he was hoping for. "You heard your father, now pick your ass off the floor and go to your room, you little shit!" yelled Kushina. It was then that something snapped in Naruto's mind, he was experiencing a feeling that he had never felt before, this heavy, burning feeling was: Hatred

"I HATE YOU ALL!" yelled Naruto as he bolted into the house, earning looks of surprise from every one. Minato, Kushina, and Nasumi felt a huge pang of pain in their hearts while Menma just looked more pissed off, even he felt that pang of pain.

2 hours later

it was late at night and everyone were thinking about what they did to Naruto and most of them were ashamed of themselves.

Namikaze estate: Minato and Kushina's room

"Hey Kushina-chan do you think it was right to do that to Naruto, I mean we pretty much ignored his training so it's understandable that he took matters into his own hands." said Minato who was looking rather somber, same with Kushina.

"no, it wasn't right. he is our son and yet we denied him of his training so he had every right to train himself", said Kushina who was looking down in shame. "and to make matters worse we physically harmed him...do you think he will forgive us Minato-kun?" asked Kushina.

"He might if we start his training tomorrow, no, he will definitely forgive us if I teach him the Rasengan while you teach him your style of Kinjutsu and maybe your Adamantine Chains if he has that bloodline" replied Minato who hugged his wife as they prepared for bed.

Nasumi's room

meanwhile in Nasumi's room she was lost in thought for she felt a feeling that she has never felt before, it felt like she was disappointed but only to herself.

'Nii-san, what's been going on with you. You have been so distant with us for a while now and now your keeping secrets from tou-san, Kaa-san, Menma-san, and...me...' thought Nasumi who was trying to comprehend exactly what happened today. that was until she remembered what she did to him earlier and realized why Naruto was so distant from her, it's because she didn't play the role of the sister but rather the role of a bystander. a bystander who does little to nothing when it comes to here brother. Nasumi realized that she abandoned her brother when he needed her the most. a single tear falls down her face.

'dear kami, what have I done to you Naru-nii, you know what, I'm going to go to his room right now and apologize to him for all that I have done to him and if he doesn't accept my apology then I will get on my knees and grovel to him if that's what it takes for you to forgive me.' thought Nasumi who had a really determined look in her eyes as she left her room

Namikaze estate: hallways

In the hallways you can see Nasumi standing in front of Naruto's door and she was petrified with how nervous she was for she thought that her brother may not want any company right now -especially from her- and then a different thought has occurred to her

'strange, when I think about it, this is the first time I've ever been in Nii-san's room' thought Nasumi as she turned the handle to her brother's door and was surprised to see that it was not locked. she slowly opened the door since she thought that Naruto could also be asleep but what she found was quite shocking. Naruto's room was bare, it didn't have any types of decorations, the wall didn't have a different color and the only type of furniture that could be seen was a desk with an envelope on it, a dresser, and a bed. but what got her the most was the fact that Naruto was not present in the room and that his window was wide open as the wind blew inward. Nasumi can be seen looking at the window then she looks towards the envelope and when she opened it she stared with wide eyes as she covers her mouth with her hand as tears fell from her eyes.

Meanwhile with everyone else but Nasumi

"AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!" a scream fills the house grabbing Minato, Kushina, and Menma's attention as they rushed to Nasumi's room only to hear her from within Naruto's room. When they entered the room they could see Nasumi on her knees in front of the open window clutching a letter in her hand sobbing immensely while constantly saying "I'm sorry" in between her sobs. seeing this broke Minato and Kushina's heart so Minato decided to speak up.

"Nasumi what happened and where is your brother?" asked Minato worryingly only to hear Nasumi say "he's gone" while pointing to the window and then handing the letter over to Minato and as soon as he read the first few bits of the letter out loud, tears started to fall from his eyes.

dear my horrible family
it seems that today you have shown your true colors on how you feel about me just like the villagers. after all I've been through you and my so called "mother" didn't do anything to protect me from the very people within your village all because of a stupid prophecy. yeah, I know about the prophecy but I never wanted to believe it. I thought that today after all you and Kushina's neglection towards me that you all would finally acknowledge on how much potential I have but instead what do you all do?! you all yelled at me, hit me, called me names, tripped me, and kicked dirt in my face. and to make things worse today was my BIRTHDAY but you wouldn't know that even if me and my brother and sister shared the same birthday -which we do- then you would just remember them and leave me to rot in my room. all I have to say to all of you is goodbye and good riddance.

from your forgotten son

Naruto

after reading Kushina broke down crying while tears were shedding down Menma and Minato's face as Minato ran out the door and activated a hiraishin seal that was on Naruto's back only to see a horrifying sight.

Naruto was sitting against a wall in an alleyway with kunai and shurikun sticking out of his arms and legs while a sword was in his chest. Minato slowly approached Naruto, not believing what he was seeing as he got on his knees, removed the sword from his son's chest and tried to feel for a pulse. Minato was freaking out but he found a very faint pulse. Minato quickly picked Naruto up and used a hiraishin seal that was near the hospital to get Naruto treated by Tsunade.

Konoha hospital

Minato was pacing back and forth outside of Naruto's room as a terrified expression was adorning his face. He heard the pitter patter of feet running across the hospital floor only to see Kushina, Nasumi, and Menma running towards him. The first was to speak was Kushina

"Minato what's going on and where is our sochi?" asked Kushina who was looking rather hysterical

"I-Its bad Kushina, if only I have been faster." said Minato, he was looking down at the floor while tears of anger, sadness, and regret

"Minato-kun what do you mean? Where is our son?!" demanded Kushina only to get her answer when Tsunade walked out of ththe operating room as she had a somber look with what looked to be tear stains on her face.

"Minato I...I don't know how to give this to you lightly but...he's not going to make it." said Tsunade, Minato looked like he had been hit by Kakashi's Raikiri as more tears seem to be flooding out of his tear ducts.

"Minato-kun who is not going to make it?" asked Kushina, getting very scared at what she was hearing. she got no response from him "Please! tell me who it is!" yelled Kushina, who still got no direct response from him but everyone could hear faint whimpers

"Naruto...I...Im sorry...Im so sorry." mumbled Minato. the mumble did not go unnoticed by his family. Menma's eyes widened as a lone tears fell from them, Kushina's eyes have to widened but it was a flooding with tears as she puts her hands over her own mouth then she fell to her knees sobbing and asking where she went wrong, but it was Nasumi who took the news for the worst. Not only were tears falling down her face but her eyes changed from normal blue to slitted red as she ran towards Naruto's room ignoring the yells from her family to not enter that room but she entered anyway, hoping that what she heard was not true only to see him connected to many types of life support machines ranging from an IV drip to an ICU (AN: i think thats what those machines that help you breath) machine.

"Naru-nii come on its time to wake up its our birthday today and we need to celebrate it with Tou-san, Kaa-san, me, Menma, and...you", said a rather delusional Nasumi "Naru-nii why won't you open your eyes? why won't you wake up for me?", said Nasumi who had even more tears flowing down her face as her forced smile dropped "PLEASE! NARU-NII, PLEASE WAKE UP! WE NEED YOU! TOU-SAN NEEDS YOU, KAA-SAN NEEDS YOU, MENMA NEEDS YOU, I...I NEED YOU!" she continues, this time yelling towards him till she falls to her knees a starts sobbing but continues to speak "Please *hic* please Naruto-kun...don't leave me alone here." before Nasumi could realize what she said, her thoughts were interrupted by a single sound, the infernal sound, a sound of despair, the sound of...a flatline...

"I'm sorry Naruto-kun, I...I hope you accept my apology" Nasumi said as her eyes burned from the tears and that she didn't realize that she said that nor for the fact that the rest of the family were standing in the doorway with their heads down. their eyes were shadowed but you could see the tears falling from their faces even Menma's. As soon as Nasumi got up off the floor and started heading towards her parents, she heard a new sound that had filled her with hope. a single beep, then that beep became multiple beeps, then everything went black. after a good thirty seconds the lights came back on, Nasumi saw a shocked look on not just her parents face but her brother and Tsunade as well. Nasumi was confused on why they looked so shocked until it hit since she realized that they were looking behind her. she slowly turned her head only to see Naruto standing behind her and did the only thing that she could think of, she hugged him

"Naruto-kun, oh thank kami. I *hic* I thought I lost you." said Nasumi who still had tears flowing down her face. she got confused on why he didn't hug her back, but thought of a reason which would bring her feelings down but what he said next was what broke her

"thanks but uh...I have a question?" said Naruto who looked really confused of the situation.

"Ask away." said Nasumi

"Who are you people?" asked Naruto