Konoha, Infiltration Mission, Naruto POV

I slink through the dimly lit streets, avoiding detection. Even with their now very tight security, they don't have a chance of finding me. I grew up on these streets. I know my way around this village better than anyone living in it. It is all their fault, of course. Back when people chased after me every day. Back when the villagers skipped work just to beat me for hours. But after trying to escape for years, I knew every hidden passage, every single spot in this village.

--------------------------------Flashback to when Naruto was 7, No POV----------------------------------

A small, seven year old boy was running across a dark street. It was about eleven P.M, and snow was on the ground. The boy had an orange jacket on, and had no shoes. He was panicking. Why? Because 8 grown men had been chasing him for three hours. His nose was bleeding, but he couldn't worry about that now. He couldn't worry about his frozen feet, either. He heard the cries of his pursuers, and dived into an alley.

"We got you now, demon!" The man who seemed to be the instigator of his torture yelled. "He ran into that alley. It's time to settle things once and for all!" Unfortunately for Tsuyoi Haruno, Naruto had been in this situation before. By the time the men reached that alley, he was gone.

"Dang! How dare that wretch even touch my Yorokobi! I'll kill him for that!" The leader of the men, now classified as Tsuyoi growled. Naruto, however, was already in Konoha's sewer system and was on his way to his home.

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I am taking the sewer system directly to the building where the Konoha official I am ordered to kill is. I sneak through the smelly corridors of the sewer.  As I turn a corner, a burly man with a head of pink hair comes out of the shadow.

"There you are, demon. It took me a while to find you, but now that I've found you, you will pay for your crimes!" The man says. I know this man. I have seen him too many times.

"Hello, Tsuyoi. What have you been doing all these years?"

"Cursing you, for stealing my daughter from me!"

"I never stole her. She came to me of her own free will." For that comment I get a kunai thrown at me. I catch it midair.

"I'm afraid that you are the one who must pay for your crimes. I cannot forgive you for how you treated Yorokobi." I say.

------------------Flashback, approximately three hours before previous time, No POV-----------

Naruto was on his way home from trying to buy clothes for his upcoming days at the academy, and overall wear. Anything would do, other than orange. He used to like orange, and it ranked quite high on his list of favorite colors, until the shop owners started selling him purely orange clothes. Soon, he came to despise orange. He needed to mix things up. Unfortunately, the shopkeepers enjoyed his suffering, and sold him nothing but the usual orange. As he walked past one certain, very large house, he heard crying. Now, a normal human may not have been able to hear this crying, since it was coming from the backyard, but Naruto, with his fox-like sense of smell and hearing could both hear the crying and smell the tears. He snuck into the backyard of this house and spotted a small girl about his age crying. She had a handprint on her right cheek, and was sobbing uncontrollably.

"Why are you crying?" Naruto asked, sympathetically.The girl was probably waiting for someone to vent to, because she poured her heart out to Naruto.

"After Mom left, Dad started drinking. He begins to get angry with me. He yells things like 'It's all your fault!' and 'You should never have been born!' Then, he started to hit me. Sometimes with his fist, sometimes with a broken bottle, sometimes with a stick." The girl finished, still in tears. Naruto's face went from a look of sympathy to a look of rage.

"What is your name?" He asked.

"Yorokobi Haruno." The girl answered.

"Come with me. We can play at the park together." Naruto offered.

"Like friends?" Yorokobi asked.

"Yes. Like friends." Yorokobi's face lit up.

"Yay! I've never had a friend before!" She exclaimed.

"Me either." Naruto confessed. The two skipped down to the park and started to play tag. The two were having so much fun, they totally lost track of time. Soon, darkness fell upon the field.

"I should probably head home now, before my dad gets angry." Yorokobi said, sadly.

"Okay! I'll walk you home, and we can play tomorrow, alright?"

"Alright!" Yorokobi said cheerfully, reassured by the fact she could play with her new found best friend the next day. The two friends started to walk to Yorokobi's house together. Just as the house was coming into view, Yorokobi tripped and fell, scraping her knee. She started to sniffle, and soon started crying. Naruto comforted her and said that everything would be alright. He helped her up, and at that precise moment, Tsuyoi Haruno, drunk and angry, exited his home to see the demon child he so hated touching his daughter.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER, YOU WRETCH!!!!" The large, intimidating man bellowed.

"Run, Naruto!" Yorokobi managed to squeak. Naruto didn't need to be asked twice. He knew this man. This was the ninja who had consistently beat him to a bloody pulp for days on end. Naruto took off running, with a look of pure terror in his cerulean eyes.

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I know exactly how I'll handle this guy. He doesn't seem like a threat anymore. In fact, I don't think I'll handle him at all. It was decided. This guy wouldn't be mine to handle. I would simply knock this clown out, and send him to his loving daughter for some real punishment.

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