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My name is Naruto uzumaki.

Today, i turned 6. Oh wait, What's that? You don't care? Well, i'm not really surprised.

Nobody cares about me. In fact, people despise me to the point where i have enough assassination attempts on me that a rogue would be jealous.

So, this day may be my birthday, but it will soon become my death day if i cannot find a better spot to hide.

I'm sneaking around the village. I wondered if I should try the sewers, but with the state I would come out in, jii San is bound to ask questions. And the villagers made it clear that if I tattle.... It won't be good for me.

Confused yet? I will explain. Every year on my birthday, a popular event: The 'fox hunt' is held.

The villagers get me against my will and put a kitsune mask on me. Then, i am given 2 minutes to hide, as long as it is in the general vicinity of the village, and they have to find me.

Problem is, they always cheat. Hyuuga use their byakugan, even though it's strictly against the rules. Some run off to find me even before the 2 minutes are over, and others just put items on me that allow them to track me.

Oh, And another thing. Once you catch the 'fox', you are encouraged to kill it.

After 10:00 pm, it's all over and they give up. But before that time arrives, they set off with their arsenal of weapons and strategic yet unfair handicaps, and try to find me, with only one thing in mind: my ghastly demise.

You see, this has been going on for many years. I have gotten pretty good at hiding, if I do say so myself.

Last year i hid underneath the hokage's building in a hole i found, the year before, the year it all began, i hid in a classmates cupboard. Today, i have nowhere to hide.

And i'm honestly petrified.