Welcome back to the tenth chapter of "History Altered".
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
"Demonic Voice"
"Flashback"
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"Oh Kaa-san this is Shino Aburame. He's my oldest and dearest friend. He was the only kid that ever knew what it was like to be alone growing up despite having a family. We met one day at a playground and he was playing alone with his kikaichu when I walked up to him." Naruto says smiling some as he looks to shino who nods.
"Naruto-san just walked up to me and kikaichu without fear or hatred and asked if I wanted to play with him and that i could bring my bugs. When I asked him why he just said he wanted to make a friend. And my hive took a liking to him and his chakra so we just sorta started hanging out regularly after that. Although I don't show my emotions . . .Naruto is not just one of the few friends I have. He's also my best friend." Shino says before patting Naruto on the back.
"I'm glad you and my sochi are friends. I'm Kushina Uzumaki. . .Naruto's mother. . .I'm sure you're wondering why I left." She says a little saddened knowing he'll probably hate her.
"Not really. Father explained that you probably thought something went wrong with Naruto's sealing. After Naruto told me of Kyuubi I asked my father and he told me you must have thought it was a failure with how you were crying when you left the village." Shino says casually as his bugs once again return to him full of chakra and no longer hungry.
"I'm glad you understand . . .So Sochi . . .how had the village treated you? I probably can guess about it but . . .I just need to know." Kushina asks Naruto. His face tells her all she needs to know as he looks to the floor heartbroken as Shino pats and rubs his back some getting Naruto to cheer up some.
"Don't worry Kaa-san. It doesn't matter anymore. Not since I got Nii-sensei and now you." Naruto says as he stands up only to be tackled to the floor by Kiba.
"Naruto dude. I haven't seen you in nearly 2 months. You owe me a spar. hey who's the babe. *gasp* Don't tell me this beauty is your girlfriend. Dude you lucky dog." Kiba says a little happy chuckling as he punches naruto in the arm.
Kushina blushes a deep red at the way Kiba insinuates the relation between her and Naruto. Her mind flips to the kiss she shared with him in the vegetable shop in town and her blush deepens before shaking it from her head as Naruto answers.
"I know we haven't seen each other kiba. I've been training with sensei. A spar is alright but tomorrow since I'm beat and this Babe as you call her is not my girlfriend. 'no matter how much I wish'." He says leaving that last part in his mind as he blushes at his beautiful mother.
"No she's my mother Kushina Uzumaki. I met her today in town." Naruto says with a smile before hugging her tightly.
"Oh okay. . .Well it's good to meet you. I'm kiba inuzuka and naruto and I are Rivals." Kiba says happily pointing to himself before the dog in his jacket barks.
"And this is akamaru and he's my partner." Akamaru barks happily in agreement before licking kiba's chin. As this happens Kakashi walks into the house with his genin and Kurenai and Mathias walk downstairs looking around at everyone before everyone takes a seat while mathias begins.
"Alright now that everyone is here we can begin. Gato is draining this countries money and resources dry and enslaving women and children into sex slave rings and normal slave worker rings. He's hired some real strong nukenin to guard himself and kill Tazuna. Me, Naruto and team 7 took the job originally to protect him." Mathias says a little happy that they are paying attention.
"Kurenai, You and team 8 were sent to learn how to work on joint ops like this. Kurenai, You Hinata Kiba and Shino will watch tazuna on the bridge tomorrow and will switch off with team 7. Team 7, You will be taught by me tomorrow in a few things only to then trade off with team 8 while you guard Tazuna." Mathias says getting the usual 'Hn' from the emo and a squeal from sakura at how cool her sasuke-kun is.
"For the rest of the week Team 8 and seven will switch off on guarding Tazuna and the bridge while i act as Team 7's substitute sensei. Kakashi you will be teaching Naruto a few things this week. Kurenai, You and I shall supplement your teams training to be adequate for what's to come. So look forward to guard duty runts. Kami knows that you're going to wish you were dead when I begin training you." Mathias says before turning his gaze to the mother son duo who are just relaxing with each other.
"Kushina, I know where the slaves are and word around town was you were going to free them. You're taking Kakashi and Naruto with you to help when you make your move, NO EXCEPTIONS. Tonight I'll scout out Gato's mansion and steal his documents and raid his safe and steal all his money back." Mathias says looking around getting nods from everyone. Kurenai just looks at Mathias with a calculative gaze before nodding her head some agreeing. Kakashi soon does the same with Kushina following suit as she holds onto Naruto as he sits in her lap leaning into her chest bringing them both to blush.
"Now onto to important matters. Zabuza is still alive and will most likely attack the bridge when he is healed and ready to go." Mathias says shocking team 7 While Naruto just looks at his mother with a smile.
"But he died. That hunter nin finished him off after you beat him." Sakura says a little worried.
"Sakura, You are supposed to be book smart. What do hunter nin's do to the bodies of the Nukenin they kill?" Naruto asks her a little annoyed.
"Shut up Naruto-Baka. Everyone knows they destroy the body after cutting off the head." Sakura says while getting a death glare from kushina.
"Exactly but the hunter nin took Zabuza's body away along with the sword. When law of ALL elemental nations decrees that the Shinobi that kills or incapacitates the enemy nin or missing nin gets full custody of all items on the now beaten nin's body." Naruto says as Sakura begins putting two and two together.
"He's right sakura. That hunter nin took zabuza and Kubikiribocho away and is most likely a fake only there to aid Zabuza. Besides unless used right senbon only incapacitate the human body due to pressure points. Otherwise they are used to put allies in a near death state to fool enemy nin." Kakashi says with an eye smile as he pulls out his newest Icha icha book.
"Dinner is ready everyone. Theirs plenty because of Mathias and his hunting, so please eat up." Tsunami says as everyone gathers and begins eating dinner. The dinner goes by rather smoothly till Inari walks into the dining area looking at everyone before speaking.
"Why do you all try so hard? You're just gonna die." Inari says.
"What was that kid?" Naruto says a little confused.
"You're all going to die. Gato is too strong for you all. You're just going to die if you go against him so why bother." Inari says annoyed at hte blonde.
"None of you know what it's like to suffer. You all come from a pampered lifestyle safe in a good and wealthy village. I bet none of you know what the real meaning of suffering is like." Inari yells. Suddenly the room drops in temperature as Naruto sets his bowl of RIce and terryaki chiken on the table.
"I don't know suffering huh kid is that it?" Naruto says angry as his Ki begins to spike.
"Yeah so just give up. You're gonna die. You don't know the meaning of suffering not with the way you are with that red head." Inari claims pointing to Kushina.
"Kid I know what it's like to suffer. So does my sensei. I've suffered my whole life. Since the day i was born i was an orphan. NO ONE wanted to adopt me. Even in the orphanage all the kids and adults used to beat me simply cause it was fun. I was abused mentally physically and verbally. Growing up was pure hell, When i was 4 years old i was hurled out of the orphanage onto the street cause they didn't want the 'demon child' anymore. I was forced to live on the streets in carboard boxes eating out of the garbage just to survive for 2 whole years." Naruto says red with anger.
"In that time I was always hunted down and beaten, stabbed, burned, poisoned, electrocuted, drowned and even tortured by drunks and idiots looking to kill the 'demon child'. I've lived like that everyday of my life and even had to run from assassination attempts on my life before i was given an apartment in the red light district of konoha. It was strange, The drug dealers, Junkies, whores and pimps all treated me like i was human. Even knowing what i held they never cared and even protected me from mobs when they could." Naruto says tears welling up in his eyes.
"It's funny, The scum of the earth by all accounts and they treated me better then normal people. Hell there were even two Chuunin in the village that also helped me at times when my birthday came along and people were in a rage trying to kill me. I remember every time they came to help. I remember the worst of it though, Hundreds if not thousands of villagers armed with katana's, kama's, hookswords, kunai and other various weapons and blunt instruments were all chasing me down to kill me. Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, The so called 'Eternal gate guards of Konoha' always chased me down on my birthday and brought me to the safety of the gates while keeping me safe the rest of the day till it was safe to go home. They even killed a few hundred villagers that got too ballsy for their own good. After it was all said and done they even escorted me home and gave me gifts saying happy birthday." Naruto says as the tears begin falling from his eyes.
"It only got worse when I joined the ninja academy as everything the villagers and some shinobi did increased in occurrence. My life was so horrible everyday I woke up I had to convince myself that it was worth it. Even though that same day EVERYDAY I attempted suicide. Everyday it went on like that from when I was 6 till I was 12. I tried to numb the pain but I couldn't get away hiding behind my mask of 'The hyperactive knucklehead'. The games I had to play and the hell I had to pay was cause of something completely out of my control and yet no one gave a shit." Naruto said once again becoming angry as his Ki spikes up again making everyone in the room but mathias and kushina flinch.
"I still remember that everyday I sliced open my arms long and deep to bleed to death. That never worked and so I slit my own throat over 100 times hoping that the next time I do it it would be the last only to wake up within a few hours and cry myself to sleep alone in an empty and broken down ransacked apartment. I even jumped off the hokage monument more times then I could count and even hung myself to try and end the pain. . . .Nothing seemed to work and the gods seemed to wanted to torture me. I BARELY made it through life to graduate the Ninja academy and when I finally did I got a sensei who actually gives a shit about how I feel and who I am. And that was only 3 months ago. I just found my mother today so I don't know what it's like to suffer? No I know suffering all to well. If given the choice of living in hell or konoha I'd pick hell since it would be FAR LESS PAINFUL THEN KONOHA. So no I know suffering but you? No You don't know what real suffering is. You have a family that loves you. a roof over your head and food in your stomach. So fuck you and your I don't know suffering." Naruto says pissed off beyond belief before walking out of the room to the living room opening the front door.
"Nii-sensei i'm going to train. Keep everyone the fuck away from me unless you want them to die." Naruto says slaming the door hard enough to rock the entire house as inari stares shuddering as he throws up all over the floor at the story while kushina, Tsunami and most of the others look at where he was sitting crying rather heavily. Tsunami looks to Mathias as well as Kushina and Tsunami asks.
"His life. . . it couldn't have truly been that bad could it? I mean all that stuff. . . it's just. theirs no way that it could have happened right?" Tsunami asks as Sakura just looks to mathias along with everyone else.
"He showed me his memories when he allowed a yamanaka to to use a joint mind viewable jutsu so I could better understand him. Let me tell you this, What he just said isn't true." Mathias says as everyone breaths a sigh a relief.
"I knew it, That baka is just trying to take the spot lite with lies so everyone will feel bad for him. Mom was right, He's just a pathetic demon and a loser." Sakura says before Mathias leaps over the table superman punching her in the face sending her through the window behind her outside crashing into a tree before Mathias yells.
"HIS LIFE WAS A MILLION TIMES WORSE THEN WHAT HE SAID. T hat little outburst was the sugar coated version. If he really said how his life was. . .his explanation just now would make you think his life was all ponies and rainbows." Everyone at the table just looks at the food. Not really wanting to eat anymore everyone leaves the kitchen and dinning room area as Inari runs upstairs crying his eyes out to think over what Naruto had said while others just try and think about something else until sleep grabs them.
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Till next time, stay safe and happy !!