This Our Nindo, Our Ninja-Way! (for GloriousDeath)

[MidnightKitsune03]

It was twelve years ago, when the Nine-Tailed Fox rampaged through the Konoha. The village in peril, the streets covered in smoldering debris, and Shinobi fighting and dying left and right. A once peaceful place turned into chaos and despair. But as all hope seemed lost, a hero appeared, and saved the village, and destroyed the beast!...Or so they thought. The beast was actually sealed inside a baby, not just any baby, this future shinobi's name, was Naruto Uzumaki.

The fourth hoped for the baby be seen as a hero....But unfortunately, due to the tragic losses and major damage to the village, that didn't come to pass. He was blamed for everything, hunted, even looked down upon. But what really got to him, was being referred to as...a Demon.

In this world, not everyone was treated equally. Naruto is a prime example of that. Generally, People are afraid of what they don't and can't understand. It leads them to act out of fear, anger, and any other negative emotion. They'll behave irrationally, judge by sight and appearance, instead of taking the time to get to know them. To treat a child in such a way is unforgivable by all means.

One kid in particular, is, in a way, like Naruto. But instead of being a Jinchuriki. This child was an actual half-demon .He's originally from the Land of Earth, his name is Midnight. After he was born, he looked like a normal baby, but his parents were killed and he was kidnapped by bandits. He lived in a life of servitude and abuse. His demon powers had activated when he turned three, and needless to say, it set shinobi off in the land of Earth, and he escaped to the Land of Fire and hid in the Forest of Death for quite sometime, until his adopted mother came around and took him in. Living life in the village with a family of her and his two brothers.

The mother trains her kids, and sends them to the academy for education. And like most schools, there always seems to be a problem between two or three students. But that's nothing compared to their future field work. For now, lets get on with the story. The story of not only Naruto's, but their Nindo, Their Ninja-Way!

[GloriousDeath]

"You moron!" a loud cry bellowed out of the academy. Inside a scene was unfolding. Naruto was collapsed on the ground, a big bump emerging from his head as above him stood a fair skinned girl with blue eyes and platinum blond hair done up in a ponytail. She wore a purple outfit consisting of a high-collared blouse, an apron skirt, bandages covering her abdomen and legs and white arm warmers. Her name was Ina Yamanaka. "How could you do something like that?" she complained as she squeezed water out of her hair. Just a few seconds before an accident involving a watering can and Ino being distracted had occured and the girl was currently taking out her frustration on the neerest person.

(Rei will show up a bit later)

[MidnightKitsune03]

Naruto didn't even know what had happened. One moment, he's minding his own business, the next, he's whacked on the head for something he had no involvement in. He just can't stay out of trouble, can he? "What are you talking about!? I haven't done anything to you!"Naruto complained, rubbing the sore spot on his head.

(Midnight will be in shortly.)

[GloriousDeath]

"Yeah, righ!" Ino says as she squeeze a few more droplets out of her ponytail "Here I was, going to water some of the plants and then it and I go flying and it lands on my head! I then I see you walking away, pretending you didn't do anything!" she accused as she pointed at Naruto. In truth Ino was simply distracted thinking of a certain boy and simply tripped.

[MidnightKitsune03]

"That is a false accusation on my brother there miss, Maybe if spent less time with your head in the clouds. You would have noticed the water puddle on the floor and maybe not have slipped,"said a new voice from behind Ino.

"Huh?"Naruto looks at the boy behind Ino, it was his older brother, Midnight. He had an eye-patch covering his demon eye to avoid any attention towards it. He had ever since he arrived at the academy with Naruto. He wore a Black hoodie and a Blue scarf to cover the scar on his neck. He had purple eyes, and his hair almost resembled Sasuke's and he possessed a dark full body tan to tie it all together.

[GloriousDeath]

Ino whirled around around to face the new voice. "Oh, Midnight, what are..." she stammered, before being interrupted by the rest of his speech. While most people avoided Midnight, Ino was actually a bit curious about him and even harbored a small crush. She still had her eyes for Sasuke, but they were now wondering of to Midnight every once in a while. Looking around and noticing the puddle Ino bit back "...Well, while there's a puddle, it could have easily been made when the watering can went flying.".

(Hm, how to bring Sakura into this?)

[MidnightKitsune03]

(Like this?)

Sakura had been walking to Ino's to hang out and saw this little conversation,"Hey Ino, what's going on?"she asked.

"Ino here, was just about to apologize to me for accusing me of knocking her over,"Naruto spoke.

"What for? Seeing as how she's soaking wet, and you're here. It was probably another one of your pranks,"Sakura said.

"It wasn't, it was just Ino being clumsy and embarrassed about her little accident here,"Midnight said,"Now, i want my brother to hear is apology, okay Ino?"

[GloriousDeath]

"Forehe...Sakura is right. Naruto is already a known troublemaker, why should I apologize for falling for one of his stupid pranks!?" Ino asked. Now usually while Ino and Sakura had a rather intense rivalry right now they seemed to agree that Naruto was the problem.

"You both sound pretty confident despite having no evidence." a second, relaxed voice said from behind Sakura. It belonged to a boy with short white hair and red eyes. The albino looking boy was Rei, the last of the three brothers. He had been found on the outskirts of Konoha clad only in a tattered cloak and with no memory of his past. The notable thing about him was that his body was covered in strange markings, including a number - 0 (from which he got his name) on his chest. And with his clothing covering most of them he looked almost normal, but the general strange aura around him, his weirdly cold body and slow heart still unnerved people and so most of them tried to avoid him.

[MidnightKitsune03]

"Rei!"Naruto said, happy to his other brother's arrival.

"We don't want to cause any trouble. Sure Naruto can be a troublemaker, but this one is not his fault. Besides, I literally watched the whole thing unfold. You can't make me deny what i saw,"Midnight said.

"Not if you were hit with a Genjutsu before it happened,"Sakura pointed out. Midnight only sighed at her thought and attempt to make Naruto seem guilty.

"I don't even know any Genjutsu!"Naruto denied.

[GloriousDeath]

"Besides, even if he can be a smart kid at time, Genjutsu and my brother's general...personalit go together just as much a campfire and a patch of grass." Rei pointed out, walking over "Besides, I think the academy might still have a problem with you hitting Naruto so hard for such a minor offense, even if it was real. And Sakura, why the hell are you even trying to get involved, you clearly didn't see any of this go down.".

"Well...Naruto using Genjutsu......doesn't feal rigth.." Ino began, it seems that cooling down a bit has let her get her thoughts together "...and well....maybe you have a point...". She then turned away "....but I still don't believe I was at fault either.".

Sighing, Rei looked past the girl at Midnight "Hey, bro. Since at least Ino seems to be slowly getting there, how about we handle this ourselves?" he offered "I take Sakura and you take Ino.".