Chapter 18: Who are you?

Chapter 18: Who are you?

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Chapter 18: Who are you?

"Arg..." Naruto grunted.

He looked down at his clothes. "I need to buy new ones..." His black kimono was completely ruined by all the white paint that had landed on it. There was no chance he could clean that up.

At least he had money now. They had already received the payment from last week's jobs, so he could buy something a bit better.

He looked up at the sky. 'It's still early, I should go now. I can pick up some new clothes and groceries before going back home.'

He stopped at a nearby corner and scanned his surroundings, making sure there was no one around.

"Change." After the cloud of smoke cleared, he now had the identical looks of his teammate Sasuke.

He didn't like doing this, but it was the only way they would sell anything to him. Once he was ready, he continued to make his way to the commercial center of the village.

"Oh, it's Mister Uchiha!"

People greeted him politely and even bowed to him as he passed.

'Maybe I should choose someone more inconspicuous next time. This form always brings too much attention even if the discounts are good.'

He hurried his steps and found a decent clothing shop that should have what he was looking for.

As he was placing his hand on the door handle and about to open it, he heard a female voice yell from his side.

"Sasuke! Is that you?"

"Hey! What are you doing here? I already told you we have nothing to sell you!" The shopkeeper came yelling at him.

Naruto had already been in this shop before, so he was not surprised by the reaction.

But Inoichi and his daughter were different.

The Jonin had known that Naruto was not well received by the civilians since the news about his relation to the Kyubi was made public. But he did not know it was that bad. 'Does the Hokage know?... I will have to speak with him about this.' If this situation continued, things could get bad.

As a mind healer, he had seen it many times before. A ninja who feels like he has been mistreated by his own village and starts to develop resentment towards it that will eventually become hatred. Those will usually become traitors.

In the case of Naruto, it was even worse. He was not a replaceable ninja. He was the one and only Jinchuriki of the Kyubi. They could not afford to lose him for something silly like being mistreated by the villagers.

"See? I told you. Without the transformation jutsu... no one will sell me anything." Naruto told the Jonin.

"Naruto, what did you do to these people to make them this angry?" Ino asked. She knew he was infamous for his pranks, so she assumed that Naruto must have done something terrible to the shop owner to make him so angry.

"I have not done anything to him or any of the other civilians," Naruto told her. "They hate me for a different reason."

"Naruto... we cannot mention that..." Inouichi warned him.

"Dad? What is he talking about?" Ino asked.

"It is a village secret, Ino. I cannot speak about it." the Jonin said.

"A village secret that the civilians know about but I can't?" This did not make sense to her. If it was a high-rank secret, then the civilians would have no business knowing about it.

'But what kind of secret could Naruto have?' She wondered.

"Wanna know?" Naruto asked her and she nodded. She was really curious about this now. Even her previous anger had been forgotten.

"Naruto!" Inouichi warned again.

"The Fourth Hokage sealed the Kyubi inside me when I was a baby. The civilians fear and hate me because they think I am the Demon himself."

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