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    Building a Den in a Nest Full of Vipers by

    Fandoms: Naruto  

    23 Mar 2023

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    Naruto is only five years old when the Hokage whisks her away from that terrible orphanage and gives her an apartment of her own.

    But Naruto is only five years old, and the money she’s given once a month barely lasts two weeks with the prices that the shops charge her. Naruto is only five years old, and she doesn’t know how to cook for herself or how to safely pick up glass from shattered windows. She doesn’t know how to get bloodstains out of the floor either.

    Konoha has abandoned her. Luckily, she isn’t the only one.

    Street kids teach her how to lift wallets from civilians that won’t notice. She finds siblings among those with no parents or matrons to tell them to hate her. Prostitutes teach her how to take care of herself. She finds mothers among those who dry her tears and teach her how to smile in the face of all hardships. Gangsters defend her home from the villagers that constantly vandalize it. She finds mentors among those who teach her to bare her teeth and fight back.

    Konoha is eager to forget the kind of power that comes with a jinchuuriki’s sacrifice, but the red-light district isn’t. They know that power like that can change their lives. Why would they alienate the girl who holds it?

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