Summary: Naruto is a descendant of the great Kyuubi; he is the next in line for the throne of his home. But his home is in terrible danger. So he is sent on a perilous quest into the human world. Will he be able to save his world? What will he face in the world of the humans?
Pairings: Naruto/OC and there will be a slight hint of one sided NaruHina.
Well it can be perceived as NaruHina XP
Disclaimer: Even after umm… *looks at a scroll* 36 plans I still do not own Naruto. If I did the Kyuubi wouldn't be such a jerk and he would work with Naruto.
Some points I wish to make:
1. This is my first fanfic
2. Please keep an eye out for any grammar mistakes (More with that at the bottom)
3. The light explosions are like Benihime's attack from Bleach (Benihime is Kisuke's zanpakuto)
4. Any Japanese words will have translations at the bottom
NOW ENJOY!
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Chapter 1
A Daily Life of a Demon Prince
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Sunlight arced through the window, landing upon Naruto's face. His bright blue eyes slowly fluttered open. He stood up as if still in a dream. Naruto stretched out; he could hear small pops come from his stiff joints. He then unfurled his five tails.
'Wait! FIVE TAILS!' was his first thoughts of the morning. Naruto turned around, stared at his tails, and carefully counted them. There was indeed five swishing sluggishly behind him. Reaching deeply into his subconscious was his next action. Naruto could clearly remember falling asleep with only four tails. That meant he had gained his fifth one in his sleep; which was quite rare.
Naruto sauntered over to his mirror to get a good look at himself. His wide blue eyes shone with the inner light any prankster had. Two of his upper canines stuck out; obvious against his black lips. He had five tails curled over his back. Atop his head were his ears; long and pointed. To top off his appearance was the color of his fur. It glowed gold. In the sun's light it appeared as if he was made of fire.
He smiled knowing his parents would be proud of him. The number of tails a demon possessed showed how powerful he was and how much he could grow. Naruto was currently the size of a very large wolf. But now, with his five tails, he could grow to the size of a two-story house.
Turning around Naruto made for the hallway. His claws clicked on the tiles as he sped down the corridor. But halfway down he skidded to a halt. Grudgingly he walked back to his room. Once there he put on a circlet made of gold crafted to look like fire devouring a holly branch. As the prince of his realm he was forced to wear it. Though when not in company he would often discard it.
As soon as the circlet was on his head Naruto went through the hallway once again. It was simple, with black tiles on the floor and the walls gray. There were no decorations whatsoever. Naruto finally reached a pair of heavily decorated doors. They contrasted greatly with the bare walls. The one on the left was made of maple and had spiral carvings throughout its surface. The right door was crafted of oak and whatever décor had once graced its surface was destroyed by deep gouges on the surface of the door. These were courtesy of the kitsune standing before the doors at the moment.
After taking a deep breath Naruto pushed the doors open with his nose. With that he entered the main hall. It, like the hallway, had black tiles upon the floor. But all over the walls were paintings of the demons' history. The story of creation danced here. The story of the nine realms there. Every wall and even the ceiling were crowded with these stories and more. Naruto turned to his left and walked forward. Being careful not to let his claws click; his father might find that offensive. At the end of the room were two thrones. Fashioned to look like trees the roots were at the floor and branches reached for the ceiling. Sitting upon these thrones were Naruto's parents.
On the right throne was his mother. She was a beautiful aqua kitsune who had eight tails and light grey eyes. His father, who took the left throne, had a deep green fur and seven tails. He had intense yellow eyes that seemed to look straight into your soul. Naruto bowed slightly before both of them, taking great care to fan out all of his tails, before sitting between the two. He sat upon a small nest that was similar to the thrones.
"Naruto am I incorrect in that you have grown another tail?"
"No father I have."
"Then why did you not inform me?" his father's voice was a low growl.
"Because I only became aware of it this morning. Last night I only had four tails." Naruto's reply hopefully appeased his father.
"Well that is wonderful darling. No one has gained a tail in sleep since the great Kyuubi!" Though Naruto wasn't exactly fond of his mother's coddling it was infinitely better than his father's treatment.
"Thank you mother. I believe my advancement was a result of the training I participated in yesterday." Both parents nodded at this conclusion. At this time the doors from the main hall to the outside opened. In rushed the royal messenger. A three-tailed inu; he was brown with both of his fore paws being white. He had pointed ears and a wolfish body. Though it was clear he was an inu. He was half Naruto's size and his name was Kichiku.
"I have a message for King Yuurin and Queen KaYume." Naruto's father looked at his mate and they both nodded.
"We are ready to receive the message."
"'The message is as follows. Dear rulers of the ninth realm. I request a formal meeting between you and my representee the Yonbi no Saru. Causes of this request linger within the Darkness that continually threatens to overwhelm our land and the plan of retrieving that that will extinguish it. This meeting will preferably be performed within your realm. But may occur in the fourth realm if required. Please send word of refusal or approval via this messenger. With all due respect, Sanbi no Arikui, Arizuka, anteater, second in command within the fourth realm.'" Kichiku looked at Naruto's parents expectantly.
"Of course we except. Go to Arizuka and tell him we can have the meeting here." Kichiku nodded and ran off. "Make sure to finalize the date and time and come back to us immediately!" The messenger waved his tail in compliance.
"Dear I wonder why Lord Yonbi wishes to speak to us." Queen KaYume cooed.
"Probably to find out if Lord Kyuubi has sent word yet."
"Ahh, you are probably right. Why can't anyone call for good old time's sake anymore?"
"I don't know but I wish I knew why Arizuka sent Kichiku instead of Houou." Houou was the messenger of the nine realms; he was not assigned to just one. Naruto had seen him on only one occasion. The occasion was his birth. The bird had come around all the realms announcing the miracle. From what Naruto could remember the bird's plumage was a mixture of red, orange, and yellow.
"I guess that is somewhat worrying and I mean it's not like Kichiku was in the area. Unless you sent him over there?"
"Of course not! I would never usually demand something like that of him!"
"I wasn't saying you would." After his mother's comment the conversation faded away. Naruto wanted to ask a question. But was unsure of how to word it. If said wrong, it could possibly offend his father.
"Father, where shall I be at the time of this meeting?"
King Yuurin looked down at his son. Amazingly he smiled.
"Normally I would have you by my side at important meetings. Well, since you have come of age. But I believe you may be absent from this one." A questioning look invoked an explanation. "If we are correct and Lord Yonbi simply wants to know if we have heard from Lord Kyuubi, then this meeting will have no value of education for you. If something more does happen we will simply inform you."
"Thank you for your explanation. Now may I go find Hisakata?"
"Yes run along." With that Naruto slipped through the doors and into the world beyond.
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Outside the palace was the forest that made up most of the ninth realm. The trees reached far into the sky. As everything within the demon realms the forest had no name. Well no name that was official.
But the forest was not Naruto's destination, though the trail he followed wound itself right along the edge of it. The trail was nothing special. Just an area of the ground beaten by generation upon generation of demon feet. At certain intervals it swerved into the forest, but Naruto stayed off those routes. He soon came upon an abandoned cabin. It was made of wood and was slowly rotting. Though it had no occupants, it was fun to spend a night in. Something he and Hisa had done often when they were younger. These were fond memories for Naruto.
Naruto traveled along the trail for about fifteen minutes before he saw any signs of life. He was almost at Hisa's house when he saw Eika. She was a two-tailed Singer (A/N: or New Guinea Singing Dog!). She had reddish brown fur and a black muzzle and ears. Brown eyes glittered from within her sockets.
"Hi Naruto!" The Singer, who was slightly smaller than Naruto, bounced up and greeted him.
"Hello Eika!" Naruto laughed. "I'm going to find Hisa, you wanna come?" He knew that Hisa wouldn't mind. Eika was the third member in a trio of inseparable friends.
"Ohhh, I want to, I want to! But I'm on an errand for my dad so I can't." She promptly stuck out her tongue and made a face. She then dashed off yelling a good-bye over her shoulder. He yelled a farewell after her retreating figure. Chuckling he started running, meeting Eika always seemed to transfer some of her energy to him.
The trail soon forked. One way continued to follow the forest and the other cut into a meadow. Naruto took the latter route. Long yellow grass grew and bordered both sides of the trail. The tops of this grass were whiskery and would make you sneeze if you got a nose full. All of a sudden the grass ended. Out of the grass fronds reared a large black house. Not as grand as his but much more menacing. It only had two stories and looked small at the front. But it occupied a large space behind, where it was hidden from view at Naruto's current angle. This house, as menacing as it was, was the house of his father's and mother's primary advisor, Shikon. Shikon was a six-tailed wolf; his fur was grey and had distinct black markings along his whole body. This house was also the home of the advisor's family, namely his daughter and Naruto's best friend Hisakata.
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Naruto trotted up to the door and knocked with one of his tails. An ichibi white wolf opened the door. Her sea-foam eyes grew wide and she bowed toward her black forepaws.
"M-morning Prince Naruto."
"Is Hisakata in?"
"Yes she is. Can I call her for you?"
"If you would be so kind." With that the wolf disappeared. A few moments later she reappeared followed by a sanbi. This sanbi wolf was completely black. She had pale blue eyes that shone with the same light Naruto's did. It was Hisakata or as she preferred to be called Hisa.
"Thank you for getting me Kuroyuki. You are dismissed." Hisa smiled at Naruto then walked out the door. Naruto followed her. She walked along the trail without speaking. Through the meadow she trotted without a word escaping her lips. When she reached where the trail bordered the forest she looked around. When she determined no one was around she leaped into the forest. Naruto quickly followed. They continued walking in silence until they reached a small clearing. Hisa then spun to face Naruto, a smile on her face.
"Yeesh, I wondered when you were going to get me out of there!"
"What training were you going through before I came?"
"Some junk about proper etiquette around the Tailed Lords."
"That might be important," Naruto stated raising an eyebrow he didn't have.
"Ah well."
"Well I have a question for you."
"And what is this question?"
"Do you notice anything different about me today?" Naruto grinned, slightly puffed out his chest, and, for the second time that day, carefully fanned out his tails. Hisa looked as if she was going to make a smart remark until she noticed the difference.
"What the hell! When did you get your fifth tail?"
"When I was sleeping."
"But that hasn't happened since... since-."
"Lord Kyuubi, right." Naruto let Hisa gape at him for a few seconds. Then he lunged forward, nipped her shoulder, and then leaped away. Naruto lowered his upper body to the ground and slowly swished his tails. Growling a challenge the whole time. Then, quick as wildfire, raced out of the clearing. He could tell Hisa was following him.
They ran through the woods, the woods they had secretly named. After a while Naruto felt himself getting sluggish. He thought he was just tiring so he pushed himself harder. But when he continued to grow slothful, Naruto grew worried. He skidded to a stop. Surprised Hisa overran him before facing him. She was going to ask what was wrong but he was staring up at the sky. She looked up as well and her whole body froze.
Streaks of black were reaching across the sky. Glancing at the ground they could see the grass was turning gray. All around them the world was changing, coloring itself different shades of gray and black. Naruto knew they had to run. But to where? He knew they were closer to his house. But where was it? Naruto sniffed then determined a direction. He glanced at Hisa. She knew they had to run as well but like he had been she didn't know which way. Naruto nudged her shoulder, nodded in the direction, and took off. Hisa wasted no time in following.
But they never made it. The sluggish feeling sapped at their limbs and soon they couldn't move at all. All around them the world had turned shades of gray and black, even their fur. Though Hisa's fur hadn't changed from its usual black her eyes were now a pale gray. Naruto's fur was a slightly darker gray and his eyes had turned black. Suddenly the sun turned red. A few feet away the ground exploded with a red light. A tree fell right above them with the same flash of light. Bright explosions went off in the sky leaving it looking burnt. This continued for about five minutes. But it was five minutes of hell. For during those five minutes neither Naruto nor Hisa could move. Finally it ended, the world returning to its normal pigments.
The two demons wasted not a second, instantly racing forward again. Ironically they soon burst out of the forest and into the area in front of Naruto's palace. They were only a few feet away from relative safety. Naruto and Hisa were about to enter when they saw the other demons approaching the door. It was none other than Lord Yonbi no Saru!
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A/N: OK I hope you enjoyed that. Now I need your help, do you think I need a beta? I will update next Friday, and I will introduce my muse! So R&R&W! (Read, Review, and Write!) Oh and here are the translations:
Kitsune-Fox
Kichiku-Brute
Yuurin-Deep Forest
KaYume- Beautiful Dream
Yonbi no Saru-Four-tailed Monkey
Sanbi no Arikui-Three-tailed Anteater
Arizuka-Anthill
Yonbi-Four-tailed
Kyuubi-Nine-tailed
Houou-Mythical Phoenix Bird
Hisakata-Moon (or Sky)
Eika-Song
Shikon-Fang
Kuroyuki-Black Snow
Kage out!