Kyuubi Reborn
Chapter One: Becoming the Fox
Author Notes: Here my new story. I was trying to get past some bad writers block for my main story when I thought of this. My other story noctis eternum will not be abandoned. I am merely taking some much needed time for myself. Naruto will be older then canon in this story. He will be fifteen. Here is my newest story.
A quick note: Orochimaru never left the Akatsuki. The reason why will be explained later, but it is a big part in the story and everything after his defection is subject to change. Everything is canon history until the start of this story. This is a dimension traveling fic and as such will get quite interesting. The dimension traveling won't happen for a few chapters so be prepared for a slow start up.
The body thumped onto the ground before him. Widened eyes gazed in horror as the body of his instructor Iruka Umino lay before him. Iruka coughed violently. Mizuki wore a manic grin as he stepped on Iruka's back. Naruto hid behind a tree, too terrified to move.
Naruto's tears slowly fell down his face. 'Move and help him damnit. Move!' He yelled inside his mind. His body stayed still.
Earlier that night Naruto had stolen the forbidden scroll of sealing. Naruto had failed the graduation exam earlier that day when he failed to produce a bunshin. After class Mizuki had approached him offering his condolences. Mizuki had fooled Naruto into believing that if he stole the forbidden scroll of sealing that he could graduate with the rest of his class.
Iruka screamed as his traitorous friend applied pressure to his wound. "What's wrong Iruka? You were so confident before I stabbed you in the back." Mizuki sneered.
Iruka glared at his former friend weakly, "You won't get away Mizuki the hok...ACK" Mizuki kicked Iruka in the ribs. Iruka started hacking blood up as Mizuki grinned.
"Iruka, Iruka, I'm disappointed." Iruka gritted his teeth and bore the pain. Mizuki chuckled, "You still stay loyal to the DEMON!" He waved around them.
Iruka gritted his teeth, "He's more than that to me...He's a person just like you or me."
Naruto hid wide eyed behind the tree. 'What are they talking about?'
Mizuki laughed, "This is rich! The person who should hate Naruto most actually cares about him. I'm sorry to hear that the Kyuubi has fooled you."
Naruto's eyes widened to dinner plates. 'I'm the Kyuubi? Have they been lying to me all along?' Betrayal pierced his heart. He was in such shock that he did not notice what happened next.
Iruka tried to respond, "He's no..." Whatever might have been said was lost when Mizuki lost his patience and stabbed his Kunai into the back of Iruka's skull. A sick grin adorned his face.
The world fell away around Naruto. He was the Kyuubi. He was a monster who killed thousands of people. He slumped against the tree and went slack. He could never return to Konoha. He had betrayed everything he stood for and helped a traitor steal the forbidden scroll. His heart thrummed in his ears and he distantly heard pained cursing.
Mizuki searched frantically for the Kyuubi brat. "Where are you, show yourself you little demon spawn!"
From the trees above men in masks watched the maddened traitors search for Naruto. One of the figures with a crow mask made hand signals. His two accomplices nodded and dropped down.
Mizuki only had the warning of a rustling branch before he was knocked out. The two ANBU restrained the unconscious chunin roughly. Crow looked towards boar, "Where is the other traitor?" He asked in a strained tone.
Boar looked nervous, "Squads five and six formed a perimeter around this area under the assumption that Uzumaki fled over an hour ago. I did not see him intervene to save his teacher, so I assumed he fled hours ago, and I ordered all squads to form patrols. We could not find any traces of Naruto Uzumaki's whereabouts in the surrounding area. It is assumed he was a sleeper agent and possessed a high level evasion Jutsu. A shocked Naruto listened only feet away from the ANBU.
Crow looked irate, "I don't care how many men we need in the field. Naruto Uzumaki has stolen the most forbidden document in the village."
Naruto stayed perfectly still. He felt conflicted. 'I can't return to Konoha. I'm the monster that took everyone's parents away. I killed people, with my claws...' He looked at his hands and imagined bloody claws in their place. His mind flashed to all the whispers and glares he received every day of his life. Suddenly he knew why they hated him.
He had kill them. He had torn them to pieces and taken their loved ones away. 'Maybe I'm a monster...yes maybe I should start acting like one.' No one cared about him. The least he could do was return the glares and hate with his own hatred. He clenched his hands until they bled. Once the ANBU left with Mizuki. After a few moments he silently got up. He was careful to not get dirt on the forbidden scroll of sealing he had strapped to his back. He looked at the bloodstains where his teacher had died.
He should have felt sad, but he felt only apathy. The world had lost its color and he felt like he was numb. He could only guess this was horror at its finest. He gazed at his sensei's blood, "I'm sorry I couldn't save you. I promise to never be a coward again." He closed his eyes and turned around. Slowly he started walking in a random direction, away from Konoha.
Hokage Tower Next day
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at his subordinate with no small amount of anger, "Tell me again how you failed to find a mere academy student."
The low tone and barely restrained fury in the Hokage's voice made Frog wish someone else had been given the not so glorious duty of giving the Hokage the bad news.
"Sir...We arrived at the location of the academy teacher Mizuki and then spread out in a formation to hopefully capture Uzumaki. We assumed he would not have gotten far."
Hiruzen turned sharply, eyes livid, "You assume that a mere academy student that not only stole the forbidden scroll of sealing but also avoided your detection thus far could not have gotten far?" The tone in the Hokage's voice promised deadly intent should frog not answer correctly
Frog attempted to swallow the lump in his throat. "I felt it unnecessary to take extra precautions Hokage-S..sama" The tremor in his voice gave away his fear.
Hiruzen starred at the man stoically. The ANBU member thought he might get off the hook, he was proven wrong. The Hokage opened his mouth and to Frog's shock a blade extended out of the Hokages throat at blazing speed. With a sick squelch the blade imbedded itself in frog's head.
The blade retracted back into Hiruzen's mouth leaving Frog's body to collapse to the ground in a puddle of blood. Hiruzen smirked cruelly. He slowly reached to his face and grasped the skin. With a tug his skin peeled, revealing a more pall skin tone. Snake like eyes shone from Hiruzens face as he looked down at his dead subordinate.
"What a failure. Still better to use what materials I can" Lamented the now revealed Orochimaru. He took the now dead ANBU and sealed him within a scroll. He reminded himself to get a genin team to clean the blood from his office.
A ring on his finger glowed and Orochimaru sighed. He channeled chakra to it and the world faded away. His office washed away and a world of pure white greeted him.
Soon the world gained color and when Orochimaru opened his eyes he was in a cave. The cave was dim and he could make out nine other figures, each situated on a gigantic finger. His eyes were drawn to the huge stone statue that filled the room.
"Welcome, my fellow members" Toned out the leader.
Orochimaru groaned. He could already imagine how angry the leader would be.
All nine astral projections gave firm nods at their leader. Orochimaru nodded reluctantly.
Pein looked at his subordinates with calculating eyes, "I'm sure you're wondering why I have called this meeting?"
Everyone nodded. Pein noticed Orochimaru looking nervous but decided to file that away for later. "I have called you all here for the next stage of our plans for world peace."
Hushed whispers broke out between the members. Pein motioned for silence which everyone complied. One of the members raised their hand slightly. Pein nodded in their direction.
The man was one of the newer members to Orochimaru's surprise. The new member had an orange spiral mask and held a childish demeanor, "Leader-Sama would this have anything to do with the disappearance of the seven and one tailed Jinchuuriki?"
"You are correct Tobi. Two of the Jinchuuriki have gone missing and it is assumed that the one tails was captured while the seven tails willingly fled."
Orochimaru glanced at his fellow members to see their reactions. Two Jinchuuriki on the loose was very dangerous. If the wrong party got hold of them it could put a wrench into the Akatsuki's plans. None of the members gave anything away to their inner thoughts.
"Now this brings us to the next stage of our plans."" Pein toned on. Pein quickly went through a series of handseals. The world jarred and everyone disappeared. The white world greeted Orochimaru before a new landscape reappeared.
Shouts of surprise and shock greeted Pein as the astral projections appeared. What greeted everyone was a surprise. Before the Akatsuki's eyes was a graveyard. A vast landscape filled with coffins as far the eye could see. Tens of thousands of coffins as far as the eye could see littered the bloody landscape. Green blood seeped out of the coffins from fresh corpses. Some of the Akatsuki wondered what kind of person had green blood. The bloody landscape stretched forever onward.
Orochimaru looked up and was shocked to see a hazy amber colored sky. He was broken out of his shock when Pein spoke. "I'm sure you all are surprised by this development. This is a pocket dimension that was created by a discreet friend of mine." Pein's eyes gravitated towards Tobi when he said that.
Hidan started yelling about his god before Kakuzu shut him up. Sasori looked immensely intrigued at the prospects of the pocket dimension. Deidara looked confused. Kisame looked bored while Konan looked slightly disturbed. Orochimaru however was shocked as he recognized just what was happening.
Pein channeled his immense chakra and what happened next frightened and awed everyone. The world rumbled and the coffins all slid open. Pein smirked at Orochimaru stunned expression, "I would like to thank Orochimaru for donating his scientific knowledge to our organization. Now we begin our first step to world peace."
Orochimaru just dumbly nodded his head. He wondered how many sacrifices Pein used for this. 'A thousand? A hundred thousand? A million?' However it happened Orochimaru knew one thing. They were unstoppable.
After Pein adjourned the meeting Orochimaru slumped in his chair and glared at the wall. He choose a good time to tell Pein of the screw up with the Nine-Tails. Pein was in such a good mood that he let him off with a warning. In a few months they would invade all the elemental countries and take over the world. They would storm over every village before they even had time to understand what was happening. Pein believed his undying army was the solution to eternal peace. Pein believed that if he gathered all the Bijuu he could gain immortality. With the Bijuu assuring him immortality he could rule over the earth forever as it's god. Orochimaru of course would attempt to betray Pein. No one but him could have immortality after all.
The only problem was Orochimaru's weapon, Naruto Uzumaki, had gone rogue and stolen one of his villages most prized possessions. The snake sannin was not only enraged but he swore to himself he would make the blond boy suffer in his final moments. Orochimaru had been recording some of his experimental and most dangerous works in that scroll. 'Naruto Uzumaki...you took my research from me...I won't stop hunting you until I get it back!"
Orochimaru took out a piece of paper and started working on some bounty details.
Information for bounty office
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Age: 13
Rank: A-Rank
Taijutsu: Unknown
Genjutsu: None
Ninjutsu: Assumed high A-rank.
Chakra reserves : Enormous
Information: Was a academy student of Konohgakure no sato, until recently linked in the disappearance of the forbidden scroll of seals. The target is assumed high A-ranked and is wanted Alive for questioning.
Bounty: 30,000,000 Ryo
Orochimaru appraised the note with a critical eye. With a bounty that topped some S-rank criminals he felt certain that some would question just what was in the contents of the forbidden scroll. He hoped that by making the bounty so large that the suspicions would be cast on the scroll, rather than Naruto himself. He needed Naruto, as without a Bijuu the village would be at a severe disadvantage against Kumo and Iwa. He was working on something that would nullify the need for a Bijuu, but it was slow going at best. He needed the scroll as it contained all his notes.
Yes by tomorrow news would spread like wildfire of a rogue Uzumaki that had turned traitor and stolen one of Konohagakure's most important secrets.
Weeks later somewhere in Frost country
"Katon: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" An enormous fireball spewed forward and annihilated a grove of trees. Naruto huffed as he finally mastered the fire jutu. He had been practicing the Jutsu in the forbidden scroll with relentless determination. The cold frost buffed against him, but he remained snug and warm with the new clothes he had bought. He wore a dark red shirt and pants with a long white coat to protect against the cold. He had changed somewhat since he fled to Konoha. After stopping at a village somewhere in the land of fire he decided that he needed new clothes. Luckily his skills in stealth allowed him to steal from some of unsuspecting nobles that frequented the area.
Flashback
Naruto yawned. He hadn't slept much since his defection and it was taking a toll. He was always looking over his shoulder, expecting the flash of a blade. He needed a new look. Something that no one would expect from him.
'Wonder where I should start?' he thought.
He walked through the village and found his answer. A shinobi store with a modest wooden sign reading 'Tanaki shop" greeted him. "Well this should be interesting." He walked inside the store.
The bell ringed and an old man in his late sixties appeared behind the counter. "What can I do for you son?"
"I'm looking for some new clothes that blend in well with the environment, something that could help could help protect against projectiles and some tools."
The old man looked pensive, "I think I might have what you're looking for. Hold on I'll be back." The old man went into the back room and left Naruto to look at some of the man's wares.
Sharp weapons hung from the wooden walls. Everything from Katana's to Kama's in varying degrees of shape hung on the wall. 'He must sell used weapons. They aren't in too bad of shape. I could get better weapons from a major village.'
The old man came back into view and laid a box on the counter. Naruto walked over and was surprised by the contents. The gear was very old and looked like it was from the first shinobi world war.
Naruto looked at the old man funny, "Your joking right..."
The old man laughed at Naruto deadpanned tone. "Listen sonny. I used to be a Shinobi when I was your age and these are more than just old relics.
"Sure and how I am supposed to move with that?" Naruto said sarcastically. The heavy armor plated suit from the first Shinobi war was not suited for moving quickly in his opinion.
The old man chuckled, "Listen up son. I am about to give you a history lesson."
Naruto reluctantly sat and listened to the old man. Naruto yawned not wanting to be there. The old man whacked Naruto upside the head. 'Hey what was that for!?" Naruto exclaimed loudly. He held the large bump on his head.
The old man looked indignant, "That's what you get for disrespecting your elders. Now shut up and listen."
Naruto finally closed his mouth and listened to the angry old geezer. The old man huffed, "Now I am about to tell you a little history lesson. During the clan wars and first two shinobi world wars all the Shinobi wore metal armor plating, can you tell me why that is?"
"They never thought about wearing lighter clothing?" He retorted.
The old man gave a small laugh, "Trust me while having lighter armor is nice and helps move quicker it was for an entirely different reason. The metal that makes up this armor here is chakra conductive metal."
Naruto looked confused, "Ok but how is that important?"
The old man smiled, "That my boy is the question. The answer is seals."
Seeing Naruto did not understand he continued, "Before the Second Shinobi war Iron country had a monopoly on chakra conductive metal, and they still do. During this time they had a trade agreement with the Uzumaki clan to export their metal solely to them. The reason being is that chakra conductive metal if the only form of armor that you can transcribe certain enhancement seals on."
Naruto eyes widened. He had a clan? 'Is the last name a coincidence or do I have a family?' He decided to just sit and listen to the story.
"With chakra conductive metal you could write seals to not only enhance the durability of the armor but you could also create seals that added artificial chakra pools to the user. It worked like storing chakra in the armor and then extracting it when the user got low on chakra. You could infinity stack these seals on each other, which is why only the most powerful and rich clans had them.
Naruto found a flaw in the old man's story, "Alright but if this armor was so good why doesn't everyone use it?"
The old man's smile disappeared and he looked somber, "That is because the Uzumaki clan was destroyed in the second shinobi war. Every nation excluding fire country felt threatened by the capabilities of the Uzumaki. Most felt that if a time of peace would come about the Uzumaki would use that time to stack such an amount of seals to their armor that they would become invincible. After their fall most of the special armor was lost in the third Shinobi war when all the villages utilized their Jinchuuriki. After that the Samurai of Iron country retracted all trade agreements and have isolated themselves."
Naruto was happy that he might have a family, but that was gone when he heard they had perished long ago. He looked at the old man, "So if this armor you have is so rare why are you giving it to me?"
The old man grinned, "I was once friends with an Uzumaki and you remind me of him a bit. You don't have their signature red hair but something about you just makes me feel that I'm making the right choice."
Naruto admittedly felt touched. He had never gotten a gift before. He leaned forward and opened the box. Inside was jade green armor. Similar to the pictures of the second Hokage he found the only differences being that the size a bit small.
"How is supposed to fit me?"
The old man placed a hand on the armor breastplate and channeled chakra to a seal. The armor glowed blue and soon shrunk to a size that could match Naruto.
"Wow...that's pretty neat." Naruto whispered.
The old shopkeeper took out the armor along with a red Uzumaki clan shirt and pants. The shopkeeper traced his finger along a line on the armor and tapped it. A small booklet poofed into existence and the shopkeeper read it. "Ok youngster it says in my friends manual that it is keyed to work for any Uzumaki and that it has a few special functions that he installed."
Naruto grew happy at hearing that there would be special functions. "Cool what are they?"
"It currently says that only a few seals are installed. Currently there are four seals inscribed as my friend died before he could apply anymore. The first is a seal that allows the armor to appear on the user and disappear when chakra is channeled to a matching seal on the forearm. Very useful if you wish to relax and quickly don the armor in case of an ambush.
Naruto was happy as he would not need to constantly wear the armor. "The next function is a seven layered seal that vastly improves the users speed. It is was the most heavily worked on seal and spends the users chakra to somehow improve your speed. Depending on how much chakra you have you could potentially achieve Jonin to low kage level speed. I am sorry as I have no clue how this one works."
He old man looked over the next part. "The third seal is a durability seal that hardens the armor to three times its normal strength. It does not enhance the bodies durability, so be careful. At the most it could withstand an a few A-ranked Doton Jutsu before denting."
Finally the shopkeeper got to the last part. "This is the last function and it has two parts. The first part makes the armor weigh very little. The second part can reduce the users weight. Say you were falling from a great height you could use this to lessen the impact."
After the shopkeeper was finished talking Naruto was floored. "How much for it?" he shakily asked. He honestly felt he could not afford something like this.
The shopkeeper let out a hearty laugh. "My boy you remind me much of my friend. I'll let you have this for free. Not to mention only an Uzumaki can wear it. Not much point in keeping it. The additional things you asked for will need to be paid for however."
Naruto took out the money and paid for the survival rations, blood pills, and some Kunai. The shopkeeper took out an ink brush, "Now I know a little bit of Fuinjutsu, so I can apply the seal that should let you summon that armor to you."
"Sure go ahead." The old shopkeeper applied the seal carefully and after all was said and done Naruto walked away with a new suit of armor and much needed supplies.
After gaining a few miles of distance from the small village he returned to his small camp. He immediately channeled chakra to his forearm and in a poof his new armor appeared on him. Feeling weighted done he activated one of the seals that reduced weight. Like a weight dropping the armor weighed as much as leather.
"Wow I can't believe how light this is." He started doing kicks and punches. "Well this is awesome."
Current time
The burning trees toppled over as the fire ate them. Naruto had proudly mastered over forty Jutsu in the last few weeks. He had first learned the Kage Bunshin and promptly abused it to learn as many jutsu as possible. With his new armor he could use its speed enhancement to compete with Jonnin level speed. His newfound speed allowed him to dodge and maneuver so he could keep spamming Jutsu. He had enough chakra to power his speed enhancement forever. Genjutsu was currently out of his grasp and Taijutsu was slow going. The second Jutsu he had learned was the Rasengan, and that had taken hundreds of Kage Bunshin to learn.
He walked over his tent and entered. The forbidden scroll lay open. He looked over some of the less expected portions. When he had stolen the scroll he of course expected some forbidden techniques but he never imagined what lay before him. The technique he was looking at was labeled "Chakra Drain Technique." It was listed as experimental and surprisingly the third hokage had submitted it.
"Didn't know the old man was a scientist..." He looked over the diagrams of the technique. It had varying degrees of success. "Let's see what it says." He looked at the description of its purpose.
Third Hokage's notes: " The aim of this technique is the eventual death of all nine Bijuu. Chakra drain is the pinnacle of chakra absorption. Instead of absorbing chakra to replenish one's own supply as many have done I have achieved what others only dreamed of. Using my own chakra I successfully managed to fully extract an Uchiha's chakra. Itachi Uchiha was the Uchiha clans primary candidate for the clan head position, but he was a threat. I tested my jutsu on him under the assumption that the new chakra would make a Sharingan implant more receptive."
Naruto looked up shocked out of his mind. "What...the...fuck..." He looked back down and continued reading.
Third Hokages notes: "Imagine my surprise when the chakra I took from Itachi Uchiha gave me a Sharingan! I was surprised to my eternal consternation. Further testing was warranted and I had a prime target. The Uchiha were always a rowdy bunch. I orchestrated a rebellion within their ranks and enjoyed reaping their precious chakra. Immediately unexpected changes happened, which was to be expected with taking such an enormous amount of Yin chakra. The I now had start to evolve into a new form. The sclera changed to a yellow. The normal Sharingan design changed to a Octagon with a star inside. The new eyes had abilities which I am hesitant in writing down."
Naruto was very confused. 'The third Hokage killed off the Uchiha? What the fuck is going on?' He continued reading with a sick feeling. He looked towards a note made within the last two years.
Third Hokage's notes: " The latest tweaks to the technique has proven advantageous but frustrating all the same. I attempted to discreetly absorb the Uzumaki brats chakra when he was last hospitalized. The seal on the Childs stomach prevented any form of tampering from outside to my frustration. Further testing is needed before the death of the Kyuubi is achieved."
"Ok so the Hokage is some psycho scientist and he's trying to kill me...this is so wrong"
Finally done reading he looked at the requirements. "Let's see...only requirement large chakra capacity. The target is required to either be unconscious or restricted from movement while Jutsu is performed. Any physical movement will disturb the process. "
He got up and walked towards a nearby tree. "Let's try this out." He put his hand against it. Moving his chakra very slowly he attempted to Wrap his chakra around the tree. Slowly blue colored chakra extended from his hand and wrapped around the trees form. He felt every inner function of the tree. He felt it's chakra. It was green and felt pure. He tried to tighten his hold over the trees chakra, and tugged."
Like water his chakra came back to him slowly, pulling the green chakra with it. When the green chakra entered his chakra coils was when things went wrong. Pain flared all over his body. "ARGGGHH" He started screaming. Red chakra boiled around him. The red chakra was caught in the technique. When Naruto's chakra was retracting the minute amounts of Kyuubi chakra were pulled, this in turn caused more to be pulled in a chain reaction. The red chakra reacted violently to the pull and was sucked in.
"AHHHHH MAKE IT STOP!" Naruto screamed. An unearthly scream yelled alongside him. The two screams melded into one as red chakra exploded all over him. The surrounding snow melted and the earth beneath him blackened. Pain filled him and he could not feel anything else.
Naruto was cocooned in the red energy as it warped and changed him. Luckily for him he was not near a shinobi village or the chakra would have sent Shinobi racing to him.
Painful shouts changed into snarling. After an eternity the pain stopped and Naruto opened his eyes. The cold snowy landscape greet him. He groaned. He attempted to lift himself up, and fell over on his side.
"What the..." He felt different. He looked down at himself and went white as a sheet. Instead of seeing a clothed torso he saw rust red fur. He looked down and saw that not only were all his clothes gone but he had the body of a fox. He started hyperventilating. "This can't be happening!"
He brought his hands up. Red furred claws greeted him. The razor sharp claw gleamed in the sun. He shakily managed to stand up. Naruto leaned heavily against a tree. When he looked down nine flowing tails greeted him. "Impossible" He whispered.
Naruto had become the Kyuubi.