Naruto

Kitsune Oni

Author: I felt like writing some more, here's Naruto, tell me what you think.

**Just like to point out that Naruto's 8 in this chapter**

Naruto limped into his room, the villagers had been mean to him again, one of them even hurled a bottle at his leg which he was sure that it broke it. Naruto tried to fight back his tears as he climbed into his bed, he just couldn't understand why they were all so mean to him, he couldn't think of anything that he had done wrong. He slowly curled himself up while closing his eyes, "Maybe tomorrow will be better" he thought to himself, and he did have reason to hope, because tomorrow would be his first day at the Ninja Academy, where young students learn the ways of the Shinobi, Naruto had always wanted to be one since he heard about it from Oyaji, the 3rd Hokage, Naruto smiled at that last thought before he went to sleep.

Naruto dashed across the village cursing himself, he had slept in and by the time he woke up he was 5 minutes late, "'Gotta make it" he thought to himself as he got through the Academy gates. He raced through the hall of the Academy looking for his class, he ran into two Chuunin classes and a meeting before he found his class, "Sorry I'm late" Naruto announced to his glaring Sensei, "Sit!" his teacher ordered pointing to a free spot nearing the back of the class, Naruto complied noticing the glares and whispers he got from the townsfolk.

"As I was saying" his Sensei continued still glaring at him "I am Iruka and I will be your Sensei while you are at this Academy, I will be training you in the basics of being a Shinobi, and while you are under my guidance YOU WILL NOT SPEAK UNLESS IT IS RELEVANT!" Iruka yelled now staring at two students at the front, Naruto looked in awe as his Sensei made his head turn read and grow horns, giving him a massive presence in the room. Iruka composed himself as he began telling the class of the timeframe for each course of training he would be giving them, Naruto made a mental note of everything he said making sure to get even the smallest detail.

"AH! Naruto!" the friendly ramen shop owner, Ichiraku called out as Naruto entered the shop "How was your first day of Shinobi training?", "It wasn't bad" Naruto said while he sat down "Iruka Sensei can be very frightening, I think he hates me for some reason", Ichiraku didn't reply but simply smiled as he prepared Naruto's meal. "Naruto" Ichiraku started after a minute or so breaking Naruto from his train of thought "No matter how bad things get, just know that my daughter and I will always welcome you", Naruto smiled at that, he was always welcomed here and was never overpriced or given rotten food, even with the complaints from the village residents Ichiraku always welcomed him with a bright smile and a hot bowl of ramen, "Thanks".

"How could you let him attend the Academy?!" a furious Iruka asked a tired Hokage "You know what he is and what will happen if he releases it!", the Hokage sighed, he had been dealing with this for the past week since he gave his permission for Naruto to attend the Academy, "My decision has been made Iruka, please respect it" he said with a slight annoyance in his voice, Iruka shook his head and walked to the door opening it, before he left he looked back at the Hokage with fiery eyes and said "I'll never see him as you see him" causing the Hokage to frown, sighing deeply.

Naruto slowly walked home, ignoring the jeers he got from the village, the past few weeks at the Academy were tough, he wasn't getting anywhere with his studies, and Iruka Sensei was still mean to him, always picking him out to perform hard things making him embarrass himself in front of the class. Naruto sighed sadly, all of that wouldn't had mattered if he had made a friend, no one would talk to him, not even the new kid, Sasuke would talk to him, calling him Naru-Baka, he still couldn't understand why everyone hated him, not even Oyaji would tell him why.

"Well look who it is" a slurred voice said causing Naruto to lose his train of thought, he looked up to see some men, obviously drunk, walking up to him, "This the kid that has It isn't he?" a man on the left asked to the others only getting a nod in response, but that was all the man needed as he quickly tackled Naruto and held him down. Naruto looked in fear as another man cam around with a knife in his hands, "You did a lot of damage to this village, I lost my family!" the man yelled stabbing Naruto's arm, Naruto yelled in pain "I didn't do anything!", the man laughed as he took his knife out, "But you did, you killed a lot of people you monster! And what does the Hokage do? He favours you! The monster gets more than we ever got!" the man stabbed Naruto again and again, not stopping until he was satisfied, "I defeated the monster!" the man cheered to the group as they left, leaving Naruto where he was, crying in pain.

Naruto painfully pulled himself up against a nearby wall, he had holes all over him, he was losing too much blood, he felt himself grow weak, his eyes slowly started to close as he fell limp against the ground. As he did, a shadow approached from the side, the figure picked him up and disappeared in a gust of wind transporting him to the Hokage's room. "The villagers have gone too far" the figure said when the Hokage noticed their appearance, the Hokage gasped when he saw Naruto's appearance, he immediately sent one of the ANBU in the room to get a Medic-Nin before helping the figure move Naruto onto the couch, "Why do they not see?" the Hokage asked the air before sighing, "They are blinded by what they saw" the figure answered before sitting in the seat opposite the couch.

It wasn't long before the ANBU member returned with the Medic-Nin who immediately went to work healing Naruto, the Hokage watching with fear. The Medic-Nin did a range of techniques that helped clean and repairing the muscles and the slits of skin where the knife had penetrated, the Nin then started stitching the rest of the openings with a Chakra needle, it was a long half-hour before the was done, he said his goodbyes before leaving the room, the Hokage just stared at the unconscious boy with fear and guilt etched onto his face, he shouldn't have left Naruto on his own, he should have had someone with him or at least watching him, "What do you want as gratitude?" he asked turning to the stranger, he could just make out he was a man, the man shook his head, "Make sure he is watched, the Kyuubi could take over a anytime".

Naruto opened slowly came into consciousness, he tried to remember what happened, he remembered walking home from the Academy, he remembered the drunk villagers walking up to him, then the truth the was cold as the floor beneath him, he had been attacked and stabbed repeatedly by the drunken villagers. Naruto slowly pushed himself up, surprised that there was no pain to greet him, another surprise was that there were no markings on him to show what had transpired earlier. This caused Naruto to shake his head in disbelief thinking that it was all a dream, Naruto snapped out of those thoughts when he heard heavy breathing off into to the distance, Naruto looked in the direction of the noise only to be greeted by a dark, foreboding hall of some sort with large metal bars on either sides where walls would normally be.

Naruto slowly walked towards the source of the sound, feeling an evil presence with each step he took, he felt himself wanting to turn back more and more the closer he got. Naruto faltered in fear when he surfaced into the light, a giant red fox with 9 long tails glared at him with his large brown eyes. "So you've finally entered have you?" the fox growled heavily causing the already faltering Naruto to jump back in shock, "W-who are you?" he asked nervously to which the fox laughed loudly, "I am the great Nine Tailed Fox!" the fox yelled with pride, "Y-you're the K-Kyuubi?" Naruto gasped with his eyes widening, the Kyuubi only nodded watching with glee as the boy froze with fear.

Naruto sat down against a wall, calming down after seeing a seal on the gate, "Where ate we?" he finally asked looking around "Is it possible to leave?", the Kyuubi snickered at his helplessness, "We are in the inside you, I don not know why you are here but I know it is because of the damage you received from the villagers" the Kyuubi answered with a slight anger in his tone. "Wait- so why are you here?" Naruto asked understanding what the Kyuubi said, "I sealed away by your father years ago" the Kyuubi snarled angrily, Naruto sighed heavily, "Oyaji had better explain this later".

Naruto started growing impatient after what seemed like hours was actually a couple of minutes, "What's taking so long?!" he yelled punching the gate, the Kyuubi chuckled, even more so after he received a glare from his container. Naruto walked up to the fox, who lowered is head so they could see eye to eye, "Watch it" Naruto ordered firmly, "Oooh I'm sooo scared!" the Kyubi said sarcastically dramatically backing away, Naruto glared at him once more before sitting against the wall again. The Kyuubi, noticing Naruto was still in a slump, lowered his head too him, flaring his nostrils to gain the others attention, Narutp looked up with a "Tch!", "The villagers shouldn't have done what they did" the Kyuubi said seriously, Naruto slumped his head saying "At least I know why they do it now".

The Kyuubi straightened up, still looking serious, "How would you like to get revenge?" he asked causing the boy to look up questioning, "It should only be right that I, the reason for your misery, give you the power to push back" he explained looking deeply. Naruto looked at his hands, pondering over the fox's words, he didn't like what the villagers were doing to him, but was getting revenge the right answer?, he shook his head in annoyance, the villagers words flooding into his mind, "Stupid monster!" "Go and die!" "You're a beast!"…

Naruto jumped to his feet and anger, something that he had never felt before, he couldn't tell if he liked it or not, "What do I need to do?" he asked deciding what he should do, the Kyuubi pointed at the seal on the gate and said "Place your hand on the seal and release your chakra", Naruto complied jumping in the fox's paw. As he placed his hand on the seal, he felt a sure of energy trying to fight him off, he did as the Kyuubi said and released his Chakra, the seal slowly glowed with light until it was so bright that Naruto had to close his eyes. It wasn't long after Naruto closed his eyes that the seal broke, shattering against the ground, "Very good" the Kyuubi said patting him on the head, "As the seal is broken, I will be able to lend you my power at will, I will also be able to guide you in your traini-" the fox was cut off as Naruto hugged him tightly, the hugged was soon returned, and they remained silent until Naruto slowly drifted back into consciousness. "Thank-you, Kyu-chan".