Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Summary: Naruto is a little blonde bundle of energy and happiness. Or so he appears to be. On the inside he is suffering and no one seems to care. Until one day when a man offers him a chance for revenge. How far will he sink into darkness to get his revenge? Who can show him the light? A/N: Well here it is. The start of my very first Fan Fic! Woot Woot! This fic will be far from the normal kind. This fic focuses more on the dark aspect of shinobi life. Not everything is happy. Not everything turns out right. With that being said on with the story!
"Angry speech/Jutsu/Summon"
'Thoughts/ memories'
'Demonic thoughts'
This story is rated M for Violence, Blood/Gore, and Adult themes.
Today started out like any other day. The Sun came up and shone brightly over the village and its inhabitants. The day seemed to be full of happy people except two people. Deep in one of Konoha's abandon buildings was a man in a room few knew about. This room was full of research data and looked very much like a science lab with test tubes scattered about and papers seemingly everywhere. The man however was no ordinary man. This man had smooth black hair that reached about mid-way to his back. With skin as pale as the brightest moonlight. Eyes that were silted just like a snake's eyes would be. This man was dressed in the typical jonin attire for the village. This man was none other than the legendary snake sannin, Orochimaru. He had a look of true worry on his face as he was next to a woman giving birth. This woman had long golden hair and deep blue eyes. She had beautiful tan and soft skin that was softer than the finest silk. She had a nice shapely body as well that was in extraordinary pain at the moment. Orochimaru held onto her had for reassurance although he was sweating from nervousness just as badly. The woman was Namikaze Minati, The Yondamine Hokage of Konohagakure
"Hang in there my love. You are almost there. Just a little while longer then you are done." He does his best to attempt to soothe her pain but to avail. Instead he is greeted with the screech of his lovers' voice. He ran his hand through her hair that was beginning to become heavy with sweat.
Finally having recovered enough energy despite her body being racked with pain she managed to get out. "I swear to Kami! I am never having another child again!" She roared. Orochimaru dared to let a small chuckle escape his lips. Minati increased the strength on her grip on his hand as she let out an ear piercing scream. Lucky for privacy seals eh? A medical Nin was with the two as she was delivering the baby.
"That's it Lady Hokage, just one more good push and the baby will be out." Hearing these words the couple braced for the final push. Minati pushed everything she had into it and gave one final grunt. What happened next was a moment the two will never forget. The medic Nin brought the young baby around. The baby boy was almost and exact copy of his father. He had pale skin, smooth pitch black hair and snake like eyes. But instead of yellow they were blue silted. The boy also had his father's eye markings. Only these ones were much smaller and were barely noticeable. He had more of his mother's rounder face and nose. The couple looked at the baby and smiled genuinely at the happiness the two felt just by merely looking at the boy.
"What should we name him?" Minati asked.
"You know already what we decided on." Orochimaru answered with a slight grin.
"I know. Just want to make sure you weren't having second thoughts." Minati clarified.
"Not in my wildest dream would I think of changing the name of our little boy…..Naruto."
The two smiled and let the medical nurse put the baby in their private baby section and the two promptly fell asleep from exhaustion. Thus putting an end to the day of October 9th….
Orochimaru was dreaming a rather pleasant dream about family life and growing with a child. As he did so he reflected on his life before meeting The Yondamine. His reputation as a psycho and malevolent spirit was and is well warranted. He has put people through rough and grueling experiences in his life time ranging from sick and twisted DNA experiments to torture so he could learn more about the body. He was every bit as sadistic as people said he was. There was no doubt in his mind that he was a vile creature of humanity. He would have remained this way and maybe gotten worse if not for the fateful day he made a change. To think it was almost a year ago this day that it happened.
(Flashback)
It was late. Nearing around midnight and he was hard at work trying to discover the secret to everlasting life so that no one would have to die again. The pain of losing someone close to you hurt him more than he dared to admit. When his parents died he broke. He couldn't handle it anymore. He wanted to make sure that never happened again. He stopped for a brief moment to wipe his brow from the sweat and take a relaxing breath. He remembered who was trying so hard for. A few months ago he met a girl. Now normally he can brush off woman seeing as how they hate and generally avoid him anyhow. This woman on the other hand managed to capture his attention. Him! The almighty snake sannin! He was captivated by her stunning beauty and grace and she seemed to almost glide along the streets of Konoha. He was infatuated with her presence and wanted to see her more. He smiled at this memory and with renewed resolve pushed on with his experiments. Another two hours went by in seemingly seconds until he was disrupted by a knocking sound on the laboratory door. His face formed a frown and he went to the door. If it was Kabuto he was going to offer him as a sacrifice to the Snake Lord Manda. Imagine his surprise when he opened the door to find his young lover Minati standing before him with an upset look on her face.
With a stunned expression on his face he asked "Mina-chan what are you doing here at this late of hour?" He asked while regaining his composure.
"I came to talk to you." She looked him dead in the silted eye and spoke with a conviction few had ever seen from her. "You have to stop this. These needless experiments are causing the village to hate and fear you! Even your own sensei is worried about you." She paused for a moment letting the words sink in. "I'm worried about you." She said with a concerned look on her face and tears threating to leave her eyes.
Hearing the first few words from her made him mad. More so then he has been in a long time. Who was she to say this research was pointless?! This was his life's goal. His dream to fulfill and purpose in life and he was going to accomplish this no matter what. How could she just waltz in his lab and tell him that his dream was corrupt! He was ready to reply in anger when he gazed upon her face. The sight of tears and a quivering lip made his entire resolve crumble. He silently cursed him for letting someone get so close to his heart again.
"I'm doing this for the greater good. So people don't have to die." He said quietly as in a hope that she would not hear him.
"The "greater good" doesn't see it that way. Orochimaru-kun they will never let us be together unless you change your ways. They will force us to be apart. I… I don't know if I could live like that." She let her heart's depression show in her words as they left her lips.
Orochimaru stood in the door way for what seemed like hours of thinking. His heart, as cold as it was, was fighting against his brain. In his mind a war was begin raged between the two sides of his consciousness. His logical side stated 'Forget her! For the good of the world we need to keep doing this! Nothing will stand in our way!' The newly formed good natured side stated 'Be that as it may. Are you really willing to give up the love that has made us feeling more alive than ever before?' These were just some of the thoughts that raged in his head as he made his choice. After 15 long minutes he turned around and after running through some hand seals fired a katon jutsu and shut the lab door. Smiling as he took his lover back their home for the night with the silent promise to turn over a new leaf and be a better person.
As they were walking back hand in hand he thought to himself. 'I will do whatever I must to make her happy even if it means giving up my dream of immortality.'
(Flashback End)
The couple was sleeping soundly on the day of October 10th, their baby boy's official birthday. The day had pasted normally as Minati had Hiruzen, The Sandaime Hokage, take over for a few days while she recovered. Orochimaru slowly lifted his eye lids and wondered why he was her for a brief moment. Then the memories came rushing in like a flood and brought a smile to his snake like face. He got up ever so gingerly as to not wake up the sleeping woman next to him. He silently slipped through the door and shut it lightly. He turned around and began walking down the hall towards the baby ward. Once there he turned to the glass window and looked through it. He looked upon the face of his sleeping child with pride and joy. He was marveling at the fact this little tiny human being could cause his heart to unthaw and come beating back to life. He was snapped out of his thoughts when he saw the nurse rushing towards him. Assuming the worse he put on a truly worried expression and turned towards the nurse.
Panting and out of breath she frantically tried to speak "Kyuubi…..village…burning!"
Putting on a steely expression that one could only gain after years of dealing with traumatic experiences he asked her what exactly was going on. "Calm down woman! Now what exactly is happening?"
The nurse did her best to pace herself but she was beyond terrified. "The Kyuubi is attacking the village and everything is burning! The village is doing the best it can to defend itself but nothing seems to be working!"
Fear and panic struck Orochimaru's heart as he thought 'I will not let that demon destroy this village. Not while my lover and son are here!' With that he looked the nurse in the eye and with a solid resolution spoke. "Take care of these two here." Not waiting for a response he quickly dashed out of the underground facility and towards the fray and heat of combat.
Upon making it to the top his eyes were instantly greeted with a most devastating display of destruction. Buildings everywhere were on fire. Some were completely smashed into piles of rubble. As he looked around he saw a certain grey haired sensei of his with a long staff and many other ninja doing their best to hold the monster at bay. Deciding to join the fray against the beast Orochimaru leapt over there with blinding speed in the direction of his sensei. While on his way over he heard several jutsu being called out in unison Katon: Gokakyuu no jutsu (Fire style: Fire ball jutsu) along with several hundred flying explosive tagged kunai. Moments after he heard a roar of pain shoot through the air and almost seemed to make the heavens shake with fear. The demon was stunned but nowhere near beaten.
Upon arrival he was greeted with glares and looks of hatred and contempt while the Sandaime looked with a small smile.
"Nice of you to join us Orochimaru." He said with a small amount of sarcasm in his voice.
Orochimaru looked over to his former sensei with an indifferent expression "I did not come for your sake old man. I came to protect my….precious person and my new born son."
The old Hokage's eyes were wide in shock as he heard the news while the other ninja looked on with curious looks at the pale man's words but before anyone could question him they heard a roar. A roar so terrible and loud with such killing intent behind it most people who were not seasoned veterans of combat fainted or at least dropped to their knees and shook with an intense fear in their bodies. The rest of the ninja force pressed on the fight despite the massive injuries they were taking.
"Well looks like you'll need my help after all kukuku." Orochimaru said with an amused expression.
The Sandaime looked away from him and towards the fox and sighed "This no time for games Orochimaru." He said with a voice so cold the air seemingly dropped a few degrees.
Scoffing at his sensei's words, Orochimaru bite his thumb and went through a series of hand seals and yelled out "Kuchiyose no jutsu (Summoning Jutsu)." As he slammed his hands on the ground a large puff of smoke quickly followed after. Once the smoke cleared away Orochimaru was seen on top of the head of a giant purple snake.
Said snake looked around the area trying to determine how he got here. He took a moment to collect himself and take in the scene. There were buildings being destroyed. People were screaming. Fire was everywhere. There was the nine tailed fox causing wanton destruction. Then there was Orochimaru on his head. After collecting all the information the Snake spoke up.
"Orochimaru, what is the meaning of you summoning me here?" The enormous purple snake asked.
Orochimaru sighed as he knew it would not be easy to convince the snake lord to help him. Especially in a situation such as this one with such slim looking odds.
"I need your help in defending my son against the Kyuubi." Orochimaru said. Meanwhile the snake raised an eye to look at him and decided he would get the information out of him later.
"Very well I will help you. Though you should know against the Kyuubi I won't be able to stall for very long." The snake says with a hint of frustration in his voice.
"Thank you Manda." The pale man said before the two launched into battle against the demon fox.
Hearing loud and thundering explosions going on outside Minati awoke with a startled expression and an uneasy feeling in her stomach. She checked around the room. Orochimaru was nowhere to be found and the nurse was passed out on the floor. Minati threw her legs over the side of the bed and went to go check her pulse. She was alive and her vitals were strong. She wondered what exactly could have caused this. Then it hit her. A wave of killer intent so strong it made her choke on her breath for a second before she regained her composure. 'What in the hell was that?!' she wondered before a loud roar erupted throughout the village followed by a subtle hiss. Deciding that she needed to go prepare for whatever that was she teleported back to her home using her ever famous "hiraishin" to get there in a flash.
Once home she immediately got dressed in her Hokage outfit and ran out the door. What she saw was a sight that gripped her heart in fear and refused to let go. She looked in the direction of the most fire and damage and her gaze met the source of it all. There was an enormous red fox with nine tails that could flatten mountains and cause tsunamis. Coiled around this fox was a large purple snake doing the best it could on squeezing the stomach and one of the demons arms while on top of the snake was a white man doing whatever he could to disrupt the fox. She gripped her special kunai and threw it in their direction with only one thought. 'I will do what I must!' before vanishing in a yellow flash.
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"Argh!/Argh!" Both summon and summoner choked out as the fox they were wrestling with tossed them both off and sent them sailing into the forest ground below. Both of them feeling groggy and off balance did their best to regain their balance and focus. Orochimaru was about ready to attack again when Manda spoke up.
"I'm afraid you are going to have to continue this on your own. I'm all out of chakra and must leave." Manda spoke with disdain in his voice but he knew he could not keep this up any longer.
Orochimaru snarled but realized Manda could no longer carry on this fight. He sighed in defeat as he spoke "I understand and thank you for your help" Manda nodded his head before disappearing in a plume of smoke leaving Orochimaru behind to contemplate his next move. He was low on chakra and his summon was gone. He had almost nothing left in the way of ninja tools. He knew something that could work but it would cost him his life once the jutsu was over. 'I will do whatever I must to protect them!' He decided while making peace with himself. As he began to run through the hand seals he had one additional thought. 'Please forgive me you two. I do this to protect you both.' He thought until he looked up and saw a yellow flash in the air.
Minati landed on top of the towering fox while standing on the head of a large toad. In her arms was a small child with pale skin and black hair wrapped up in a small cloth. She took one long look at the child and smiled as the child opened its eyes and seemingly smiled back at her. Her mind then snapped back to reality as she felt the presence of an elderly man behind her. She turned and nodded to him while telling him to take care of the child. Minati ran through a long and complex series of hand seals before a large and blinding amount of blinding white light came and lit up the entire forest area in which the battle was raging. If one looked hard enough they could see a smile on the soon-to-be-deceased Yondaime's face.
Orochimaru was temporarily blinded by the white light though he knew exactly what was going on. After the aforementioned light was gone he slumped down to his knees from both exhaustion and emotional turmoil. His love was gone and left him alone in this world. He felt a very cold sensation crawl up from his toes and make its way into his heart. He felt cold again and this time he was sure no one on this planet could make him feel warm anymore. All was not lost as he thought. He heard a child screaming. Getting up off of his knees he began to walk over in that direction. After a few minutes of walking he stumbled upon a most odd candle lit sight with a baby in the center of the odd display. As if this wasn't enough there was his old Sensei Hiruzen and teammate Jiraiya both standing above the baby.
Orochimaru raised an eyebrow at how familiar the boy looked to the Yondaime. He decided to question them. "Is that baby what I think it is?" he asked them with barely contained sadness and rage.
Hiruzen decided to speak up on their behalf. "Yes it is. This is your son. I placed a seal on him that would hide his looks so no one would know he is your child. He is also the container for the fox demon now as well." He spoke with a solemn voice and expression.
Orochimaru nearly collapsed right there after hearing all of this. With an expression of uncontrolled rage he spoke "How dare you hide his features! He has nothing to be ashamed of!" After calming down a bit he looked down and spoke quietly "Let me take him and leave. You know how the villagers would treat him now that he carries a demon inside of him."
The old Hokage sighed and said "I can't let that happen. With Konoha the way it is now we will need all the help we can get. This young boy will grow up to be a splendid shinobi. I can't let him leave."
Orochimaru looked at the two with disgust but he knew he could not fight them off the way he was now. Instead he left them with a few parting words "I will be back for my son one day and when I do I will burn this place to the ground!" He turned and took off into the forest.
The other two sighed and turned towards the now screaming blonde haired, blue-eyed baby. They would need to be extra cautious with him now.