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Disclaimer: Naruto and its related characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi.
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Prologue
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The Raikage walked towards the clearing in the depths of the forest that he knew so well. This very clearing had been his favourite haunt since he was a teenager, and it remained so even after he got married to a woman whom his parents chose.
The primary reason why he loved this place so was the privacy it offered. No one knew of this haunt of his, and so this was the place which contained every one of his secrets. Only the leaves and branches bore witness to whatever he did here. Today, yet another secret would be revealed to the leaves, whispering in the warm summer breeze.
Moving his hands in a series of complicated seals, the Raikage performed a forbidden jutsu and summoned the notorious Kyuubi, the nine-tailed demon fox. Anxiously he waited for the fox to appear, but nothing happened. He was sure that he had performed the seals correctly, but doubts began to creep into his mind.
The Raikage repeated the seals. This time, in a puff of red smoke, the Kyuubi towered before him, its aura of anger and hatred a fiery yet beautiful halo. Yes, this was what he wanted--the beautiful yet monstrous creature that produced massive amounts of chakra. For so many years he had tried to seek it out from its obscure hiding place, and now that he had managed to meet it face to face, he almost regretted doing so.
"What do you want?" A deep voice rumbled from the large fox's chest. He was clearly irritated, and the Raikage tried hard to stand his ground in front of the creature at least 1000 times his size, but faltered. He took a few steps backwards, awed by the magnificence of the awesome yet terrifying creature before him.
The fox was rust-coloured, with red beady eyes. It had nine long tails, which were swishing about idly. The power of the Kyuubi was evident from the amount of damage it was causing just by whipping its tails about. The Raikage just stood there amidst the falling trees, pondering what to do with the destructive fox. He knew that the Kyuubi was no ordinary summoning creature, and hence would be difficult to handle.
All the same, he had been prepared for such trouble. He fished a scroll out of his cloak and offered it to the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi stared at it suspiciously, squinting at the crisp new scroll. The Raikage then proceeded to smear his name in blood onto the scroll. It was all up to the Kyuubi now.
The Kyuubi allowed a small sneer to cross his face before using his chakra to engrave his name onto the scroll.
With the unspoken pact sealed in blood and chakra, the demon fox vanished, leaving the Raikage standing in the forest clearing, fallen trees around him.
The only sign of the agreement between the Raikage and the Kyuubi was the scroll clutched tightly in the Raikage's hand, a smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth.