I really haven't written anything in awhile. So here is something I came up with and this first chapter is really just an intro. With all the fics written I'm sure someone has had this idea before but anyway its really quite simple… you'll see.
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The streets of Konoha were crowded this evening as people returned from work and families went out for dinner. The murmurings of the crowd and its footfalls were loud as they were carried over the roof tops.
In a small ally, a little nook of isolation, sat a young boy of five or six staring out at the crowd with a pair of sad looking blue eyes. He had a home, of sorts. A small apartment where he lived alone.
But he didn't like it much there. Sitting on his bed alone and in silence was unbearable for him. For some reason he preferred to sit as he was now. Watching and listening to the crowd of people from a distance.
Sometimes he would walk in the crowd pretending he was one of them. He would have switched places with any of them if he could. If he walked next to someone for a bit he could almost imagine he wasn't alone. But the look in the eyes of the crowd when he was out in the open was just as bad as being alone in its own way.
Those eyes made him feel terribly cold and the warmth people had just showed on their face drained away when they noticed his presence. It felt as though he had done something wrong but he could never guess as to what it was.
Even now as he sat watching a few people passing by would notice him and he could instantly feel the chilling effect of their impersonal eyes.
He ducked his head into his arms to avoid them. It was his only defense.
"What are you doing in there all by yourself?"
The boy looked up quickly, surprised by the kindness in the man's voice. It was an older man with graying hair at the temples who had spoken. His face held a pleasant smile. The kind of which the boy had often seen but never actually received.
Words escaped the blond child in this unfamiliar situation. He merely just looked on as the man took a few steps into the ally so he could get a better look at the child in the dim light.
"Are you alone? What's your...", the man stopped in mid-step recognizing the boy.
The smile vanished from his face and his jaw took a hard line as he struggled internally.
The boy felt the chill crawl into his heart as he saw the kindness and warmth dissipate before him. Again he wondered why.
The man took a step back his eyes clouding, "It's you... I hope you feel every pain you brought to this village..."
He could only blink and watch as the scenario repeated itself again. It was not completely uncommon for people to act like this towards him.
The man was back at the ally entrance now, "My daughter," the man shook his head at the floor, "If only you had never come she would still be..."
He was unable to finish the sentence as he covered he mouth and left. A few in the passing crowd took notice and watched the boy for a time before they continued on to where ever they were going.
The small blond boy just sat there unmoving even after the man had left. His body and mind feeling numb from the cold he felt in his heart. He would cry but he couldn't. Something in the way people treated him made him feel as if it were his fault. That they should be the ones crying while he had no right.
Hours passed and he continued to sit there waiting for the sadness to go away so he could return to his empty home. The streets were empty at this late hour and the city had quieted. It was in this deep silence that he thought he heard something.
It was a faint sound. But it seemed to grow louder in his ears as he focused on it. It was rhythmic...
Drip Drip Drip
He closed his eyes to focus harder... the sound grew louder still.
It started to sound like it was right next to him when he opened his eyes and found himself somewhere unfamiliar.
It was a very large and very dark hall. The floor was only slightly flooded but since he was so small the water came up above his knees.
His pressed his lips together feeling afraid. Only slightly though.
He began to walk, his curiosity growing as he did so. In truth he did not want to leave this place. He did not want to go back to the ally or back home. While he was afraid he also had an odd feeling about this place. Or maybe it was the lack of feeling. In any case he recognized that he was not alone here.
He walked till he came to an enormous gate that was locked tight. The type of which he thought was supposed to keep him out. Until he heard a raspy breathe from within the darkness.
Then it seemed more likely it was to keep something from getting out. The blonde peered into the darkness behind the bars looking for the source of the breathing. A deep voice dripping with malice interrupted his focus and sent shivers down his spine.
"Naruto... why are you here? Have you already need of my power at such a tender age? Little brats best stay away from the dark places you know...", the voice finished in a pleased chuckle.
Naruto swallowed his spit and moved slowly towards the gate and the darkness despite the voices advice. He spoke while doing so, "Power? Why am I here? Where am I?"
"Child," the voice was filled with annoyance, "do not pester me with your stupid questions or your problems." The speaker was still hidden in darkness.
Naruto stopped walking towards the gate. But the young blonde was stubborn and after a moment he started edging over to it again. "Who are you?"
A dark laughter erupted from the darkness. It cackled madly at the question and finally answered, "I am the source of all your suffering and unhappiness in this world. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Naruto frowned. "What do you mean? Why am I here?!"
"We are in that lump of meat you call your mind boy. As to why you're here I couldn't guess. But I do hope you show some common sense and leave where your not wanted."
The voice laughed even harder now, "But then again you aren't wanted anywhere are you? Such a shame..."
Naruto grabbed the bars of the gate and shouted into the darkness, "Why! Why do people hate me?!" After a moment he asked in a quieter pleading tone, "Do you know? Can you tell me why? Please..."
"Why? You like that word don't you?" Naruto now saw a pair of dark red eyes open in the darkness. They glowed a menacing red.
The eyes looked at him with scorn and curiosity. Their red light casting a shade of red on Naruto's white shirt and face. "The reason they hate you is simple... It is because they fear you. If they fear you they can never feel anything else for you other than hate. They fear your power... or mine... in their eyes it is one in the same."
The boy looked on into the red eyes his feelings flashing on his face. He shook the bars and shouted again, "It's you isn't it! It's your fault the hate me! It's your fault I'm alone."
As he shouted a flash of red shot out between the bars and wrapped itself around the boy. It lifted him high off the ground to same level as the red eyes that looked at him with burning anger.
Naruto watched with a surreal sense of terror he had never felt before in his young life as the red eyes came close to the bars and the speaker was revealed.
The monster fox's fur was a terrible bloody red to match the eyes. It's lips pulled back across its rows of wickedly sharp teeth in a gruesome smile. What had grasped Naruto was one of the many tails that shifted behind the fox. The evil touch of the beast was enough to make Naruto feel physically ill as he threatened to empty his stomach.
When the monster spoke it's mouth didn't move to vocalize the words, "Listen to me you foolish imbecile! Know that if I had things my way I would not be locked inside of you either! This is no joy to me! Worst of all is that even now that I have you I can't kill you! And trust me I would sooooo enjoy the feeling of your blood on my fur."
The tail threw Naruto back into the water.
Naruto coughed and shook the water off him still frightened and stunned at the fox's size and appearance.
The fox spoke again with a sarcastic tone, "If nothing else though you maybe take consolation in the fact that you... unlike everyone else... are never truly alone. Your are eternally graced with my company boy... and I, unfortunately, now live in this disgusting heap you call a body."
Naruto sat in the water looking at the fox for the longest time. The fox was waiting for the human to leave and go in with the unhappy life he was destined to have.
Naruto spoke, "Why can't you kill me if you want to so bad? Aren't you some great monster? Isn't it you everyone is so afraid of?"
The fox looked visibly disappointed at hearing another question. "Again with the 'why' questions... Human, I cannot kill you without killing myself. If I were to kill you here your body would waste away in reality and inevitably die. The bottom line is this... if you die so do I."
Naruto stood up again and after a moment made his way back to the gate to look the fox in eye defiantly. Though in truth he still felt sick from the proximity.
"Why are you so powerful fox? I'm not that strong. People think I am you? Or that I have your strength?" Naruto sat down in front of the fox.
The fox began to feel the mental exhaustion of dealing with children and looked tired, "Boy... I am power incarnate. I have the strength to burn this world and leave it in ashes. You and the rest of your kind are weak and fragile while I am immortal. Of course people fear you if they have even the slightest clue of my presence in you."
Naruto was still asking questions, "If you're Immor... Immornal or whatever, it means you can't die right?"
The fox was slow to answer seeing the contradiction he had made, "Yes..."
Naruto went on eagerly, "I thought you said if I die YOU die fox."
The fox bared sharp teeth at the boy and answered, "I am immortal... but I have been chained to you. My power and my existence are all within you." The fox snorted, "I suppose I can no longer call myself immortal... I am as mortal as you are now. The only way I will ever escape your fate is if before your death I am transferred to another human. In which case you will die as a result and I will still be chained to some fragile human."
Naruto looked troubled, "You don't have to worry about me dieing old fox. I'll be strong one day. My dream is be Hokage because everyone loves and respects him. When I'm Hokage they'll love me too... I won't be alone."
The fox raised an eyebrow at the boy, "Your insolence is astounding..." the fox grinned smugly. "Besides... what makes you think you will be strong enough to be a Hokage? The man who sealed me was a Hokage. While your kind is as common as vermin he was a rare one, and though I damn his soul for what he did to me even I must admit that he was a worthy adversary."
Naruto went on his knees and grasped the bars of the gate again, "You see! Everyone respects the Hokage. You watch fox, I'll get strong and be Hokage!"
The fox shook his head at the little boy, "You are so simple minded... What makes you think the village will ever let you become strong enough to claim the title of Hokage? They will always hold you back and you will never reached a level of power worth their attention. You will forever feel their scorn."
Naruto shook the bars, "No! I will be Hokage!" He watched the fox and observed his terribly wondrous appearance and obvious power for a moment before continuing, "And even if they don't help me I have you! You said you're powerful right? If I fight with you I won't ever lose. That way everyone will have to pay attention to me!"
"My power will never get you the title of Hokage. The village would not allow you to be Hokage if they see me winning your battles. Further more your human body cannot withstand my power. It would kill us both," the fox's voice was flimsy and uncertain as it spoke.
"If I simply use you to fight for me than I cannot be Hokage," Naruto repeated, "Then what if... you gave them to me... your powers. We are in the same body aren't we? Let me be the one to control the power. You are a part of me... its my body so you don't have to keep the power to yourself. If I learn to use you as a weapon instead of the other way around then I can still be Hokage. Every time someone looks at me they only see you anyway." Naruto grinned bitterly, "We can make it so there is some truth in that can't we? This way it won't be the demon fox's power that they see but mine!"
The fox shook its head in wonder, "Human for me to give you my powers... you do not understand the consequences it would have."
Naruto shouted again, "It will make the power my own won't it?! I'll be strong won't I? If I am strong and can be Hokage then I will accept anything..."
Naruto hung his head for a moment awaiting the fox's reply.
"I have no real use for my power while I am locked away within you. It would also ensure my safety while I am sealed inside of you if you were made powerful. However there are two things that I must know before we make our bargain."
Naruto nodded still not looking into the eyes of the fox.
"Before you're death, Naruto, you will have to transfer me into another body. No matter how much power you have you will never be immortal boy... therefore I require that before you reach your inevitable end you will see to it that I have another host. Understand that my transfer will result in your death... this is a responsibility you will have if you accept my power as part of your being." The fox eyed him seriously and... excitedly.
"Secondly, you will be responsible for everything that happens. If this results in the destruction of thousands of lives or the end of the earth it will all be your doing and not mine. You will be responsible for your own sadness and happiness..."
Naruto looked up at the fox and smiled sheepishly, "Of course. I accept both responsibilities fox."
The fox grinned hungrily at Naruto, "Little boy... you are young." The fox sounded almost lustful when he stated the fact. "Because of that if I begin now... I can change you. You will receive more of my powers as you grow but you will no longer be entirely human. In this way you can survive the use of my powers. Are you ready to begin this long process?"
"Yes," Naruto tried to sound brave.
One of the many tails behind the fox reached through the gate and picked Naruto up, "So that you know my name is not fox. I am the Kyuubi... the Nine tails. Both names will be just as applicable to you before your life ends."
With that the tail pulled Naruto through the gate and both boy and fox disappeared into the darkness.
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Naruto awoke back in the alley where he had been watching the crowd. But it was now early morning and the first few pedestrians were already walking on the street going about whatever tasks they had this early morning.
His body felt as if it had been beaten with a stick for hours. His joints hurt and he had a distant headache. But he remembered everything. He would learn from the fox and he would see him again soon.
Naruto stiffly walked back to his room. As he went people might have been giving him cold stares as they usually did but Naruto wasn't sure because for the first time in his life he didn't feel the cold chill crawling into him.
When he got home he went to the sink to wash his face. He almost didn't notice but when he looked carefully into the mirror he saw something.
In contrast to his blue eyes a red color could be seen around his dark pupils.
He remembered what the fox had said, "I can change you..."
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It was a fun thing to write. So anyone think this is worth going on with? Next chap would skip ahead a few years I think. Academy days! Or genin! Maybe something else like he runs away. Yes I am making this all up as I go along! Is that bad? lol probably….