Well, here I am starting a new story.
So let's start!
'Yo' means talking
'Gaki' means Bijuu or Diety
'Yo' means thoughts
'Gaki' means Bijuu/Diety thoughts
'Kage Bushin no Jutsu(Shadow Clone Jutsu)' means Jutsu or translation
Chapter 1 – The Fox and the Wraith
Pain.
That's all he felt as the shouts of 'Demon' and 'Kyūbi brat' could be heard throughout the streets. The onlookers had set a stage in the middle of the village for all to see as the one they hated had a rope around his neck and a trapdoor beneath his feet, ready to go off.
The hated person they were shouting at was a young six year old Uzumaki Naruto. The boy had long, shaggy blond hair with cerulean blue eyes that shined in the afternoon sun, and six whisker marks that donned the sides of his face. From a distance, none of the villagers were able to see the tears falling from the boy's blue eyes.
"Today, we purify Konoha!" The executioner yelled to the audience before him as the crowd rang out in cheers, "We kill the Kyūbi. We avenge our fallen brethren that died six years ago!" The executioner pointed to Naruto with a smug look on his face. "Today, we bring peace to our guilty consciousness for we kill this demon! For Konoha!" The executioner pulled the lever.
"Why me? What did I ever do to deserve this? Why…" Naruto quickly closed his eyes as the trapdoor opened beneath his feet, "Why does everyone hate me?!"
-In Naruto's mindscape—
"Not everyone hates you, kit. They hate me." A beast hidden behind a large cage murmured upon seeing the blond jailor appear in the mindscape.
Said blond, quickly opened his eyes when he had heard the loud voice. The blond sat up, his back to the cage and quickly surveyed his surroundings. The place he was in was a murky sewer with dirty water covering the floor. The old walls were starting to crumble and the pipelines held against the walls were rusty and shaking violently.
"Erm… who said that?" Naruto asked he cocked his head to the side in curiosity. The sound of something sharp scratching metal were his answer. The noise made Naruto shriek and spun around to see the large gate. He gawked at the size of the sheer size of it before focusing his attention on a glint of red behind it. "Who are you?"
With a growl and grunt, the beast moved to the front of the gate to show its face. The beast was a giant red fox with nine flowing tails shaking around from its rear end. Its slit red eyes were focused on Naruto as it saw his eyes widening. Naruto was mumbling lightly under his breath that the beast could not hear.
"Well, speak up! If you have anything to say, at least allow me to hear it, gaki." The beast growled out louder than before, frightening the boy once again. Naruto gulped as it spoke to him.
"Ky..ky…kyu…Kyūbi no Yoko." Naruto stuttered out upon seeing the large beast. He heard stories of how the Kyūbi was defeated by the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato, but it said that he killed it. So why was it right before him? "You…you died! The Yondaime killed you! So why are you in my mind?!" The beast chuckled upon hearing those words. "Don't laugh, just answer me!"
'Demanding…never thought the gaki would demand me to do something.' The Kyūbi quickly recalled upon memories of its previous jinchuuriki and its new jailor's mother, Uzumaki Kushina. Always demanding chakra to get out of skirmishes when needed. The Kyūbi sighed, 'I hope the gaki isn't like his mother about demanding my chakra in the future.' Kyūbi once again looked at the Naruto, taking in his looks that he had inherited from the Yondaime. 'He will have women after him so much in the future, I swear he will have a broken waist almost every month.' The Kyūbi inwardly smirked at the thought of future Naruto.
"HEY! ANSWER ME!"
Kyūbi sneered upon hearing Naruto's voice ringing in the prison. "Rikudou Sennin, you are fucking loud gaki! And you ask me why I haven't contacted you before now." The Kyūbi made a small wave of water splash Naruto, knocking him onto his back. The Kyūbi let out a playful chuckle and when realizing what it had just done, Kyūbi quickly buried its head into its paws and grumbled something Naruto could not hear.
"I asked you why you aren't dead, like all the books at the Academy say!" Naruto yelled once more before shaking off the water like a shaggy dog. Kyūbi huffed before rising out from its paws and stared at Naruto once more. Naruto's face was radiating anger and rage, somehow he made the two things different in this scenario, and it actually scared Kyūbi for a fraction of a second.
"Fine. I am a Bijuu, one of the nine Bijuu that hold Demon Chakra and Youki." Naruto quirked an eyebrow and Kyūbi sighed before explaining what Chakra and Youki were to him, one being energy from spiritual essence and physical essence, the other being the life energy the Bijuu had. "Back on track, because of my demonic energy, I cannot be slain by normal means. Only demons may kill demons, but humans, in this case your precious Yondaime, can seal Bijuu into humans. Which explains why I am here, in your mind and gut."
Naruto paused as he took in all the information he had received. The villager's attacks, their threats, their attempts of murder…were all because of the Kyūbi. But when he thought about it, the Yondaime must've knew he had the capability to withstand the Kyūbi so the Yondaime knew Naruto would be a great ninja. 'Beat that Sasuke-teme. Has a Hokage ever entrusted you to hold something as powerful as the Kyūbi back?' Naruto openly smirked at that thought.
"Hey, Kyūbi…" The Kyūbi opened one of its eyes to stare at Naruto. The Kyūbi's eye widened when it saw marks appearing on Naruto's arm, all in a shape similar to the seal. Naruto thrusted his arm forward in a punching motion and the Kyūbi felt light headed as an invisible force knocked it into the wall. "That's what you get for giving all of those attacks, threats, and more. Be glad I can forgive you for getting me out of those things though, I felt your catra flowing through me when I think back to it and because of how you described your Cara, I know it was from you know., so just…thanks. And sorry I don't have the chance to get to know you better." Naruto turned and sat in the water. He was giving off a depressing aura. "The villagers are stabbing my sleeping body, I just know it." Naruto then heard another light chuckle from the beast. He allowed one blue eye to stare at the Kyūbi.
"I can heal faster than they can strike at you with knives. I can also help you get out of your predicament, but you'll need to use my chakra. Is that ok, gaki?" Naruto nodded quickly, seeing as this was the best option to live with his insides mostly intact. "Also know that by this, the council, the villagers, and some shinobi will demand your head, legally or illegally, they will try to obtain it. So I am also, as we speak, getting the Shinigami to contact a friend of mine and his. He will arrive in one week to start training you. Good luck, gaki."
"One more thing, Kyūbi." Kyūbi shifted its body to show its acknowledgement. "Are you a boy or a girl, just wondering?" Naruto flashed his childish foxy grin to the Kyūbi. The Kyūbi slowly backed up, hoping to avoid the question, for it had almost forgotten Naruto was six in their conversation.
"I will not answer that yet, Gaki. Besides, why should I tell you?" Naruto simply nodded and vanished from the mindscape with the exiting sound violent shaking pipes. But he did not leave without taking notice of a slight pink shade on the demon fox.
-Konohagakure, Center of Village—
While Naruto was having his chat with the Kyūbi, the villagers were having the time of their lives striking Naruto's body that was thought to be lifeless. The executioner, who had strands of blue hair, was polishing his fuma shuriken with the cloth that was holding the ryo he made off of charging people to vandalize the demon's body.
The executioner chuckled when he remembered some people asking if they could take parts of the demons body home with them, but he told them to wait till everyone had a chance to seek vengeance on him. The executioner was going to be rich after all of this. So, before he was off to leave the demon's corpse to the birds, he took once more glance at him to watch the people stab the demon.
Currently, two people were attacking him. Both with what seemed to be tantos. They were aiming in vital areas, like the heart, the aorta, and the lungs. The blood running from the attacks seemed to be getting darker with each stab. Then one of the men attacking finally aimed at stomach. When the blade was right about to make contact, it was stopped by a thin wall of orange chakra. The villager's eyes widened when the chakra started to grow and spin around the corpse.
Then, Naruto opened his eyes to reveal the ocean blue irises had become a bright red. Naruto extended out his arms and hands while pumping out more chakra at a rapid rate. The chakra began to tear apart the rope holding him in the air and at the same time, the stage that had been set up. The villagers ran from the chakra tearing away the land around it, their screams of 'Kyūbi' and 'Demon' being blocked out by the destruction.
After everyone had left the area, Naruto let the chakra settle down and retreat back into his seal. With the rapid releasement of his chakra and the Kyūbi's chakra, he was exhausted. He felt his eyes go heavy and allowed them to close. Not long after the whole fiasco, two ANBU had appeared next to the sleeping form of Naruto. The one with the Cat mask sighed and the Dog masked ANBU was too busy reading an orange book.
"Hokage-sama will be furious upon hearing about this." The Cat masked ANBU grumbled to the Dog masked ANBU. When Cat had noticed his partner and mentor, Dog, was not listening, he slapped the book out of Dog's hands.
"Icha Icha-Chan!" Dog nearly shrieked. After picking up his book and placing it back into his back pocket, he glared at Cat. "Bad move, Tenzo. I will have my revenge."
"Whatever you say, Hatake-sempai. Just remember, one more year and you're done with being my ANBU Captain, so we will be equals then." The ANBU named Tenzo replied while rolling his eyes behind his mask. The ANBU Dog, called Hatake by his ANBU peers, grabbed Naruto and headed off to the Hokage tower with Tenzo not far behind.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes and took quick notice of where he was. It was quite obvious with the smell of smoke and the stacks of paperwork near his once resting body was unmistakable.
"Ojii-san, why am I here?" Naruto asked without moving, and nearly giving a heart attack to the old Hokage.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage, Shinobi no Kami, the Professer, was a stern man in his late sixties. He wore the usual Hokage attire of white robes and a white hat with a red mark and the kanji for 'Fire' in the middle. His old skin was colored a dark tan and wrinkly from his age while his once dark hair was now a lightened grey. The pipe he had in his mouth was giving off smoke and he had his face in a stoic expression to show the seriousness of the situation.
"Naruto-kun. Reports from Dog, Cat, and Civilians are saying you actively attacked civilians in an aggressive manner for no true reason. Is this true?" Naruto's jaw dropped from the severity of the story being changed. The final straw had been pulled, and so, Naruto snapped.
"Ojii-san. I was attacked, hung, and stabbed repeatedly. Of course I would result to using the Kyūbi!" Then Hiruzen's pipe fell out of his mouth and he was left with no words to say. "And yes, I now know about the Kyūbi! In fact, Kyūbi is the reason I am alive right now!"
"N-naruto-k-kun, the Council will need to hear about this themselves. Both the Shinobi and Civilian councils are worried. So let me just- Naruto-kun, where are you going?" Naruto was almost the out of the office by the time Hiruzen called out to him.
"Home! I'm not dealing with the Council at this time when I should be resting at home!" Naruto had already slammed the door and was walking off, "GET ME IN ONE WEEK IF THE COUNCIL IS CONCERNED!"
Hiruzen sighed. 'He sure is like Minato when it comes to the Council. Willing to listen, but not to care.' Hiruzen smiled, 'He'll be a fine Hokage one day. You truly will be, Naruto-kun."
-One week later—
Naruto had finally finished his spar with his rival, Uchiha Sasuke, and once again, lost. Naruto was badly beaten and had started to bleed in multiple areas, for some reason unknown to Naruto, Sasuke had been more brutal in this fight more than any other.
"Take this!" Punch. "And this!" Punch. "And finally this for distancing yourself from me, Itachi!" Sasuke had raised a kunai he stolen from one of the older classes, and was aiming for Naruto's lung. Naruto, nearly unconscious, was about to let the attack go, as were Sasuke's fan girls that were watching from a distance. But it never connected.
"Let go of me!"
While Naruto had slipped into unconsciousness, a man with black hair had appeared by his side and was now holding the Uchiha's hand.
The man wore black pants and a white shirt with a fishnet undershirt. The black cloak was drenched in water to shows signs of heavy rain or snow in his travels. His face was covered by a mask that allowed none of his facial features to be visible. The mask itself had a maniacal grin in the form of a 'V' stretched from the sides of the mask while large curved red lines curved over the lower and higher quarter regions of his mask, stopping at the edges of the smile and continuing on the other side.
After taking in the man's appearance, Sasuke snarled at him and proceeded to drive the kunai towards the man. Before the kunai made contact, a punch had connected to the Uchiha and sent him flying into the Academy wall. The man looked at Naruto and turned back to the Uchiha.
"You harmed Naruto…" The man's voice was monotone and dark, "for that, I will show you a new horror that shows a pain that can only be surpassed by Death!" In a few seconds, the man had switched places with the kunai Sasuke dropped on his tumble over, and his hand was already on the Uchiha's head. "Magen: Horā( Demonic Illusion : Horror)!"
Everyone stared in shock as black chakra began to run from the man's hand, and Sasuke was screaming. When Sasuke had stopped screaming, he fell to the ground, tears running from his eyes, and mumbling the words 'Itachi wouldn't do that…he wouldn't.' The man walked away from the crying Uchiha and stopped at Naruto to pick him up in his arms and hoist him onto his shoulder. Before he took off though, he heard many fan girls yelling at him.
"Hey, what'd you do to Sasuke-kun?"
"He made Sasuke-kun cry!"
"Get back here you basterd!"
The man turned slowly to the army of fan girls charging at him. The man raised his available left hand and moved the mask to show one visible red eye, increasing any intimidation he had on the kids.
"Fan girls pretending to be ninjas are useless. You should know your place in this world, weaklings." His voice released a bloodlust that stopped the girls in their tracks and made most foam at the mouth and drop unconscious. Only a blonde haired girl and a bubblegum haired girl stood up, ready to puke before them. The man raised an eyebrow at how they stood and took note of it for later use before he dashed off with Naruto in hand.
-Naruto's Apartment—
Naruto awoken with a jolt. His last thoughts of Sasuke's merciless beatdown and nobody to stop him. So, why was he in his apartment? The boy scratched his blond hair and took notice of how he was in an orange shirt and grey pants, they were clothes he never wore before nor owned. Naruto simply shrugged and exited his room.
Naruto quickly noticed a man in black clothing and a mask tilted on the side of his head was cooking food. When did this man show up, and how did he get into his apartment? Naruto was really freaked out for once, and he had met the Kyūbi.
"Ah, Naruto, you awoke." The man said while still looking at the oven, "Sit and let me introduce myself." Naruto sat at the small table in the kitchen. The man quickly turned and placed a plate in front of Naruto. The plate had rice, ramen, and what Naruto guessed, chicken. The man then sat in front of Naruto and watched the boy wolf down the food.
Once Naruto had finished, he curiously stared at the man. He was obviously in his late teens or young adult years and his red eyes resembled blood. As Naruto swallowed the last bit, he finally spoke. "Who are you, was that poisoned, and who sent you here?" The man could only laugh.
"The only thing that could kill you in that meal was deliciousness, and Kyūbi sent me. I am Shi, your guardian Wraith, or more scientifically, half-spirit, half-human."
And Chapter 1 is done. Any reviews on how it was done is welcomed and any tips would be helpful.
'Magen: Horā', C-Rank to B-Rank, Close Quarters (Contact Required, typically head to allow for more effective results), an alternative to those who cannot peer into the hearts of their enemies, Horā allows the closest horrific sight to be brought to the victim's vision. This jutsu only works as long as contact is held.
Oh yes, I want you to start thinking of what pairing you want in this story. Options are Harem, Crack, or both Sakura and Hinata, poll on my Bio.