Nidaime Rikudō Sennin
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Chapter 1.
The ten year old boy ran clumsily down the side alley. His breathing was ragged and short. His bruises glistened in the moonlight. The ominous glow of the villagers torches grew brighter and brighter behind him. They were gaining on him. He rounded another bend and with renewed determination fled down the short lane before turning into another of Konoha's many side streets and back alleys. He turned one corner to fast and crashed into a tipped over trashcan. The boy hit the ground hard and groaned in pain. The footsteps could were getting closing, making him start to sweat. October 16th, it was always the same day; however this time they were far worse than usual.
He climbed back to his feet and limped down the street before turning into a darker one. Naruto Uzumaki or demon as he was known around the village was a scrawny and abused street rat. He stole to survive and that's all he was. He had dreams like any other kid, but his dream was nothing alike others. He was going to be Hokage someday, the greatest ninja in the whole of Konoha!
He groaned as he looked up at the large wall blocking the alley off in a dead end. He turned to the sound of sinister laughing.
"We finally have you now demon! There is nowhere for you to hide!" The volunteer leader of the pack declared.
The small crowd all murmured in agreement before advancing towards the boy, who was cornered like a rat. They carried no weapons, they didn't need them. The first punch sent him plummeting to the ground holding the side of his head in pain. A few kicks to his rib area sent him tumbling into the brick wall cutting him off from safety. A sharp fist in the solar plexus stopped him from screaming out, instead sending to the ground gasping for air.
This is when the beatings usually ended; they never went any further than this. But tonight was different; one slightly tipsy brute of a man pulled a small switch blade from his belt and advanced to the huddled ten year old form.
The crowd whispered amongst each other, unsure of what action to take. Naruto had finally regained his feet and gasped in shock at the glistening blade in the moonlight. Naruto attempted to run past the giant man but he grabbed him by the shirt and pushed him back to his spot. He followed up with a punch to the face area; his fist was nearly bigger than Naruto's head.
"This is for killing my father you Demon!" The villager screamed.
A few people gasped and Naruto screamed. He had never felt pain like this before. He stumbled back into the brick wall as a trail of blood left his mouth and slipped down his chin. His shaking, clumsy hands made their way down to his stomach area and Naruto whimpered as he brought them back to his face, covered in blood. The blade felt hot inside him, just above his stomach Naruto guessed.
He looked at the man in front of him, but his vision started to fade and blur. He stumbled to the ground, before a flash and everything was dark.
He found himself half submerged in water. Had it been raining? Sudden flashes of the nights events came back to him and he quickly felt around his stomach for the invading object, to no avail though.
"So I finally get to meet my container?" A large booming voice stated.
Naruto quickly looked up to the voice before gasping in shock at the sight of it. A large cage took up most of the weird sewer like room, but it was what was in the cage that was important. A large fox with various tails swishing behind him smirked down at the boy. It wasn't a happy smirk, it was a conniving smirk.
"W-Who are you!" Naruto asked, shaking in fear.
"Hahahaha! I am the great Kyuubi no Yoko! Greatest of all the nine Bijuu!" He proclaimed.
"You lie! The Yondaime killed the Kyuubi!" Naruto countered.
The fox only snickered in response. "You think that puny little flesh bag could even scratch me? He only sealed me away in a weak little runt like you!"
"I-In me?" Naruto squeaked.
"That's right! That's why you are hated and why they call you the demon. But do not worry, I can help you! I can defeat them and help you become strong!"
It all made sense to him now, the beatings, the hate, everything. "Really? You can make me strong like a Hokage?"
"I can make you stronger than all the kage's combined! All you have to do is rip this seal off of my cage." Kyuubi stated, inclining to the seal on the cage.
Naruto fidgeted for a moment, unaware of what to do. He slowly walked towards the cage, while the Kyuubi watched. His small hand reached up to the seal. The Kyuubi grinned. "That's it now! Rip it off!" He yelled.
The seal started to come away as he pulled from the top left corner. Before he could pull the seal completely off, a rough hand grabbed his forearm; causing him to let go of the seal in shock. Naruto was thrown roughly back into the surrounding water.
Naruto turned to look up at the culprit who had thrown him into the water; however he was instead looking into a pure black silhouette. Two eyes stood out from the darkness, they had a ripple like pattern around the pupil. He seemed to be looking into Naruto's soul.
The Kyuubi growled in frustration. "Why you bastard! I was almost free! How dare you!"
The man absently waved his hand behind him and the Kyuubi's voice was taken from him, unable to make any noise, the room was filled with silence. The man sighed before walking along the top of the water and helping Naruto up.
Naruto leaped away from him, turning to point at him. "And who the hell are you!"
The man seemed to ponder the question before replying. "I went by many names… Shinobi no Kami… Kono Yo no Kyūseishu… Though most people know me as the Rikudō Sennin!"
The small gang of villagers looked around in panic. Naruto Uzumaki lay dead in a pool of blood. The Sandaime would have all their heads for this. The giant man seemed to of realised the amount of trouble he was in and wiped the blood off the switch blade. He turned to run away before he was stopped dead in his tracks by the sound of coughing. The rest of the gang also heard it and stopped talking. They all gasped in shock as Naruto Uzumaki picked himself off the ground and stood up. His clothes were soaked in his own blood and he looked pale. He gazed at all of them, his eyes trapped in a ripple like stance.
Naruto took in his surroundings with his new vision. He could see everything, all the chakra in the village, the barrier surrounding the village and even the souls of the villagers. He returned his gaze to the people in front of him before flexing his open palms out in front of him. A voice called to him from the back of his head. Trust your instincts… Naruto closed his eyes and drew in a breath. Suddenly, his eyes shot open and he yelled out. "Shinra Tensei!"
A powerful unseen force blasted the group of helpless villagers out of his way. Many of them crashed into buildings or the floor. Once the attack was ended, nearly half of them were dead.
Most jounin rank ninja in the village felt the sudden spike in chakra and left to investigate. Kakashi Hatake who was on ANBU patrol was closest and first to arrive. He was met with nearly fifteen dead bodies and almost the same amount of injured.
His Sharingan was activated immediately as he attempted to locate the source of the chakra. He traced the source to a small boy lying face down in a pool of what looked to be his own blood. Kakashi picked him up and sighed. The Sandaime was not going to be pleased he thought to himself. He nodded as more ANBU operatives arrived on scene, indicating for them to handle the situation as he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
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Two days had passed since the attack on Naruto. Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage rubbed his temples in frustration. When Kakashi had sent for him from the hospital, Hiruzen was intrigued. But when he arrived to find Naruto had been attacked and nearly killed his blood had boiled. Then he was told how Naruto had killed half of the villager's that attacked him with some invisible gravity jutsu of some sorts. He even had reports of weird eyes.
The Sandaime walked into the hospital room housing his surrogate grandson, who had still not woken up. He paced at the end of his bed trying to come up with a hypothesis of what had happened. It may have been the fox… It's no doubt that his wounds were healed by the Kyuubi , but had Naruto finally given in?
He was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of the groaning ten year old in front of him. The boy must have been having some sort of nightmare. The Sandaime groaned. "Naruto Uzumaki, I can tell you're going to have a hard journey ahead of you…"
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Naruto was breathing heavily as his hands supported himself on his knees. "Good work my student, with your clones, stamina and determination you will become extremely powerful in no time."
Naruto looked up smirking. "Hai, Rikudō-Sensei!"
END CHAPTER 1