Waking the Demon

"You are the nine tailed fox! The whole village hates you because you are the monster that killed their family and friends. " Mizuki screamed. I felt my body go cold and my breathing became shallow.

I heard Iruka scream "Mizuki stop, don't tell him anymore!" But his pleas fell on deaf ears and Mizuki continued to tell me the horrible truth.

"Ha-ha I cant believe you thought you could belong! You're not even human. You see the Uzimaki's hold the bloodline, of the Jinchuruki. Your mother was the last container, and she thought it would be funny to release the demon on all the villagers! Because of that bitch the 4th Hokage had to sacrifice himself to kill her so that the Kyuubi would have to be passed down to you!"

Iruka began screaming something at him but I didn't hear what he said, because at that moment I realized that what Mizuki had told me was the truth. It explained everything, why I had no family. Why I was hated so much. Why I could never belong.

Then I heard the sound of something whizzing toward me. I got out of my stupor just in time to see a giant shuriken heading straight toward me. I closed my eyes expecting the pain. When it never came I opened my eyes to see Iruka in front of me. I couldn't believe what he had just done. He took the shuriken. "Why?" I said, barely able to get the words out.

Iruka slowly said the words; I couldn't see his eyes because they were in shadow. "I would always act like an idiot to get peoples attention… After my parents died there was no one to compliment me or acknowledge me…I was so sad…" Iruka slowly lifted his head and I saw tears race down his face "Naruto you must have been in a lot of pain to…I'm sorry Naruto if I had done a better job you wouldn't have to feel like this." I couldn't quite comprehend the words Iruka was saying. He really felt that way?

Then I heard Mizuki begin to chuckle, but it slowly turned into a full blown maniacal laugh. "I cant believe how utterly stupid you are Iruka. To be manipulated by the monster like this, it's pathetic." Mizuki said.

Suddenly he reached his hand behind his back and pulled out another giant shuriken. "I was going to save you for last but I decided to just get rid of you now!" And with that Mizuki hurled the shuriken straight toward Iruka, who didn't move, fully attending to take the blow. Then I felt it. Something inside me stirred. Something that was enormous. Something that was powerful. Something that was ancient. I looked at the shuriken and it seemed to move slower. Suddenly getting back control of my body I ran at the shuriken and hit it away from Iuka's exposed body. I came to a stop and let my head hang low. When Mizuki and Iruka saw this there faces showed only shock. Then Mizuki's face morphed to one of anger.

"I don't know how you did that but you won't get lucky again!" He screamed at me as he jumped down from the tree he was perched upon. He ran at me with a drawn Kunai. Slowly I lifted my head. What he saw stopped him cold in his tracks. I wasn't sure what he was seeing at first, but with keener vision than I ever had, I could see my silted blood red right eye in the reflection of his eyes. If I wasn't in my current situation I would have freaked out, but at that moment instincts and adrenaline were pulsing through my body at a rate I had never felt before. I ran at him and I raised a clawed right hand at him, I also noticed strange tattoos covering my entire hand and wrist, it probably went deeper than that, but the rest of my arm was covered in my orange jacket. Again the situation was the only thing stopping me from screaming my head off. As I approached the petrified Mizuki, a scream started to rise from my throat. It was the name of the attack. I didn't know how I knew it; my only explanation was the instincts I didn't have until then. I screamed its name already knowing what it would do. "Exploding demon's fist!" My clawed fist with now red glowing tattoos made contact with his face. The result was instantaneous, as my vision was obscured with fire and smoke. I panted, I had never experienced chakra exhaustion but that attack had definitely brought me the closest to it, than I ever had before. Slowly the smoke faded and I saw an unconscious heap that was Mizuki. Only his ragged breathing was any indication he was still alive. At least I hoped he stayed alive.

I looked at Iruka, who had an unreadable expression on his face. Slowly he approached me and expecting some kind of blow I closed my eyes. But instead of a hit I felt strong arms wrap around me. I opened my eyes to see the last thing I had expected. Iruka was hugging me. "Thank you Naruto."

Okay my first fic! Tell me what you think. I know it probably went a little fast, but I wanted to get that part out of the way. It's a bit short, but I promise longer chapters. I know you all noticed the changes. For instance making it so that being a Jinchuruki is a bloodline. This serves a purpose later on in the story. The attack was part of the bloodline. There will be lots of other changes as I go. For the rest of the story, till me when I move to fast, or the dialogue is crappy. I want to make this a good story. Remember the difference between criticism and constructive criticism. Constructive criticism is something I can do to fix about the story. If you notice me stealing any ideas from other stories, I swear it's completely subconscious this happens to me sometimes. Also if someone else did this story forgive me because I only read the narusaku stories, which kinda tells you what this story will be. If I do steal an idea I'll try my best to mention who I borrowed it from, and ask permission when possible. Do please tell me if I stole an idea, so that I may apologize to the author.