Hey! ZnK is here again! This is the revise of the original. It'll be much more mysterious.

They will be 15 when they graduate. Not 12.

Enjoy.


Konoha

Six year old Uzumaki Naruto was sitting in an alley behind a trash can shivering, trying to stay hidden from the mob of angry villagers that was after him. 'Why?' he thought. 'Why do they do this to me? I didn't do anything to them, did i?' he asked himself. Just then he heard something. Footsteps. Narutos eyes widened. Somebody was in the alley, walking towards him. Naruto sneaked a peak around the trash can to see a man wearing a long blood red duster openly and a pimp ass cane walking calmy towards him.

"There's no need to be afraid child." the man said with a small smile. "I'm not gonna hurt you." he said and walked up to the trash can to see a cowering Naruto. "I'm here to help you." he said at which Narutos head shot up.

"R-Really?!" Naruto asked with wide eyes.

"Yes. My name is Mephisto. I'm the devil." he said making Narutos eyes widen to the size of dinner plates. "Relax." Mepisto said. "I told you that i'm here to help you didn't i?" he asked and Naruto nodded.

"S-So what do you want from me?" Naruto asked.

"I want you to become my rider." Mephisto said with a smile. "It will give you the power to protect the village that you love so much." he said and muttered a "Though i have no idea why..." under his breath.

"Rider?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. The ghost rider. A ghost rider is my bounty hunter who walks the earth collecting corrupted souls for me."

"Why don't you do i yourself?" Naruto asked.

"Because i can't harm anyone here on earth." Mephisto said and took out a contract from his duster and handed it to Naruto. "All you have to do is sell your soul to me and i will give you the power to protect this village." he said and Naruto took the contract and when he was about to read it he cut his finger on the edge and dripped some blood on the contract. "Ah." Mephisto said and took the contract. "That will do just fine. Now come Naruto. I will train you to use your new powers correctly." Mephisto said and started walking away.

"Wait! We're leaving the village?" Naruto asked and Mephisto nodded.

"Yes, but don't worry. You'll be back when you've mastered your new powers." he said and opened up a portal to hell. "Now come." he said and gestured for Naruto to walk into the portal which he did with Mephisto following.


After Mephisto had gotten Naruto settled in hell, he decided to pay the Sandaime Hokage a little visit.

When he stepped through the portal and walked into the Hokages office, Sarutobi was just sitting behind his desk with his eyes closed.

"Hello Sarutobi. I'm-" he started but was interupted by Sarutobi.

"Mephisto, the devil. Yes, i saw and heard what you talked to Naruto about and the only request i have is that you bring Naruto back to become an official Konoha ninja when he's 15." Sarutobi said with his eyes still closed.

"Of course." Mephisto said alittle taken aback by this. He thought Sarutobi would beg for him not to take Naruto. This was easier than he thought. "I'll bring him back by then." he said and stepped through the portal again.


Nine years later.

A tall blonde haired 15 year old boy/man with three whisker marks on each cheek was standing staring at the gates of Konoha. 'I'm back.' he thought. When he came up to the gates, the guards stopped him.

"Halt! State your name and purpose for visiting." one of the guards said.

"Uzumaki Naruto, here to see the Hokage." Naruto said with his eyes closed. He was wearing an open pitch black duster, black cargo pants black steel toed boots, black gloves with spiked knuckles and a black tank top with a mask to cover up his whisker marks. The guards' eyes widened at the name.

"Impossible! Uzumaki Naruto died nine years ago." one of the guards said with narrowed eyes.

Naruto sighed. "Are you going to let me in or not?" he asked and the guards shook their heads.

"No way! Like we would just let someone who claims to be a dead boy in." one of the guards said.

Naruto sighed yet again. "Oh well. I guess i will have to knock you two out then." he said with a smile and quickly knocked the two chunnin guards out and walked into the village. 'Wow. No glares? This feels wierd.' he thought as he walked through the busy streets of Konoha, only recieving polite nods from the villagers.

Five minutes later he walked into the Hokages office. "Hey old man!" he shouted and waved making the old Hokage choke on his pipe.

"N-Naruto! You're back!" he practically yelled and ran around his desk to hug Naruto.

"Well, of course. I would never just leave this village. By the way. Who has gone around spreading the rumor that i'm dead?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, that would be me. I couldn't exactly walk around saying 'Naruto has gone to hell to train to be the devils bounty hunter.' right?" Sarutobi said with a chuckle that Naruto copied.

"No i guess you're right. But you'll change that right?" he asked and Sarutobi nodded.

"Of course. That is, if you want to. Are you sure you could handle all the stares?" Sarutobi asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, but there won't be any glares." he said and Sarutobi raised an eyebrow.

"What makes you say that?" he asked and Naruto smiled.

"Because the Kyuubi is no longer sealed inside me." Naruto said making Sarutobis eyes widen.

"W-What?! What do you mean?" he asked and Naruto smiled once again.

"I mean that he's no longer sealed in me. Mephisto-Otou-san removed him 8 years ago." Naruto said making Sarutobi raise BOTH eyebrows.

"Otou-san?"

"Yes. He sees me like a son and i see him as a father and when i asked if i could call him that he said yes and officially adopted me. I also know who my real parents were. You wouldn't believe how surprised i was when Otou-san told me that my real father was the Yondaime." Naruto said with a smile.

"So, what about the Kyuubi?" Sarutobi asked and Naruto gave him a foxy grin.

"Well you see. Every ghost rider has his own ride. Some have had horses and other various animals. He's my ride." Naruto said and gave Sarutobi a thumbs up. "But don't worry, he has no free will. Otou-san made sure of that when i made him my ride." he said and Sarutobi nodded and sat down behind his desk. "And now i have come back to officially become a Konoha-ninja." Naruto said with a lazy smile plastered to his face. Sarutobi nodded and searched his drawers for awhile before he found what he was looking for.

"Sign this paper and you'll be signed up for the academy. The exams are tomorrow." Sarutobi said and handed Naruto a piece of paper which he signed. "Show this to Iruka tomorrow when you get to the academy at 9 am, room 5-D." Sarutobi said and Naruto nodded. "Oh, before i forget!" Sarutobi said and handed Naruto a pair of keys and another piece of paper. "Those are the keys to the Namikaze compound. Your new home. On the paper are the directions." he said and with that Naruto nodded and left.


First chapter complete!