This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction, so if this doesn't turn out alright and has loads of errors, or it seems a little cheesy like it does to me, I'm sorry… also, all the information I have here, I got from Wikipedia or from other fics (just attitudes and stuff)
Summary: Something happens to Naruto to make him run out of the village in blind panic. While out, events occur that reshape his very way of life.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto or anything else you would recognize.
If any other authors see anything here that is theirs (100 percent theirs I mean) then please tell me and I will change it, though I'm kinda sure that no one has used what I'm using in this exact same way.
Chapter 1: Beginnings
The Full Moon was unusually dark the night a recently turned four year old Uzumaki Naruto was running through the streets of Konohagakure in a frantic attempt to escape the ever growing mob of drunk villagers trying to kill him. Though some ninja were trying to protect him, he knew the mob was too large for them to handle.
He knew why he was being chased of course. He had understood this ever since his mind was able to comprehend thoughts and sounds.
Flashback….I guess
Three year and a half old Naruto Uzumaki was currently wandering the streets of Konoha. Everyone had listened to the Third and Fourth's words that the boy was not the Nine-Tailed Fox, He, however, was not treated like a hero. He did nothing in actually defeating the fox itself. He was just the container and warden of the great beast. Still, this did not stop the looks of pity and sympathy directed towards the young boy who carried so heavy a burden.
Said boy was currently headed to Ichiraku Ramen Bar for some free bowls of ramen. For some reason or other, Teuchi, the owner of the restaurant, gave him free bowls of ramen every time he stopped by.
'Wonder why the old man always gives me free ramen.' Naruto thought in his head, 'It's not like I did anything to ever help him. Maybe he's just sad for me since I don't got any parents or a place to live.'
He didn't live in any orphanage anymore because his old one burst into flames when some nukenin destroyed it to distract the ANBU that were chasing him. Most of the people inside were not able to get out in time, but a few of the lucky ones managed to escape. Naruto was one of the lucky ones, though some would say his current homeless situation was a bit unlucky.
He entered the shop and looked around for Teuchi. No one was there but him. Sitting himself upon a stool, he shouted out to the old man, asking where he was.
"Back here, Naruto!" Teuchi shouted from behind the back door. He entered and looked around to find the blonde young boy sitting on one of the stools. He looked exactly like he had when he last entered the shop for the first time two weeks ago when he said his orphanage burned down.
His shaggy blonde hair hanging down to his cheeks, the round face only a child could possess, and the raggedy clothes that were hanging off his small frame. Of course there were also the three whisker marks on each side of his cheeks, marking him as the fox's prison. He was thankful for the boy for keeping the beast at bay, one of the few who believed this. This was the reason why and he always provided the boy with free food. That and the fact that he looked so small and adorable.
"So Naruto, what can I get you?" Teuchi asked while getting his ramen together, already knowing what Naruto was going to get.
"I'll take what ever you can get me, Teuchi-san." said the small boy politely. He had learned his manners at the orphanage, when his caretakers(?) refused to give him anything without being polite.
While preparing Naruto's ramen, the owner of the ramen stand asked Naruto how life was going for him.
"It's going pretty good Teuchi-san. Even though I'm still looking for a place to live, though another of those people came by and yelled some bad things at me and then they pulled out this knife and tried to attack me. I tried to outrun him, but I wasn't fast enough. Luckily, one of those shinobi swooped down and..." All the while, while narrating his tale to Teuchi he was waving around his arms around even though Teuchi couldn't seem him.
With his back turned, Teuchi cringed. He knew why that man attacked Naruto. Though everyone knew about his inner demon, some wanted to kill Naruto so they could kill the fox. The Sandaime Hokage told everyone that whoever attempted to kill Naruto or tell him of the existence of the Demon Fox within him, would either die or get severely punished. He knew the boy was suffering from these attacks. They were harming his delicate three year old mind and the fact that they seemed to him like they were attacking him for no reason harmed his head even more. The boy had grown on him in the past two weeks, enough so for him to think of him as a son. He had even asked the boy if he wanted to live with him and his daughter. Even though the boy said no and that he didn't want to intrude, he still offered him every day. Even so, it was heart-breaking for him to listen to his tales of murder attempts.
"..after that, the ninja used this cool fire thing and.." Naruto excitedly said.
"Alright Naruto, that's enough. Your ramen is ready." sighed Teuchi. He turned around and placed the ramen bowls onto the tables.
Naruto picked himself off the floor where he landed while telling the story and started eating his free ramen. Teuchi went off to serve other customers who recently came in. While serving his other customers and while Naruto was eating his ramen, he pondered over a very dangerous and potentially life threatening decision. He had heard the way Naruto had said that he was attacked. He seemed hurt and confused as he had been telling his tale. If that continued he would either end up dead from the multiple attempts on his life by the people who just wouldn't listen or he would end up a lunatic for not knowing. He knew he had to something. It felt like a force of nature was driving him to tell Naruto why his life was constantly in danger. By the time all the other customers had left and Naruto was leaving, he had made his decision on how to tell the young boy about what was inside of him.
"Wait, Naruto. I have to tell you something."
Naruto knew something was wrong because he saw how serious Teuchi's face was and the way his voice was made him think that it was very, very important.
"There's something about you that you should know…Consequences be damned…"
Suffice it to say, he knew why the drunk mob was chasing him. It was all because of the stupid and crazed wanna-be avengers that wanted to kill Naruto to release the fox so they could kill it.
Though Naruto was young, and his body not yet developed, he knew he would never be able to outrun them by himself, even if they were drunk. He knew the shinobi were trying to pick off the crowd and some other helpful citizens were trying to help, but he knew they would eventually catch up. That was until the Sandaime Hokage and a contingent of his ANBU forces put down the inebriated mob.
The Hokage sighed as he watched young host of the demon fox ran on in a panic and out of the gates. He only had only brought enough men with him to subdue the mob and none of them could be spared to go catch the boy. He sighed again as he watched the boy run out of Konoha and into the forests beyond. He knew that no dangerous creatures or nukenin resided in the forest so he felt he would be safe. Hopefully, the boy would shake himself of his panicked state and come back. Sighing to himself once more, he turned around and thought of suitable punishments for the still drunken mob.
He was scared and he knew it. Blind with panic and fear he had run right out of Konoha and into the woods surrounding it. He didn't notice the multiple cuts and bruises he got from the passing trees and bushes. His young mind only had one objective in mind and that was getting as far away from the mob as humanly possible. He didn't notice the low laying branch in front of him until too late.
With all the momentum he had gained from his previous run, he slammed right into it and was knocked to the forest floor. He felt an overwhelming sensation of pain coming from his head and he could vaguely feel his warm blood quickly gushing out of the wound on his head. His last conscious thought as he lay on ground was that the full moon had never looked so dark and cold before. Then he fell into the chilling embrace of unconscious.
The beast howled loudly at the dark, grey moon above it. It could feel the moon's energy seeping into its own. The extra addition of this energy into its own was intoxicating. It awakened its primal urges to slaughter and devour every living thing it saw. All through the night, ever since the moon had risen, he had been killing and eating everything it saw. Unfortunately for it, there were only rabbits and the occasional deer in this forest. It craved larger prey and had been hunting for something bigger since the night began. It thought that whatever God this creature belonged must have been smiling upon it because it had come across some larger prey in the form of an unconscious, bleeding, four year old boy. A maniacal, crazed grin crossed the creature's features as it slowly advanced toward its prey…
Naruto "woke up" splashing out of the water he was suddenly under. It took him a moment to shake off the water and the feeling of unconsciousness and another moment to take in his current location. From what he saw, it looked like he was in a large chamber. The chamber looked tall enough for him to see the dull gray ceiling, only just barely. The walls, like the ceiling, were a dull gray. From his position on the ground, the water surrounded him and went right up to his stomach. In front of him was a long hallway, long enough for him to not be able to discern the ceiling from the darkness surrounding it. He turned around to survey what was behind him and let out a loud and audible gasp. There were large steel bars reaching from the floor to the ceiling above. Impressive as the bars were, they were not what had garnered Naruto's attention. It was who was behind the bars that he was staring at.
Curled on the floor in the middle of the cage was a larger than average fox with the darkest blood red fur the boy had ever seen. The nine tails were lying on the floor. (imagine the a dog sleeping and then imagine that it was the Kyubi) The eyes of the Nine-Tailed were closed but still you could feel what was behind them.
He didn't know if he should wake the fox or not, but the decision was made for him.
"So, I see you're here" grumbled the fox. "I guess I should introduce myself then.
The fox got up and opened his eyes. Stories had been told of how the foxes eyes had radiated a sense of power and might. They were said to be able to strike fear into the hearts of every living thing on the planet. All Naruto saw were red eyes with some tinges of white mixed in. The fox's eyes, and the rest of him for that matter, looked as though he was still a little sleepy and showed some signs of fatigue.
"Uhhh…." Naruto started, unable to call the fox anything because he did not know it's name.
"Yes, kit?" yawned the fox, who was still trying to wake himself from his sleeping state.
"Your eye's don't look like they're supposed to.. and neither does the rest of your body…"
"I'm just a little sleepy now kit. I didn't think you would wake me for quite some time."
"Uhhh…" Naruto still didn't know what to call him.
"Just call me Kyubi."
"Hai, Kyubi-sama," at this the Kyubi raised an eyebrow. He had expected the boy to come out and yell at him for some answers. Instead the boy was trying to be polite, though it sounded a little creepy to him. "Ano, do you know why I'm here? or where is here?"
"This must be your first time going unconscious, eh kit? Seeing from your body and the way your voice sounds, I don't think you're old enough to know about meditation yet, let alone do it. So the only other choice would be that you were knocked out by someone." the fox explained, "Well kit, this is your mind. We're here because this is where you'll go if you learn meditation or, like in you current situation, the place you go where you lose consciousness. By the way kit, how did you lose consciousness anyway?"
Naruto stood there for awhile, waiting for his memories to come back. "Well, I remember getting chased out of Konoha by this huge drunken mob," he uttered slowly, seeing memories of what had just happened to him in fast forward. "I remember running deep into the forest outside Konoha and then…" at this point Naruto flushed slightly, remebering how he ran into a tree and knocked himself out.
"And then what, kit?"
"Uhh…I ran into a tree and knocked myself out…" Naruto looked down at his feet and blushed in embarrassment as he was telling this, not knowing how the Demonic Fox would react to his container knocking himself out.
"…" the Kyubi was silent for a moment while he looked at his young container, "Well, kit, that kinda sucks…the knocking yourself out part I mean.."
"Uh.. K-Kyubi-sama," Naruto stuttered, desperate to change the subject from his incompetence, "Why'd you attack Konoha anyways?"
"I was bored." the Kyubi stated simply.
Naruto looked at the Demon in shock. "You killed and destroyed thousands of homes and lives…because you were bored?!"
The Kyubi yawned and said, "Damn straight."
All the beast saw was its prey. All it felt was the urge to slaughter then devour the boy. It wanted to sink its teeth deep into its flesh, to rip out all the boy's limbs from his body. It wanted to tear the boy apart in the worst ways possible. The beast's survival instincts were telling it to stay the hell away from the boy, to not go near it because of what was inside the boy and how it would react to the beast's actions toward it. Unfortunately for the beast, the urge to slaughter the boy overpowered its need to survive. It stalked right up to the boy, leaned down, and bit the boy on his shoulder. A red glow of chakra surrounded the werewolf and, as it howled its last, completely disintegrated it.
Inside the boy's mind, he was talking to the Kyubi about why he had attacked Konoha when several things happened at once. The Kyubi watched as Naruto fell forward and clutched his right should in pain. He felt over three-fourths of his chakra become drained then go straight to Naruto. The sudden depression in his chakra levels occurred so quickly it left the Great Nine-Tailed Fox exhausted and unconscious.
The pain for Naruto felt like he was in the 7th level of Hell (if there is one, no idea if there is or isn't) and he fell forward clutching his shoulder. He felt many changes occur to his body. He felt his body and bones becoming harder and his teeth becoming longer and sharper. He felt his eyes change and saw his vision become more shaper and he could temperature in the room. His skin became tougher than steel and he could feel things more sensitively. For instance, he could feel the air pressing down on him and the air surrounding him. He saw his hair change color from its usual blonde to a dark grey color and then grow longer and shaggy. He felt new muscles spring up and his current ones develop at a faster pace. He felt his joints becoming longer and he felt taller.
All these things happened at once and it was unbearable. The effects of his changing caused massive damage to him. He passed out from the shear level of pain he was feeling.
A red tendril of chakra made its way from the Kyubi's body to the boy. The seal caused chakra from the Kyubi to be forcibly taken from him to heal the boy. That was how the seal was created and functioned, in addition to keeping the great beast at bay. For every injury the boy got, some of Kyubi's chakra would be taken from it to the heal the boy, the amount of chakra taken in comparison to how much the pain. The pain must have been very intense or the seal wouldn't have taken that much chakra to heal the boy.
The chakra entered the boy and found itself stunned. There were no chakra pathways in the boy, only a large mass of gray. Interpreting this to be the problem, the chakra attacked the gray substance in an attempt to flush it out of the boy. This did not have the desired effect.
The gray substance was alive, just as the chakra was and it did not want to leave its new host. It fought off the foreign chakra that was trying to make it leave.
Inside Naruto, a battle ensued.
The chakra was attacking the gray substance, known as wolf essence, and neither was able to win. The wolf essence and the demonic chakra of the Kyubi attacked each other at the same time and they both merged with each other.
On the outside, in reality, Naruto awoke. His whole body was on fire and he felt horrible. More specifically, it felt like his blood was on fire. He could feel the urge to attack something and devour it fresh, but something else was keeping it back. He didn't know why he felt like this. He had never felt like this before. He felt…. different.
He got up and stumbled through the night. He looked up and saw the moon. He felt the urge to howl up at the moon, to acknowledge its existence. This time nothing tried to stop it and an unearthly howl escaped his jaws. He stood there for quite some time, just staring and howling at the moon.
He soon realized what he was doing and stopped. He had heard stories of beings such as these, beasts that howled at the moon and that acted like wolves. But, he wasn't one of those beasts, so why was he howling at the moon?
He got down on his fours and sprinted on in search of a lake or some reflective surface. He felt his dark gray fur bristle as he ran through the underbrush of the forest. On the tip of his snout, he could smell the water in the air and it lead him to a lake. He saw the cold blue of the air around him and the red heat of the animals around him as he ran past, headed for the lake.
He looked down at the reflective surface of the lake, and by the light of the moon, let out another unearthly howl, this one sounding like a beast in pain. He fainted from the shock of this new revelation, but not before seeing in his mind what had stared back at him in the mirror of the lake.
Looking back at him, with slit dark yellow eyes with specks of blood red, was the head of a dark gray furred wolf.
Inside Naruto's Mind
He looked down at his hands and saw that he was back to normal. He still felt horrible though.
The Kyubi was laying in the center behind his bars and looked dead.
"Kyubi-sama…." Naruto said a little fearfully, hoping that the Kyubi really wasn't dead, seeing as he was the only one he could talk to about his current condition.
"Drop the sama kid… it doesn't suit you…" the Kyubi muttered from his position on the floor.
"Are you okay?"
"I just got over half of my chakra taken away in a millisecond and you ask if I'm ok," theKyubi answered. "For your information, I feel like I just got the crap beat out of me by a pervert killer…"
Naruto however, was not listening to Kyubi's explanation of how he felt. He had stopped listening when he mentioned chakra. 'Could this have been that red thing I saw?' "Kyubi-sa..Kyubi, what is chakra?"
Kyubi stopped what he was just saying to teach the boy a lesson in chakra. "Chakra is what you shinobi manipulate to do those things you call jutsus."
"But what is it? and why did it go to me last night?"
The Kyubi let out a laugh which sounded like a bark. "That wasn't last night kit. That was fifteen days ago. As for what chakra is, think of it as food and water. You need it to survive and without it, you'd die. Except in your case."
"In my case?"
"Yes. From what I know of what you are right now, you can't contain chakra like humans can. You need the blood of fresh things to sustain you. It's the only way you can gain the chakra necessary to survive."
"That's what I felt today, wasn't it? The need to kill something and eat it?" asked Naruto, horrified at the thought of eating a cute, fluffy rabbit.
"Yeah, it was, though not as much as the other ones of your kind. It seems my chakra and the wolf essence in you have combined and my chakra is blocking out and helping you control some of your changes."
"What changes?"
"Like your major changes…"
"What major changes?"
The Kyubi sighed, "Look kit, I'm tired right now… so I'll just let you find out and get to know your other form."
"My other form?"
"Yes, kit your other form. You know what you are and you just have to accept it. There's no cure to being a werewolf." At this, Naruto visibly flinched. He had known he was a werewolf now. Ever since he had seen the reflection in the lake, he had known. It still stung though, having had been said out loud. He knew he couldn't have a normal life from the stories he had heard about werewolves.
"There's still two things to explain here, kit, so come back to reality." He waited until he could see that Naruto was paying attention and explained what he thought were the important things to know about being a werewolf. "Even if the moon doesn't look like it's there, it is. The Moon affects almost everything about you, as does the Sun. As you see less of the Moon every night, you grow a little weaker. When the new moon is there, you are at your weakest. When it is a full moon you are at your strongest. The night you were turned was called a Full Grey Moon. Full Grey Moons rarely ever happen and when they do, most werewolves have 100 percent control of themselves, with the exception of the strongest. They are so strong that they will lose complete control and go on a rampage. When they are in this berserker-like state, they will attack and kill anything, regardless of what their survival instincts tell them. I think the one that turned you would have been one of these."
"So, why would you think that? It doesn't seem very important to me."
"Because kit, you're my container. If something had survival instincts as strong as those, then they should have sensed that I was in you. That should have been enough for them to know that they should avoid you at all costs."
It was here that Naruto caught on and said, "But this one didn't, which meant that it had to be one of those strong ones then."
"Right you are. The strongest of the strong in the werewolf theocracy are the leading members of the Werewolf society. If I'm right, then we just killed one of the strongest werewolf's in existence and they'll come after us."
"So, what do we do?" Naruto asked worriedly. He was afraid of being ripped limb from limb by werewolves.
"Nothing. That was just a guess. They might come after us or they might not. Only time will tell." The Kyubi could tell that Naruto was still worried, but there was nothing hecould do. "The last thing I have to tell you before I go rest is that most animals and humans will instinctively be scared of you."
"Huh?"
"Since you're a werewolf you have a sense of slaughter and death about you, an aura of it if you will. Humans and animals, though their survival instincts aren't as developed as yours, will instinctively be able to register in their minds that you're dangerous and that will make them feel scared around you. You might be standing there and normal humans will ignore you. Their subconscious minds know that you are there, but the rest of their brains won't acknowledge you existence. Humans have the tendency to ignore the things they fear. In some cases, you might make yourself known by saying hi or asking for something and they will attack you because they feel an innate fear for you. My advice to you would be to hide yourself until you know how to hunt and defend yourself."
"Alright, Kyubi" Naruto said a little sadly. He knew this meant that he wouldn't be able to go back to Konoha like he wanted to.
"It's alright kit. You'll be able to go back there eventually. In the meantime, you should spend your time here in the forest while in your wolf form. That way you can get used to it and learn how to use it to its fullest extent."
"Okay, but how do I get out of here?"
"No idea. Just go out the way you came."
"What do you mean?"
"Just knock yourself out…"
"… How do I do that?"
At this the bijuu smiled in a somewhat evil fashion.
On the outside world, the sun was already up and Naruto was slowly stirring.
'Oh my god, that hurt.' Naruto mentally groaned. The Kyubi told him the easiest way to knock himself out would be to bang his head against the walls until he was unconscious. He pulled his hand up to his head to feel for any lasting damage. Feeling nothing, he sat up and took in his surroundings.
He was exactly where he fainted last night. The sun looked like it had just risen and it cast its warm yellow glow on everything near him. The lake was now a crystal clear blue and the grass surrounding the lake a very bright green. The rabbits and other little animals were out and about, all of them staying away from the young boy.
Naruto sighed. 'Guess the Kyubi was right. Things are too afraid to come near me.'
He watched as the rabbits quickly hopped to and fro, frolicking happily. Some birds were flying overhead, all of them flapping their wings quickly when they passed over him.
Suddenly, he felt like he was hungry. He watched the rabbits hopping around and had visions of them being drenched in blood, their blood spilled over him as he devoured them all one by one. All he had to do was use his new abilities and catch one. Then he would be able to rip it apart and eat it. He slowly got up and stalked near the rabbits in a stealthy manner. He was hungry. His blood was boiling. He could feel the blood in the rabbits, pulsing as they raced to deliver blood to various parts of the rabbits anatomy. He got behind them and quickly jumped into the air as he pounced on the rabbits, though not quickly enough as the rabbits had sensed the danger and were already hopping away.
Having missed the rabbits, Naruto slammed into the ground, feeling pain all over his body, even though he had only fallen one foot onto some soft grass.
'Why do this hurt so much!' Naruto mentally thought, as he gasped for breath on the ground where he had landed. 'I felt my skin get way harder but this feels like a bag of bricks just got slammed into me. I also feel like I'm burning a little. Why? I never felt like this before.'
A few minutes later, Naruto gained the energy to get up and walk. His blood still felt like it was on fire and his body still hurt a little.
'The only way I could probably catch up to one of those animals is if I change into my werewolf form, like Kyubi said.' With that thought in mind Naruto concentrated on turning into his werewolf form.
He sighed. It was probably a day ago he had started trying to turn into his wolf form. He was getting tired. He thought all he had to do was think of a werewolf. But no. Every time he thought of a werewolf it did nothing. He sighed again. This would be the last time he would try this before he went out and tried to get something on his own. He was getting hungry and knew that he wouldn't last the rest of the day without blood.
He sat down on the grass and concentrated on everything he knew and learned of a werewolf.
'They're like a mix between a wolf and a human, they…' Still nothing came. Just as he was about to give up, he felt something push into his mind. It appeared red in his thoughts, the exact same red that the Kyubi's chakra was. The tendril of red surrounded his thoughts and gave him a new thought to think on. It was the Moon.
It looked so bright in the sky. He could feel the pull of gravity it had on him. He saw the sky and felt the cold embrace of the night. He saw the stars shining brightly and warmly. He felt like he was at peace, but it felt there was something missing.
The setting there was perfect, but it was missing one thing.
'What is it? What am I missing?' Naruto thought deeply and hard and when he couldn't think of it, he let out a howl in frustration. Suddenly, he felt complete. It felt like everything was right. To his ears, the howl sounded like singing. He let out another howl, this time in joy, and he felt even better. He felt as if he was free.
His arms felt like they were changing getting longer and stronger. He felt his fur grow down his arms and down to his legs, which were growing a little and stronger. From out of his tailbone, he felt a tail grow out and nearly touch the forest floor. His hands turned larger and from his nails grew claws. His face pushed itself outward and he felt fur cover his face as well. From inside of his mouth, he felt his teeth grow larger and longer, the most notable ones being his canines, which grow all the way down to his lower jaw. His current ears went into him and on top of his head, wolf ears appeared. The only things that didn't change were his dark yellow with specks of red slit eyes.
All through this Naruto felt no pain. All he felt was the bliss and freedom of his wolf form. When it was over, Naruto looked down at himself. His fur was a dark gray with some white mixed in. (If you want an idea of how he looks like, look on youtube then search morrowind werewolf. That's how he looks like.) He looked up and saw that the moon had risen and he was still hungry.
He saw outlines of red around him and he instinctively knew what it was. They were heat signatures. He got down on his fours and started running through the forest floor. He jumped into the air and soared fifteen feet through the air and landed on the ground again and took off running. He felt rejuvenated and free. He jumped again and almost hit the tree in front of him.
In stead of slamming into the tree like he had done before, he used all the momentum he gained, placed his paws on the tree trunk and pushed off backward and pused off another tree. It felt like he was flying through the air. The tree in front of him became just another tool platform for his jumping. With his claws he grapped onto it and climbed.
He down beneath him and soon found that was on top of the tree., looking down at the rest of the forest. The view there was great. The moonlight was reflecting onto the forest in the most unimaginable ways. It made the forest look more alive. The trees were swaying slightly and he could feel the warm breeze on his fur. He thought it would be nice here, to stay up there forever. He just sat there on his haunches, looking out at the rest of the forest.
He looked toward the Moon and let out a howl. It was a sweet serenade of sounds to his ears. Soon other howls met his ears. He had nothing to fear though, for he knew that the other things howling were just regular wolves, and not the werewolves the Kyubi said that might go after him. He seemed to howl at the Moon forever, until at last, he feel backward against the tip of the tree exhausted and asleep.
He woke up the next morning still in his wolf form and still feeling hungry. The sun was out and he could see the birds flying in the air.
Though he was in his wolf form, he didn't feel complete.
'Maybe because it's the Sun out and not the Moon.'
Suddenly he realized in horror of what he thought. He was still in his wolf form and the sun was out! From what he had heard, werewolves could only come out at night in their wolf forms. This shouldn't be possible. He should have turned into his human form the moment the sun had risen.
'I'll have to ask Kyubi about this the next time I get a chance to speak with him.' Naruto said, deeply in thought.
'I'm right here kit and I'm curious about that as well, as I am of other things.'
The suddenness of the Kyubi's voice shocked him back into his human form and he fell out the tree and hit the ground with an almighty thud and crack.
"Oh crap, I think I killed him."
The Kyubi had watched the boy appear in his mind with him laying flat on the floor with his head turned down. The boy's neck was bent at an odd angle and he didn't look like he was breathing.
"Wait, if the boy's dead, why am I still here? The seal the Yondaime created wasn't supposed to work like this."
Said boy currently felt like he had jumped into a pit of viper snakes and then all of them each bit off a part of him until he was dead. He knew he wasn't dead though. If he was dead he wouldn't be feeling the excruciating pain coming from his body. He got up and touched his neck. He felt something sticking out of his skin and the blood trickling out the back of his neck.
The Kyubi stood there looking stunned. He had just seen the boy come back from an impossible situation. Even though he had looked like he had suddenly come back from the dead, he noticed the bone sticking out of the boy's neck and the blood gushing out. He saw the boy get up and touch his neck with one of his hands.
"God, you stupid fox. I don't care if you're the strongest bijuu there is, I'll kill you the next time you scare me like that." Before the Kyubi could ask his question, the boy asked the question he himself had wanted to ask, "Aren't I supposed to be dead?"
"You are, kit. For some reason you're not though."
"I would rather be dead than feel the pain I'm currently feeling."
The Kyubi hm'mped when Naruto said this.
"What do you mean hmm? I thought you knew this would happen?"
"Actually no I didn't, kit. I'm surprised at this turn of events more than you are. From what I've heard and learned of werewolves, they can't feel pain. You said you're hurting a lot and that shouldn't be so. I've also never heard of a werewolf having such outstanding regenerative properties as you."
"What's regenerative and what do you mean I'm not supposed to feel pain? It feels like I just slammed into a very hard tree with all the speed I can use a million times."
"It means that you're different than other werewolves. You just got a killing blow and it looks like it already healed." The Kyubi pointed at his neck and Naruto felt around it. The thing that was there, which he now knew as a bone from his neck, was no longer there. "It's also known very widely in werewolf communities that they can't feel pain. You're saying that you feel like you got slammed into a tree a hundred times over. This doesn't make sense."
"Yes it does. Getting slammed into a tree a million times over should feel like dying."
"No, it doesn't kit. Getting slammed into a tree with the force that you're talking about a hundred times over is WAY past overkill. Ten times would probably be enough to kill a normal human. Twenty would probably be enough to kill a shinobi and maybe thirty would be enough to kill a werewolf."
"I might've been exaggerating a little when I said a hundred times over, but, come on, I've seen the shinobi do some cool stuff before and I don't think twenty trees would kill them."
"You need to learn that shinobi aren't invincible, kit. Nothing in this world is, except maybe for you now." The Kyubi said the last part in a slow way, making it seem like he dared Naruto to ask why.
"What do you mean?"
"I think it might mean you can't die by unnatural means. The wound you just took would have killed anything, and yet, here you are with a little blood and some leftover pain."
"But how would this even be possible? I'm not special in any way, except for the fact that I'm now a werewolf."
"You're wrong there kit. You contain me and, unlike normal wolves, you can stay in your wolf form during the day. Also, when you were turning, a lot of my chakra was put into you."
"You're saying that because your chakra was put into me when I was turned, that I'm different than every other werewolf."
"Yeah, kit. That's what I'm saying. I'm not sure though. You would have to go out and test some things I want you to try in the real world."
"Alright, so how do I get out again?"
"Same way as last time."
Naruto groaned. With the pain he was still feeling, he doubted if he was up to the task.
"It's alright kit. We'll just wait until you're okay again. In the meantime," The Kyubi said in a loud, deep anouncer voice that made Naruto fear what was going to come next, "I'm going to tell you about what I expect from you in the coming years."
"What do you mean?"
"There's a reason why I'm helping you, kit. I don't want my life to be wasted away while I'm in here and with you here, you might make my stay here more interesting."
"You're saying that you're helping me out…because you're bored?"
"Damn straight, kit. Damn straight."
He sighed and got himself into a position he thought might help alliviate his pain.
Naruto Uzumaki, container of the Kyubi no Yoko and recently turned werewolf, sat and listened as he took the beginning step in his new way of life.
Well, that took me three days to write. It was a spur of the moment thing and I couldn't get it out of my head. I have the next couple chapter ideas planned in my head, so they might come soon.
Once again, if you see any mistakes or if something seems cheesy, then I'm sorry. If I do see a lot of mistakes then I'll re-edit this and maybe put it back up.
Chapter finished on Friday, June 29, 2007
