The 9 tails of Jashin
A/N I will try to write this in a way that people unfamiliar with the Naruto world can still follow the story if they read through it, somethings will take longer to be explained and those who do know Naruto front to back may pick up on some details faster - but I will try to explain and unveil everything in its time.
Summary: Naruto is meets the patron of jashin while still a young and impressionable academy student - lets just say it made a strong impression that will slowly effect the entire world
Prologue:
The Elemental Nations is a world divided, each country run by the monarch of their land.
Each of these Damios commands an army of samurai and an elite force of shinobi. These deadly assassin ninjas are trained from childhood to mould their chakra to command unimaginable power but more importantly they are trained to think, analyse and manipulate the battlefield and the world around them.
Most Ninja live in quarantined military states referred to as "Hidden Villages" governed by the commanding general, or Kage - normally the most powerful, or most wise ninja of the village.
Our story starts in the land of Fire in the Village Hidden in the Leaves - Konoha.
Konoha is one of the oldest established Ninja village founded by some of the most powerful clans at the end of the hounded year war. Over the generations Konoha has proven itself through both the first and second Great Wars and many invasion attempts. In a world of cunning backstabbing ninja being seen as number one is a dangerous place to be - there is always someone out there wanting to prove themselves and others who are simply afraid of your power and hope to pre-emptively protect themselves by seeking to destabilise it.
One such attempt took place 12 years ago. It is still unknown how or exactly why but the legendary 9 tailed demon Fox - the Kyuubi was unleashed upon the village.
The "Tailed Beasts" are legendary constructs of solid chakra energy that have solidified in and assumed a corporal form in the persona of a beast. Each ones' power and rank is portrayed in the number of tails. Even the weakest of theses legendary creatures wield more raw power than a full army of ninja - and the 9 tailed demon fox is the most powerful of the set.
No one knows how or why the Kyuubi attacked but when it did Konoha trembled. The demon rampaged straight through the best defences and the most powerful ninja the village had to offer. Countless ninja sacrificed their lived trying to repel the beast as it carved a path through the village.
Finally the demon came to a pause outside of the capital building - the Hokage tower. Atop the roof stood the Yondamine Hokage the commander of the village - a man who single-handedly turned back two invading armies essentially putting an end to the second great shinobi war. A man who now faced with the unfathomable might that was the Kyuubi didn't break a sweat.
While the villages defences may not have stopped the beast it did slow it down giving their leader enough time to prepare a containment ritual to stop the demon. For these demons are beings of corporal energy - chakra, and they cannot be killed only de-solidified and contained.
As the beast took pause outside the Hokage's tower, the Yondamine completed his preparations and placed a blond baby on the floor at his feet.
For a lesser beast, even the one, two, or three tailed demons a simple jar would suffice to contain the malicious Chakra. However the 9 tailed beast would shatter any inanimate container, alas a human host would be needed to contain the seal. Only a young child – one who's own chakra was still being developed - would be able to absorb and contain the energy of the beast without overloading. Anyone older would risk the demon chakra rejecting the host and ripping out of the containment seal free to resume its attack.
The Kyuubi - the giant of a fox stood before its target, tails flailing half-hazardly behind it absentmindedly laying waste to buildings and infrastructure left and right. The beast inhaled a horrifying breath taking in the sent of the one it was sent here to destroy.
The two stared each other down, each the most powerful of their kind, neither giving an inch. And in a combined roar they struck.
Silence fell as the ninja converged on the decimated capital building. The few that were close enough to have a clear view watched as their fearless leader lunged at the beast before not a moment later the two seemed to shimmer before dissolving into mist. Others witnessed what looked like a red cloud with strakes of blue swirling and funnelling into the ruins of the tower.
Almost as soon as the ninjas shared their stories the rumours began.
It was over too quickly for most of these battle harden shinobi to trust that the danger was truly gone. "Without a body assume its not dead" was a policy that most shinobi lived by - others took it one step further and only trusted someone (or something) was dead when there was a body, and its head was separated from it. Considering the ability the Hokage had with teleportation rummers were atarting that the Hokage may have teleported with the beast and that the battle was still going on at another location. Panic stricken ninja turned to each other for orders or some semblance of a command structure. Should they try to follow? Should they continue the evacuation? Was it safe to return? Was it safe anywhere? They were left in the dark without their commanding officer or any information about where the threat went.
It wasn't until the old retired Hokage - Sarutobi Haruzen arrived that the truth was unveiled.
He directed the ninja to the centre of the rubble where they found within a seemingly preserved circle of candles - a crying baby boy. Sarutobi explained that the Fourth Hokage must have used the energy released from his death to seal the beast into the belly of the baby.
Seeing the panic stricken faces of the ninja surrounding him the old man continued "This baby is containing the beast, his very life goal will be to protect this village from the demons rage - He should be treated as an equal hero here." But even as he said the words, the old man knew that the people were not listening. Even hardened ninja still were human, and humans tended to find an easy outlet to vent their sorrow and hatred - unfortunately this boy is now a living reminder of the death of hundreds of their friends and family, not to mention the death of their beloved leader. He vowed then to do what he can to avoid this boy becoming the scapegoat of all of that sorrow and resentment.
This is the story of that Boy.
