Normal Text

"Speech"

"Thought"

"Shouting"

"Demonic/Enhanced voice"

Chapter 1: - Prologue -

Konohagakure has been through perilous times since its founding by the great Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. The people of Konoha have felt great pain and strife, but even throughout this pain the people are lead through these times with a concept derived from the first God of Shinobi, this concept is the Will of Fire. The Will of Fire is the idea that love is the key to peace; it's an ideal that was most prominent in the Senju Clan before it was passed onto the people of Konoha leading it to become their spiritual heritage.

So, the aptly named Village hidden in the Leaves has faced many wars and prevailed due to their will of fire. Not to discredit the enourmous effort of several thousand shinobi that fought bravely throughout these wars and the strong willed Hokage's that followed Hashirama and strive to lead the Konoha known today as the strongest village in the Elemental Nations. Despite Konoha's habitual precedence to produce extraordinary shinobi, they are not as perfect as many are led to believe… and could not predict the catastrophic natural disaster that was the Kyuubi.

The night of the Kyuubi attack was an event that a certain individual planned to go an entirely different direction. This individuals name was Obito Uchiha, who was currently under the disguise of Tobi, His original plan was to take the Kyuubi and destroy Konoha when the seal containing the Kyuubi was at its weakest, during the previous containers childbirth.

But his plan was foiled by the world's current strongest ninja… the only ninja listed in the bingo book to have an SS-rank (Flee on Sight) order. Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash. Of course while he was an extremely powerful ninja that does not mean he was a stuck up person that saw himself above human, like a normal man he met a women that he fell in love with and they had the beginnings of a life set up now that Minato had ascended to the Hokage position.

Tobi, enraged by Minato's actions to stop the natural disaster given fox form, engaged a battle with Minato ending in his own defeat. With the Kyuubi free from Tobi's control and still greatly enraged that Konoha had kept him trapped for over 100 years continued his rampage. Minato ensured his wife and child were alive and well before proceeding to fight the Kyuubi, but the beast was too strong for any mortal man to kill, using the next best thing he decided to seal the Kyuubi using an ancient jutsu for summoning the Shinigami. The cost of this great jutsu is however, the shinobi's life.

With help from his extraordinarily powerful wife Kushina, they managed to battle the Kyuubi to a relevant standstill, however the Kyuubi noticed the sealing alter with the child on top rushed to kill the child before it could be sealed, another plan foiled by Minato and Kushina, who used their own bodies to prevent the claw reaching their only child. After some heartfelt words to the child they would never see grow up, Minato finished the sealing method and the beast was sealed.

So, as you can see the village of Konoha has always prevailed in the face of darkness… however, the people of Konoha felt quite rightly angry at the beast that had killed their relatives and destroyed their home. Their hate only continued to grow but they have nothing to aim it at, as far as they know the beast is dead. But therein lies a large problem with the Great Tree, the roots that support the tree are starting to rot and they will only continue to fester. You may be asking yourself however, what happened to the child with this monstrosity sealed within it? Well to answer that question we'll have to delve a little deeper into the events after the beast was sealed.

It was a mournful day for the people of Konoha as they had lost so much in the previous night's attack, yes they can rebuild their homes and bury their dead and hopefully progress to moving on, but the village feels much more despair at having lost their beloved Hokage, the shining beacon that guides the village has fallen to protect it. The Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen saw fit to reclaim the seat after his brief retirement period to attempt to re-ignite the Will of Fire his sensei's taught him.

Standing at the small balcony on the miraculously undamaged Hokage Tower he channels some chakra to his vocal chords to enhance their ability and says, "People of Konoha! We have suffered a great many losses this past day, but it is nothing we cannot overcome! We are Konoha! There have been many great tragedies that have befallen this great village but never have we given up! Never have we stopped trying! Our Will of Fire will never be extinguished!" as he pauses to gain some breath he notices the people of Konoha gathering from all around to hear his wise words, "Last night we lost our beloved Hokage.." says the old man solemnly as a single tear falls from the aged Kage's eye, "But he would not want us to feel sad for his sacrifice! He would want Konoha to rise above its misfortunes and continue on the path to peace! In light of his sacrifice I have decided to take the back the Hokage mantle until a more suitable candidate arises."

Noticing a significantly larger crowd he decides to unveil some information while the opportunity presents itself. "Now I am sure that many of you have questions as to what happened last night… I will do my best to answer them here" staring down at the sea of people eagerly awaiting their answers the old man couldn't help but wonder if this was the right decision, "The Kyuubi was not killed last night but infact was sealed! The beast was sealed into a newly born child. This child is Konoha's Saviour! Without this child the village would surely be nothing but rubble by today ".

The aged Hokage could almost feel the wave of hatred that the villagers produced, angry shouts such as "Konoha's Saviour?! That monster killed my family!" were thrown at the old man relentlessly. Seeing no other option the Hokage stood tall and unleashed his full chakra and killing intent upon the masses, temporarily freezing the entire civilian populace, you see, despite his old age he is still the strongest shinobi in the village.

"How dare you spit on the sacrifice of the Yondaime! This child is a hero and shall not be treated as the demon itself! In fact, I now decree a law that should anyone mention the Kyuubi to the child or of the demon not in-fact being dead will be classified as an S-Class traitor to Konoha and will be met with instant execution!" turning from the balcony the Kage stormed into his office and sat on his chair, leaning back into the chair the exhaustion finally kicked in and he wearily set his ceremonial hat onto the desk. "I should never have had to return to this chair Minato-kun… truly it is one of the villages greatest losses that they could not see passed the demon".

Interrupted by the wails of a new born the aged Hokage rose from his chair to gently rock the child back to sleep, "Well little Naru-chan, I hope that one day the villagers will see past their hate for you and accept you as their own, I can't help but wonder what does your future hold young one?"

Unbeknownst to the Sandaime another being was listening to the day's events, deep within the seal currently containing the fox great clashes of steel against claw could be heard, this would be the Kyuubi fruitlessly attempting to break its cage once more. Releasing a deep sigh the great beast led down while resting its head on its front paws.

"Oh old man, you have NO IDEA what I have in store for this particular vessel. I am tired of being trapped; I'm not messing around anymore with this village, it's time I started to utilize the fox's natural cunning. I'm going to create your end from the very least thing you'd expect…" all that could be heard from the cage after it's speech was dark malicious laughter.

{A/N} Ohayo minna, I've decided to try an write my own fanfiction, this will be a Dark/Evil Naruto story, it will be slow progression at first but will rapidly escalate throughout the chapters. This is my first attempt at a fanfiction so don't take it at face value on the first chapter. I'll read all reviews which will help me improve as a writer and hopefully deliver this concept to you in the most efficient way possible. Any grammatical or spelling error's while not likely might occur. Thanks for reading! {A/N}